Turning an HDPE Milk Jug into a Motor Pulley
Making usable plastic stock from an HDPE milk jug is a lot easier than you might think
Continue ReadingMaking usable plastic stock from an HDPE milk jug is a lot easier than you might think
Continue ReadingInspired by diatoms and radiolarians, a new bottle used biomimicry as a basis for its new design.
Continue ReadingMichal Zalewski walks us through his simple process for casting plastic parts for use in high-tolerance engineering applications.
Continue ReadingJoin me in my continuing journey to make a solid building material from plastic bags. My latest experiment has potential. How can you add to it?
Continue ReadingVoting for Project Remake is now open. Vote the maker you think most deserves to travel to NYC for World Maker Faire, and while you’re at it enter the sweepstakes to win a Nissan LEAF all-electric car!
Continue ReadingI Heart Robotics is running a cool series of posts testing the merits and failure modes of various types of threaded fasteners in 3D-printed plastic parts. So far they’ve hit wood screws, self-tapping plastic screws, and a special type of melt-in threaded insert for machine screws I’d never seen before. Check it out!
Continue Reading[viddler id=1409630 w=580 h=330] In this video from Core77, designer Taylor McKenzie-Veal uses a toaster, a two-part wooden mold, and a bit of compressed air to turn an empty sports drink bottle into a plastic piggy bank. So much win. [via adafruit] This Little Piggy — Taylor McKenzie-Veal Design More:Homemade Blow-Molding Gun
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