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Day 298 – Friday Fail: Down but not out – also come see me July 2 in NYC!

Day 298 – Friday Fail: Down but not out – also come see me July 2 in NYC! 150 150 mathgrrl

Still trying to pack up 14 years of house and move it to a Brooklyn apartment, and that is taking pretty much all my time these days. Since I seem…

Day 297 – Borromean rings for the fourth dimension

Day 297 – Borromean rings for the fourth dimension 150 150 mathgrrl

Today we reprinted a giant red model of the Borromean rings from our Borromean Rings Collection on Thingiverse that we made on Day 178, to replace the giant blue model…

Day 296 – Spiral conformation of 7_6

Day 296 – Spiral conformation of 7_6 360 270 mathgrrl

The penultimate knot in our series is the knot 7_6, in both standard conformation and the spiral S(5,2,(1,1,-1,1)) conformation from Day 234. Thingiverse link: http://www.thingiverse.com/make:82547 Settings: Makerbot Replicator 2 on .3mm/low with…

Day 295 – Tangle conformation of 7_5

Day 295 – Tangle conformation of 7_5 360 270 mathgrrl

Just three knots left in the conformation series that we started on Day 266! Today we have the knot 7_5 in a tangle conformation, where you can clearly see the…

Day 294 – Secret push-pin shelf

Day 294 – Secret push-pin shelf 150 150 mathgrrl

One more push-pin print; this time we took another design by Tosh on Thingiverse, his Secret Shelf, and scaled it down for use on the corkboard. Our first attempt was…

Day 293 – Push-pin push-pin-less holder

Day 293 – Push-pin push-pin-less holder 150 150 mathgrrl

Today we printed a push-pin-less push-pin, for those times that you don’t want to leave a hole in your object; the design is Tosh’s beautifully simple Wall mount paper clip…

Day 292 – Push-pin push-pin holder

Day 292 – Push-pin push-pin holder 150 150 mathgrrl

Today is Saturday and we are printing things for young C, who needs things for his corkboard. First, a push-pin holder that is held up by push-pins, JamieLaing’s Thumbtack-able Thumbtack…

Day 291 – Friday Fail: Crossing change edition, with Pretzel conformation of 7_4

Day 291 – Friday Fail: Crossing change edition, with Pretzel conformation of 7_4 741 556 mathgrrl

The most eagle-eyed of you may have noticed an error in one of the knots in the group photo of the knot conformations series on Day 266. We got one of…

Day 290 – Cantarella conformation of 7_3

Day 290 – Cantarella conformation of 7_3 1024 768 mathgrrl

Today’s knot conformation takes us back to the beginning of my 3D-printing journey in February 2013, when I got my first 3D printer – still my favorite – a MakerBot…

Day 289 – Braid representation of 7_2

Day 289 – Braid representation of 7_2 1024 768 mathgrrl

Continuing with the knot conformations series we started on Day 266, today we printed a braid representation of the knot 7_2. Thingiverse link: http://www.thingiverse.com/make:82269 Settings: Printed on a Replicator 2 with…

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