http://www.thingiverse.com/wizard23 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:40:04 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2-ppt (info@mypapit.net) en-us Copyright 2010, Thingiverse.com http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3272
Snap-locking Sphere Container After my initial not so successful attempts to create a snapping sphere I had a chance discovery when I tried to put a ball inside the two sphere halves and noticed that although the two parts of the sphere don't hold onto each other they both snap to the slightly smaller ball in the middle...So I went back to the original symmetric Demi-Sphere thingiverse.com/thing:3068 for the shell but added an inner sphere (without the hard to print top and bottom tips) to hold the two demi-sphere parts together. Snaps like a charm. ]]> wizard23 Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:46:19 +0100 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3272 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3100
I loved the Hollow Demi-sphere thingiverse.com/thing:3068 but I was a little bit disappointed when I found out that it does not snap fit and falls apart by itself. So I remodelled it in OpenSCAD and then changed the angles of the cut out cones to get a snap-closing sphere that does not fall apart by itself. The only drawback compared to the Demi-sphere is that the two parts are not identical anymore, but they are still very good for printing as they are both flat on the bottom (the larger part is also flat on the top). ]]> wizard23 Tue, 11 May 2010 14:55:03 +0100 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3100 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1962
Reprapped Stove Knobfor some retro stove from Vienna, Austria.

I modelled this for a friend. Stove knobs are the real reprap killer application. ]]> wizard23 Sat, 06 Mar 2010 01:12:15 +0100 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1962 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1481
A-Mazing Box - OpenA python script to generate OpenSCAD models to generate two parts of a box that screw together and snap fit if you find your way through the maze :) ]]> wizard23 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:12:06 +0100 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1481 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1414
Improved version of the LockBox thingiverse.com/thing:1384 now really with a snapping lock mechanism.

A friend had the idea to add a horizontal locking mechanism so I just added a few layers in the dxf sandwich...thank you python :) ]]> wizard23 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:09:44 +0100 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1414 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1384
LockBox - OpenA box that screws in a zigzag way. Python generated OpenSCAD model.

Since OpenSCAD does not support variable reassignment and recursion I wrote some python glue code to generate OpenSCAD models.

Now we can haz Turing Complete Models :)

There is an improved version of this available: thingiverse.com/thing:1414 ]]> wizard23 Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:32:05 +0100 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1384 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1329
BatlampFeatures include:
* Arduino controlled so it can blink in different speeds, colorfade, etc. AND you can reprogram it to make whatever you want.
* Three pots to set the red, green and blue LEDs.
* reprap printed knobs for the pots
* Osram RGB LED (almost perfect point light source) with 30mA per color.
* exchangable stencil
* one rotating axis to project onto a wall or the ceiling.

more pictures: flickr.com/photos/wizard23/ ]]> wizard23 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:06:33 +0100 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1329 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1344
IMAG0052parametric OpenSCAD model for a twisted box consisting of two parts that screw into each other. ]]> wizard23 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 02:13:08 +0100 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1344 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1230
Testing Various Snapping ConnectorsI found the warning sign in a blog post about future warning signs lifeboat.com/ex/warning.signs.for.tomorrow and immediately knew that I needed such a sign for my Makerbot.

Because the original pictures are very low-res the auto vectorizing did not work out too well so I redrew it as a dxf using a stencil font.
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New and improved version of thingiverse.com/thing:1101 ]]> wizard23 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:37:02 +0100 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1118 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1101
Mount for 8 Hard Disks - AssembledNew and Improved version of this can be found here: thingiverse.com/thing:1118

A friend who works in data recovery often needs to handle many hard drives and have then easily accessible.

