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Artisan keycaps are generally meant to replace your Escape key, though they can be used anywhere you like (as long as they fit, of course). Keycap maker [tellybelly] of jankycaps …read more Continue reading These Keycaps Are 100% Recycled Plastic
Those who were kids in the 80s may remember a sweet little toy called the Pop Ball. A simple rubber hemisphere, this rubber cup could be turned inside out and …read more Continue reading Recreating the Pop Ball
Injection molding is one of the technologies that makes the world go round. But what does it actually look like to go through the whole process to get a part …read more Continue reading Lessons Learned: Plastic Injection Molding for Products
Injection molding is the obvious onward step from 3D printing when the making of a few plastic parts becomes their series manufacture. The problem with injection molding is though, that …read more Continue reading Making an Injection Mold For Yourself
Some design techniques and concepts from the injection molding world apply very nicely to 3D printing, despite them being fundamentally different processes. [Teaching Tech] demonstrates designing shadow lines into 3D printed …read more Continue reading Enhance Your Enclosures With a Shadow Line
When [Michael] over at the Teaching Tech YouTube channel bought a hobby injection molding machine a long time ago, one of the plans he had with it was to use …read more Continue reading Repairing a Home Injection Molding Machine
Injection molding is usually focused on high-volume production, but that doesn’t always need to be the case. The Recycled Plastic Skateboard Deck project centers on the use of injection molding …read more Continue reading Hackaday Prize 2022: Recycled Plastic Skateboard Decks Demonstrate Small-Scale Injection Molding
[JohnSL] and his friend both have injection molding machines. They decided to compare the aluminum molds they usually use with some 3D printed molds created with a resin printer. They …read more Continue reading Injection Molds: Aluminum or Resin?
Last time we looked in on Injekto — a homemade plastic injection machine — it was at version 1.0. A recent video from the team that you can see below …read more Continue reading Injekto Injection Machine Reaches 2.0
Here’s a little eye-opener for you: next time you’re taking a walk, cast your eyes to the ground for a bit and see how far you can go without spotting …read more Continue reading Used Facemasks Turned into Rapid Antigen Tests with Injection Molding