Tag: 3d printing

3D Printing a Fan Case

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Completed solder fan in workshop

After a recent move to north Etobicoke, I thought I would check out the local Toronto Public Library near my home. To my delight they have a digital innovation hub, meaning green screen studios, computers with animation and design software and 3D printers. At the same time I was setting up my electronics workshop (we are trying to call it my “lab” but the name isn’t sticking) and needed a better way of dealing with solder fumes. Maker 101 exercises in popular how-to books show you how to build a…

3D Printing a Gear Box

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I don’t think it would come as a surprise to anyone that I have enough of an interest in 3D printing that I had to find some excuse to try it. That excuse finally came when, as part of a larger project, I needed to create a gear box. Besides the obvious (gears, duh) I wanted a pulley system to turn a potentiometer. For fear of jinxing my project I don’t want to get into to much detail, yet. In the meantime, here is the first part of how I…

3Doodler Troubleshooting

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I had the pleasure of backing a project on kickstarter called ‘3Doodler‘ by Wobbleworks. The 3Doodler allows you to ‘print’ in the air by extruding 3mm plastic (ABS or plastic) through the pen-like nozzle of the 3Doodler. So it is a great tool if you are creative and looking to bust out of the two-dimensional world of drawing. Also, it could be handy for certain kinds of repairs, or quick prototyping or 3D sketching of designs. If you search on the web for images of 3Doodler you’ll see lots of…