So yesterday we had a small CAD'n'lazzzor session and we created this mount for 8 hard drives. It's cut from 2mm HDPE. The orange thing is rubber to prevent the disks from gliding away when you move the mount. ]]> wizard23 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:33:36 +0100 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1101 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1086
The stencil I used for my "Giraffe" Makerbot
thingiverse.com/derivative:328

uploaded for Isis ]]> wizard23 Sat, 03 Oct 2009 10:00:42 +0100 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1086 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1082
Reuleaux TriangleA curious shape with constant width. It rolls smoothly in a square but the centre of rotation is not constant.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuleaux_triangle

More math about the Reuleaux Triangle (and the site where the cool animated gif that shows the path of the center of rotation is from):
mathworld.wolfram.com/ReuleauxTriangle.html ]]> wizard23 Sat, 03 Oct 2009 08:52:34 +0100 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1082 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1076
A Linear Axis I wanted to test. ]]> wizard23 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:38:18 +0100 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1076 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:896
people who have been to HAR might recognize this... ]]> wizard23 Sun, 27 Sep 2009 02:17:16 +0100 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:896 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1060
gearandrackThe Gear I created with cliffords Gear Script (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:829) and the Rack I created using my own quick and dirty experimental Rack Script (https://whatever.metalab.at/user/wizard23/RackGenerator) which takes a closed loop (like a gear or a star, or a heart) and creates the fitting rack for rolling this object. ]]> wizard23 Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:36:04 +0100 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1060 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1040
Lasercut Gimbal Deluxe EditionThese were my design goals:

- Built entirely out of cardboard
- Does not need any glue (all the connectors snap into place)
- still mechanically stable

This is the 5th iteration of the design and finally it meets all these goals:) ]]> wizard23 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 22:01:14 +0100 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1040 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:966
Lasercut MC Escher "Mosaic II" PuzzleI always liked Escher's irregular tessellations but when I saw this picture with my new lazzzor eyes I thought WOW this is perfect it leaves no waste material :) ]]> wizard23 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 02:01:07 +0100 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:966 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:962
Laser cut Meta-BrickThis is the final design that evolved out of my lasercut snapping connector tests I did here: thingiverse.com/thing:942 ]]> wizard23 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:07:56 +0100 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:962 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:942
Lasercut snapping parts - Design failurethis is an evolutionary thing-thread that aims to explore snapping connectors that can be made with the 2D capabilities of a laser cutter. I don't delete the designs that did not work out because they show what does not work. ]]> wizard23 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:17:11 +0100 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:942 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:941
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Glow stick brackets to connect glowsticks with 6mm diameter. ]]> wizard23 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 03:13:59 +0100 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:906 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:901
This was inspired by the cover of the famous book "Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid" by Douglas Hofstadter

this was modelled by clifford.at I just uploaded it to thingiverse ]]> wizard23 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:26:49 +0100 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:901 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:902
Clip them together to make bigger objects ]]> wizard23 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:08:22 +0100 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:902 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:900
Another little Box :) ]]> wizard23 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:07:20 +0100 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:900 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:888
Club Mate Name Tags!They are really useful to distinguish your mate in the Metalab Leiwandville.soup.io/ at HAR2009 ]]> wizard23 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:34:18 +0100 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:888 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:882
Flash light Power Button Protector - closedThis cover protects the power button which gets easily pressedby accident. It was modelled for the LED Lenser P7 but it can be adapted by changing the parameters. ]]> wizard23 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:39:49 +0100 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:882 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:645
This is a Ring Generator. It generates rings with embossed 2D shapes according to the parameters given. The embossed shape can be given by a unit-sized and centred dxf file. ]]> wizard23 Thu, 28 May 2009 06:12:23 +0100 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:645 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:591
Parametrized Lego BricksWhile talking to Zach I got inspired to model lego bricks in order to create custom bricks - the ones you always wanted but thought you never could get. Well now you can!

Of course it does not snap in place as nicely as original lego bricks but it should be good enough to create the custom lego piece you always wanted. ]]> wizard23 Mon, 11 May 2009 04:44:44 +0100 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:591 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:590
Different parametrized thimbles. I don't know too much about sewing but Zach used one of these for sewing his Keyboard Pants so it can't be too wrong. ]]> wizard23 Mon, 11 May 2009 01:09:44 +0100 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:590