Acmer's IR laser module allows you to engrave on metals such as aluminum, titanium, steel, gold, and silver.

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Chris Bathgates book on industrial art is a triumph of beautiful sculpture and elegant writing

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https://makezine.com/article/craft/fine-art/book-review-the-machinist-sculptor-by-chris-bathgate/

Super-size a classic teaching toy
and put the play back in playground

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Matt Zigler is the author of a new book for educators titled "3 Modes of Making." He talks about imitation, modification and innovation as three different modes of student projects, which develop different maker skills. Matt is an artist and educator who has been running the makerspace at Bullis, an independent school in the DC area. He brings a background in art and creative practice to the makerspace and his school. it's not that every student is going to be an artist but every student should develop a creative practice, regardless of subject or area of interest.

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Blender's geometry nodes are a true powerhouse for designing items for 3d printing. Joe shows us some real geometry node magic

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Check out these cute and wild 3d printed transformer toys you can print at home

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if all you're concerned about is the surface finish, go ahead and use calibration cubes. But, if you want your 3d printing to be perfect, listen to Stefan.

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The Onefinity CNC X35 is a budget friendly beast. It is easy to build, easy to control, and almost perfect.

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How food printing became a family affair for PancakeBot creator Miguel Valenzuela.

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Build a colorful clock using light pipes that is easy and fast to make

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Of all the various and ever changing genres of making things, one that will always be near and dear to my heart will be the folks who take depreciated or broken items and make something new with it. I really found this project interesting. Blu-Ray players were ubiquitous for a hot minute (and may make [&]

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Can we use the 5 head prusa XL to create 3d printed stained glass? You bet! Here's how.

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About a year ago had some scrap cherry sitting around and really wanted to find a way to show off the warm tones of the wood in a lamp. I get so sick of the hard metals or plastics so common in lighting and wanted something that really just exuded the warm welcoming texture and [&]

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Building a 1:1 scale model of planet Earth in Minecraft used to be a pipe dream. But now, a YouTuber named Pippen is leading the effort to make it happen, with thousands of builders working across the globe on 80 teams.  Though the project is only in infancy, the cityscapes rendered so far, as well [&]

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Game of Thrones was an immensely popular TV show for much of its running. There were very few people who didn’t gaze at the gorgeous dragons on screen in the later seasons and wonder what it would be like to stand in front of one of these beasts; to feel the blistering heat as they [&]

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What’s your star sign? Stitch your favorite constellation and light it up for all to see

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Bantam Tools acquired EMSL and will be working on a plotter that mimics handwriting

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Recreating online tutorials is tough, but this digital clock turned out great.

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A Conversation With Jude Pullen Trying to repair almost anything can be a frustrating exercise. Repair is made more difficult by the way devices are designed and the ability to repair a device could be improved greatly if different design decisions were made. This moment in time demands a new generation of designers, engineers, and makers [&]

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We got to get hands-on with the Glowforge pro. Beautiful hardware with limited software and frustrating pay to play business model.

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