Bre Pettis likes to make things and turn the camera on others who make things.
I'm learning how to use Eagle to design electronics and Raphael is teaching me. With his help, I've designed a MakerBot watch. Watching it autoroute is like watching a computer think.
Zach Hoeken and Bre Pettis want to know if things will smash. Premium episodic content ensues.
Joe Soko stopped by NYCResistor to take the class entitled "Fire the LAZZZOR!" For every class, each student makes something that they want. Joe had worked in a knife store at some point and got his mind set on a butterfly knife, but with a comb. He used inkscape to model it and then lasercut it and then put it together with some custom length nails that he cut with the bolt cutter part of a wire cutter. It works great and don't mess with him when he says "Don't mess with me or I will COMB you!"
We got ABS into the MakerBot store (store.makerbot.com) and Marius and Philip of the Metalab in Vienna were visiting and they set up the MakerBot named Martha Vader to sing the imperial march and make a Darth Vader Head. The force is strong with this
To print out an object you need an STL file. You can create your own or download one from Thingiverse, or even scan one if you have a 3D scanner (WANT!)This video will show you how to scale an STL in Blender - Link
CCC Trier becomes a hackerspace today!
Learn how to make a single speed bike from trash!
By pal Diana had a fashion show and launch party for her new book, "Fashion Geek." It's chock full of projects to make fashion more geeky with LED, ELwire, and other projects that will make your gadget heart go pitter patter. I had the chance to go behind the scenes at her launch party. Check it out!
Keys are too big. They should all be smaller. Raphael takes care of this with a hacksaw!
