Hot Glue Extruder for a CNC
Chris Favreau posted an Instructable on making a hot glue extruder for a CNC, using a $3 hot glue gun.
Digital Fabrication
Digital fabrication tools have revolutionized the way designers, engineers, and artisans express their creativity. With the right resources, you can learn to use these powerful instruments in no time! Whether it’s 3D printing or laser cutting that interests you, these articles will provide useful tutorials and inspiration for makers of all levels. Discover how digital fabrication can open up new possibilities so that your craftsmanship is truly extraordinary!
3D Printable Maker Playset
: Chris Krueger of Arlington Heights, IL, wrote in to share his Maker Playset I thought I’d send along my “Maker Playset” I just finished putting together. Sure kids could play with dinosaurs or airplanes, but why not a workbench and a 3D printer! This is a miniature model of my workshop and just what […]
Blind Self Portrait Machine
In this role-blurring piece by Apple Store hacker Kyle McDonald and Make pal Matt Mets, the user/subject closes their eyes and rests their forearm on a moving platform that guides a pen held in their hand to draw a self-portrait.
NEWS FROM THE FUTURE – Scanning Art for the World to Download & Make
[ichc-flickr-slide width=”580″ height=”412″ username=”makerbot” set_id=”72157630000129466″ player_r=”109615″] NEWS FROM THE FUTURE – Scanning Art for the World to Download & Make… Now, as if the promise of democratizing goods, revolutionizing industries and opening up a whole new era of “object” piracy wasn’t enough, the MakerBot team is at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, scanning […]
Choosing Fasteners for Fused Filament Parts
I Heart Robotics is running a cool series of posts testing the merits and failure modes of various types of threaded fasteners in 3D-printed plastic parts. So far they’ve hit wood screws, self-tapping plastic screws, and a special type of melt-in threaded insert for machine screws I’d never seen before. Check it out!
3D Printed Mintronics: Menta Case on Thingiverse
ThingM’s TodBot wasn’t content in keeping his Mintronics: Menta (available in the Maker Shed) in the included tin so he 3D printed his own!
Maker Faire 3D Printer Census
While walking around the Maker Faire grounds this morning I took a quick census all of the 3D printers. All told I saw 55 3D printers on the fairgrounds, 23 of which were unique designs. That’s not including the CNC machines or the stock of three dozen or so Replicator, Up! printers, and Printrbots for […]