3D Printing

Day 42 – Catan numbers

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We play Catan a lot at the dinner table and everything gets a little rough around the edges. Our number disks in particular looked a little shabby so we made…

Day 41 – Catan card holder

Day 41 – Catan card holder 640 480 mathgrrl

Today, something long-awaited in our house: A card holder for Settlers of Catan! The design is an extension of Zarquon’s Game Card Holder, which is itself a derivation of condac’s Game Card Holder on…

Day 40 – Cheese doorstop

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Yet another thing for the JMU 3-SPACE classroom: some cheese to keep the door open. Design from terenceang’s Cheeze Door-Stop remix of mpv4gb’s Swiss Cheese Doorstop on Thingiverse. Thingiverse link: http://www.thingiverse.com/make:49512 Settings:…

Day 39 – CGR boat

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Our son designed today’s print in Tinkercad.  It is a test design for a 3D-printed boat for use in flooding emergencies.  This was his third design, optimized for rough waters…

Day 38 – 3-SPACE Afinia fan cover

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With the start of classes in the JMU 3-SPACE classroom just a week or so away, today’s print is an upgrade of Day 24‘s Afinia fan grate: STL file: http://www.geekhaus.com/makerhome/day38_3spacefan.stl…

Day 37 – Creeper desk ornament

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Okay, I’ve been traveling and I am very tired.  One more day of something simple.  A creeper face to keep you company on your desk. STL file: http://www.geekhaus.com/makerhome/day37_creeperdesk.stl Tinkercad link: https://tinkercad.com/things/54QxllBTrr7-day-37-creeper-desk-ornament…

Day 36 – Photo background clips

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Today, something very simple but which I think will be very useful for future pictures on this blog: slepcat’s Paper Clip to set up simple photo background on Thingiverse. Thingiverse link: http://www.thingiverse.com/make:48961…

Day 35 – Wormhole candle holder

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JamieLang’s Wormhole Candle Holder is one of the most beautiful things I have seen on Thingiverse that is easily and reliably printable on a household fused deposition modeling machine.  Its overhang angles…

Day 34 – Ice cream stacker

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Counting allowance points to 100 is fine but it takes forever. For a more short-term reward we now have this three-step path to a trip for ice cream. The design…

Day 33 – Icosapillar

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Of course every icosahedron jawbreaker trap needs a respectable stand.  Here is a very simple one I made in Tinkercad.  Its top is exactly the shape needed to hold the…

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