Category Archives: CNC/3D-printing

Squeeze as much as you can with your CNC ans SVGNest

Posted on February 19, 2016 by robertwilkie

Cool tool that will try to squeeze all your cutouts on one sheet of plywood. http://makezine.com/2016/02/10/save-time-materials-svg-nest/

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Hey, you can make your own 3D hat decorations

Posted on February 19, 2016 by robertwilkie

The author does a good job on writting up how to make, add stitch holes, and bending a 3D print to fit on a hat.  The bottom hat has LED’s in it too. http://www.instructables.com/id/3D-printed-hat-graphics/

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Interesting 3D printed crossbow

Posted on February 19, 2016 by robertwilkie

Interesting build.  I don’t think it has alot of strength in it but its still an interesting build. http://www.instructables.com/id/3D-Printed-Flipper-Crossbow/

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Use software and 3D printer to create solder paste masks

Posted on February 12, 2016 by robertwilkie

Interesting way to make a solder mask. http://hackaday.com/2016/02/08/solder-stencils-with-a-3d-printer/

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Things to print out for V-Day

Posted on February 12, 2016 by robertwilkie

Got a 3D Printer, print out your valintine something special.  Here are 10 ideas in the article to print out.  I like the cookie cutter and the LED heart ones myself. http://3dprintingindustry.com/2016/02/11/the-best-3d-printable-objects-for-this-valentines-day/

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OK not so sure this qualifies as a 3D printed gun

Posted on February 5, 2016 by robertwilkie

Article covers a guy that build a pistol, that basically has all the innards of a glock.  But the exterior is 3D printed design.  So the “shell” for the gun is 3D printed, but all the working parts are normal … Continue reading →

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Build your own 3D Scanner for $50

Posted on February 5, 2016 by robertwilkie

Well not including the camera.  The author uses a stepper, arduino, and a LED to tell the camera to take a picture to create the 3D model of an object.  Pretty nice build and looks like the results work out … Continue reading →

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Well this is neat, a design for linear movement with a servo

Posted on January 29, 2016 by robertwilkie

You can print this out and add your own servo.  The lift is pretty impressive on the design 3D Printed RC Servo to Linear Actuator Conversion files https://github.com/tscha70/3DPrinterSTLFiles

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Interesting tool to pack plywood cuts so you maximize the board

Posted on January 29, 2016 by robertwilkie

Interesting opensource tool, SVGnest, that can pack in a bunch of cuts onto one sheet of wood.  Beats trying to do it by hand. Pack Your Plywood Cuts with Genetic Algortihms https://github.com/Jack000/SVGnest

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Wait there’s Open source CAM software for Laser Cutters?

Posted on January 28, 2016 by robertwilkie

I have not ventured into laser cutters yet.  Mostly I can deal with drills and hot ends, but lasers….make be a bit nervous.  And the few folks I know that do use them on homebrewed CNC’s typically use LinuxCNC or … Continue reading →

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