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[Brogan M Pratt] and his students do a lot of 3D printing, and as such found themselves producing a lot of plastic waste. Seeing an opportunity, they built a bike-powered …read more Continue reading Bike-Powered Shredder Makes Short Work of 3D Printer Waste
Want to make your own ergonomic mouse but don’t know where to start? Why not try [psudoku]’s Kotinos design? It’s a scaffold-like fingertip shell that uses the internals of an …read more Continue reading Ergonomic Mouse Gives Each Fingertip Its Own Saddle
Microsoft has a history of taking accessibility options seriously for gaming controllers, and that trend continues with downloadable thumbstick toppers for Xbox controllers. Being straight from the source, the 3D …read more Continue reading Downloadable Xbox Thumbstick Toppers Give Gamers Accessibility Options
The Snapmaker U1 3D printer is an impressive machine for the price, but [Beaver Works] found the optional factory-offered top cover a wee bit expensive for his tastes. The solution? …read more Continue reading IKEA Storage Box Just Happens To Make Great Printer Cover
If you have a Bambu Labs printer and aren’t keen to send your files to Bambu’s servers with each print job, then check out Bambuddy, an open-source, self-hosted, cloud-free central …read more Continue reading Bambuddy Says Bye to Bambu Lab Cloud Services
E-ink displays have a number of advantages over other display types, but their refresh rate isn’t one of them. But what exactly makes them slow? According to [Wenting Zhang], it’s …read more Continue reading Behold a 60 Hz Refresh Rate E-ink Monitor
Sometimes it’s useful to add extra mass to a 3D print, and [Joe Fedewa] shared a simple and effective technique that uses plaster of Paris. Rather than pause the print …read more Continue reading Adding Weight to a 3D Print With Plaster of Paris, Cleanly
Need a hinge in your 3D printed design and would prefer not to re-invent the wheel? You may find [Alex Krush]’s glue-in filament hinge useful. This design prints half the …read more Continue reading Glue-in Hinge Design Tries Something Different
Need a hinge in your 3D printed design and would prefer not to re-invent the wheel? You may find [Alex Krush]’s glue-in filament hinge useful. This design prints half the …read more Continue reading Glue-in Hinge Design Tries Something Different
Photogrammetry is the process of 3D scanning an object by taking a lot of photographs, then using software to turn those into a 3D model. But the process can only …read more Continue reading Using a Mirror to 3D Scan Both Sides of an Object at Once