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Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Day 51 - Tiny frame #1

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A friend of mine likes to glue together picture frame corners to make very tiny frames for very tiny pictures.  I have a couple for my bathr...
Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Day 50 - Escher trefoil

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Today we printed kenji1206's Escher's knot  from Thingiverse. Thingiverse link:  http://www.thingiverse.com/make:50427 ...
Monday, October 14, 2013

Day 49 - Dodecaloop

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P wanted something for his office and it is AWESOME. Forty rhombic dodecahedra of awesome. Printed from emmet's Dodeca Chain Loop on Th...
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Sunday, October 13, 2013

Day 48 - Do it now!

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Here is a bar to put over important documents that you need to deal with as soon as possible, so that they don't vanish into the black h...
Saturday, October 12, 2013

Day 47 - Hanging pencil cup

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Just a small pencil cup for hanging over the side of a box. Yes, this is another thing for the JMU 3-SPACE classroom , which opens on Monday...
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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