Category Archives: CNC/3D-printing

Another nice (and smaller) plot clock

Posted on September 29, 2015 by robertwilkie

Author includes some of the 3D printed bits too.  Nice build for a simple and more…portable clock with a whiteboard and arduino.  I wonder if he could take it a step farther and get the arduino board built into the … Continue reading →

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3D print some fake batteries to extend your project

Posted on September 21, 2015 by robertwilkie

OK this beats my solution of soldering directly to the battery terminals.  The author here simply places his fake shell batteries into the battery compartment, and they has wire leads to the battery replacement.  Why would you do this?  Well … Continue reading →

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Making CNC based business cards

Posted on September 17, 2015 by robertwilkie

Clever build, the author makes a reference card on a copper board cut to the shape of a business card.  You could modify this to have more “business card” information on it and hand it out. http://hackaday.com/2015/09/10/cnced-business-card/ original: http://protological.com/reference-pcb-business-card-cnc/

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I knew it, someone would make an M&M sorter

Posted on September 16, 2015 by robertwilkie

I was making jokes about an M&M sorter earlier this week from the skittles one.  Well someone did it. http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1012209

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OK the gear bit is cool, but the rollers for sand castles are better

Posted on September 16, 2015 by robertwilkie

The geared pattern builder for making patterns in the sand is neat, but what I really like is the rollers the guy built for adding texture to the walls of a sandcastle. http://www.3ders.org/articles/20150913-3d-printed-sand-castle-tools-made-with-math-to-play-with-math.html

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Cool Step Stool with CNC engraving

Posted on September 14, 2015 by robertwilkie

The author built the stool with 2x4s and then had a CNC engrave the top.  Pretty slick looking.  One thing I would have done differently.  Since a CNC did the engraving, why not have it also cut it out?  Looks … Continue reading →

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Using 3D printing to fake out security tags on shipping containers

Posted on September 10, 2015 by robertwilkie

OK this is funny, apparently shipping containers have, well basically custom seals to indicate if a container is tampered with or not.  Some theives figured out this and make a copy of the tag, so got into a shipping container, … Continue reading →

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Print out your own TSA keys

Posted on September 10, 2015 by robertwilkie

There is a reason why backdoors are a bad idea.  Apparently someone took a picture from the net of keys TSA uses to open the “TSA approved” locks and printed out there own.  And guess what, they work. http://www.geek.com/news/anyone-can-now-3d-print-a-functional-tsa-master-key-1633560/ You … Continue reading →

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Make your own skittle sorter

Posted on September 10, 2015 by robertwilkie

OK I know this has been done before with arduinos.  But this time all the “parts” you can print out instead of having to cobble them together from god knows where.  Its a cool build and has alot of thought … Continue reading →

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Print out your own camera slide

Posted on September 10, 2015 by robertwilkie

Pretty nice camera slide that is all printed out except for the screws and bars.  I like the adjustable feet for it. http://www.3ders.org/articles/20150908-make-a-3d-printed-camera-slider.html

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