Category Archives: CNC/3D-printing

Another Kinetic Sand Art Table

Posted on June 30, 2021 by robertwilkie

Another nice build. I like how the parts are all 3D printed so you do not need to make any custom stuff. I like how he uses fake leather as a buffer between the magnet and the steel ball to … Continue reading →

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Cool beer tray

Posted on June 29, 2021 by robertwilkie

The author uses an arduino to control the LEDS to give the tray a nice light affect. Gives me some ideas for other serving trays. https://www.instructables.com/Rainbow-LED-Roulette-Beer-Tray/

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Neat M&M sorter

Posted on June 18, 2021 by robertwilkie

Neat build, the author 3D printed the hardware and uses an arduino as the brains to sort M&M’s. https://www.instructables.com/Arduino-MM-Color-Sorter/

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Making wooden nuts

Posted on May 27, 2021 by robertwilkie

The author uses 3D printed out templates to draw out the outside of the nut, pretty neat build if you want to make really big nuts out of wood. The nuts would be insulated which could be nice in some … Continue reading →

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One fancy 3D printed camera motion control rig

Posted on May 26, 2021 by robertwilkie

Wow this is one complex build. Not so sure I would make this one, even if my printer could print the larger parts. Nice to watch the build thought.

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Tennis ball launcher build

Posted on May 19, 2021 by robertwilkie

The author designed and 3D printed a tennis ball launcher for his dog to keep the dog entertained. Nice build, but two things, it currently only does one ball at a time (so needs loading cage). and second would be … Continue reading →

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Nice CNC build

Posted on May 17, 2021 by robertwilkie

The author 3D prints most of the rail and other parts with wood combo, so in theory with a 3D printer, and some hand tools you could build your own. Downside is you do need a 3D printer. The author … Continue reading →

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Making a smart buoy

Posted on May 6, 2021 by robertwilkie

Nice build, the author designed this to help with monitoring in the ocean. But I could see it being used in things like ponds and lakes too. It uses an RPi too.

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3D print some puck corner clamps

Posted on March 30, 2021 by robertwilkie

Clever build for a corner clamp, as long as both boards are the same thickness. Only issue I see is that you would pretty much have to do a 80% or more fill on the puck to allow for decent … Continue reading →

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Another neat CDROM CNC build

Posted on March 26, 2021 by robertwilkie

This one is pretty simple, and the z axis is all 3D printed. It looks pretty sharp. https://www.instructables.com/3D-Printed-Mini-CNC-Machine/

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