Mike posted this hypnotic video of a 5-axis industrial CNC machine carving a prototype car form and applying/smoothing the epoxy shell. Even after understanding how it works, it’s still quite a fascinating process to take in. [via Hacked Gadgets]
It’s all about pencil sharpeners lately…
At work an amazing gallery @ Boston.com… Alan Taylor writes- When the economy makes big news, many photographs of people at work come across the wires, usually to help illustrate a particular story or event. By collecting these disparate photos over the past few months, I found that a global portrait emerged of we humans […]
Photo from Boston Skill Share So you have a great idea, and you want to share it, but where will you find people to share with? If you can get to the Boston area for the April 18 and 19th 2009 weekend (perhaps you haven’t yet scheduled your April Vacation?) then you should definitely check […]
Design it, build it, test it, fly it In your classroom, students may be working with concepts like aerodynamics and the Design Process. Many kids use the CO2 dragster as a way of exploring these ideas. In MAKE: Volume 15 and MAKE: Volume 16, we have a couple of projects that can really help students […]
The Critters arrived! The Critters arrived! Within a week of uploading my model I got a happy little box delivered from Shapeways. They came out great! I wasn’t sure if they would be able to stand properly, but they can just fine. Here’s the gratuitous unboxing: This is the model I had built in Maya, […]
In my fantasies I’d like to be a watchmaker or clockwork toy builder. In reality, I don’t have the patience, skills, or precision. Jordan Peter does. On his watchmaking blog Jordan discusses the minutia of watch repair and watch making. This entry is about making a balance staff from scratch: The watch is a Paul […]
