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How to cast pewter metal objects in 3d printed molds
Here are two examples and guides on how to cast pewter metal parts in 3d printed molds. The first detailed guide is on Instructables and involves Lumi Pocket DLP printed mold: Detailed guide is...
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Retro Populator open source kit will turn your 3d printer into pick and place...
Retro Populator is an open source project by Eric Boyd that developed a kit for your 3d printer to convert it into pick and place machine suitable for small scale home electronics manufacturing....
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DIY 3d printed tray for professional pick and place machine
Parker Dillmann needed a custom tray for electronic components to be served to his DP2006-2 Madell pick and place machine, so he designed them and 3d printed them on MakerGear M2 in PLA. The tray...
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First FDM 3d printed graphene battery
Graphene 3D Lab Inc. from New York presented first FDM printed graphene based battery. I couldn't find much additional information about energy output and capacity, but it looks scalable and something...
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3d printable TALK device enables disabled to communicate with breath
Robo (aka. Arsh Shah Dilbagi IRL) has developed this 3d printable communication device for severely disabled that uses persons breath for input. The device is cheap to make at some 72 USD for the...
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How to create 3d printable QR code from images using Blender
danleow posted a detailed guide on how to convert 2d image files of QR codes into 3d models ready for 3d printing using Blender. Different color on the top can be applied with market or by changing the...
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3D printed transformable all-terrain robotic wheel
Carter Hurd is robotics enthusiast who developed this transformable 3d printed wheel that can go across different terrains and surface textures. It has a smooth side and transforms into spiked...
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New sub-100USD 3d printer made from scrap optical drives
Here is a new small 3d printer project that uses junk computer parts to create a low cost 3d printer. You will need three stepper motors from CD/DVD drives, one NEMA17 motor and some other parts....
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Using home microwave for lost PLA 3d printed aluminum parts
Lost PLA is method used to produce cement molds for metal casting and it is used mostly with molten aluminum. Desired object is 3d printed in PLA, cast is made around it and the PLA is melted away. The...
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ProtoCycler filament extruder that uses pellets and has integrated recycling...
ProtoCycler is new filament extruder with integrated recycling grinder that can also make filament from pellets. It should enable you to produce cheap filament from scrap objects for 0$ since it has...
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BetAbram construction 3d printers from Slovenia
Slovenia is our little neighboring country to the west and they have several 3d printing projects like: KORUZA laser wifi, PrintGreen and TroubleMaker 3d printer. Now they have a bigger machine in the...
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Swarmscapers 3d printable robots that create structures with sawdust and...
Swarmscapers are 3d printable robotic project that works on development of swarm robots that can work in hostile enviroments and create structures. At this stage of project the robots work on sawdust...
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RepRap Universal Plastic Pellet Extruder project
Here is a new extruder developed by Richard Horne that can print directly from pellets. It is much cheaper to print from pellets then to buy filament. One could also grind disposed or failed prints...
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DIY extruder for HDPE aquaponic plant growing strips
Extruders can be used for more than just filament extrusion. Here is a project from Web4Deb that makes growing media HDPE strips for plants in aquaponic or hydroponic systems from raw pellets. Auger...
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Developing a DIY metal detector with 3d printed parts
If you want to detect metal underground and you have a 3d printer, Arduino, some wire and PVC pipes, you can start to build this DIY contraption. There are links to several how-to guides in this post...
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How to make a DIY quadcopter propeller with 3d drawing pen
Matt Quest made a quadcopter with 3d drawing pen, now he will teach you how to make fully working propeller for it with same technique. He uses a regular propeller as a model and "draws" over it to...
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Small DIY aquaponic system producing food on small aquarium with 3d printed...
I do have a relatively large food garden at my home, but growing food is time consuming and subject to many factors such as weather and diseases. This year was terrible, we had a very small harvest but...
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Printing with magnetic fields to get advanced magnetic objects with...
Correlated Magnetics makes printers that print with magnetic fields on metal surfaces to get some advanced magnetic properties and enable them to make magnetic cinematic machines. MagPrinter technical...
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How to clean and remove partial nozzle clogging
You may even not know that your nozzle is partially clogged. Eric William made this excellent tutorial on how to fix partially clogged nozzle and improve 3d print quality.You will need acetone and...
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Wearable Arduino based display on 3d printed glasses frame made by 13 year old
13 year old Clay Haight made this sub-100$ dollar simple wearable eye display. There are many other DIY Google Glass projects that involve 3d printing, but non with such a young maker. From the...
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