Practice & Makers
3D-printed adapters: Maker eliminates disadvantages of the Apple Magic Mouse
With the help of 3D printing, developer Ivan Kuleshov has redesigned Apple's Magic Mouse to eliminate some of the computer mouse's drawbacks. Specifically, the maker...
3D printer undergoes unusual upcycling as a watch cleaner
How do you actually clean the many delicate components of a mechanical wristwatch? There are special cleaning machines for professionals, but they are very...
YouTuber presents switchable magnets from the 3D printer
British YouTuber Robert Murray-Smith has presented a new DIY project: A magnet whose magnetic field can be switched on and off by rotating it. The...
How to optimize 3D printed designs for series production
If you want to produce a large number of 3D-printed parts, there are a few things to bear in mind when designing them. In...
YouTuber shows how to produce large parts with small 3D printers
On his channel Made with Layers, YouTuber Thomas Sanladerer presents four ways to reassemble multi-part 3D prints later on. This makes it possible to...
YouTuber develops 3D-printed wasp resettlement machine
The American YouTuber Emily The Engineer has presented a self-developed machine to relocate bees in a new video. The trigger was a wasp nest...
YouTuber 3D prints wind turbine based on the AirLoom start-up
The US start-up AirLoom Energy has made headlines in recent weeks with its concept for a wind power plant. The concept envisages wind blades...
Build your own open-source robot arm Parol6 using 3D printing
The company Source Robotics has published Parol6, a robotic arm for education and small automation tasks, as an open source project. The STL files...
3D print model for self-built knitting machine published
Maker R. Koolstar has published the data for the 3D printing of a self-made knitting machine on the Thingiverse platform. According to Koolstar, it...
YouTuber 3D prints efficient vertical wind turbine for power generation
In a video, YouTuber Robert Murray-Smith presents wind turbine prototypes that are modelled on nature. The rotor blades of the 3D-printed vertical axis wind...
