This is the lower receiver of an AR-15 rifle, printed in fused plastic filament from a digital model that was, until this week, freely available for download on Thingiverse. This part is significant b… more →
MAKEwrote 2 days ago: Today let’s have a look at the 3D printing ecosystem. In previous posts, I’ve covered sp … more →
wrote 6 days ago: Don’t have the right gear? Make it. by Shaun of 37signals – Mozilla Firefox. … more →
wrote 1 week ago: There were a lot of folks I scanned at the Westport Maker Faire who wanted to come in and use the li … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: Printing prosthetics The possibilities with 3D printing are vast.. So vast in fact that we sometimes … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: (CNNMoney) - Las impresoras 3-D ya están disponibles para todos. Puedes comprar una en la tienda de … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: This article is less about technique and more about thoughts that I had while designing my last proj … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: For this week Impossible object, we will revisit the dovetail joints and have a look at some interes … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: Andy- Star Wars TIE Fighter Pilot Last night I posted the first of over 100 scans I made at the West … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: Example of a Historical Marker celebrating a moment in 3D printing history. Here is a project idea f … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: After many tests print I finally got to print some real stuff these last day. The first object was s … more →
wrote 4 weeks ago: This is a post that I’ve held off doing for a while and though I enjoy discussing current even … more →
wrote 1 month ago: How does the Design Make Share method work? Here is an example. PROBLEM/CHALLENGE: How can an object … more →
wrote 1 month ago: I’ve not posted for a few days now, because I was experimenting with my new printer. I came ac … more →
wrote 1 month ago: I just posted my first original design for a 3D printed foldable cube on Thingiverse. http://www.thi … more →
wrote 1 month ago: I have continued to make little tweaks as I come across bugs and process’s that dont work prop … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Today’s puzzle is an other trick opening box. From the puzzle classification list by Slocum th … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Yup, it was a failure: What you see here is my first attempt at printing with a newly assembled Prin … more →
wrote 1 month ago: An attempt to print the torture test: As you can see towards the end of the video, many failures occ … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Amazing how Open Source design works, right!? Imagine that not too long ago we decided to create the … more →