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I CNC’D This Lamp Out Of Cherry And I Love It

About a year ago had some scrap cherry sitting around and really wanted to find a way to show off the warm tones of the wood in a lamp. I get so sick of the hard metals or plastics so common in lighting and wanted something that really just exuded the warm welcoming texture and […]

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Building A 1:1 Scale Model Of Planet Earth In Minecraft

Building a 1:1 scale model of planet Earth in Minecraft used to be a pipe dream. But now, a YouTuber named Pippen is leading the effort to make it happen, with thousands of builders working across the globe on 80 teams.  Though the project is only in infancy, the cityscapes rendered so far, as well […]

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It Took Two Years For This Man To Sculpt This Massive Fire Breathing Steel Dragon

Game of Thrones was an immensely popular TV show for much of its running. There were very few people who didn’t gaze at the gorgeous dragons on screen in the later seasons and wonder what it would be like to stand in front of one of these beasts; to feel the blistering heat as they […]

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This Zodiac Embroidery Lights Up

What’s your star sign? Stitch your favorite constellation and light it up for all to see

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Bantam Tools Acquires Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories

Bantam Tools acquired EMSL and will be working on a plotter that mimics handwriting

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The Ins And Outs Of Building A Mechanical Digital Clock

recreating online tutorials is tough, but this digital clock turned out great

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It’s Time to Design for Repair

A Conversation With Jude Pullen Trying to repair almost anything can be a frustrating exercise. Repair is made more difficult by the way devices are designed and the ability to repair a device could be improved greatly if different design decisions were made. This moment in time demands a new generation of designers, engineers, and makers […]

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It’s time to design for repair

A conversation with Jude Pullen Trying to repair almost anything can be a frustrating exercise.  Repair is made more difficult by the way devices are designed and the ability to repair a device could be improved greatly if different design decisions were made.  This moment in time demands a new generation of designers, engineers and […]

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Review: Glowforge Pro Laser Cutter

We got to get hands-on with the Glowforge pro. Beautiful hardware with limited software and frustrating pay to play business model.

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How To Use 3D Scanning and Fusion 360 to Make 3D Printed Accessories For Existing Objects

I design and modify a lot of parts for 3d printing. Many of those parts have to fit existing things. In my case, they have to fit game controllers because I run a charity called TheControllerProject which supplies parts to help folks who have physical disabilities be able to play video games. I also do […]

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