material sample making madness mania aka special promo
Today is the last day to get in on our material sample store launch offer!
Pre-order your samples by the end of today, and you’ll get FREE digital making vouchers.
• Spend $25 get a $10 Ponoko gift voucher*
• Spend $50 get a $25 Ponoko gift voucher*
• Spend $100 get a $50 Ponoko gift voucher*
Individual samples start at just $2.50. Value collections start at $12.50.
Getting your hands on a material sample really helps you envision the things you want to make with your Personal Factory.
3D printed samples come in a slight wave shape and feature a triangular pattern to show off detail.
Laser cut samples feature all the important info, like name and thickness, engraved right on the surface. They also have all three levels of vector and raster engraving, so you’ll know just what to expect from that particular material.
Get your material samples and free making vouchers now!
Note: Personal Factory material sample store features all materials from
the Ponoko US materials catalog except for 2D metals.
* For redeeming Ponoko gift vouchers, special conditions apply.
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A taste of the future or a blast from the past?
Jeff recently posted this 3d printer on Fab@Home, a place where it can be pretty tough to stand out from the crowd when it comes to DIY fabbers.
With brass detailing and stained timber this fine machine would be at home in a High Street antique store, but instead it is contributing to the manufacturing revolution of the 21st century.
The project was conceived along similar thinking to the way personal computers are customized by enthusiasts, for a visual panache that goes beyond everyday functionality.
The personal fabricator can be a similar canvas for the inspired mind, as evidenced by this beautiful printer.
So now the question is… what will Jeffrey be making with his steampunk 3d printer? I’m sure it won’t be too long before we find out.
Via Fab@Home
Posted in 3D Printing, Guy Blashki, Maker Movement by Guy Blashki | Comments are off for this post
Make your own stuff using: 3D Printing
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3d printed robotic claw controlled by Arduino… via the wrist
Control may be a relative term… but once the learning curve is taken into consideration, this project from Lars Roland is quite a nifty little effort.
The claw mechanism is 3d printed from a design on thingiverse, and Arduino controllers are used to manoeuvre the robot and servo motors.
Data is sent from a Chronos watch whose buttons and built-in accelerometers tell the little critter what to do. Kind of.
Click through to see a video where the claw conquers one of life’s more difficult tasks; manoeuvring those pesky yellow cuboids around. Someone’s gotta do it! (more…)
Posted in 3D Printing, Electronics + Robotics, Guy Blashki, Programming by Guy Blashki | Comments are off for this post
Make your own stuff using: 3D Printing
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3D printing solution for hard to find parts
Ottawa engineer Tim Cole describes his 3D printing experience with the zeal of the newly converted. For Tim, there’s plenty to be zealous about, since 3D printing is enabling him to make all sorts of parts that either don’t exist elsewhere or would cost and arm and a leg to get hold of. Plus, Tim clearly likes a pragmatic design challenge.
Before finding Ponoko through SparkFun, Tim’s fabrication technology was limited hand tools or light power tools to make fixtures, prototypes and other bits and pieces from light metal, wood and acrylic.
Now with online digital making at his fingertips, Tim’s materials of choice have been 3D durable printing and acrylic for laser cutting. The modest costs and the surprisingly strong materials have been a significant incentive to keep exploring the digifab service, and materials like Delrin and 3D printed stainless steel are the alternatives for any special load bearing parts.
Tim’s enthusiastic interview under the cut:
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Posted in 3D Printing, Electronics + Robotics, Maker Stories, Yana Skaler by yana | Comments are off for this post
Make your own stuff using: 3D Printing
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Design Through Fabrication Installation
One week was all it took to get this impressive Design Through Fabrication installation together at Ball State’s College of Architecture.
Making the most of a high ceiling in the space, EXOtique is formed from modular components in acrylic and polystyrene that undulate overhead in an organic spread. Illumination comes from 55 IKEA fixtures, with no need for hardware connectors thanks to the cleverly interlocking fabricated pieces.
Click through for a great time-lapse clip and watch the project come to life, from laser cut and CNC start to fully assembled finish. (more…)
Posted in CNC Routing, Furniture + Lighting, Guy Blashki, Laser Cutting by Guy Blashki | Comments are off for this post
Make your own stuff using: Laser Cutting, CNC Routing
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You can get your hands on the Futuna model.
