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Day 138 – ABS and PLA Recycle Signs

Day 138 – ABS and PLA Recycle Signs 640 480 mathgrrl

This semester a MakerBot Replicator 2 and MakerBot Digitizer are joining the Afinias we have in the JMU 3-SPACE classroom, so we will need a recycle/fail bin for PLA as…

Day 137 – Clover knot

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More TopMod! Today we made a knot: STL file: http://www.geekhaus.com/makerhome/day137_cloverknot.stl Thingiverse link: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:224032 Settings: MakerWare .15mm/high with raft and supports, in 6 hours and 23 minutes. I didn’t use the custom knot…

Day 136 – Six Handles Fancy

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Today we took yesterday’s TopMod model and created crusts along certain face loops to get a more open, fancy, swirly design: STL file: http://www.geekhaus.com/makerhome/day136_sixhandlesfancy.stl Thingiverse link: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:223250 Settings: We used the same custom…

Day 135 – Six Handles

Day 135 – Six Handles 640 480 mathgrrl

Today’s model is a sculpture made with the excellent and innovative mesh-wrangling software TopMod. Since my way-back math roots are in topology, TopMod is like coming home; everything about it…

Day 134 – Low-Poly Gollum

Day 134 – Low-Poly Gollum 640 480 mathgrrl

Today’s print is a low-poly version of BorisBelocon’s Gollum on Thingiverse.  We printed this for Tim Chartier of Davidson College, who created the low-poly version of BorisBelocon’s model by using…

Day 133 – Broken Hearts

Day 133 – Broken Hearts 640 480 mathgrrl

Today the holiday visits are over and we are back to designing. Something simple to start, and to get ahead for the next holiday: customizable easy-to-print broken hearts that you…

Day 132 – Stretchy Bands

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To finish out the Thanxmas presents, today we printed some of walter’s Customizable Stretchy Bands model from Thingiverse. STL file: http://www.geekhaus.com/makerhome/day132_stretchybands.stl (but customize your own!) Thingiverse link: http://www.thingiverse.com/make:61047 Settings: MakerWare .3mm/low on…

Day 131 – More Bowls

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The past week of cleaning and family visits has meant a lot of reprints and Thingiverse designs, and today is no exception: we printed a bunch of bowls from the…

Day 130 – Trilobite articulatum

Day 130 – Trilobite articulatum 640 480 mathgrrl

Today is Thanxmas for our family! For the festivities we have a celebratory Trilobite articulatum from AuntDaisy on Thingiverse in our faux fireplace. Thingiverse link: http://www.thingiverse.com/make:60760 Settings: MakerWare .3mm/low in about…

Day 129 – Estonian Kroon Coin Trap

Day 129 – Estonian Kroon Coin Trap 1024 768 mathgrrl

Today’s print is a Customized Coin Trap to hold an Estonian Kroon in the blue, black and white colors of the Estonian flag, for my father, who was born in Estonia.…

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