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Once upon a time, 3D printing was about churning out tiny Yodas and Pikachus, but these days, useful things are regularly 3D printed too. A great example is this centrifugal …read more Continue reading 3D Printing A Centrifugal Water Pump
Just how tight are the manufacturing tolerances of modern FDM printer filament. Inquiring minds want to know, and when such minds are attached to handy fellows like [Thomas Sanladerer], you end up with something like this home-brew filament measurement rig …read more
Continue reading Simple Sensor Makes Filament Measurements a Snap
When the tool you need doesn’t exist, you have to make it yourself. Come to think of it, even if the tool exists, it’s often way more fun to make it yourself. The former situation, though, is one that [Sean Hodgins] found himself in with regard to threaded inserts. Rather …read more
Continue reading Custom Tool Helps Hakko Set Threaded Inserts
[Stefan] is always trying to make stronger 3D prints. Annealing can strengthen prints, but often at the expense of the part’s exact dimensions. His latest approach is to embed the prints in plaster and then anneal in an attempt to fuse the plastic together without changing its shape or size. …read more
In the early days of 3D printing, most people used ABS plastic. It is durable and sticks well to simple surfaces. However, it smells and emits fumes that may be dangerous. It also tends to warp as it cools which causes problems when printing. PLA smells nicer and since it …read more
DIY Bluetooth speaker projects are always a staple here at Hackady. In our latest feature of DIY audio builds, we have [Patrick’s] vinyl cylindrical speaker.
He found a pretty inexpensive Bluetooth audio amplifier on AliExpress. However, the amplifier module oddly enough had a few missing components that were critical to …read more
The goal of Printed It is to showcase creations that truly embrace the possibilities offered by desktop 3D printing. The most obvious examples are designs that can be printed quickly and cheaply enough that they’re a valid alternative to commercially available products. But as previous entries into the series have …read more
You might remember the old Apple MagSafe adaptor with the cute little fold out “wings” that served not only as a pragmatic cable management tool, but in our experience also expedited the inevitable and frayed end of your charger. Apple seems to have remedied the latter by opting for removable …read more
The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday announced charges against four members of China’s People’s Liberation Army for allegedly hacking into credit reporting agency Equifax and stealing personal information that affected some 145 million Americans. The charges mark an escalation in the U.S. government’s long-running pressure campaign to hold alleged Chinese state-sponsored hacking to account. “The scale of the theft was staggering,” Attorney General William Barr said Monday, adding that the Chinese hackers, “invaded the privacy of many millions of Americans,” stealing credit card information and Social Security Numbers. The four officials — Wu Zhiyong, Wang Qian, Xu Ke, and Lieu Lei — are said to work for the PLA’s 54th Research Institute, which is part of Chinese military. The defendants allegedly exploited a vulnerability in the Apache Struts software to gain persistent access to Equifax’s network. The 2017 breach of Equifax, and the company’s lax security measures, infuriated members of Congress […]
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Chances are pretty good that most of us have used a bench vise to do things far beyond its intended use. That’s understandable, as the vise may be the most powerful hand tool in many shops, capable of exerting tons of pressure with the twist of your wrist. Not taking …read more
Continue reading 3D-Printed Tools Turn Bench Vise into Expedient Press Brake