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Casting Your Own 3D Printed Parts

Casting Your Own 3D Printed Parts

By Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. His free weekly-ish maker tips newsletter can be found at garstipsandtools.com.

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Need a part in hurry or a custom-sized part you can’t get elsewhere? Try 3D printing and casting it yourself.

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Amazon Now Lets You Customize and 3D Print Video Game Characters

Amazon Now Lets You Customize and 3D Print Video Game Characters

By Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. His free weekly-ish maker tips newsletter can be found at garstipsandtools.com.

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We knew this was inevitable and will likely prove to be a big boon to the commercial 3D printing market: tabletop and video game characters, playing pieces, and gaming terrain that you can design, customize, and 3D print (either commercially or on your home 3D printer). On July 8th, Amazon announced that their 3D Printed Products Store […]

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3D Printed Toy Uses 104 Pennies to Walk

By Donald Bell

Donald Bell

I make stuff, play music, and sometimes make stuff that plays music. Fan of donuts, Arduino, BEAM robotics, skateboarding, Buckminster Fuller, and blinking lights.

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This 3D-printed toy uses a flywheel filled with pennies to walk like nothing you’ve seen before. The open-source 3D printed toy revisits a gyroscope design that was shelved by Mattel in the 80s.

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Watch this Adorable Duck Waddle and Swim with a 3D Printed Foot

Watch this Adorable Duck Waddle and Swim with a 3D Printed Foot

Elise Tarkman

By Elise Tarkman

Elise Tarkman

Elise Tarkman is the Editorial Production Manager for Make: and Makezine. Her hodgepodge history includes work in the magazine industry, DeCA, moving, bus driving, and ballet.

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Buttercup might just be the cutest duck around. He has been in love, cared for a teddy bear, and is able to run and swim with the aid of his specialized 3D printed foot. Buttercup was born with a twisted left foot that was not able to fully rotate forward. In order to give him the […]

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Review: Smooth-On XTC-3D Brush-On Coating for 3D Printed Parts

Review: Smooth-On XTC-3D Brush-On Coating for 3D Printed Parts

By Marty Marfin

Marty Marfin

Marty Marfin is Maker Media Lab Manager. Also a sculptor, designer/fabricator, a maker dad, an avid surfer and astronaut on Spaceship Earth.

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Sometimes 3D printed parts look interesting printed in lower resolutions with distinct layer lines. For example, the lines on a 3D printed scale model of a larger part to be CNC routed can represent a visible tool path in scale, but sometimes you want a smoother, more highly-finished part. I have found that PLA is […]

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