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!
Thingiverse user tshannon was inspired by the cover of Douglas Hofstadter’s famous book Gödel, Escher, Bach (Wikipedia) to create this one-piece letter-block that casts the shadows in the shape of the letters M, I, and T when illuminated along all three perpendicular axes.
Jonathan Barclay of Twin Cities Maker has been experimenting with dyeing the output of our MakerBot using Rit dye, a cheap crockpot, and a microwave. Twin Cities Maker ordered 5 lbs of white abs along with our makerbot. I’m aware that the MakerBot Store currently sells colored abs, but 5 lbs of white is nearly […]
From the RepRap blog: The New Scientist is running a feature article by Tom Simonite on RepRap and its derivatives this week. Tom visited the RepRap Lab at Bath University, the London Hackspace and other places a few weeks ago to research his article.
Boing Boing’s Cory Doctorow picked up my post yesterday about Christopher Schaie’s gorgeous brass and wood irising door peephole, and within a few hours one of his fans made a cardboard replica and presented it to him, in person, at a book-signing. And then Cory blogged the replica. All within the space of 24 hours. The internet is an amazing thing.
Designed by San Diego artist Christopher Schaie and milled on his ShopBot CNC robot to be installed, with a glass dome on one side, to serve as the peephole in a nautical-themed door he is creating for his studio. Details, including DXF files, in this thread on the ShopBot forum.
We announced the winners of the MAKE/MakerBot giveaway last week, and Bre has already printed out the top two designs! Here’s the MakerBot Transformer, open and closed, followed by the stereoscopic viewer. MakerBot will also be at Maker Faire Bay Area this weekend. From MAKE magazine: MAKE Volume 21 is the Desktop Manufacturing issue, with […]
Dustin Wallace, whose bottle-opener ring for bartenders I blogged recently, has released the third figure in his series of fold-up water-jet-cut sci-fi “Robotagami” models. You can fold it yourself, or he’ll fold it for you. [Thanks, Dustin!]
