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Keep up to date with the latest maker news, whether it is new Raspberry Pi and Arduino releases, 3D printer announcements, Robot kits, or the latest gadgets and gear to check out.

Know Anyone Who Wants to Learn Frustration-Free 3D Printing?

Chris Garrett

3d printing workshop

Wasted ABS filamentBeginners to 3D printing often find their enthusiasm flames out when they realize that the rainbows and unicorns they have been sold are imaginary, so I wanted to put some of those mythical creatures to rest, and offer some hope for the fresh-newbies who want to avoid all the unicorn poop, and 3d print with fewer stresses and hassles.

Sound good? Let’s begin! [Read more…]

by Chris Garrett Filed Under: News, Events, Competitions, Prize Draws, and Launches Tagged With: 3d printed, 3d printers, 3d printing

June Newsletter

Chris Garrett

June! Which means summer, which means warm weather, which means making things with the blinds shut and aircon on 😉

3dprinting-workshop

Biggest news around Maker Hacks is the 3D Printing Workshop pre-order customers got the first beta of the 100 page Module 1 ebook yesterday. So far feedback has been extremely positive, but please keep it coming because as I build out the rest of the workshop emails and videos I want to create the content YOU need 🙂

While I am building the course you can still pay whatever you want, whatever you think is fair – even in bitcoin now! – and when it is all done the price future customers pay will go up substantially 🙂

Maker Hacks on Adafruit!? They liked my 3D Printed, Raspberry Pi Powered, Doctor Who Tardis!

tardis lit up!
Tardis lit up

Doctor Who, Raspberry Pi AND 3D printing fans will love this 3D Printed Tardis, powered by Raspberry Pi, that can play all the sounds effects from the show!

Nylon 3D Printing Filament is Awesome!

Nylon 3d printer filament

Nylon 3d printing filament is not as popular as PLA or ABS, but after giving it some serious use recently I wanted to implore you to at least try it.

5 Ways to Bond and Glue 3D Printed Parts

Bonding 3d prints with 3d pen
3d print bonding

Finishing is an important part of 3d printing, but how do you combine, glue, and bond your 3d printed parts to get a 3d printing result you can be proud of?

3D Printed (HIPS) Solar System

3d printed solar system

A scale model of the solar system, 3d printed in white Inksmith HIPS filament – how well does HIPS work and why would you consider it for your 3d printing?

Anet A8 $200 (or less!) 3D Printer Kit Review

anet a8 3d printer kit review

The Anet A8 is a $200 (or less!) 3d printer kit. In this review we answer the question how good could a sub-$200 prusa i3 clone 3d printer kit actually be?

Coming up at Maker Hacks: more robot lessons, more projects and reviews on the blog, and of course, more 3D Workshop modules!

 

Happy Making!

– Chris G

by Chris Garrett Filed Under: News, Events, Competitions, Prize Draws, and Launches

May Newsletter

Chris Garrett

How to Use Tinkercad to Make a Custom Gift – a Personalized 3D Printed Maze Puzzle

Finished 3d printed maze

In this beginner-friendly 3d cad tutorial, we are going to create a personalized maze puzzle in Tinkercad, ready for 3d printing! The post How to Use Tinkercad to Make a Custom Gift – a Personalized 3D Printed Maze Puzzle appeared first on Maker Hacks.

Raspberry Pi Remote Access – 3 Ways to Make Your Raspberry Pi Accessible Outside Your Network

raspberry pi remote accessRaspberry Pi remote access can be tricky. What can you do? How can you make it easy for you to remote access, but difficult for the bad guys? The post Raspberry Pi Remote Access – 3 Ways to Make Your Raspberry Pi Accessible Outside Your Network appeared first on Maker Hacks. (See previous article about installing Octoprint on your Raspberry Pi here)

Meshmixer Tutorial – Using Meshmixer to Delete and Edit Parts of an Existing .STL

meshmixer sphere brushUsing Meshmixer takes your 3D printing superpowers to the next level. Find an existing STL file, modify it, delete parts, and then export for 3D printing – See how easy it can be in this tutorial and video! The post Meshmixer Tutorial – Using Meshmixer to Delete and Edit Parts of an Existing .STL appeared first on Maker Hacks.

ESP32 Arduino – First Look

ESP32The ESP32 is the newest* super powered IoT/Arduino board you are going to want in your arsenal. I have long been a fan of the ESP8266, especially the cheap Chinese NodeMCU boards, so when I saw the faster, more capable ESP32 had Arduino compatibility, I had to give it a try! * Yeah, it’s been […] The post ESP32 Arduino – First Look appeared first on Maker Hacks.

 

by Chris Garrett Filed Under: News, Events, Competitions, Prize Draws, and Launches

$100 Amazon Gift Certificate Giveaway!

Chris Garrett

$100 Amazon.com Gift Card

March 1st, 2017 WINNER UPDATE

Congratulations Ed Wiper!

Everyone else, make sure you subscribe and join the FB group so you don’t miss the next prize!

Original post follows … [Read more…]

by Chris Garrett Filed Under: News, Events, Competitions, Prize Draws, and Launches Tagged With: competition, newsletter

Wifi-Enabled Raspberry Pi 3 coming soon?

Chris Garrett

magazineRumours of a new Raspberry Pi model are heating up with appearances in the official magazine and a FCC filing! [Read more…]

by Chris Garrett Filed Under: News, Events, Competitions, Prize Draws, and Launches

Faster, Bluetooth-Enabled, ESP8266 Coming

Chris Garrett

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by Chris Garrett Filed Under: News, Events, Competitions, Prize Draws, and Launches

BBC Micro Bit computer’s final design revealed (Arduino competitor?)

Chris Garrett

microbit

The Micro Bit is the new Arduino-like electronics venture from the BBC, who will be giving 1million UK kids one of these bad boys before later they go on sale. That in itself could be a worry to Arduino (though Arduino is surely not going anywhere, they have had their distracting problems of late with legal wrangling).

[Read more…]

by Chris Garrett Filed Under: News, Events, Competitions, Prize Draws, and Launches Tagged With: arduino, education, kids, microbit

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