CAD modeling music video
I love They Might Be Giants. I love designing objects in 3D on the computer. I love turning those designs into real objects. I love this song and video!
Digital Fabrication
Digital fabrication tools have revolutionized the way designers, engineers, and artisans express their creativity. With the right resources, you can learn to use these powerful instruments in no time! Whether it’s 3D printing or laser cutting that interests you, these articles will provide useful tutorials and inspiration for makers of all levels. Discover how digital fabrication can open up new possibilities so that your craftsmanship is truly extraordinary!
3D printable business card case
If you’re going to give out delicate custom business cards that were made using the aid of some fancy machine, you’d better have the geek cred and 3D printed business card holder to back them up. More: Adafruit’s business card makes art! 3D printed business card holder (another one) PCB business cards Business card caliper
3D printing in glass
The Solheim Rapid Prototyping lab at the University of Washington was in the news last March for developing a new 3D printing process that uses ceramic powder as an inexpensive alternative to the pricier substrates that are currently the de facto standard for powder-bed processes. Well they’ve done it again, this time with 20 micron glass powder, which is formed into an object by layerwise application of a liquid binder. When the part is complete, it can be sintered in a kiln to produce a continuous glass part. The official UW online press release includes a telling quote from lab co-director Mark Ganter: “It became clear that if we could get a material into powder form at about 20 microns we could print just about anything.”
MakerBot z-crank
One of the hassles of my MakerBot is having to raise and lower the z-stage (the up-down platform holding the plastic extruder) by tugging on the rubber belt. Tug, tug, tug, just to get the extruder into the right position for beginning a print. Zaggo in the Thingiverse made a printable crank to solve this […]
Printing braille
This is interesting, some examples of a Makerbot printing out braille, langfordw writes – This is still a work in progress but the MakerBot actually seems to print braille rather well. I can’t read braille so I can’t judge for sure whether it’s readable but it certainly seems like it. The trick is to get […]
Bre Pettis on Makerbot at Gnomedex 9
Here’s our pal Bre Pettis’ Gnomedex presentation on Makerbot, what it is, how it came about, and his thoughts on bringing your ideas to market, collaborating, open sourcing, etc. Gnomedex
Liberty, the extra tall MakerBot
Check out this triple tall MakerBot, and its maiden print, the Statue of Liberty!