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Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Day 338 - Tinkercad Math Gyros

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Today we gave a 3D-printing workshop at MoMath Summer Camp . Everyone got to make and print their own math gyro in Tinkercad. Here's wha...
Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Day 337 - Calvin 3D scan!

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We recently got a scan of Calvin's head at the 3D Photo Booth in the MakerBot Retail Store on Mulberry Street in NYC. About 18 months a...
Monday, July 28, 2014

Day 336 - Pile of Pikachu

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Here's why you work so hard (see yesterday's post) to get a reliable print at 50% size: Because you need a lot of them! Young C has ...
Sunday, July 27, 2014

Day 335 - Low-Poly Pikachu

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Today's print is FLOWALISTIK's nicely stylized  Low-Poly Pikachu model from Thingiverse. The design of this model is great, and jus...
Saturday, July 26, 2014

Day 334: Snap!

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We printed ZortraX's Zortrax Buckle from Thingiverse for the sole purpose of hearing that satisfying *snap* that these types of buckles...
Friday, July 25, 2014

Day 333 - Friday Fail: Eighteen pieces edition

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Today we printed ATDT8675309's  Cube Puzzle  on Thingiverse, which consists of eighteen rods that assemble into a nice regular structure...
Thursday, July 24, 2014

Day 332 - Six piece box

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A few days ago we printed richgain's Printable Interlocking Puzzle #1 , and today our print is his Printable Interlocking Puzzle #2 . Fo...
Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Day 331 - POP Customizable Function Bracelet

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Trading sine and cosine turns yesterday's POW bracelet into this POP: Thingiverse link:  http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:426255 ...
Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Day 330 - POW Customizable Function Bracelet

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Today we kick the math up a notch and use a combination of two trigonometric functions to define a bracelet curve. POW! Thingiverse li...
Monday, July 21, 2014

Day 329 - RIB Customizable Function Bracelet

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This time we've fixed the frequency at 72, the amplitude at 2mm, and left the diameter, height, and slant variable to make a RIB bracele...
Sunday, July 20, 2014

Day 328 - SUN Customizable Function Bracelet

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Continuing the bracelet series from  Day 320  and Day 322 , today we printed a new customizable sun-shaped variation. The bracelet is a litt...
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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