Vermont Rapid Prototyping

Providing rapid prototyping services to inventors and businesses.

The pPod

The pPod

I’ve owned African Grey parrots for about 10 years. The first one I purchased as a chick, and I named her Karma. The second one I purchased as an adult, and he came with the slave name of Tiger Boy, or simply Tiger. Greys are intelligent and social animals, and they...
Magnetic Spin Toys

Magnetic Spin Toys

Magnetic Spin Toys I became interested in Magnetic Spin Toys after hearing Chris Danforth from the University of Vermont talk about chaotic systems.  His discussion and demonstration of the unpredictability of a double pendulum made me wonder what it would be like to...

Camelbak dryer

I have a Camelbak backpack which I use occasionally. After use, I want to dry out the water bag, but being made of soft plastic, it collapses in on itself. I made this drying fixture to help me out. It needed to be longer than I could easily print, so I made two, with...

Headless Guitar Headpieces

Manufacturing parts using [now] traditional CNC often requires that you purchase tens or a hundred parts in order that the per-part price is reasonable. When you need 2 or 3 complex parts, traditional CNC is often not cost effective. I needed to make a few headpieces...