Collaborate Disseminate
The only thing makers like more than building things is making systems to build things. [Eric Hunting] has compiled a list of these modular building systems. You’ve certainly heard of …read more Continue reading That’s a Lot of Building Systems
Modular construction toys like LEGO and Meccano are great for prototyping, but they aren’t so great for large builds. OpenStructures promises to be a modular building system for projects large …read more Continue reading OpenStructures is a Modular Building System for the RepRap Age
Need to make something quick and dirty out of wooden beams, and want to use elements you know will work together? BeamCNC is a mobile assembly of stepper-controlled rollers and a router that sucks a 2×2 through it and drills the holes in pre-programmed intervals. Currently being developed as part of an Indiegogo campaign currently in preview, its creator [Vladislav Lunachev] has declared it open source hardware. It’s essentially a CNC mill that makes Grid Beam, a classic DIY building set that resembles Meccano, Erector, and other classic sets, only made full-scale for larger projects. While BeamCNC is not affiliated …read more
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