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"The DIWire Bender is a rapid prototype machine that bends metal wire to produce 2D or 3D shapes. Wire unwinds from a spool, passes through a series of wheels that straighten it, and then feeds through the bending head, which moves around in 3 dimensions to create the desired bends and curves. Vector files, text files of commands (e.g., feed 50 mm, bend 90° to right) provide DIWire’s instructions. It’s essentially a 3D printer that describes lines instead of volumes."
by PENSA!
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Jumper Wires – 40 x 3″ (75mm); handy as they are, I'm just pinning this because I think it would make a great Board cover :)
This experiment of Project RE explores 3D printing as a DIY tool for upcycling. Customized lids are created using low cost 3D printing. They are then clipped or screwed onto standard jars, tin cans and bottles to create new and personal objects. In the first collection 14 objects were made : a watering can, an hour glass, a long pasta container, a bird house, a bird feeder, a mug, a rain catcher, a maple syrup bottle, a piggy bank, a orange juicer, a snow globe, a paint brush cleaner, a dumbbell
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LCD backpacks reduce the number of pins needed to connect to an LCD. $10 at Adafruit
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Lady Ada's Bento Box (for Arduino): Portable Pack & Hack Box, Breadboard + (parts) Tin
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The Free Universal Construction Kit is a collection of adapter bricks that enable complete interoperability between ten popular children’s construction toys. By allowing any piece to join to any other, the Kit encourages totally new forms of intercourse between otherwise closed systems—enabling the creation of previously impossible designs, and ultimately, more creative opportunities for kids.
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"Create a Makeshift Wrench with a Bolt and Two Nuts." Too clever!
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Lattes And Laser Cutting Under One Roof: Such an amazing idea. "Shibuya, Tokyo is now home to Fab Café, a coffee house with a public use laser cutter. Just walk in with a vector design and your material and enjoy a cup of coffee while the laser does its thing."
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Running Lean: Iterate from Plan A to a Plan That Works
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Making Things See: 3D vision with Kinect, Processing, Arduino, and MakerBot
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iFixit Dual Hard Drive Kit Helps You Install a Second Hard Drive in Your iMac, Is Perfect for SSDs
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User Flow Stencil Kit: "Address high-level usability questions. Sketch out use-cases and other fundamentals of your interface flow. Understand the core architecture of your site or app. Brainstorm relationships between the different interface elements. Master your craft by providing great planning and design."
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iPhone Stencil Kit: "Quickly sketch out iPhone UI prototypes. Brainstorm your application ideas using our precision cut stainless steel stencil and mechanical pencil."
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Thingiverse user Brian Beebe designed an Electro Wire Stripper, a wire stripper that indicates when you’ve cut through the insulation. As soon as each blade comes into contact with the wire, it closes the circuit to turn on the LED, letting you know you’re ready to strip. The design files are available for download and 3D printing, you supply the plastic and components. How well does it work? According to Brian, it’s one of the best wire strippers he’s ever used. [via MakerBot]
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Barry Johansen Oh so very wrong but I like it!
Katie Hatch congratulations! i think u r the only person on pinterest with razor blades on their diy page!
Geoff Dudgeon @Katie Hatch having just spent the last two weekends scraping, masking, and taping window frame, I think razor blades should be in every DIY-er's kit :)
Katie Hatch @Geoff Dudgeonyay! painting is soooo much fun. not tedious at all. u r like the edward scissor hands of pinterst. will topiary hedges be a new moodboard soon?
Geoff Dudgeon Oh, I just meant that razor blades were super helpful for scraping the old paint, and making precise masking lines before re-painting!
Lasercut wooden six-pack holder.
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Geoff Dudgeon Since it’s designed in OpenSCAD, an open source parametric 3D modeling program, you can easily change the material thickness, bottle diameter, fastener size, and hand grip size and cut a 6 Packer to your own specifications.
Michelle Raiford That is beautiful.
NES controller uses capacitive touch instead of buttons
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Roland’s New CNC Hobby Mill: "Superficially, it looks kind of like a Prusa Mendel with a rotary cutting tool in place of the extruder. The top of the “A frame” actually folds over so the substrate (itself taped to a spoil board) can be taped to the work platform. The product is not yet available in the US, but launched in Japan in early October."
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3D printed zoetrope. Extra geek cred for hooking up a rotary encoder to LEDs so that they flash at the correct interval no matter how fast or slow you spin the wheel. Very creepy/awesome.
by kaputzke
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PurpleCar Christine Cavalier this is some amazing art
Makerbot's new 3d Printer looks amazing! Fully assembled for $1749: "The MakerBot Replicator™ is the ultimate personal 3D printer, with MakerBot Dualstrusion™ (2-color printing) and a bigger printing footprint, giving you the superpower to print things BIG! Assembled in Brooklyn by skilled technicians, the MakerBot Replicator™ is ready within minutes to start printing right out of the box. Starting at $1749, The MakerBot Replicator™ is an affordable, open source 3D printer that is compact enough to sit on your desktop. Want to print in two colors? Choose the Dualstrusion™ option!"
