mathgrrl

Today we gave a 3D-printing workshop at MoMath Summer Camp. Everyone got to make and print their own math gyro in Tinkercad. Here’s what the students made: Tinkercad link: https://www.tinkercad.com/things/1RUJSJvRboQ-math-gyro-maker Thingiverse…

We recently got a scan of Calvin’s head at the 3D Photo Booth in the MakerBot Retail Store on Mulberry Street in NYC. About 18 months ago we got a…

Here’s why you work so hard (see yesterday’s post) to get a reliable print at 50% size: Because you need a lot of them! Young C has been spending a…

Today’s print is FLOWALISTIK’s nicely stylized Low-Poly Pikachu model from Thingiverse. The design of this model is great, and just like the ones we printed on Day 282, FLOWALISTIC made very nice choices…

We printed ZortraX’s Zortrax Buckle from Thingiverse for the sole purpose of hearing that satisfying *snap* that these types of buckles make. Can the snap be 3D-printed? Yes it can!…

Today we printed ATDT8675309’s Cube Puzzle on Thingiverse, which consists of eighteen rods that assemble into a nice regular structure. Except that we failed at the assembly part! Maybe we’re all thumbs,…

A few days ago we printed richgain’s Printable Interlocking Puzzle #1, and today our print is his Printable Interlocking Puzzle #2. For me this was actually a pretty difficult puzzle…

Trading sine and cosine turns yesterday’s POW bracelet into this POP: Thingiverse link: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:426255 Settings: MakerBot Replicator 2 on .3mm/low. Technical notes, math flavor: Yesterday’s POW bracelet was based on this…

Today we kick the math up a notch and use a combination of two trigonometric functions to define a bracelet curve. POW! Thingiverse link: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:426034 Settings: MakerBot Replicator 2 with .3mm/low…

This time we’ve fixed the frequency at 72, the amplitude at 2mm, and left the diameter, height, and slant variable to make a RIB bracelet. This bracelet is not stretchy…