http://boingboing.net/2012/12/06/3d-printed-springy-bracelet.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 23:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/06/3d-printed-springy-bracelet.html#comment-1601027 clmensch Fri, 07 Dec 2012 17:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=198907#comment-1601027 I got one of these at the Makerbot Store opening.  One thing to say about it...it's quite sharp and actually scraped up my wrist after prolonged wear. I got one of these at the Makerbot Store opening.  One thing to say about it…it’s quite sharp and actually scraped up my wrist after prolonged wear.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/12/06/3d-printed-springy-bracelet.html#comment-1600657 ymendel Fri, 07 Dec 2012 02:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=198907#comment-1600657 We just got a 3D printer at work (mentioned on Make's blog at http://blog.makezine.com/2012/11/27/github-is-doing-great-wireless-things-with-their-replicator-2-2/, even), and this is actually one of the samples that came on the included SD card. It's a pretty impressive piece of design connected with the characteristics of the material. We just got a 3D printer at work (mentioned on Make’s blog at http://blog.makezine.com/2012/11/27/github-is-doing-great-wireless-things-with-their-replicator-2-2/, even), and this is actually one of the samples that came on the included SD card. It’s a pretty impressive piece of design connected with the characteristics of the material.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/12/06/3d-printed-springy-bracelet.html#comment-1600376 John Abella Thu, 06 Dec 2012 21:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=198907#comment-1600376 The source file for that comes from here:  http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:13505 - it's a great, fast print for giveaways.   And yeah, nothing needs to be cut / twisted when it's finished.   The source file for that comes from here:  http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:13505 – it’s a great, fast print for giveaways.   And yeah, nothing needs to be cut / twisted when it’s finished.  

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/12/06/3d-printed-springy-bracelet.html#comment-1600375 nowimnothing Thu, 06 Dec 2012 21:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=198907#comment-1600375 Just curious from a 3D noob, was the printer printing another one? If so do you have to make some cuts/twisting to make it into the final shape or can you print it in that final shape to start with? Hope that makes sense. Just curious from a 3D noob, was the printer printing another one? If so do you have to make some cuts/twisting to make it into the final shape or can you print it in that final shape to start with? Hope that makes sense.

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