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Day 108 – Minecraft castle

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Minecraft is “The Last Starfighter” of 3D modeling and printing – a game that gets kids ready for the next industrial revolution by teaching them how to move, build, and…

Day 107 – SEGA Sonic cartridge sleeves

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We love Sonic 2 on the SEGA Genesis, and we’ve recently been enjoying the whole series all over again with our son. Our ancient cartridges don’t have protective sleeves, so we…

Day 106 – Filament Shelf Clip

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I keep my filament on an old curtain rod over a shelf, and the rolls that are far away from the printer don’t unroll correctly. This shelf clip fixes the…

Day 105 – Bow Box

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Tired. Need simple. Something that just works. How about muddtt’s Christmas Gift Box on Thingiverse? Thingiverse link: http://www.thingiverse.com/make:56796 Settings: MakerWare .3mm/low with the base and the bow in one print and…

Day 104 – Tetrapuzzle

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One nice entry from the Makerbot Math Manipulative Challenge on Thingiverse was GeorgeHart’s Five Screw Puzzles. Here is the tetrahedron puzzle from that entry. Thingiverse link: http://www.thingiverse.com/make:56078 Settings: MakerWare .3mm/low worked well,…

Day 103 – Cheese labels

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Today we used Tinkercad, Inkscape, Fontspace, and the technique from Day 27 to make four cheese labels for a party tray. STL file: http://www.geekhaus.com/makerhome/day103_cheeselabels.stl Tinkercad link: https://tinkercad.com/things/9CAI51WG5Pw-day-103-cheese-labels Thingiverse link: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:199111 Settings: MakerWare .3mm/low, switching filament…

Day 102 – Fidget rings

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Today we made two copies of AmazingSpanoMan’s Customizable Fidget Ring on Thingiverse. The center ring spins around very nicely. STL file: http://www.geekhaus.com/makerhome/day102_fidgetrings.stl Thingiverse link: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:188275 (customize your own!) Stuff to change:…

Day 101 – More Dodecahedra

Day 101 – More Dodecahedra 640 480 mathgrrl

Of all the nets from Day 80 through Day 86, I think the dodecahedra works the best. Easy to put together, easy to take apart, at least as printed from…

Day 100 – Tiny Icosahedron surprise ball

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I have a small gift I have to give someone secretly at a party, so I enclosed it in this tiny hollow icosahedron. Safe to show off at the party…

Day 99 – Snowflake Ornaments, Part 2

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Printed the rest of the ornaments! STL file: http://www.geekhaus.com/makerhome/day99_snowflakeornaments2.stl Tinkercad link: https://tinkercad.com/things/2TE1FmDGaKP-day-99-snowflake-ornaments-part-2 Thingiverse link: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:195032 Settings: MakerWare .3mm/low in 7-9 minutes per ornament. Technical notes: I tried printing one of these on…

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