On Monday Ponoko staff were invited on a special guided tour of the Futuna chapel that celebrated its 50th anniversary just over a week ago. It’s certainly a special place, and we felt privileged that the Friends of Futuna Trust chair Nick Bevin took time to show us around.
We found out that twenty out of the fifty scale models were assembled on the day, which was quite an achievement, considering the model’s complexity. One of the models was presented to the visiting renowned Australian architect Richard Leplastier.
The Futuna models are available for purchase from Nick Bevin (bevanvic[at]clear[dot]net[dot]nz). The limited edition boxed model complete with certificate of authenticity will be one of the only fifty made. Alternatively, you’d like a fun challenge, you can try your hand at model making and purchase of the flat self-assembly packs which are limited to 25. These kits include packaging complete with glue, assembly jig and assembly instructions.
Posted in Architecture, Events, Laser Cutting, Yana Skaler by yana | Comments are off for this post
Make your own stuff using: Laser Cutting
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dj sets, design + non-stop digital fabbing
During next month’s annual Milano Design Week, our digifab partner Vectorealism, along with collaborative clothing platform co. OpenWear, will host WeFab — 3 days of fabbing and open design from 14—16 April 2011.
The festivities, lectures, workshops, and performances will give WeFab attendees a chance to experience the creative possibilities of digital making technologies and see how these technologies are being embraced by the artistic and DIY community alike.
Agenda highlights include various workshops from solar kits to sewing to Arduino.
Thursday’s lecture will discuss unemployment related to Europe’s oversupply of citizens wishing to enter the creative sector and how organized creative collaborations can provide job opportunities.
Not to be missed is Friday night’s Design Smash where designers from all over the EU will be challenged with thinking up a design and making it on the spot while drinking. (I’m imagining that get-an-internship scene in The Social Network.)
And there’s brunch on Saturday. Who doesn’t absolutely love brunch?
WeFab takes place 14—16 April 2011 at the Biko Club in Milano.
Sign up right HERE for workshops.
Posted in Events, Kristen Turner by Kristen Turner | Comments are off for this post
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The Laser Cutter Roundup — a weekly dose of laser-cut love: #22
Hey, Sam here. I’m back collecting this week’s posts from The Laser Cutter!
Starting off the theme of negative space is this amazing column from Michael Hansmeyer laser cut from serial sections.
After the jump a clock, a head, some lettering and NLC Design #5. (more…)
Posted in Laser Cutting, Sam Tanis by Sam | Comments are off for this post
Make your own stuff using: Laser Cutting
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A high-tech twist on an old favorite
Although there are some notable exceptions to the rule, it is generally quite difficult to produce fine works of art using an etch-a-sketch. No longer willing to be held back by this creative obstacle, Ben Jackson from Portland, Oregon set out to technify his etch-a-sketch using the wizardry of 3d printing and a little DIY CNC programming.
He walks through his process in a great post on Thingiverse. From printing out the gears and nifty custom etch-a-sketch stand (and sharing the files for others to enjoy too, of course) to talking through the Unicorn code that runs it all, you can really get a taste of how it all came together.
Click through for a video where the above spiral is drawn at a pretty impressive speed of 8000mm/min… (more…)
Posted in 3D Printing, Electronics + Robotics, Guy Blashki, Open Source, Toys + Games by Guy Blashki | Comments are off for this post
Make your own stuff using: 3D Printing
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More unusual material experiments from Open3DP.
While more and more materials are becoming generally available for 3D printing, some brave souls continue to search for as-yet-untried materials, pushing the boundaries of 3D printing.
We recently blogged about the experiments printing in bone from Open3DP, a blog maintained by the Solheim Rapid Prototyping Laboratory at the University of Washington. Since then, they have tried two more unusual materials: salt and ice tea powder.
Above is a pineapple printed in ice tea powder and after the jump you can see the initial ice tea tests and the salt experiments.
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Posted in 3D Printing, Taylor Gilbert by Taylor Gilbert | Comments are off for this post
Make your own stuff using: 3D Printing
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