The company launched their product not too long ago but is receiving a great deal of attention and one might say their venture is entirely successful. In today’s ultra-competitive professional 3D partner market it is often difficult for companies to stand out among the dozens of alternative machines. AON3D decided to focus on 3D printers that provided a combination of two desirable features: size and temperature. There are plenty of 3D printers that offer high-temperature 3D printing, as this allows the machines to print in exotic engineering materials such as PEEK, PEKK, and ULTEM. Such materials are far more useful than common ABS and especially PLA prints because they can…

If the smell of coffee can’t wake you up in the morning, there is one more thing you can try: engine oil. Okay, it may be a stretch, but Italian YouTube creator Rulof Maker has taken these two strong scents and mixed them together. How? By making an espresso machine out of an old piston and cylinder he took from a motorcycle. First things first: he brushes out the oil, dirt, and grime from the parts using a specialized solution. Once the parts are free of all oil and grime, Rulof connects a classic espresso arm to the bottom of the cylinder. He then creates a new hole where hot…

We’ve said it time and time again, but the Raspberry Pi is just so dang cool and we believe all designers and engineers should have one in their toolkit—if not on their desktop. While there is a bit of a slight learning curve, it’s nothing that today’s designers and engineers can’t handle on a leisurely Saturday. So why not start now? The Raspberry Pi Mastery Bundle includes 8 courses to get started creating your very own Amazon Echo or even a KUKA-like robotic arm for your desktop (how’s that for office bragging rights). Throw in any of your own 3D printed housing designs—like a drone—and the opportunities are limitless! For…

He’s at it again… We’ve seen the wild range of garage invention hijinks that YouTuber Colin Furze has gotten into—including a working Jet-powered bicycle and a homemade hoverbike—so it comes with little surprise that 5-year-old “Little Furze” would eventually come knocking on dad’s workshop door with his own requests. “Dad, can you make me a Jet Scooter?” Ever the curious tinkerer, Furze naturally gave in. “So I made the boy a jet scooter but wait till he sees dads version muhahaha,” says Furze. Using a Micro Kickboard Mini Deluxe Scooter as his canvas, Furze mounts an electric EDF engine on the handle post to give his son’s morning commute to…

It may not look like it, but those tiny comics on the side of your tax returns could one day be the next Calvin and Hobbes hit. And while you really shouldn’t be drawing on your tax returns, it just goes to show how something so small can spark a really big idea. The 3Doodler Create+ takes your misplaced creativity and allows you to bring your doodles into the third dimension. Using a special nozzle, it extrudes hot PLA, ABS, and FLEXY plastics which harden rapidly as you draw your desired 3D object. Two buttons near the nozzle allow you to adapt the 3Doodler for slow or fast printing. Slow…

Sponsored by That crust around your 3D modeling joints? Don’t worry. That’s the sign of EXPERIENCE. But we’re about to chip those crusty bits away. We’ve been modeling more or less the same for decades–some use solids, some use polygons, some do it sitting, some do it standing. But, it’s always been US telling IT what to do. Well, times they are a-changin’. Imagine that 3D model–nay, the interface, 3D model, and even manufacturing process–adapting as you design? Seems crazy, doesn’t it, but it’s something we have long thought about. Now, we’re finally seeing it take shape, while others are getting a first glimpse, realizing what’s ahead, and still others…