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It seems that the MakerBot Desktop software has an upper bound on the number of "self-intersecting faces" that can be in a model. ...

One really cool thing about a fold-out cube is that you can print things on the faces without using supports and then fold up the cube to ge...

This week we're attempting to combine three of our previous designs into one: Print-in-Place Fidget Cube (for the hinges) Poly-Snaps...

Here's one use for yesterday's hinge - some stand-up hinged initials for young C: Of course, if your initials aren't CGR th...

Today we made a cone hinge module that can be used inside other projects: Thingiverse link:  http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:436737 ...

In preparation for a new hinge-related project, today we redesigned our conical hinge maker. Technical notes, clearance flavor: We made...

Today we printed another scanned object from the Art Institute of Chicago, a Ganesha statue  on MyMinFactory made by coskucan . According t...

Today we printed tomburtonwood's very descriptively-titled  Buddha Seated in Meditation (Dhyanamudra), Chola period, c. 12th century, Ar...

Today we printed toddsplod67's Minecraft spider from Thingiverse, for two reasons. First, Minecraft. Second, this 3D model is part of a...

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...

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...

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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...