Paige Russell used the free, easy-to-use 3D modeling program Tinkercad to make a 3D printed bobblehead based on a Rapa Nui moai. That's just one of the tools and projects that Donald Bell presented this week in Maker Update. Show notes here.
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8:36 am Mon
Aug 14, 2017
Maker Update #46: Make an Rapa Nui 3D printed bobblehead
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