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Day 303 – Hello Octopus: A simple first print for the Mini
Day 303 – Hello Octopus: A simple first print for the Mini 150 150 mathgrrl

This is the second in a series of posts about getting started with 3D printing, and the printer we’ll be using along this journey is the MakerBot Replicator Mini. If…

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Day 302 – Setting up the Mini
Day 302 – Setting up the Mini 150 150 mathgrrl

Today my 9-year-old assistant Calvin will be setting up a Replicator Mini. This is the start of a series of posts on how to get started with a 3D printer,…

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Days 301+ to be posted in BROOKLYN!
Days 301+ to be posted in BROOKLYN! 150 150 mathgrrl

This blog is officially on hiatus until after we finish moving to Brooklyn. Stay tuned for the end of next week when we’ll post the exciting news from this week…

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Day 300 – Divisibility by 100 celebration with 400 Menger sponges!
Day 300 – Divisibility by 100 celebration with 400 Menger sponges! 150 150 mathgrrl

We are at Day 300 in our year-long print-a-day project, thank goodness. In celebration, today’s print is a HUGE LEVEL 4 MENGER SPONGE, built out of 400 tiny Level 2…

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Day 298 – Friday Fail: Down but not out – also come see me July 2 in NYC!
Day 298 – Friday Fail: Down but not out – also come see me July 2 in NYC! 150 150 mathgrrl

Still trying to pack up 14 years of house and move it to a Brooklyn apartment, and that is taking pretty much all my time these days. Since I seem…

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Day 297 – Borromean rings for the fourth dimension
Day 297 – Borromean rings for the fourth dimension 150 150 mathgrrl

Today we reprinted a giant red model of the Borromean rings from our Borromean Rings Collection on Thingiverse that we made on Day 178, to replace the giant blue model…

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Day 294 – Secret push-pin shelf
Day 294 – Secret push-pin shelf 150 150 mathgrrl

One more push-pin print; this time we took another design by Tosh on Thingiverse, his Secret Shelf, and scaled it down for use on the corkboard. Our first attempt was…

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Day 293 – Push-pin push-pin-less holder
Day 293 – Push-pin push-pin-less holder 150 150 mathgrrl

Today we printed a push-pin-less push-pin, for those times that you don’t want to leave a hole in your object; the design is Tosh’s beautifully simple Wall mount paper clip…

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Day 292 – Push-pin push-pin holder
Day 292 – Push-pin push-pin holder 150 150 mathgrrl

Today is Saturday and we are printing things for young C, who needs things for his corkboard. First, a push-pin holder that is held up by push-pins, JamieLaing’s Thumbtack-able Thumbtack…

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Day 288 – Micron Bach
Day 288 – Micron Bach 150 150 mathgrrl

One of the things I had to give up to move from a house in the country to an apartment in Brooklyn was my drum set. Apparently you have neighbors…

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