A tetrahedron is composed of four triangles, three meeting at each vertex. This hollowed out tetrahedron was designed to hold and separate wires, perhaps in a computer lab. The tetrahedron was printed using file tetra_wire on the Ultimaker. The print took approximately 35 minutes.
This week I read an interesting article by Michael Molitch-Hou via 3D printing industries. In their new exhibit “Tools: Extending Our Reach”, the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum in New York is displaying the Made In Space Zero-G 3D printer. This printer, the first ever designed to operate in zero gravity, was installed aboard the International […]
You probably aren’t surprised to learn that we print our Ultimaker Robot using the Ultimaker printer. The Ultimaker’s robot logo can be seen on the side of the machine. Our robot was printed from file ultimaker robot and took approxiamtely 40 minutes to complete. Penny for scale.
A cuboctahedron is a polyhedron with eight triangular faces and six square face. For our cuboctahedron, we used the Ultimaker and printed the file of the same name, cuboctahedron. Since the print took slightly less than 10 minutes, I highly recommend this product for demonstrations. Becuase of its small size, it makes a great souvenir. Penny for scale.
This cup was printed using the Ultimaker under file stackable-cup. I’ve deduced from the title that these are designed to be interlocking, i.e. stackable. Unfortunately I only have the one cup so far so I can’t report on the stacking properties. I’ll report back once we have a set. The printing time was about two […]
This week I read an interesting article by Matt McFarland in the Washington Post. Not only does 3D printing technology allow us to create marvelous works of food art, such as the wedding cake topper shown, but this technology betters people’s lives with softer to chew foods, better nutrition, and sustainable foods. Check it out!
An octahedron is a polyhedron with eight faces. This week we printed one whose faces are all equilateral triangles, also known as a regular octahedron. We used the right extruder on the Makerbot and printed file octa2hollow. Since the print took slightly less than fifteen minutes, I highly recommend this product for demonstrations. Its a great […]
Today we printed file helkit on the Makerbot via the left extruder. I was uncertain of what the final product would be. It was very exciting watching her take shape and guessing. In the end I was a bit surprised by her toothy smile. The print took approximately one hour and forty minutes. Penny for […]
A wonderful story of custom 3D printing allowing a dog to run. Applause to the folks at 3D Systems.
On Saturday January 24, 2015 the MakerBot made an appearance at the Central Championship Tournament of the First Lego League at the University of Illinois. At this event, elementary and middle-school students met in teams to design, build and program autonomous robots using Legos. The Illinois Geometry Lab had an exhibition booth featuring a large […]