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!
Get your own copy of this 3D printed bike saddle-mountable bottle opener by Shapeways user Pick: The Road Popper is a bike-mounted bottle opener that we developed for our own use and decided afterward to share. We designed it to fasten discreetly to the rails on the underside of the saddle to help keep your […]
The spray arm on Daryll Strauss’ Frigidaire dishwasher ceased to function properly one day, so rather than call in for a repair technician to come fix his ailing appliance, he decided to attempt to fix it himself. He tried ordering a replacement, but ended up receiving the wrong part. That’s when he decided to fabricate his own replacement on a MakerBot.
You’re at home or on the job, and something breaks. Maybe it’s the knob on your stove. Sure, you could spend an hour on the computer clicking on sites, or listening to hold music on the phone. But rather than buy a replacement, maybe it would be cooler just to print one? Here are some […]
My pal Angus Hines cut these interlocking wooden puzzle pieces from finish-grade oak plywood using his ShopBot, and installed them in a hallway of his Carrollton, Virginia home. The finish is Varathane High Traffic polyurethane. There are more pictures in this Flickr set. If you’re interested in the idea, feel free to contact Angus directly. I’m sure he’d be glad to cut you some puzzle flooring or other custom parquetry at his usual bargain prices. [Thanks, Angus!]
The generative designers at Nervous System just blew me away for the 105th time with their Reaction Lamp: We created the lamp in Processing and it was 3d printed using Selective Laser Sintering in nylon plastic. We varied the material thickness to create an intricate effect when illuminated.
You printed some fabjects with your 3D printer, now what? Ph.D student Jon Hiller and professor Hod Lipson of the Cornell Computational Synthesis Laboratory created this concept for an automated voxel factory. Imagine a desktop fabricator capable of making perfectly repeatable, arbitrary, multi material 3D objects with microscale precision. The objects would be composed of […]
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