If you’re a maker, 3d printing is an incredibly useful tool to have in your arsenal. Not only can it help bring your projects to life faster, but it can also offer unique results that would be difficult (or impossible!) to achieve with traditional methods. In these blog posts, we’ll provide you with some essential information and tips regarding 3D printing for makers—including the basics of how to get started, plus creative tutorials for spicing up your projects. Whether you’re already familiar with 3d printing or are just starting out, these resources will help take your game-making skills even further!
MIT student ChArLeS wrote in with his latest project, a 3D printer. My first entry into the DIY 3d printer game is tongue-in-cheek christened Make-A-Bot because of the numerous design inspirations it features from the similarly named commercial kit machines. It’s a Fused Deposition Modeling / Fused Filament Fabrication type machine that draws successive layers […]
As cool as this superbad hexapod is, the coolest thing about it is that it’s the derivative of not one but three Thingiverse things, 5156, 5005, and 4378. The original didn’t work with the servos I had on hand, and I wanted to be able to add more articulation and improve bits without having to […]
r3becca of the Syndey hackerspace Robots and Dinosaurs designed these nifty Beco Blocks, which are 3d-printable blocks that you can snap together to make posable toys, hinges, or whatever.
I like this timeline of the year in DIY 3D printing put together by Miles Lightwood. Scroll through to see what exciting things have been going on in 3D printing, and click on the thumbnails for more info. It’s user editable, so anyone can add milestones that may have been missed. UPDATE: Miles gave credit […]
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Michael Curry designed and printed these 4x sized Lego men for Christmas gifts this year
World’s first store for 3D printed goods… .MGX, Materialise’s high end design label for 3D printed furniture and lamps, just opened the world’s first physical store for 3D printed goods. The .MGX Flagship store is in Brussels’ exclusive Sablon district. At the store people can look at and explore .MGX’s lighting and other collections. In the future .MGX […]
