Ponoko Project #3: Coasters
We’re on a roll now. This one will be made out of thick, dense, black felt.
In: Art · Tagged with: CCI, Ponoko
Ponoko Project: Round 2
The tolerance advice posted at ponoko.com doesn’t apply for all situations. It’s slightly off when dealing with very small inlays such as on my first project. They didn’t quite fit. After some careful caliper measurements, I’m trying again. This time with a a modified design and an inset/outset distance of 0.19mm.
In: Art · Tagged with: CCI, Ponoko
First Ponoko Project
Submitted my first design to Ponoko this weekend. It is a business card holder. Actually, two of them: one White with black inlay, the other a reverse. Notice the two logo cut-outs are different. The cut-outs in the upper instance are .2mm thinner than the official logo. The lower cut-outs are .2mm fatter. This is to [...]
In: Art · Tagged with: CCI, Ponoko
3D Prototyping Comes Home — Almost.
Ever since reading Eric Drexler’s ground-breaking Engines of Creation over 20 years ago, I have yearned for its promise of at-home 3-dimensional object fabrication from a ‘vat’ of material. The molecular assembler is probably still a decade away but affordable 3D rapid prototyping (3D Printing) is just around the corner. For some time now I’ve [...]
In: 3D, Art, Must Experience, Technology, Tools · Tagged with: Ponoko, Shapeways