Make: Daily In This Issue... Solidoodle Bows Out of 3D Printing This Cold Casting Technique Lets You Cast Metal Props Without a Forge How to Get a Weathered Metal Finish on Your 3D Printed Props Wrangle Your Cables with These 2 Zip Tie Tricks More Recent Articles Solidoodle Bows Out of 3D Printing After various setbacks, Solidoodle is suspending operations. For customers whose orders had not been fulfilled, New Matter is stepping in. Read more on MAKE The post Solidoodle Bows Out of 3D Printing appeared first on Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers.         Related Stories Autodesk’s Project Escher Uses Multiple 3D Print Heads for Massive Jobs DIY 3D Printing Aficionados Share their Passion at the Midwest RepRap Festival This Cold Casting Technique Lets You Cast Metal Props Without a Forge   • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments • This Cold Casting Technique Lets You Cast Metal Props Without a Forge Cold casting is a technique that allows you to get metallic props that are magnetic, can be buffed to a shine, or artfully rusted. Read more on MAKE The post This Cold Casting Technique Lets You Cast Metal Props Without a Forge appeared first on Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers.         Related Stories Customize and Print 3D Picture Books for Visually Impaired Kids The Comprehensive Guide to Building a Realistic R2-D2 Replica Making a Captain Phasma Chrome Helmet   • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments • How to Get a Weathered Metal Finish on Your 3D Printed Props Here are Brian Westgate's tips for creating a weathered metal finish on your next 3D printed prop. Read more on MAKE The post How to Get a Weathered Metal Finish on Your 3D Printed Props appeared first on Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers.         Related Stories Customize and Print 3D Picture Books for Visually Impaired Kids Autodesk’s Project Escher Uses Multiple 3D Print Heads for Massive Jobs Can You Fix Your Own Teeth with 3D Printed Retainers?   • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments • Wrangle Your Cables with These 2 Zip Tie Tricks The zip tie or cable tie is a well-known tool for bundling together wires and other elements of your project. Here are some little-known tricks for using zip ties to keep things separated. Read more on MAKE The post Wrangle Your Cables with These 2 Zip Tie Tricks appeared first on Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers.         Related Stories Don’t Frak It Up: 5 Considerations Before You Hack Your Hardware Don’t Glue Anything Without This Handy Reference Chart 4 Tips for Constructing Duct Tape Scale Models   • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments • More Recent Articles High School Robotics Team's "Xcalibear" Stolen, But Maker Spirit Prevails Weekend Project: Listen to Weird Sounds from Electromagnetic Fields 6 Sci-Fi Cat Dwellings That Let Your Pet Make a Giant Leap for Feline-kind Makerspace Revitalizes South End of Downtown Greensboro, North Carolina Book Review: "The Art of Whimsical Stitching" Inspires Creative Threadwork

 

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