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Impossible Bearing Tutorial

By Kirby Downey October 25, 2019
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Impossible Bearing Tutorial

Currently, we have people out there developing and working with 3D printing to create rapid prototypes and also people pushing 3D printing as technology to create final products. Below is an example of a design that can only be created

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Bluetooth Controlled Light Up Headphones

By Kirby Downey October 11, 2019
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Bluetooth Controlled Light Up Headphones

Using affordable programmable electronics we create some custom DIY light up headphones that you can control through Bluetooth with your smart phone.

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A Working Miniature Tower Crane

By Kirby Downey August 16, 2019
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A Working Miniature Tower Crane

In this blog and video we go through the learning process of designing, coding, 3D printing and building our own tower crane.

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Creating a Wearable Iron Giant helmet

By Kirby Downey August 9, 2019
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Creating a Wearable Iron Giant helmet

In this tutorial we are making a wearable Iron Giant helmet in SOLIDWORKS and then use basic prop making techniques to add detail and finish the helmet.

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Forced Perspective in SOLIDWORKS

By Kirby Downey August 2, 2019
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Forced Perspective in SOLIDWORKS

In this blog we show how you can use SOLIDWORKS to create forced perspective illusions that can be 3D printed and used in real life.

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High-Quality Finishing – Part 2

By Kirby Downey July 29, 2019
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High-Quality Finishing – Part 2

Welcome to part two of this series on how to give your 3D printed parts a high quality finish. In Part One we went through how the prop was designed, printed, and how we sanded and painted it to get the perfect surface finish before adding the silver paint and weathering to round it all off. I

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High-Quality Finishing – Part 1

By Kirby Downey July 19, 2019
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High-Quality Finishing – Part 1

The two techniques we will be presenting here is good ol elbow grease followed by the second where we will be doing some silicone and resin moulding if you need more than one. This will then be split into two parts to make it easier to absorb.

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Game of Thrones themed Chess Set

By Kirby Downey May 19, 2019
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Game of Thrones themed Chess Set

Celebrating the new Game of Thrones season with a Fire vs Ice Chess set.

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