It’s days like these where you’re in your speedboat zipping from port to port with bags of frozen melon balls ready to hand out and bless everyone’s day with sweet, icy goodness. Yet, how do you keep those melon balls from getting drenched by the mad wakes you’re frothing up in the bay? I know what you’re thinking. A BIN? But why spend time and very little money to buy one in a store, when you could use it as yet another excuse to fire up that 3D printer and print yourself a few melon ball-certified chilly bins. YOU’RE WELCOME. Thingiverse user, muddymaker (Tony Sim), has just the solution in…
The world would be a much better place if, outside of everyone’s front door, there’s a scenic route, primed and ready for brisk walking, jogging, and – of course – cycling. You can avoid so many tricky logistics like fitting or strapping your mountain bike onto your tiny car. Or what to do with a brand new mountain bike when you already have a favorite bike for casual use. And you’re rarely in the mountains. Self-proclaimed “master of all terrains”, the Superstrata bike covers most of them in its frontend options. And with an array of promised features, it confidently claims itself as “the last bike you’ll ever need. If…
The tour of this makerspace just outside Denver and Boulder, Colorado took place in September 2019, long before COVID-19 flipped spaces like these on their heads. However, as of today, TinkerMill is open for business, albeit with several precautions in place. Take a peek inside this massive, and well-equipped space in the video below with our delightful and most excellent tour guide, Joe Augustaitus. I’m very sad to report that Joe unexpectedly passed away March 9 of this year. More on him can be found at the end of this article. COVID-19 Restrictions For the most up-to-date information on precautionary measures surrounding the coronavirus, you can check this page. As…
Good news from the folks a Gravity Sketch. As if sketching in virtual space was not already cool enough, their development team has gone and made it possible to co-create geometry at the same time, in the same virtual space! Not believing this to be kicked enough, they’ve obliterated the need to share a common physical locale. Yep, now when I don my VR headset and step into the new virtual space, I can be here in the good old US-of-A and share in real-time a virtual co-creative session with a mate a world away in the land down under! I’ve signed up for the co-creation beta and am excited…
One day after spending too much time on YouTube searching for random videos, furniture maker and former NFL lineman John Malecki stumbled upon a video by Slovenian Woodworker which shared how to create a ‘floating cave table’ using epoxy and acrylic. Eager to put his own spin on the project, he upped the ante and crafted a larger coffee-table version with cave-like edges around each side of the design. The process is a bit more complex than you might think but no less interested to see how it comes together: 1. Make the Table Top and Bottom To make the cave table’s top and bottom, Malecki cuts a LOT of…
Arkansas-based AMBOTS is developing a concept called “Swarm 3D Printing”, describing themselves as “an advanced manufacturing company with a focus on swarm 3D printing and assembly” that will bring us “the next manufacturing revolution.” “This technology aims to automate manufacturing with a swarm of smart and autonomous mobile robots, from everyday products to houses and infrastructures. Just like how a swarm of bees or wasps would work together to build their nests, the swarm of smart mobile robots can work together to print and assemble products based on digital models on demand. AMBOTS stands for Autonomous Mobile roBOTS and Advanced Manufacturing roBOTS.” Swarm 3D Printing How does swarm 3D printing…