Radial or Hula Motor by sirmakesalot – Thingiverse

If you have been following my blog, or not, then you may be aware that I love the 3D revolution that is taking place. I proudly take my place at that helm and move forward with every design and print. In that spirit I present my latest model upload to the Thingiverse community; The radial engine model has arrived!

It is a work in progress and I have yet to print it off so as I do I am sure there will be necessary adjustments made to the various components. I hope there is a brave printer operator that is able to give it a go and offer up some advice.

As I go I will as per usual blog about my progress so stay tuned!

Radial or Hula Motor by sirmakesalot – Thingiverse.

T-800 Exo-skull print

Here is the results of my terminator print. It took 14 hours 35 minutes. The resulting print is pretty good but has some lops and strings. I printed it with full support material.

T-800 Terminator Exoskull by Landru – Thingiverse

T-800 Terminator Exoskull by Landru – Thingiverse.

Ok, so every once in a while (and it is getting more frequent) someone comes out and goes BAM! This amazing print is ..well…amazing! Very challenging as it has lots of hard undercuts and requires a well tuned printer (makerbot and the like). I am going to attempt to print it and I will post my results soon!

My Makerbot on display at OCADU

Here is a picture of my (sirmakesalot) Makerbot on display at the Ontario College of Art and Design. It was there for a few weeks, I missed the sound of it working away while I enjoy my coffee! I had a couple of my prints on display with it. My motor and headphone cable tie are there along with a couple of downloaded prints from other Thingiverse users. I hopefully inspired someone else to get involved.

 

LEGO 3D milling machine carves amazing 3D shapes out of foam | Geek.com

LEGO 3D milling machine carves amazing 3D shapes out of foam | Geek.com.

I love my machines and my Lego but every once in a while along comes something extraordinary…

A fun intervention

Here is an exercise i did for my toy design class. We were to find a boring or not very fun thing and make it fun. I noticed an opportunity for an intervention to happen at the transit stop near my house. I made a tic tac toe board with red circles and green squares out of spray painted cardboard and double sided tape to adhere it to the glass. I went out, set it up and watched what happened for a half hour. Some people missed a couple of streetcars to continue playing. The people I talked to were very interested and immediately curious as to the nature of the experiment and offered their positive critiques and feedback readilly and happily.
Here is the poster I displayed in class.
funtervention

MakerBot TV S01E04! « MakerBot Industries

MakerBot TV S01E04! « MakerBot Industries.

WOW! It sure is rewarding to see so many people taking notice of my motor designs that I uploaded to Thingiverse overthe past couple months! I thought it great when they started to blog about my designs but here we go one step further I made it onto Makerbot TV!