Dive Into Design: TinkerCAD Personalized Key Chain
TinkerCAD is a free browser based software developed by Autodesk to inspire more people to start creating. It teaches the fundamental concepts of how things are designed in a simple way that anyone can understand. Within a few minutes, people…
Slicer Science: Layer Settings
This series explores each of the numerous slicer settings available in most 3D slicing softwares. Last time we looked at the settings for controlling your extruder. This time we will…
Slicer Science: A Series Dedicated to Analyzing Slicer Settings
Slicing software such as Cura and Simplify 3D allows the user to take a 3D design file and generate a set of instructions that breaks down the file into a…
Custom Van Emblem
Advances in technology and manufacturing processes mean that companies can have user-specified designs for everything from custom logos, to in-between sizes, special colors and more. When those options are not…
3D Printing in Movies: Fact or Fiction
I recently recovered from a virus– thankfully, not the one everyone is concerned about. With nothing else to do, I started watching Mr. Robot (a television drama that is a…
3D Printed Instruments: Music to My Ears
With live music essentially vanishing from the world this past year, I am inspired to start making my own music again– neighbors be damned. I recently started looking into electronic…
Art and 3D Printing: A Masterful Hand
As our world and technology become more and more entwined, technology is able to accomplish increasingly more tasks for us. By becoming more efficient, we have gained more time to…