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Day 258 – Sunday gift: Knots for Mom

Day 258 – Sunday gift: Knots for Mom 640 480 mathgrrl

It’s Mother’s Day so today I am printing something for my Mom. When I asked her what she would like me to print for her, she suggested something that she…

Day 257 – Saturday Guest: Scott Sherman’s Isohedra

Day 257 – Saturday Guest: Scott Sherman’s Isohedra 594 516 mathgrrl

Today’s post is contributed by Scott Sherman, otherwise known as loki3 on Shapeways, where he has a wide variety of exotic dice models, including a new kind of d4 and even…

Day 256 – Friday Fail: Fixed-by-Tinkercad edition

Day 256 – Friday Fail: Fixed-by-Tinkercad edition 1024 616 mathgrrl

Today we look at two objects that I had trouble printing on a Replicator 2 without doing some fixes. Usually when a model won’t slice with MakerWare, I use MeshLab…

Day 255 – Sofabed and office chairs

Day 255 – Sofabed and office chairs 640 480 mathgrrl

Here’s a secret: I might be a little bit obsessive. With the 3D printing. Of all the tiny furniture. I’m just saying, I think this might not be normal. But…

Day 254 – Arcade machine and light tree

Day 254 – Arcade machine and light tree 640 480 mathgrrl

We are going to leave a lot of furniture behind in the upcoming downsizing move, but there are two pieces we absolutely cannot live without: our full-size Galaga/Ms.PacMan arcade cabinet…

Day 253 – Dining chairs and kitchen stool

Day 253 – Dining chairs and kitchen stool 640 480 mathgrrl

Continuing our 1:50 scale miniature furniture collection, today we added dining room chairs and four-legged stools.  The picture below shows what the dining area will look like in our new…

Day 252 – Large Rhombic Tricontahedron

Day 252 – Large Rhombic Tricontahedron 640 480 mathgrrl

Today we printed a large copy of a Rhombic Tricontahedron (Day 203) to give to a doctor friend who is leading the pack of those trying to figure out a…

Day 251: Extended Billy bookcases

Day 251: Extended Billy bookcases 640 480 mathgrrl

Continuing from yesterday, today we printed some IKEA Billy bookcases with height extenders. The height extenders are sold separately and come in both wide and thin versions. I know you can…

Day 250: Billy bookcases

Day 250: Billy bookcases 640 480 mathgrrl

Most of our furniture consists of bookcases, and our go-to bookcases are from IKEA’s Billy bookcase series. The Billys currently come in short and tall flavors, both of which can be…

Day 249: Friday Fail – From OpenSCAD crashes to Beefy win!

Day 249: Friday Fail – From OpenSCAD crashes to Beefy win! 640 480 mathgrrl

Sometimes things just don’t work and I don’t know why. For example, the new version of OpenSCAD is great but I couldn’t get it to run on my old Mac laptop;…

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