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May 1, 2023 Bryan Cockfield 67 Views 3d printing, design, hinge, kerf bending, living hinge, materials, plastic, stress

Hinges Live Inside 3D Prints

Since desktop 3D printers have become more common, we’ve seen dramatic shifts in all kinds of areas such as rapid prototyping, antique restoration, mass production of consumer goods, or even

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November 6, 2022 Al Williams 188 Views conductive polymer, conductor, plastic, polymer

Conducting Plastic Can Replace Metal

The University of Chicago has announced they have created a material that behaves like plastic but conducts like metal. They also say they don’t fully understand why it works yet.

Printed Axial Generator is Turned By Hand

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October 15, 2022 Bryan Cockfield 225 Views axial, gears, generator, hand crank, plastic, tools

Printed Axial Generator is Turned By Hand

While desktop 3D printing is an incredible technology, it’s got some pretty clear limitations. Plastic parts can be produced quickly in a 3D printer but can be more expensive or

Casting Metal With a Microwave and Vacuum Cleaner

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September 29, 2022 Bryan Cockfield 208 Views 3d printed, aluminum, forming, graphite, kiln, metal, microwave, mold, pencil, plaster of paris, plastic, vacuum

Casting Metal With a Microwave and Vacuum Cleaner

Metalworking might conjure images of large furnaces powered by coal, wood, or electricity, with molten metal sloshing around and visible in its crucible. But metalworking from home doesn’t need to

PET Bottles Diligently Turned Into Filament

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August 25, 2022 Bryan Cockfield 233 Views controller, extruder, filament, pet, pid, plastic, recycle

PET Bottles Diligently Turned Into Filament

While the price of 3D printers has come down quite a lot in the past few years, filament continues to be rather pricey especially for those doing a lot of

Weed Eater String Made From Plastic Bottles

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July 12, 2022 Bryan Cockfield 245 Views bottle, garden, hot, landscaping, plastic, recycling, spool, string trimmer, weed whacker

Weed Eater String Made From Plastic Bottles

For those who don’t mind constantly adding tiny but measurable amounts of microplastics to their landscaping, string trimmers are an excellent way of maintaining edging around garden beds, trimming weeds,

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April 28, 2022 Bryan Cockfield 229 Views 3d printer, filament, pet, plastic, recycle, reuse, spool

Recycling Plastic Into Filament

Plastic is a remarkable material in many ways. Cheap, durable, and versatile, it is responsible for a large percentage of the modern world we live in. As we all know,

DIY Injection Molder Built From a Cheap Pneumatic Press

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March 6, 2022 Dave Rowntree 238 Views CNC mould, injection molding, machinery, plastic

DIY Injection Molder Built From a Cheap Pneumatic Press

[Kurt Schaefer] was watching YouTube videos of people making molds for injection molding purposes using what he considered to be the toy 3018 CNC machines, and looking at the results,

Retrotechtacular: Understanding The Strength of Structural Shapes

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February 3, 2022 Ryan Flowers 255 Views 3d printing, aluminum, mechanical engineering, plastic, shapes, steel, structural engineering

Retrotechtacular: Understanding The Strength of Structural Shapes

Strength. Rigidity. Dependability. The ability to bear weight without buckling. These are all things that we look for when we build a mechanical structure. And in today’s Retrotechtacular we take

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February 2, 2022 Dave Rowntree 298 Views 3d printer, fusing, gcode, heat exchanger, indenting, plastic, polyolefin

The Wanhao Duplicator CNC Heat Sealer

[Thane Hunt] needed to find a way to make a variety of different heat-seal patterns on a fluid heat exchanger made from polyolefin film, and didn’t want all the lead