https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcpMFMwZ7Z0 This was an opportunity that kind of came upon me quickly. My son discovered the Thrones and Bones book series rather serendipitously. That the book had the rules for a board game in the back was a complete bonus to him, and he was immediately hooked by the idea. Being the board game affectionato I am I immediately recognized …
Where you can meet me this summer vlog
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEt6ZuJ_s-o I was really on a roll with the Wednesday and Satruday uploads, and then I missed Wednesday this week. The reasons are multiple. I did record a video, but then I botched the audio. And between the new baby and everything else I have going on I just never got back into recording until… well, just now. But this …
The makerbot story video
https://youtu.be/x04wJdGp-yg This is a lecture that I’ve used in the past when teaching PowerPoint, to show my students how a PowerPoint presentation doesn’t necessarily need to be a list of bullet points to be engaging. So I put together this little presentation relating Makerbot’s relationship with the maker community to a high school drama and it amused me how well …
3D Printing the Royal Game of Ur
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IE4RUTCkEE I didn’t intend to have two board game videos out in a row. Believe it or not I’ve got another board game project I’m working on in collaboration with my middle son coming soon. I think I’m gonna finally get enough project together that I can justify another run a GenCon, if I can get the scratch together. Should …
Wood Wars 3D on Sourceforge intro video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LquVHWj3sz4 Check Wood Wars 3D out on Sourceforge: https://sourceforge.net/projects/woodwars3d/ I like to use this blog as a little peek behind the curtain, to share with readers not just information about the video, like some sort of extended description, but about how the video was made and why certain choices in the video happened. With that in mind here’s some trivia …
Robot Action Chess featured in the World Chess Hall of Fame
http://www.worldchesshof.org/exhibitions/project/featured-chess-sets-2017/ A few weeks back I was contacted by Nicole Tessmer of the World Chess hall of fame about including my robot action chess set in their collection. What an absolute honor. I sometimes worry that my entire life is going to be defined by this one chess set, but I gotta admit it’s pretty cool and probably deserves it. In …
More 3D Printed spinners experiments video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iys2rFDl1Rg My first 3D printed spinner video has yielded more views than I’ve ever seen (though less quality comments). But was it the cute kid, or the spinner? So going with the practice of changing one variable at a time, I made video with another of my kids, but no spinners, and this video features another thumbnail promising cheap 3D …
Kid’s drawing to 3D model livestream 5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S04pka6w5Vk Apparently this has been sitting in my drafts folder. Sorry about that. Here is is now. Link to GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/3DPrintingProfessor This should be the last one in this series, as that’s one model per kid now, but of course they’re now presenting me with new drawings they want me to do, so I will no doubt have more of these …
Announcing Wood Wars 3D initial public release
Two years ago I started work on a table top game with 3D printed components. It was called Wood Wars 3D. A year ago I had developed the game enough that I thought it was time to take it to the next level, so I launched a kickstarter to fund for the construction of sets Wood Wars 3D. What can …
How to level your build plate
https://youtu.be/Wso3Kj8oY00 Can I just say how pleased I am to have come up with a poseable robot toy that can do a reasonable approximation of the “surfs up” pose on by build plate? This video was a direct response to someone I was teaching 3D printing. I was helping them remotely and their first print was very clearly made on …