I’d been thinking about better ways to attach things like lights and pumps to my bike for a while.
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I recently saw some commercially available bike lights that had elastic-style fasteners built into their design – and … (read more)
ProfTweak 1.4 now supports Makerbot Desktop. It also fixes a bug in ProftTweak v1.2 and v1.3 that can cause bad profiles (update now!).
I’m a big fan of MakerWare and the MakerBot slicer.
The recent improvements in rafts, supports and general slicing quality … (read more)
I recently gave a presentation on “alternative” filaments you can use with your 3d printer.
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My focus was on filaments you can print without a heated build platform (HBP) – mainly due to my own printer (a Makerbot Replicator 2) not having one.
A common … (read more)
About a week ago I finished my first major organized bike ride – the Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic – or STP.
It’s 204 miles from start to finish – about 210 if you count starting at my house. Most people do the … (read more)
This blog post is from 2013! See here for a much-improved 2023 version: https://nothinglabs.com/3d-printed-bike-shifter-2023-update/
I’m doing my first big organized bike ride in a couple weeks – the STP (Seattle to Portland). I was thinking it might be fun to do a 3D printed part … (read more)
My friend Rob Flickenger recently had some dental work done – and managed to score a 3D model of his skull generated from a panoramic x-ray as a bonus.
We got together at a local hackerspace to do a few prints on my Makerbot Replicator … (read more)
I’ve kind of been obsessed with trying to make circuit boards on my laser cutter since I got it. Other people had already done this by using spray paint as resist – then laser-etching the paint off non-trace portions of the board. This process still … (read more)
A while back I fumbled into Acid Cow’s idea for a Money Shredding Alarm Clock.
I figured turning the concept into reality shouldn’t be too hard.
All I needed was a few main parts:
SparkFun’s ClocKit
A USB Powered Paper Shredder
TIP120 Darlington Transistor… (read more)
I’ve had my laser cutter (Full Spectrum 40-watt CO2) for about 1.5 years – and over that time have spent a good amount of time trying to make circuit boards on it. To be clear – I wanted to cut circuit boards. Others … (read more)