Last fall, we needed to get away for a few days, so we booked a room at the Clearwater Lakeshore Motel in Mackinaw City, MI. As a goof (and because I booked the hotel online with my wife’s name/credit card),… Continue Reading
I stopped into a McDonald’s a few weeks ago to get a Filet-O-Fish sandwich when they were 2 for $4. I was pretty surprised that it looked pretty much like the advertised product. Here’s the box. Here’s the actual sandwich.… Continue Reading
Here was a cool little beer pong trophy I made for a tournament winner at my KoLumbus gathering in November of 2013. I think I have a better photo somewhere, but this was one I took from my phone after… Continue Reading
These are all files I downloaded from random strangers on Thingiverse. Sorry for the poor quality of my pictures. I really need to stop using my cell phone camera when I have much more fancy equipment. Here’s a sea turtle… Continue Reading
I wasn’t going to write this up, as these cards contained my phone number, but I couldn’t resist. (What’s gonna happen? Someone will call me and I’ll ignore it? Worst case scenario, I change my number and email address.) These… Continue Reading
I spent most of September printing the same thing over and over again. I was printing little keepsake figurines for a geeky gather I attend annually called KoLumbus. (It’s based on the game Kingdom of Loathing at www.kingdomofloathing.com…) This figure… Continue Reading
We have one of those water cooler things in the house that has a super hot water spout on it. We also have a 10 month old running around, so we needed some method to cover that hot faucet up,… Continue Reading
One of the reasons I wanted to get a 3D printer was so that I could print busts of people I knew. I’ve done a little experimenting, and so far so good. Here are a few samples of the first… Continue Reading
I’ve had a few ideas for custom car gadgets. One of the coolest things about owning a 3D printer is the ability to make something that fits your device /situation exactly. The first thing I knew I needed was a… Continue Reading
Besides learning how to level the print surface and properly apply kapton tape to my heated bed, I had to learn a hard lesson about using spooled ABS filament when I’m printing. I was told that anything more than 1… Continue Reading