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We’ve found the awesome singularity
Yes, that’s exactly what you think it is. A Transformer. That transforms into the TARDIS. This masterpiece of pop culture is the work of [Nonnef] over on Instructables. After the inspiration to create...
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The tiniest arcade cabinets you’ve ever seen
After perusing Amazon one day, [Dave] found a very interesting piece of kit: a small, 1.5″ digital picture frame. They’re not very complex, just an LCD, a few buttons to cycle the picture, and a...
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Dual extruders in the space of one stepper motor
The new hotness in 3D printers is – and has been for a while – dual extrusion. With two extruders and the requisite filament supply, it’s possible to print objects in two colors or two different...
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3D Printering: Where can I get the cheapest filament?
We’ve complained about the price of 3D printing filament, and cheered at the machine that makes filament out of plastic pellets. Still, the price of filament for our 3D printers is climbing ever...
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NESPo: another 3D printed portable NES
Grab your favorite cartridge and violently blow into the end, because [Dave Nunez] is sending us on a nostalgia trip with his 3D printed portable NES. He takes the typical route of chopping up a...
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3D Printering: The Combo Machines Cometh
There’s only so many ways to squeeze hot plastic out of a nozzle, and eventually witnessing the explosion of 3D printer designs over the past few years gets just a little repetitive. What then, is...
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3D Printering: Electronics Boards
If you’re gearing up to build a 3D printer, one of the first things you’ll need to look at is your options for electronics boards. Whether you decide to optimize for cost or capability, the choices...
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3D Printed Prosthetic Hand
3D printing – with the promise of low-scale manufacturing and custom parts – is ideal for the prosthetic industry, but so far prosthetic hands have been a very, very hard nut to crack. [Joel] has been...
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Automatic tool changing on a 3D printer
[Luis] has a pretty interesting project on his hands. He’s using a delta 3D printer to plate a few edibles – yogurt, chocolate, and other thick liquids. Because he intends to use actual plates as the...
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A $100 Stereolithography 3D Printer
The Hackaday tip line has been blowing up with a new Kickstarter for a 3D printer. Although this is a pretty common occurrence around here, this printer is actually very interesting: it’s quite...
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World Maker Faire 2013: The Sub-$500 Deltaprintr
There are a few delta bot 3D printers out there such as the Rostock which, while being a very nice printer, is still a little expensive. When [Shai] from SUNY wanted to use a 3D printer for his...
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Priceless Paintings – Scanned and Printed in 3D
When we think of works by Van Gogh and Rembrandt, most of us remember a picture, but we aren’t accustomed to seeing the actual painting. [Tim Zaman], a scientist at Delft University of Technology in...
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SCARA Arm Becomes Enormous 3D Printer
When you find an old, disused 80s-era SCARA arm in a lab, there’s really not much more you can do than make a giant 3D printer with it. The last time we saw [Dane]‘s salvaged SCARA arm, he had...
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Blender CAM – Open Source CAM Software
[Vilem] sent in a tip about a plugin he’s been working on for Blender, called Blender CAM. It allows for exporting directly from Blender to a G-code file. He has been working on it for several months,...
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3D Printed Cutaway Jet Engine Sounds Great
Thanks to the wonders of 3D printing, you can now have a 3D printed a jet engine of your very own. Unlike jet engines we’ve seen before, this one comes with no chance of the operator getting burned to...
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UK Cops Fear Gun; Pointlessly Seize 3D Printer
Above, according to the greater Manchester Police force, is a 3D printed gun. Well, the rozzers say it’s merely a trigger for a gun. In part they’re actually correct; it is a trigger. For a...
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The Sub-$500 Deltaprintr
We’ve seen them before, but only now has the Deltaprinter, a very simple and affordable delta printer finally hit Kickstarter. We saw the Deltaprintr at the World Maker Faire last September where the...
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3D Printering: Making A Thing With OpenSCAD
So you have a 3D printer, and you’re getting tired of printing out octopodes and weighted companion cubes. Good! With a 3D printer, you can make just about anything, but only if you have the modeling...
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The 3D Printed Ukulele
The creator of everyone’s favorite slic3r – [Alessandro Ranellucci] – has been hard at work putting his 3D modeling skills to the test. He’s created a ukulele that’s nearly entirely 3D printed (Google...
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Custom Rostock 3D Printer Makes Use of IKEA Components
After discovering 3D printers, [Turi] had to make one. This past summer he did, and it looks fantastic. He chose the Rostock design not only because it can print big parts quickly, but also because of...
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