Time Lapse of a Yoda Bust Being 3D Printed
I love watching this time-lapse video of a MakerBot Replicator printing a Yoda bust, from BusyBotz. Time-lapse is a great way to capture the magic of a 3D printer on camera.
I love watching this time-lapse video of a MakerBot Replicator printing a Yoda bust, from BusyBotz. Time-lapse is a great way to capture the magic of a 3D printer on camera.
The Water Quality Forum of Knoxville, TN, is sponsoring an artistic rain barrel contest to promote the use of rain barrels to catch roof run-off. Twenty local artists have decorated rain barrels, which are being auctioned off to raise money starting tomorrow. This one from Curtis Glover is making the rounds, but they’re all pretty awesome. Click through for the whole gallery!
Though there’s lots of inspirational cakeblogging out there, detailed tutorials are comparatively rare. And this is a pretty good one. It’s the work of Australian cakesmith Bernice Camlin, aka Smurfesque. [Thanks, Mom!] How to Make a Death Star Cake More:Space Shuttle Cake with Ice Cream Tank, Chocolate/Caramel BoostersDeath Star watermelonCome to the charred side of […]
“Based on the concept behind commercial units, but using everyday items (drinking straws, scrap PVC pipe, a kidโs humidifier from the thrift store, some scrap computer fans), he rigged up a device that creates a thin, even sheet of vapor mist. Almost translucent, but able to catch the light projected onto it from a rear-facing projector โ which gives an eerie, floating hologram effect…”
Our friend, Bonnie, over at StarWars.com posted about this amazing Star Wars-themed baby nursery that was featured on Oh Dee Doh. Most of the items in the nursery were purchased ready-made, but I love the handmade touch of the cross-stitched baby announcement. The cross-stitch was recently created by my husband’s grandmother. She came up with […]
Impressive work from Instructables user parrster, who meticulously crafted the twenty-three separate pieces for his son’s Star Wars “clone trooper” costume, this year, mostly from cardboard and papier-mรขchรฉ.
Instructables user Gonzolo Rojo Aguirre shows us how to build a reproduction “Gonk” droid from the original Star Wars sand crawler scene using bits ‘n’ pieces from IKEA. Text en espaรฑol, but si no habla, you can get the gist from the photos, and of course Google translate.