Collaborate Disseminate
If you’ve never heard of the threadless ball screw, which was invented over sixty years ago, [Angus] of Maker’s Muse has a video demonstrating the whole thing, covering its history …read more Continue reading The Threadless Ball Screw Never Took Off, But Don’t Write It Off
Some things have an undeniable appeal, and lo-fi, pixelated Game Boy-camera-like images are one of them. In service of this, [Raul Zanardo] created his handheld pixel camera that goes the …read more Continue reading Pixel Camera Puts Lo-Fi Images In The Palm Of Your Hand
Electro-permanent magnets (EPMs) are pretty nifty concepts, and if you aren’t familiar with them, they are permanent magnets with the ability to be electrically switched on or off. Unlike an …read more Continue reading Watch an Electro-Permanent Magnet In Action
Some projects need no complicated use case to justify their development, and so it was with [Janne]’s BeamInk, which mashes a Wacom pen tablet with an xTool F1 laser engraver …read more Continue reading Drawing Tablet Controls Laser In Real-Time
Some projects take great care to tuck away wire hookups, but not [Roberto Alsina]’s Reloj V2 clock. This desktop clock makes a point of exposing all components and wiring as part …read more Continue reading LED Matrix Clock Proudly Shows Its Inner Wiring
The Eufymake E1 is a recently-released prosumer UV printer that can print high-resolution color images onto pretty much anything. It also uses proprietary ink cartridges (which integrate a magnetic stirrer, …read more Continue reading Refill UV Printer Ink Cartridges Like It’s The Late 90s
We haven’t seen an instrument panel quite like [bluesyann]’s, which was made by curing UV resin directly onto plywood with the help of a 3D printer and a bit of …read more Continue reading This Front Panel Makes Its Own Clean-Edged Drill Guides
[Casey Bralla] got his hands on a Rockwell AIM 65 microcomputer, a fantastic example of vintage computing from the late 70s. It sports a full QWERTY keyboard, and a twenty …read more Continue reading Play a .WAV Instead of Typing Line After Line Into Vintage Microcomputer
[Tommy] at Oskitone has been making hardware synth kits for years, and his designs are always worth checking out. His newest offering Space Dice is an educational kit that is …read more Continue reading Playful ‘Space Dice’ Kit Shows Off Clever Design
Embedding fasteners or other hardware into 3D prints is a useful technique, but it can bring challenges when applied to large or non-flat objects. The solution? Use a gap-cap. The …read more Continue reading Use a Gap-Cap to Embed Hardware In Your Next 3D Print