Months ago, when the thought of a pandemic was just a whisper and inkling in our minds, a press release or blog post announcing a 3D printed glove remover might not have ever caught our attention. In fact, some might think among all the novel inventions a glove remover ranks pretty low on the invention scale. Not so anymore! COVID-19 and all the dangers it brings have changed up the game. Not only frontline workers but the masses are becoming health conscious and are constantly making sure they are protected. And what better place than to start with clean hands! To help keep frontline workers like doctors, nurses, and cooks…

Back in the day, the best way to make an injury-induced wheelchair ride cooler was to either paint the chair or slaps stickers all over it (it’s a fact that hotrod flames make a wheelchair go faster). Nowadays, however, you have options, including one that’s able to take you just about anywhere: The Ziesel has been around since 2013, but the folks at MATTRO have improved the vehicle over the years to drive smoother and be more versatile. If it doesn’t look like your typical wheelchair, perhaps it’s because MATTRO isn’t designing a wheelchair to go offroad but an offroad vehicle that increases mobility options for anyone. You won’t find…

If you’ve done any character sketching or modeling, you’ve likely used one of those poseable wooden figurines to frustrate you enough to eke out something that looks mostly human. It’s just a reference but, as you know, bodies are different sizes and shapes. So, what if you had a web app to pose up all the possibilities? JustSketchMe is a web-based app to create and pose 3D character models. But they go one step further and allow you to download the 3D model. From there, you can use it as a reference inside your 3D modeling software or 3D print the model for your own little army of flexible figures.…

Have you got an old laptop laying around that still boasts decent performance specs but is too banged up to take on the road? Are you looking for your next DIY electronics project? Well, Youtuber Matt of DIY Perks may have just the project for you! We’re talking an All-in-One PC conversion. Yep, a makeover in both form and function. The video walks you through an entire All-in-One build and is packed with helpful tips. Below are a few key process nuggets I gleaned from watching the video. Hopefully, they’ll help you decide if taking on an All-in-One PC makeover is your “Cup of tea”. Enjoy! Step One – Teardown…

It has been a very long time since Vikings roamed the land. Back in the late 8th to late 11th centuries these Norsemen were masters of hunting, raiding, and trading. But they could do almost none of these things without the proper tools, so it only made sense that their smithing techniques were just as renowned. Using a traditional Viking method known as sheer steel, the guys at That Works (the same folks at Baltimore Knife and Sword who brought our favorite fictional weapons at MAN AT ARMS Reforged) have made a Viking Spear which would make the Norse gods proud: Since there was no readily available steel back in…

Konichiwa, SolidWorks ninjas. Welcome to the dojo (Designing Objects Journeymen Organization). Let’s flip roll right into our training regime. Mid Plane Is Your Symmetrical Friend As we take our 2D sketches from the flat world into the third Extruded Boss/Base Feature dimension we have options. Some options utilize references as drivers. When not using reference drivers but creating stand-alone geometry, I default to the Mid Plane option over the Blind option. Particularly, when the shape created will serve as starting geometry that is built off (and/or is) the primary geometric volume. Why Design Using Midplanes? A Mid Plane extrude creates part symmetry about a plane using one feature. Symmetry can…