Christopher Hawkins made this cool DIY 3d printed stepper motor: This is a programmable stepper motor and driver that I made out of some nails, magnet wire, neodymium magnets, a digispark microcontroller, and a 3D printed piece that I designed … Read more
Researchers at Germany’s Hasso Plattner Institute have developed an amazing new Laser cutting 3D objects, the LaserOrigami: LaserOrigami is a rapid prototyping system that produces 3D objects using a laser cutter. LaserOrigami is substantially faster than traditional 3D fabrication techniques … Read more
Here’s a 3D printed vacuum former by Jonny, documentation is available as a thing on Thingiverse: This is a vacuum forming machine that you can print. Which allows you to make a mold of your 3d printed object. I hope … Read more
Here’s a project made at the LVL1 Hackathon challenge. It’s a 3D scanner made from junk parts. This project came out of the Hackathon LVL1 had in June 2012. The rules were minimal but had a big impact on the end … Read more
A while ago we asked What gerber viewer do you use and why?. The general consensus is that the gerber files need to be checked before you send them go get your PCBs made. ZofzPCB is a gerber viewer geared … Read more
Here is a Online 3D gerber viewer. You just upload your gerber files, and the online app generates a 3D model of your PCB. This is an awesome way to check for any silk-screen, and solder mask errors, if your … Read more
Bus Pirate 3.5c is the next project we converted to a 3D model. This time we upgraded the rendering with Maxwell’s render plugin for SketchUp. The plugin is free for resolutions of up to 800×600. First select the materials (plastic, … Read more
Andy built a 3D stereolithography printer, and provided instructions on how to build your own. Resin is cured in layers using a UV laser. A linear actuator moves the stage down slightly after each layer is hardend, slowly building the … Read more
EagleUp is a new way to render Eagle PCBs in 3D. It integrates with Google Sketchup so it’s possible to design cases around the PCB model: version 4 has been released. Most of the import and export procedures have been … Read more
Drone writes: Now you can 3D print in glazed ceramics at Shapeways. Great! I need some big HV insulators for the electric chair I’m building. Interestingly, prices are based on surface area. Glazed Ceramics is perfect for any application such … Read more
There is a new teaser site for an upcoming web-based CAD tool aimed at artists and makers. This looks like it may be a nice entry level tool to get even more people into 3D modeling. It is currently unknown … Read more
MichaelZ spotted a commercial 3D LED cube. I saw this at a home construction materials show in Taiwan 3D LED cube thing In person they are very impressive. There are vertical strips of SMD LEDs and the light changes color. … Read more
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