Matt Donely of MasterSketchup.com contributed a Maker Bench hack for our open design project. Check it out!
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Kitchen Design Plugin for Sketchup, Sketchup training.
Grid Wall Open Source Competition
I'd like to introduce my new friend Charlie. He has been working with SketchUp and digital fabrication in school and has come up with a pretty interesting project and design competition. Rather than paraphrase, I thought it would be great to let Charlie share his project here:
Read MoreOPEN MAKER BENCH CHALLENGE #HACK
Help us hack our maker bench! We're designing an open sourced CNC made bench for students, teachers, hackers and makers. We'll take your ideas, build a real CNC made table, and then open source the entire project so that anyone can build one of these tables.
Read MoreHandibot Sharpie Mod
Being that the high temperature around me has been in the single digits for a few days I decided to find something that didn't involve working in an unheated garage. Teaching people how to use a CNC can be a loud and dusty experience. I've always thought it would be better to have people draw with a CNC first before making any sawdust. It's easier, safer, and quiet.
Read MoreWikihouse Assembly Animation
As we get closer and closer to cutting our first real Wikihouse, many people have been asking exactly how this thing goes together. Like most designs, it's done in a modular fashion. You can see in this video how the first module is built and stood up. After that you repeat 7 more times and link the modules together.
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