This week’s selection is the highly over-engineered Side Bin by Printables contributor SMACKMAX.
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Design of the Week: Palm Ratchet Knob
This week’s selection is the Palm Ratchet Knob by Printables contributor Shiura.
Design of the Week: Denture Bit Holder
This week’s selection is the fascinating Denture Bit Holder With Magnets by Printables contributor iplop.
Book of the Week: Identifying Waste on the Shopfloor
This week’s selection is “Identifying Waste on the Shopfloor”.
Desktop Metal Expands Materials for Shop System
Desktop Metal announced the availability of 316L steel for their Shop System.
Machine Shops And Intellectual Curiosity Into 3D Printing
Charles R. Goulding considers the intellectual curiosity required for more machine shops to adopt 3D printing in their work.
Desktop Metal’s Shop System Is Out In The World
Desktop Metal’s mid-volume metal 3D printing offering, the Shop System, is now shipping globally.
Single-Site Motorsport 3D Printing: Workshop of the Future?
I’m reading a fascinating story about how a small motorsport company is using 3D printing in a very different way.
Attention Metal Workshops: Desktop Metal’s New Shop System Announced
Desktop Metal announced a new low-cost binder jet metal 3D printer for metal workshops, including high resolution capability and integrated end-to-end part production.
Seriously, Attend 3D Printing Events
The best way to learn about 3D printing is directly — so go to the events.
How to Build a Backyard Workshop for $2,000
Purchasing a traditional home may be physical proof that you’ve officially made it as an adult.
How Do You Learn Filament Extrusion?
So you’ve decided to make your own 3D printing filament. Great. …How?
How to Not be a Total N00b
Are you a total n00b?
Book of the Week: The Maker’s Field Guide
This week’s selection is “The Maker’s Field Guide: The Definitive Reference for the Professional Designer” by Christopher Armstrong.
Take a Tour of Former Autodesk CEO Carl Bass’s Wood and Metal Shops
What happens when a business leader with the core of a true maker and engineer gets his hands on the resources to build whatever he wants?
A Visual Tour Through AddUp’s 3D Printer Factory Container
The last time we saw AddUp’s modular 3D printing workshop, it was merely a desktop model. Now we managed to walk through a real one.
Is The MakerBot Replicator+ a “Shop Machine”?
MakerBot has undergone an incredible transformation in its brief, 8 year existence. Now it’s apparently a “shop machine”.
The Columbus Idea Foundry
The Columbus Idea Foundry is one of many community workshops that keep popping up all over the globe. Their mission: The “Idea Foundry” is intended to serve those in the community who express interest in art, design, engineering, and fabrication but have not yet found a viable outlet for exploring such a complex combination… Continue reading The Columbus Idea Foundry
3D Printer “Gym” Opens in Philly
NextFab Studio opens a new workshop for innovators today in Philadelphia at the University City Science Center. The workshop comprises some 3,600 square feet of space filled with various modern manufacturing tools, including laser cutters and of course 3D printers. Use of the facility, which operates much like a neighbourhood gym, is by membership, which… Continue reading 3D Printer “Gym” Opens in Philly