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Friday, October 11, 2013

Day 46 - Salt bowl remake

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I love the look of Kulitorum's beautifully simple  Salt Bowl on Thingiverse, but I couldn't get it to slice with MakerWare so I rem...
Thursday, October 10, 2013

Day 45 - Tree frog sample model

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Various levels of MorenaP's nice  Treefrog  model on Thingiverse: Thingiverse link:  http://www.thingiverse.com/make:49943 Settin...
Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Day 44 - Triangular polyhedra nets

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Today we used Tinkercad to design 2D nets that fold up to regular 3D polyhedra, specifically the tetrahedron, octahedron, and icosahedron w...
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Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Day 43 - CGR Catan trophy

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And for the winner of Catan, a trophy! The current winner in the house gets to display this tiny trophy on their shelf. This was made by our...
Monday, October 7, 2013

Day 42 - Catan numbers

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We play Catan a lot at the dinner table and everything gets a little rough around the edges. Our number disks in particular looked a little...
Sunday, October 6, 2013

Day 41 - Catan card holder

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Today, something long-awaited in our house: A card holder for Settlers of Catan ! The design is an extension of Zarquon's Game Card Hol...
Saturday, October 5, 2013

Day 40 - Cheese doorstop

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Yet another thing for the JMU 3-SPACE classroom: some cheese to keep the door open. Design from terenceang's Cheeze Door-Stop remix of...
Friday, October 4, 2013

Day 39 - CGR boat

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Our son designed today's print in Tinkercad.  It is a test design for a 3D-printed boat for use in flooding emergencies.  This was his t...
Thursday, October 3, 2013

Day 38 - 3-SPACE Afinia fan cover

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With the start of classes in the JMU 3-SPACE classroom just a week or so away, today's print is an upgrade of Day 24 's Afinia fan ...
Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Day 37 - Creeper desk ornament

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Okay, I've been traveling and I am very tired.  One more day of something simple.  A creeper face to keep you company on your desk. ...
Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Day 36 - Photo background clips

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Today, something very simple but which I think will be very useful for future pictures on this blog: slepcat's Paper Clip to set up simp...
Monday, September 30, 2013

Day 35 - Wormhole candle holder

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JamieLang's  Wormhole Candle Holder  is one of the most beautiful things I have seen on Thingiverse that is easily and reliably printabl...
Sunday, September 29, 2013

Day 34 - Ice cream stacker

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Counting allowance points to 100 is fine but it takes forever. For a more short-term reward we now have this three-step path to a trip for ...
Saturday, September 28, 2013

Day 33 - Icosapillar

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Of course every icosahedron jawbreaker trap needs a respectable stand.  Here is a very simple one I made in Tinkercad.  Its top is exactly t...
Friday, September 27, 2013

Day 32 - Icosahedron jawbreaker trap

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The problem with Day 29's Icosahedron Failure Bowl wasn't with the model, it was with the machine. Turned out that the Replicator 2...
Thursday, September 26, 2013

Day 31 - Minecraft stamp blocks

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Creeper, zombie, and skeleton head blocks for your Minecraft stamping needs. STL file: http://www.geekhaus.com/makerhome/day31_minecra...
Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Day 30 - Engage lightswitch

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I miss ST:TNG .  So today we made a little Picard bling for our downstairs bathroom lightswitch based on zthralls' Rounded Lightswitch C...
Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Day 29 - Icosahedron failure bowl

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This year's prize at the SUMS Conference  is a lot of jawbreakers trapped inside a 3D-printed icosahedron (symbol for the Mathematical A...
Monday, September 23, 2013

Day 28 - Gear box

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Tonight I'm tired.  I'm making a box.  The box is JinxTheRabbit's Box and Lid from Thingiverse and I cut a hole in the top with...
Sunday, September 22, 2013

Day 27 - Duck & Block resolution testers

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With the 3-SPACE class looming closer and closer, my "at home" and "at work" are pretty mixed up. So again I'm prin...
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Saturday, September 21, 2013

Day 26 - Afinia tool holder

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The Afinia H-Series 3D printer comes with a very nice set of tools, some of which are very sharp and difficult to store safely. Today we us...
Friday, September 20, 2013

Day 25 - Dominos

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My son has been watching a lot of domino - toppling videos . Turns out dominos are kind of expensive - but pretty much the easiest thing ev...
Thursday, September 19, 2013

Day 24 - Afinia fan grate

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The Afinia H-Series is wonderful but I wish there was a cover for its exposed fan.  It doesn't hurt to touch it but when small kids are...
Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Day 23 - Menger coasters

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It's hard to 3D-print a Level 3  Menger sponge .  But it isn't hard to print a slice of one, and it makes for a decent coaster. ...
Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Day 22 - 3D Stars

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Although this blog is for stuff I make at home, if you are a teacher then you know that home and work are essentially the same thing, especi...
Monday, September 16, 2013

Day 21: Tri-Koch box

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Today I wanted to test out the "shell" setting on the Afinia, so we printed the bottom half of the "trikoch" file from h...
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Sunday, September 15, 2013

Day 20 - Lattice box

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Okay, because of yesterday we now have a hundred thin rings to keep track of, so today we built BozarthPrime's  Dice Box , with the top...
Saturday, September 14, 2013

Day 19 - 100 point counters

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My son wants to save up for something with his allowance and chore money, which we do on a point system.  When he saves up 100 points he wil...
Friday, September 13, 2013

Day 18 - Tricolor rocket

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Today we made a copy of landru's Modular Model Rocket  from Thingiverse. STL file: http://www.geekhaus.com/makerhome/day18_tricolor...
Thursday, September 12, 2013

Day 17 - Strainer funnel

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To make a base for cold hibiscus tea, boil water and add to a handful of dried hibiscus flowers in a Mason jar. Once it has cooled to room ...
Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Day 16 - Ms. PacMan letter opener

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On Thingiverse, peterpur's round Letter Opener is just one step away from being Pac-Man.  Or Ms. PacMan, maybe? STL file: htt...
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