by Jon Bondy | Jul 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
Last year was the first Champlain Maker Faire. No one really knew what to expect, least of all me. I went with everything I had ever made, perhaps 15 or 18 separate projects. A canoe. Guitars. Stirling engines. LED light controllers. The pPod. Magnetic spin toys....
by Jon Bondy | Jul 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
The washers used as touch switches with the LED game require that a wire be soldered to their undersides. That wire has to then feed through the hole which was pre-printed in the button. Locating the solder point was critical. I took the 3D model for the button and...
by Jon Bondy | Jul 2, 2013 | Uncategorized
I purchased the Aluminatus to get a larger build volume than the Solidoodles (12″ x 12″ x 12″ vs 6″ x 6″ x 6″); I was also hoping for higher print quality and higher print speeds. Given that I paid over 3 times the price for the Aluminatus as the Solidoodles, that...
by Jon Bondy | Jul 2, 2013 | Uncategorized
It is amazing to be able to download a 3D model, print the part, and be able to use it, in a matter of a few hours, but creating something from scratch is more rewarding and enabling. I downloaded and printed this red wire shield to prevent the wire bundle from...
by Jon Bondy | Jul 2, 2013 | Uncategorized
It is easy to download 3D designs and print those objects. It is also easy to design and print small trivial objects (a lid for a cat food can). For my talk about 3D printing, I wanted to challenge myself to create an object that was new and complex. At one point,...