More shells! This time we printed a model to match an example from the Khan Academy, so that you can go there and learn how to set up the definite integral…
Tomorrow in calculus we’ll be discussing how to approximate volumes of solids of revolution using “shells”. This is traditionally a very difficult concept for students to visualize, so having a…
Today, eight models we’ve seen before, optimized for printing small and fast. We’ll be printing one of these tiny models for each person that comes to the Fall Meeting of…
There is never enough time. Over the past few weeks I have failed miserably at time, specifically at keeping up with this blog on a daily basis. I’ve been “a…
This semester five students and I have been 3D-printing the knots through 7 crossings in both standard and special configurations, as part of our MATH 297 – Knot Theory Research and…
We don’t have one bed of every size in our house but it seemed like a good idea to print all of the sizes; here we have Twin, Full, Queen,…
Continuing our moving series, today we made an OpenSCAD module for making the most important type of furniture at all: bookcases! Here we have some Bondes (now discontinued, sadly) and…
Continuing with our (procrastination of) planning for this summer’s move, we printed our dining room table and two coffee tables. Thingiverse link: http://www.thingiverse.com/make:77669 Settings: Printed on a Replicator 2 with…
It’s official; we are moving to NYC this summer! This means downsizing from a house to an apartment, and some interesting furniture decisions. To help sort things out (and to…
Today’s post is contributed by Chris Wallace, also known as kitwallace on Thingiverse, and author of The Wallace Line. He is the creator of the Rolling Knot, Mobius Strip, and…
