3D-Printed Triple Gear
Henry Segerman designed this triple gear construct and printed it at Shapeways.
If you’re a maker, 3d printing is an incredibly useful tool to have in your arsenal. Not only can it help bring your projects to life faster, but it can also offer unique results that would be difficult (or impossible!) to achieve with traditional methods. In these blog posts, we’ll provide you with some essential information and tips regarding 3D printing for makers—including the basics of how to get started, plus creative tutorials for spicing up your projects. Whether you’re already familiar with 3d printing or are just starting out, these resources will help take your game-making skills even further!
Henry Segerman designed this triple gear construct and printed it at Shapeways.
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The first printed Advent calendar was produced in Hamburg between 1902-1903. Close to 110 years later, a maker from Minnesota, Peter Leppik, has updated this traditional seasonal register and brought it into the 21st century. His 3D printed Advent calendar is available on Thingiverse for all to download, print, and mutate. This advent calendar has […]
3DEA, New York City’s 3D printing pop-up store, has a great line-up of classes and speakers this weekend–as well as loads of 3D printers and 3D printed objects for sale. Anyone who buys a printer or signs up for a Saturday workshop gets a free copy of MAKE’s Ultimate Guide to 3D Printing. 3DEA was […]
I just love Micah Ganske’s Mining Habitat Ring World, a sculpture of a space station. Micah printed the whole thing on his MakerBot Replicators with over 1,000 parts and a total print time of 700 hours. [via Bre]
Designing and machining things in 3D can be difficult to wrap your brain around, but there are a few great ways to learn. Tune in at 2pm PST/5pm EST on the +MAKE page so we can tell you all about them, or catch the show later on the MAKE YouTube page.
I took some time to talk to Marcele Godoy about how she uses 3D printing in the context of being an architect.