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Twine is the simplest possible way to get the objects in your life texting, tweeting or emailing. A durable 2.5" square provides WiFi connectivity, internal and external sensors, and two AAA batteries that keep it running for months. A simple web app allows to you quickly set up your Twine with human-friendly rules — no programming needed. And if you're more adventurous, you can connect your own sensors and use HTTP to have Twine send data to your own app. $99
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PID Controller: Thinking about hacking together a general purpose PID rig to control a deep fryer/sous vide/etc. $29
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Steven McGaughey hey @Geoff Dudgeon let me know how this works out if you get it. I've been mulling over the same idea.
I'm interested in taking on a couple recipes that require deep-frying but want to find a way to precisely control the temperature. One approach might be to hook up a PID controller to a hotplate/cheap electric deepfryer, and to use a probe thermometer. How about this one? "The world's first completely open source PID controller! Completely open source from the hardware design, firmware & software implementation, and enclosure design!"
Full color laser TV: "Back in 2001, [Helmar] made an awesome monochrome video display out of a red laser pointer and a spinning 18-sided mirror. Blue and green lasers are much less expensive than they were a decade ago, so [Helmar] decided to go full color with his laser projector. "
"A Spanish craftsman named Patelo skillfully designed and fabricated this tiny working V-12 motor from stock stainless steel, aluminum, and bronze for his grandchildren. It took more than 1200 hours of work. Not counting the 222 screws, he machined all 261 pieces himself. The engine operates via compressed-air injection, has 12cm3 total displacement, 11.3mm cylinder heads, and a 10mm stroke on each piston." via Make
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Jim Killian He needs to make carbs now and run that thing!
ah, the wire cleaner for soldering iron tips, a must-have.
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Snap together boombox great for taking your music on the go, justifying the purchase of a laser cutter.
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Handmade embossed leather iPad cover. Amazing process documented in a Flickrstream: flic.kr/... -- my favorite part? He stamps the hand-carved embossed design into the leather by driving over the two in his car.
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Sugru! I've seen enough blog posts about this material's still-amazing super-powers that I think I'll have to pick some up! "Soft-touch silicone rubber that molds and sets permanently. Sticks to aluminum, steel, ceramics, glass, wood and some fabrics + plastics! sugru is the incredible new air-curing rubber for hackers, makers, gadget lovers & anyone else who wants to make things or make their stuff work better."
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Pete Gilbert Amazing stuff indeed.
The Coobro Geo is an easy to assemble GPS navigation kit. Upload coordinates, turn it on, and the Coobro Geo will help you navigate to any destination on earth by using LEDs to show you the correct direction and distance remaining.
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Amazing story, told in a Flickr set, about a guy who milled his girlfriend a custom, titanium, tension-mounted engagement ring on tiny metal lathe he hid in a spare bedroom. Very cool to see the process.
by Flaggday
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A beautiful, custom-made and affordable lap desk for your trackpad, keyboard, and tablet. Looks like this user is a leftie!
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Steven McGaughey huh it seems like a mixed handed user. I have my wacom flipped so i can draw with my left hand while using the controls on the right. Cool lap desk though.
Insanely well made (3D Printed?) ATM Skimmer, including a hidden camera for grabbing your PIN. Beware!
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A beautiful, classic, DIY radio kit from Braun, circa 1950.
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Steve Lodefink's pinewood racer bodies, via BoingBoing: "Lately, Steve Lodefink, one of my favorite broad-spectrum makers, has been making beautiful pinewood derby cars. I'm sure he will finish them with spectacular paint jobs, but I also like them just the way they are." Beautiful.
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DIY LED Ring Light! Fire up your laser cutter: "Spotted in the MAKE Flickr pool, from MAKE regular Trammel Hudson. A straightforward design with a mounting ring for the LEDs and three radial clamps. Vector art available on Thingiverse. Check below for more of our favorite ring light builds from the archives."
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Make your own refillable spray paint cans! (via Hackaday)
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Adafruit Perma-Proto Half-sized Breadboard PCB – 3 Pack
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Fetching pins…
$10.00
![Thingiverse user Brian Beebe designed an Electro Wire Stripper, a wire stripper that indicates when you’ve cut through the insulation. As soon as each blade comes into contact with the wire, it closes the circuit to turn on the LED, letting you know you’re ready to strip. The design files are available for download and 3D printing, you supply the plastic and components. How well does it work? According to Brian, it’s one of the best wire strippers he’s ever used. [via MakerBot]](http://media-cache5.pinterest.com/upload/2603712254365261_gDdpyRCO_b.jpg)
$1,749.00
$99.00
![Full color laser TV: "Back in 2001, [Helmar] made an awesome monochrome video display out of a red laser pointer and a spinning 18-sided mirror. Blue and green lasers are much less expensive than they were a decade ago, so [Helmar] decided to go full color with his laser projector. "](http://media-cache-ec0.pinterest.com/upload/2603712254260999_FnZSLO6G_b.jpg)
aAron Söderberg absolute genius. awesome.