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Saturday, July 19, 2014

Day 327 - Saturday guest: AuntDaisy and the Electra

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Today's post is contributed by Austin Day, aka AuntDaisy on Thingiverse, from Aunt Daisy Scientific Ltd., UK. AuntDaisy is the designer...
Friday, July 18, 2014

Day 326 - Friday Fail: Gyro edition

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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...
Thursday, July 17, 2014

Day 325 - Szilassi polyhedron

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Today we printed a rather upsetting shape called the Szilassi polyhedron , a model by richgain on Thingiverse. (Day two of our two-day rich...
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Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Day 324 - Three piece box

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Today we printed richgain's Interlocking Puzzle #1 from Thingiverse. Actually we printed it three times, in three different colors, so ...
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Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Day 323 - Printing huge with a Mini: Modular origami Electra

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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'...
Monday, July 14, 2014

Day 322 - Updated "TRI" bracelet, now with wavy-control

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It occurs to me that some people like things more wavy than others. So today we're updating the Customizable TRI Function Bracelet desi...
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Sunday, July 13, 2014

Day 321 - Cylinder maze

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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...
Saturday, July 12, 2014

Day 320 - TRI Customizable Function Bracelet

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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...
Friday, July 11, 2014

Day 319 - Science Friday!

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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...
Thursday, July 10, 2014

Day 318 - Pythagorean blocks

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Today we printed xoan's Pythagoras' 3-4-5! model from Thingiverse, which was one of the many entries to the  Makerbot Academy Math ...
Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Day 317 - Vaas Vase

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Zydac's stunning Delta Vase model on Thingiverse, which was based on architect Van Shundel Huis' Delta Vass  piece. It's a real...
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Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Day 316 - Sphere rings

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Today we printed a set of kitwallace's Customizable Gyro Rings from Thingiverse, which he made with some simple, elegant OpenSCAD code ...
Monday, July 7, 2014

Day 315 - Mini prints to the edge!

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Every printer has its good and bad points. My trusty MakerBot Replicator 2 is a workhorse; it's fast, quiet, and dependable. However, I...
Sunday, July 6, 2014

Day 314 - Designing a Penny Trap with OpenSCAD

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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...
Saturday, July 5, 2014

Day 313 - Designing a Penny Trap with Tinkercad

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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 ...
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