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Tag Archives: Makerbot
A Proper Multi-Color Print
I’ve played around with printing multiple colors using a single extruder, but by and large all the multi-color action was restricted to a single layer. There’s a good reason for this: every color change takes time, and having 2 or … Continue reading
Three-Color 3D Print
I’ve been making bottle openers for friends, and I recently struck upon the perfect design for my friend Matt. For some reason, he still pines for a hockey team that left our home state in 1997 (THEN won the Stanley … Continue reading
Making a Custom Bottle Opener
I recently posted an improved bottle opener design to Thingiverse. Unlike the mighty bottle opener, this is one that I’m proud to give out, and people are happy to receive. Because I did the model in OpenSCAD, it turns out … Continue reading
3D Printing Home Improvement
I’ve lived in my house for 2 years now. 2 weeks after we moved in, someone who shall remain nameless turned our 2 bathroom house into a 1.5 bath. They were cleaning the bathroom (that’s how you know it wasn’t … Continue reading
When a Maker Gets Married
I got married a couple of weeks ago. We did all the planning / decoration ourselves. By we, or course, I mean my wife. One of the things she wanted to do was have lit paper lanterns suspended above the tables.
The initial plan was to use throwies, but I felt they wouldn’t give as much light as a commercial 3 LED solution. This led me to a fun, albeit time consuming project.
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Mighty Bottle Opener
I’ve been wanting something printable that I could carry around with me, especially after this Colbert Report thing. I finally settled on designing a bottle opener: something I could show off. There’s already a bottle opener you can print, and … Continue reading
SketchUp to STL Plugin with No Dialogs
When designing parts for the Makerbot my tool of choice is Google SketchUp. I’m able to do this easily (and for free) due to the work of Nathan Bromham and Konrad Shroeder. Their skp_to_dxf plugin quickly exports my model into … Continue reading
A Robot that makes things!
There was an immense amount of work that went into getting to this point, and I can only stake claim to a tiny portion of it. It was really cool to see our Makerbot throwing down the plastic… on the … Continue reading