Mathematics

Day 143 – Shapeways delivers!

Day 143 – Shapeways delivers! 640 480 mathgrrl

Does it count as a print-a-day print if something I designed and sent to Shapeways was delivered today?  I think it does, at least the first time it happens! Our…

Day 140 – Three Pi

Day 140 – Three Pi 640 480 mathgrrl

My son loves pi. The number. He and a friend at school have actual arguments about who has memorized and/or written down the most digits of pi. The other day…

Day 139 – Stereographic Spheres

Day 139 – Stereographic Spheres 640 480 mathgrrl

Henry Segerman is well-known for the intricate mathematical modeling that he designs and prints at his Shapeways shop.  So to put our Replicator 2 to the test, today we printed…

Day 137 – Clover knot

Day 137 – Clover knot 640 480 mathgrrl

More TopMod! Today we made a knot: STL file: http://www.geekhaus.com/makerhome/day137_cloverknot.stl Thingiverse link: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:224032 Settings: MakerWare .15mm/high with raft and supports, in 6 hours and 23 minutes. I didn’t use the custom knot…

Day 136 – Six Handles Fancy

Day 136 – Six Handles Fancy 640 480 mathgrrl

Today we took yesterday’s TopMod model and created crusts along certain face loops to get a more open, fancy, swirly design: STL file: http://www.geekhaus.com/makerhome/day136_sixhandlesfancy.stl Thingiverse link: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:223250 Settings: We used the same custom…

Day 135 – Six Handles

Day 135 – Six Handles 640 480 mathgrrl

Today’s model is a sculpture made with the excellent and innovative mesh-wrangling software TopMod. Since my way-back math roots are in topology, TopMod is like coming home; everything about it…

Day 133 – Broken Hearts

Day 133 – Broken Hearts 640 480 mathgrrl

Today the holiday visits are over and we are back to designing. Something simple to start, and to get ahead for the next holiday: customizable easy-to-print broken hearts that you…

Day 132 – Stretchy Bands

Day 132 – Stretchy Bands 640 480 mathgrrl

To finish out the Thanxmas presents, today we printed some of walter’s Customizable Stretchy Bands model from Thingiverse. STL file: http://www.geekhaus.com/makerhome/day132_stretchybands.stl (but customize your own!) Thingiverse link: http://www.thingiverse.com/make:61047 Settings: MakerWare .3mm/low on…

Day 128 – Pile of Snaps

Day 128 – Pile of Snaps 640 480 mathgrrl

Today we printed a lot of colorful Poly-Snaps to give to Henry Segerman: Settings: MakerWare .3mm/low on a Replicator 2. Technical notes: These were printed in two configurations, some with the…

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…

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