Collaborate Disseminate
Pneumatic actuators can be powerful and fast, making them very useful for all kinds of mechanical jobs. [Michael Rechtin] decided that while he could buy them off-the-shelf, he preferred to …read more Continue reading DIY Pneumatic Actuator Does Great In Action
Stringing is when a 3D printer’s hot end moves through open air and drags a wisp of melted plastic along with it. This is normally undesirable, but has in the …read more Continue reading Intentional Filament Stringing Helps Santa Soar
PCB holders are great tools. Not only is the PCB Solder Fren from [PistonPin] a nice DIY design, it offers some insight into the parts design process with FreeCAD. The …read more Continue reading Come for the PCB Holder, Stay for the Tour of FreeCAD
It started with someone asking [James Bruton] about using a Möbius strip as a tank tread. He wasn’t sure what the point would be, but he was willing to make …read more Continue reading Behold the Track-Twisting Möbius Tank
[Ivan Miranda] is taking a very interesting approach to a marble clock. His design is a huge assembly that uses black and white marbles to create a (sort of) dot …read more Continue reading It’s A Marble Clock, But Not As We Know It
The offices of the Glia Project, which makes and distributes open-source, 3D-printed tourniquets in Gaza, were damaged this week. Continue reading Makers of 3D-Printed Medical Equipment Struggle to Save Lives In Gaza Under Siege
Some things are small and fragile enough that they cannot be held or touched by even the steadiest of hands. Such cases call for a micromanipulator, and [BYU CMR]’s DIY …read more Continue reading Micromanipulator Touches The Tiny Things, Cheaply
[Ric Real] is entering the 2023 Hackaday Prize with the Gen5X, a generatively designed 3D printed five-axis 3D printer. The concept is not a new one, with the type of …read more Continue reading Hackaday Prize 2023: Gen5X A Generatively Designed 5-Axis 3D Printer
3D printed materials have come a long way in the last decade or so as printers have become more and more mainstream. Printers can use all kinds of different plastics …read more Continue reading 3D Printed Engine Gets Carburetor
Sometimes we have a new part or piece of tech that we want to use, and it feels like a solution looking for a problem. Upon first encountering NFC Tags, …read more Continue reading NFC Puts a Stake in the Ground