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Impact Engine - June 22nd Deadline
Chicago-based accelerator Impact Engine is looking for passionate entrepreneurs trying to solve the world's toughest societal and environmental challenges. Its 16-week program is designed to provide...
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Why the Maker Movement Is Important to America’s Future
Tim BajarinI met Tim Bajarin at TED 2014 in Vancouver. We started chatting and I asked "what brings to you TED"? He explained since 1981 he has served as a consultant to most of the leading hardware...
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Ninjaflex Filament
We just got Ninjaflex filament in the store and are having a ton of fun with it. It is super squishy and perfect for making car tires, bumpers and cell phone cases. We wanted to print a ninja, so we...
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MakerCon Recap: There's a revolution going on
Inventables' Zach Kaplan and Michael Una were out in the Bay Area recently for MakerCon, a conference "providing new insights into local and global manufacturing, design, workforce development,...
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So Many Hackerspaces!
While we were in the San Francisco Bay Area for MakerCon and Maker Faire, we decided to spend our evenings visiting as many local Maker/Hackerspaces as we could. I personally found it really...
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Hackerspace tour part 2: Double Union
5/14/2014: Day two of our Bay Area Hackerspace tour brought us to Double Union, a hacker/maker space for women in San Francisco's Mission District. Their mission is to "create a community workshop...
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Learn about Milling: The "Inside Corner" Problem
Coming to a CNC mill from a laser cutter, it is easy to get tripped up by the physical size of the bit when making designs. Any time you want to cut out an inside angle, you need to keep in mind that...
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50 States Contest Winners Announced!
Inventables Announces Winners of Contest For Public Maker Spaces to Win a 3D Carving Machine in Every State in the USChicago, IL, June 2, 2014 - Inventables wants every person in the United States to...
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Shapeoko Upgrade - Quiet Cut Spindle with gShield and Relay
One of the best upgrades for the Shapeoko is to use a spindle instead of the rotary tool that many start with. The 300 Watt Quiet Cut Spindle from Inventables works great with the Shapeoko desktop CNC....
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Milling 101: Understanding Milling Bits
Choosing the right milling bit for the job at hand can be an extremely important factor in whether a milling project comes out amazingly, alright, or not at all. Combine that with having more choices...
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Shapeoko Upgrade - Quiet Cut Spindle with TinyG
We have already seen in a previous post how to upgrade your Shapeoko with the Quiet Cut Spindle when using a gShield. Some people may be looking for the next step up from the gShield and Arduino...
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Maker Faire Detroit 2014
This weekend the Inventables Team hit the road and drove from our headquarters in Chicago to the Motor City for the 2014 edition of Maker Faire Detroit.After about a 5 hour drive me finally made it....
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Quiet Cut Spindle for Shapeoko CNC Router with ER11 Collets & Mounting Options
Here is a short tutorial to show the Quiet Cut Spindle from Inventables and to answer a few basic questions.Shapeoko CNC router shown with Quiet Cut Spindle#1 Question - How quiet is is? Very quiet....
View ArticleWhat actually goes on in the Inventables office? Secrets revealed!
Last week we were visited by Bob from I Like To Make Stuff, who just happened to be in town on unrelated awesomeness. He brought his camera and we gave him a tour of our office, warehouse and workshop....
View ArticleAutodesk's Fusion 360 now supports Shapeoko!
Autodesk's deep catalog of CAD and CAM software is well known for being easy to use and highly powerful for creating pretty much everything. A new feature you may not be aware of is that Fusion 360 and...
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Inventory Count Day at Inventables
We're improving the way we do inventory at Inventables! Today we shut down shipping operations temporarily while we do a full physical inventory! Our team is hard at work counting every last item in...
View ArticleMaking wood inlays using Easel + Shapeoko
Video blogger David Picciuto, aka The Drunken Woodworker, just published an awesome video detailing how to go from design to a finished beautiful wood inlay piece using Easel and a stock Shapeoko....
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How to use a Shapeoko to propose to your girlfriend
The internet was abuzz last week when one of our customers shared his labor of love with Reddit. Shapeoko user Joe Ternus decided to propose to his girlfriend in the most elaborate way possible,...
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Easel is now available to everyone
Today we are extremely happy to announce that Easel is available to everyone. Easel is a web app for 3D carving with the Shapeoko. You design in 2D while simultaneously viewing a 3D preview of your...
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Fishtail end mills!
Fishtail end mills are our new favorite bit! They're awesome for getting clean edges on thin material and for making pockets with flat bottoms. We now use them more often than any other kind of bit.We...
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