3D Printing

Day 12 – Videogame dice

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Today we made a videogame die, with the number on each face represented by some classic game.  In the picture you see 6 Minecraft creepers, 2 Space Invaders, and 3…

Day 11 – Giant knot

Day 11 – Giant knot 640 480 mathgrrl

Two days ago we printed some mini knots; today we go to the opposite extreme and print a GIANT knot!  It was really fun seeing the looks on people’s faces…

Day 10 – Going fishing

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Up until now I tried to design a completely new object or at least modify/remix an existing design each day, but today my design time was spent learning OpenSCAD so…

Day 9 – Mini knots

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Even at home, eight days is a lot of time to pass without printing something mathematical.  So today, miniature knots!  We can use them around the house as game tokens…

Day 8 – LEGO marble run (chapter 2)

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Following up from Day 4 we have some new-and-improved LEGO marble run pieces: STL file: http://www.geekhaus.com/makerhome/day8_legomarble.stl Tinkercad link: https://tinkercad.com/things/31fZLaKI5PM-day-8-lego-marble-run-chapter-2 Thingiverse link: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:145842 Settings: MakerWare “low” with no raft and custom supports as…

Day 7 – Holey coin-op bottle opener

Day 7 – Holey coin-op bottle opener 1600 1200 mathgrrl

Today something very simple:  a minor remix of hoeken’s lovely minimalist Coin-op Bottle Opener on Thingiverse, with holes added for style and so you can see the penny better. STL file:…

Day 6 – Hinged butterfly

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Inspired by the hinge in someandy’s Embossing Stamp, today we make a hinged butterfly. The image came from a screenshot of butterfly on wugange.com and was converted to .svg format by online-convert.com and…

Day 5 – Fractal LED

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Most of today’s design time was spent tweaking the LEGO marble run piece from yesterday, but that’s not done yet so here we will do an easy mashup of two…

Day 4 – LEGO marble run (chapter 1)

Day 4 – LEGO marble run (chapter 1) 640 480 mathgrrl

Today our 8-year-old jumped into the print-a-day game with a sample piece for a marble run to be built on top of LEGO pieces. Using Tinkercad he combined a short piece of…

Day 3 – Pickaxe hangers

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Today we printed hangers for our Minecraft foam pickaxe and sword. Each of these nails into the wall in two places and has a small post that sticks out. By…

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