3D Printing

Day 100 – Tiny Icosahedron surprise ball

Day 100 – Tiny Icosahedron surprise ball 640 480 mathgrrl

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

Day 99 – Snowflake Ornaments, Part 2 640 480 mathgrrl

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…

Day 98 – Snowflake Ornaments, Part 1

Day 98 – Snowflake Ornaments, Part 1 640 480 mathgrrl

For the Thingiverse/Studio 360 Ornament Challenge we remixed the snowflakes from Day 70 and Day 71 into thicker, hangable snowflake ornaments. Here is the first half: STL file: http://www.geekhaus.com/makerhome/day98_snowflakeornaments1.stl Tinkercad link: https://tinkercad.com/things/aZjXsjxhaZS-day-98-snowflake-ornaments-part-1 Thingiverse…

Day 97 – British Pound Trap

Day 97 – British Pound Trap 640 480 mathgrrl

Today’s print is one of the drop-down choices from the Customized Coin Trap model that we posted about yesterday: a trap for a British pound coin. STL file: http://www.geekhaus.com/makerhome/day97_poundtrap.stl Thingiverse link: http://www.thingiverse.com/make:55310…

Day 96 – Customizable Coin Traps

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Finally I have gotten around to learning how to use OpenSCAD, and thus also the Thingiverse Customizer. Our first customizable design: traps for coins of any size, from any country!…

Day 95 – Kinematics bracelet #2

Day 95 – Kinematics bracelet #2 640 480 mathgrrl

Yesterday’s bracelet was so great that we decided to print another one today, again from Nervous System’s Kinematics@home site. STL file: http://www.geekhaus.com/makerhome/day95_kinematicsbracelet2.stl (but go make your own instead of using…

Day 94 – Kinematics bracelet

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The design studio Nervous System has put up a great free morphing/algorithmic/supercool bracelet-making site at Kinematics@home where you can modify bracelet designs within certain parameters and then either download an .stl file…

Day 93 – Pig and Veg toothpicks

Day 93 – Pig and Veg toothpicks 640 480 mathgrrl

For the holidays, here are some toothpicks that you can use to label foods according to if they contain meat (bacon!), are suitable for vegetarians, or have some potential allergen…

Day 92 – Weeping Angel from Dr. Who

Day 92 – Weeping Angel from Dr. Who 640 480 mathgrrl

Great, now we’re too terrified to take this out of the printer. This beautiful and horrifying model is fantasygraph’s Dr. Who Weeping Angel on Thingiverse. We printed it in honor…

Day 91 – Truncated Icosahedron

Day 91 – Truncated Icosahedron 640 480 mathgrrl

We didn’t have time to make this one earlier, so here it is now. A truncated icosahedron (Buckyball/soccerball/football depending on who you are). I made the snaps really tight so…

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