3D Printing

Day 234 – Sprial Knot S(5,2,(1,1,-1,1))

Day 234 – Sprial Knot S(5,2,(1,1,-1,1)) 640 480 mathgrrl

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…

Day 233 – Bedmaker

Day 233 – Bedmaker 640 480 mathgrrl

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,…

Day 232 – Bookcasemaker

Day 232 – Bookcasemaker 640 480 mathgrrl

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…

Day 231 – Tablemaker

Day 231 – Tablemaker 640 480 mathgrrl

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…

Day 230 – Sofamaker

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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…

Day 229 – Saturday Guest: kitwallace and Programming Polyhedra

Day 229 – Saturday Guest: kitwallace and Programming Polyhedra 500 347 mathgrrl

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…

Day 228 – Friday Fail: Terminal edition

Day 228 – Friday Fail: Terminal edition 1024 580 mathgrrl

Seriously? An overnight print of eighteen Fidget Cubes (see Day 158) failed just before the LAST LAYER. Sigh. Thingiverse link: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:230139 Technical note: We now use .48 clearance instead of .5 for…

Day 227 – Penrose Snap Tiles

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Today we printed emmett’s Penrose Snap Tiles on Thingiverse, which are a genius-level modification of the already awesome Penrose P3 Tiles by pleppik. The genius is the excellent snap-together design that at…

Day 226 – Tetris box puzzle

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RarelyEvil’s 3D Tetris Pieces Puzzle with Box on Thingiverse is one of the nicest working models I have seen on Thingiverse. It’s a simple thing – just 3D Tetris-like pieces that…

Day 225 – Hilbert cubes

Day 225 – Hilbert cubes 640 480 mathgrrl

Today’s print is sushiyaki’s Hilbert block model on Thingiverse. This model is great because it prints without any supports at all, and some of the gaps between the paths even…

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