DIY Casting Concrete Pendant Lamp Shade Casting concrete is a cheap and simple way to create custom designer household items including lamp shades. I found a simple video and blog post at BRIT+CO that describes the process using plastic drink containers and inexpensive concrete mix. I purchased all of the lamp items from a big box […]
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Getting Started with ShapeOko2 My first project on the new ShapeOko2 was an electronics enclosure for the gShield controller. The CNC electronics is a Arduino with a gShield shield for controller the stepper motors. I’d gone through the basic projects on the wiki and decided it was time to make something useful – a box. […]
Read More →Contributing FreeCAD Models to Thingiverse
Contributing FreeCAD Models to Thingiverse Contributing your source files to Thingiverse is what makes the sharing site valuable. Thingiverse is the key resource I use for finding existing models to print. When I explain 3D printing, I bring up Thingiverse. When I have an idea for something to create, I bring up Thingiverse. Someone has probably […]
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