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David L. McMullen's Uncanny Humanoid Haircut
David L. McMullen recently posted on the Inventables website a featured project that involved the use of hand moldable plastic to form the facial features of an android. The plastic used...
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Interview with Samantha Alaimo
I recently had the opportunity to share some email correspondence with Chicago-based designer Samantha Alaimo. Her work can be found on her project profile on the Inventables website as well as on her...
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MakerSlide Camera Slider Project
Many photographers have suggested that MakerSlide is a good material to make a camera slider. A camera slider is a linear motion control system for a camera. A stepper motor is used to smoothly move...
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IDSA Launch Day 3D Printed Car Challenge
The Industrial Design Society of America (IDSA) is a non-profit association of professional designers. Each year their big event is their annual conference. At the 2013 event Inventables teamed up...
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3rd Ward's Make 'n' Take Event
Amongst the mayhem of New York Fashion Week, Inventables' own Lucy Silverman tucked into the iconic Chelsea Market to take a breather, grab a bite, and get building at 3rd Ward's Make 'n' Take Pop-up...
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GE Garages Pop-up Maker Space in Chicago, Sept 20-Oct 20
A new temporary maker lab has appeared in Chicago! Inventables team member Michael Una visited the GE Garages pop-up maker space and offers his review:Entering this space is like walking into a future...
View ArticleManufacturing for a Small Planet
The third industrial revolution is in full swing. And as the CEO of Inventables, I have a front row seat.The first industrial revolution is easiest to understand by thinking of Eli Whitney and the...
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Easy Papercraft with the Silhouette Cameo
When the Silhouette Cameo cutting machine arrived a while back, some of us hard core DIY CNC people at Inventables gave it a wary glance. Within a few days we all quickly fell in love with it. It is...
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Shapeoko 2 Now Available For Pre-order!
We're excited to announce the release of Shapeoko 2! For those just hearing about it, Shapeoko 2 is a low-cost desktop milling kit that lets you carve woods, plastics, and soft metals with...
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Shapeoko 2 at Pumping Station: One's CNC Build Club
Last Thursday we took the Shapeoko 2 out to Chicago hackerspace Pumping Station: One for their CNC Build Club weekly meeting.This particular group is a well-accomplished bunch, having previously built...
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Milling aluminum with the Shapeoko 2
We get a lot of questions asking whether one can mill aluminum with the Shapeoko 2. I'd like to definitively answer that with a resounding "Yes!"If you'd like to make it yourself, the files and...
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New Kits And Tools For Clean, Easy Wiring
I am a huge fan of good wiring and doing it right. We thought it would great to get some affordable starter kits that contain all the basic stuff you need to do great wiring job. We have selected the...
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Shapeoko 2 Shipping Dates
Shapeoko 2 Shipping Update:Our kitmaker is reporting that everything is on schedule and looking great for our projected December 21st shipping date on the first 495 pre-orders!For pre-orders 496 and...
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New Cool Tools Catalog Out!
If you're not familiar with the Cool Tools blog, I recommend you check it out. It was started ~10 years ago by Kevin Kelly, who was the founding executive editor of Wired magazine and a former...
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Inventables Holiday Gift Guide
or our holiday gift guide this year, the Inventables team decided to take a look at inspirational and fun designs from elsewhere, in addition to favorites from our own shelves. We hope you find...
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Shapeoko 2 Behind The Scenes - Ahead of Schedule!
Shapeoko 2 production is ahead of schedule! Today I'm going to give you a detailed update. We promised the first 495 kits to ship by December 21st and 496 to 1500 to ship by January 19th. We have...
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The Chicago Children's Museum Tinkering Lab is looking for volunteers
For our readers in the Chicago area, we'd like to pass along this call for volunteers at the Chicago Children's Museum Tinkering Lab. If you're interested in volunteering, please get in touch with...
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All Shapeoko Batch 1 Preorders Have Shipped!
As of December 21st 2013, the first 495 Shapeoko 2 preorders have shipped out!It took some effort, but we got them all out. To paraphrase Tom Cargill's Ninety-Ninety rule, the first 90% of a large...
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Our favorite projects from 2013
2013 was a huge year for Inventables, and it appears that it was a great year for our customers as well. Here's a quick roundup of our favorite Inventables customer projects throughout the year:Mini...
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Bosch Colt Spindle Mount
The Bosch Colt Router is popular spindle for small scale CNC routers. Many Shapeoko users have upgraded their stock rotary tool to this spindle. To help meet the demand for this, we have created a...
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