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Guess what, I started a Gyro project. As usual I'm starting with a big pile of fails. My goal is to make a reliable gyro model in T...

Today we printed a rather upsetting shape called the Szilassi polyhedron , a model by richgain on Thingiverse. (Day two of our two-day rich...

Today we printed richgain's Interlocking Puzzle #1 from Thingiverse. Actually we printed it three times, in three different colors, so ...

Today we continue our series of posts investigating how we can get the most out of a MakerBot Replicator Mini . As its name implies, it'...

It occurs to me that some people like things more wavy than others. So today we're updating the Customizable TRI Function Bracelet desi...

Today's design is wizard23's A-Mazing Box on Thingiverse. It needs some breaking in but it is fun to use and looks great: Thin...

Today we have the first of many posts in a customizable bracelet series, with a bracelet design called TRI. It has a nice wavy shape that is...

This afternoon I had the pleasure of being a guest on NPR's  Science Friday with Ira Flatow, live in the NYC studio. Even cooler, the o...

Today we printed xoan's Pythagoras' 3-4-5! model from Thingiverse, which was one of the many entries to the  Makerbot Academy Math ...

Zydac's stunning Delta Vase model on Thingiverse, which was based on architect Van Shundel Huis' Delta Vass  piece. It's a real...

Today we printed a set of kitwallace's Customizable Gyro Rings from Thingiverse, which he made with some simple, elegant OpenSCAD code ...

Every printer has its good and bad points. My trusty MakerBot Replicator 2 is a workhorse; it's fast, quiet, and dependable. However, I...

Tinkercad is a fantastic way to get started with 3D modeling, but when you're ready to move to the next level I suggest learning OpenSC...

On Day 307  we printed a Penny Trap . Printing the model is easy, but how do you make  it in the first place? That is, how do you make a 3D ...

Guess what, I started a bracelet project. Here's what I've learned so far: If your design is a solid hockey-puck bracelet...

Today we had a hankering for some knots, and wanted to try building something big on the Mini. We chose fredhohman's trumpety  Trefoil k...

Today (July 2) I gave two public lectures about mathematics and 3D printing at MoMath, the National Museum of Mathematics, as part of their ...