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Sunday, June 15, 2014

Day 293 - Push-pin push-pin-less holder

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Today we printed a push-pin-less push-pin, for those times that you don't want to leave a hole in your object; the design is Tosh's ...
Saturday, June 14, 2014

Day 292 - Push-pin push-pin holder

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Today is Saturday and we are printing things for young C, who needs things for his corkboard. First, a push-pin holder that is held up by pu...
Friday, June 13, 2014

Day 291 - Friday Fail: Crossing change edition, with Pretzel conformation of 7_4

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The most eagle-eyed of you may have noticed an error in one of the knots in the group photo of the knot conformations series on  Day 266 . W...
Thursday, June 12, 2014

Day 290 - Cantarella conformation of 7_3

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Today's knot conformation takes us back to the beginning of my 3D-printing journey in February 2013, when I got my first 3D printer - st...
Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Day 289 - Braid representation of 7_2

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Continuing with the knot conformations series we started on Day 266 , today we printed a braid representation of the knot 7_2 . Thingiv...
Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Day 288 - Micron Bach

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One of the things I had to give up to move from a house in the country to an apartment in Brooklyn was my drum set. Apparently you have neig...
Monday, June 9, 2014

Day 287 - Grocery bag holders

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In preparation for walking groceries home from the shop in the big city, today we printed three of ivanseidel's Bag Holder  model on Thi...
Sunday, June 8, 2014

Day 286 - Torus conformations of 7_1

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Today we have two torus knot conformations of 7_1. A torus knot is one that can be drawn on the surface of torus ("inner tube" sh...
Saturday, June 7, 2014

Day 285 - Seifert surface of 6_3

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Today we continue with the knot conformations collection that we started on Day 266 . (See also Day 267 , Day 268 , Day 269 , Day 272 , Day...
Friday, June 6, 2014

Day 284 - Friday Fail: Using failure as a design element, or Psychoalphadicsobetabioaquadoloop

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Today we printed peetersm's  Customizable DrooLoop Flowers  on Thingiverse. The one on the left has the "windswept" look that ...
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Thursday, June 5, 2014

Day 283 - Everything will be forever centered around Pokemon

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One last print for C's Pokemon addiction: jessed's Pokemon Deck Box on Thingiverse. Thingiverse link:  http://www.thingiverse....
Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Day 282 - Must print all the Pokemon

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Can you print just two Pokemon models for a 9-year-old? No. Two is not enough. You must print many, many Pokemon and then also print a full ...
Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Day 281 - Low-Poly Charmander and Bulbasaur

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Pokemon fever has recently gripped my son's group of friends and now everything is about Pokemon cards more cards gotta get the best car...
Monday, June 2, 2014

Day 280 - USAMO champion prints

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Today I had the pleasure of meeting the 2014 USA Mathematical Olympiad  champions at their awards celebration at the headquarters of the Ma...
Sunday, June 1, 2014

Day 279 - Pre-USAMO prints

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Today we are firing up our travel Afinia H-Series  to get ready for tomorrow's 3D-printing workshop at the USA Math Olympiad  award cere...
Saturday, May 31, 2014

Day 278 - Silver pentagonal hexacontahedron bracelet

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Back on Day 218 we printed a bracelet built by extracting the center rings of a Pentagonal Hexacontahedron  in TopMod . This week we finall...
Friday, May 30, 2014

Day 277 - Friday Fail: Diameter-is-not-radius edition, with Customizable Power Hair Clips!

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Say it with me now: If you measure across a cylinder with calipers, you get the diameter. The DI-AM-E-TER. Not the radius. Just saying, gian...
Thursday, May 29, 2014

Day 276 - Petal conformation of 6_2

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Today is my favorite from the 3D-Printed Conformations of Knots through 7 Crossings  series that my Math 297 students developed last semest...
Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Day 275 - Mosaic conformation of 6_1

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Today's knot print is a mosaic projection of 6_1:  Thingiverse link:  http://www.thingiverse.com/make:80243 Settings: Printed o...
Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Day 274 - Customizable Sock Bones

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Sometimes I think I got into this 3D printing thing just so I would have the opportunity to say things like "customizable sock bones...
Monday, May 26, 2014

Day 273 - Lissajous conformation of 5_2

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Today's knot is 5_2, the  three-twist knot , in a Lissajous conformation. The cool thing about this model is that from each side, the kn...
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