I’m having a hard time coming up with a lead in for this that balances the lofty tone of the article and head-in-the-clouds nature of the whole site it’s on with a healthy dose of cynicism. But I can’t. So I’ll just link the article: http://www.iftf.org/future-now/article-detail/inventing-a-toy-in-the-21st-century Patents annoy me. I could go off on a tirade about that, but I’m not. I will say that …
Questions about 3D printing 2 – FAQs
These questions are more frequently asked, so they’re a good place to start. They come from Taylor on Reddit. Most of them can be pretty easy to answer with minimal research, but so I have a place to point people to in the future here we go: What kind of printer(s) do you have? Makerbot Replicator. Original, not the 2. Dual …
Chessbot orders update
All chessbots that have been ordered are out the door and I’ve even got one full set and two halves to spare. This last batch was a bit loose and I apologize to anyone who received one and found them hard to pose. Remember, a little clear nail polish in the joints will tighten that up. Then again, maybe they’re better that way. I’m …
Questions about 3D printing 1
I’ve gotten a number of inquiries about 3D printing from all over, as I suspect many people in the 3D printing community have. So in the interest of helping others who may have similar questions when I get permission I’m going to re-post the questions and answers here as they come. Today’s questions come from Sina who writes: My name is Sina …
Fully Printed Engine V0.1
It’s a good feeling when something you’ve made gets attention on Thingiverse. Even if it’s something you made a long time ago that never really worked the way you wanted it to. Hopefully, tho, someone can make a good version of my old desk toy. In the meanwhile: Here’s the engine designed to harness the power of those springs. I …
Printing springs
I want to build a totally 3D printed engine and use it to power some little things. So while I’m waiting for my red filament to come in so I can finishe the chess sets my current experiment is this: The hope is to make something that will store enough energy and return it, but not too harsh. So far …
This is why I don’t track Whovians
When sales of TARDIS rings started taking off I thought it might be fun to get a map and track the places I’ve shipped to. You know, to make a map of whovians of the world. Then I thought better of it because I’d basically be making a population map. See, I can sometimes think my way through a bad …
Chess sets day 3 and 4
So after running out of black… I ran out of white. Managed to get 1 white chess set and 3 incomplete red ones that I’m just going to finish up and get sent out without dual printing them. Frustratingly inefficient. I’ve placed orders for more black, white, and red filament through Joseph Chiu (aka Toybuilder) who will soon enough be dipping his …
5 minute dice tower
I’m still looking for something to use all my checker’s pieces on. I remember and old game that was a bag of tokens and a wiki of rules but for the life of me I can’t find it. If any of you have any idea what it is I’m looking for please don’t remain quiet. But while stumbing around google …
But what to design?
A Christmas design contest and the grand prize is a years worth of filament? That would save me a ton of money. The only problem is coming up with a design that’s a slam dunk in under a month. Maybe one of you could beat me to the win. Good luck.