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Ginormous Froebel Blocks

Super-size a classic teaching toy
and put the play back in playground

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Making as a Creative Practice

Matt Zigler is the author of a new book for educators titled "3 Modes of Making." He talks about imitation, modification and innovation as three different modes of student projects, which develop different maker skills. Matt is an artist and educator who has been running the makerspace at Bullis, an independent school in the DC area. He brings a background in art and creative practice to the makerspace and his school. it's not that every student is going to be an artist but every student should develop a creative practice, regardless of subject or area of interest.

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Making Blender Do Things That CAD Can Only Dream Of

Blender's geometry nodes are a true powerhouse for designing items for 3d printing. Joe shows us some real geometry node magic

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You Can Download And 3D Print These Unique Toy Transformers

Check out these cute and wild 3d printed transformer toys you can print at home

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3D Printing Calibration Cubes Isn’t Helping You Like You Think It Is

if all you're concerned about is the surface finish, go ahead and use calibration cubes. But, if you want your 3d printing to be perfect, listen to Stefan.

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Review: Onefinity CNC “Machinist” X35

The Onefinity CNC X35 is a budget friendly beast. It is easy to build, easy to control, and almost perfect.

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Papa’s Gonna Build You a PancakeBot

How food printing became a family affair for PancakeBot creator Miguel Valenzuela.

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Build a DIY Digital Clock With Glowing, Flowing Light Pipes

Build a colorful clock using light pipes that is easy and fast to make

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Using An Old Blu-Ray Player To Make A Scanning Laser Microscope

Of all the various and ever changing genres of making things, one that will always be near and dear to my heart will be the folks who take depreciated or broken items and make something new with it. I really found this project interesting. Blu-Ray players were ubiquitous for a hot minute (and may make […]

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3D Printed Stained Glass On The 5 Extruder Prusa XL

Can we use the 5 head prusa XL to create 3d printed stained glass? You bet! Here's how.

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