Here’s a neat process video where Richard Liddle shows how he makes the RD Chair. It’s an excellent idea- after melting the used plastic, he extrudes it by hand onto a collapsible wooden form, and removes the form after everything cools down.
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Amazing! Thomas Thwaites created this handmade toaster from 100% raw materials, most of which he mined from the earth himself – even smelting the iron ore via microwave. The project’s description from the Royal College of Art’s Design Interactions Show – For nine months I’ve been trying to make an electric toaster, myself, starting from […]
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We’ve seen some awesome projects involving 3D printers over the last few years on the MAKE Blog. That same creativity drove Scott Crump, CEO of Stratasys, Inc., to set out and make his own 3D printer back in 1988. Since then, their business has grown, but Stratasys still wants to connect with Makers, builders and […]
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Have you noticed how old plastics yellow in the sun? Well, now there is an easy way to restore the original color! Retr0brite is an easy-to-make open-sourced gel that un-yellows the flame retardants found in ABS plastic. It started as a chance discovery that hydrogen peroxide partially helped banish the yellow… but then it was […]
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This Instructable details how to make a simple plastic mold injection tool for creating artificial fishing lures out of a hot melt glue gun. How to make artificial fishing bait for little to no $
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When these images showed up on Gizmodo, Oh Gizmo! and then started making the email rounds, long-dormant neural pathways lit up like a 60s Christmas tree, the kind with bulbs so big and hot they could roast chestnuts. It was under such a radiant Christmas tree that I found that exact same Mattel Vac-U-Form kit […]
Continue ReadingThis enterprising builder is constructing a humanoid robot from little more than Shapelock plastic, card, curtain rods, rings, and finials, and bargain basement electric screwdrivers for the motors. I’ll be interested to see how this progresses. Android 10 [via Hacked Gadgets] Related: Crabfu’s SwashBot 3, now crabbier
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