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3D Printing 3D Scanning

Self-Portrait as Kali

Kali: 3D printed plastic, routed MDF, spray paint. On display at Saturnalia, the AS220 staff group show at the Candita Clayton Studio gallery through January 2nd, 2013.

Created using skulls scanned with 123D Catch and multiple self scans of the artist using ReconstructMe. The scans were merged in MeshMixer to create the two sets of arms. The scanned skulls were turned into beads with OpenSCAD.  The divider beads for the necklace and the belt were created in OpenSCAD.   The skulls and beads were printed on my MakerBot Replicator, the MDF was routed on the ShopBot.

The STLs for the Kali Necklace and Belt are available from Thingiverse.

Scans to 3D Model Mashup

Slicing the 3D Model

Routing MDF



Assembling the Slices





Painting the Sculpture


Painting Skulls and Beads

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Fab Academy AS220 - Providence, RI Haystack Mountain School of Crafts

AS220 Labs / Fab Academy Sign – Metal Etching / Cutting Tests on the Shopbot


The first week I spent at the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Jonathan Ward was helping the students there with various metal projects. I wanted to experiment with cutting copper on the ShopBot, so I created this sign for AS220 Labs / Providence, RI Fab Academy  to be displayed at our booth at the upcoming AS220 Foo Fest.

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Haystack Mountain School of Crafts

Fab Lab Haystack Projects – From Haystack Students – 2011 Session 3 – Week 1

Quave Inman – Molds For Slumping Glass

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Quave brought a photo of a previous glass piece to the Fab Lab at the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. We extracted a heightfield from the photo using Rhino and then exported it as a .stl file. We then open the .stl file in PartWorks3D and created a toolpath. The resulting two molds were milled out of insulation foam and wood. The foam mold was then recast in plaster silica so Quave could cast glass in it. Work in progress.

Image Used to Create the Heightfield

Molds in Various Stages of Completion

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Haystack Mountain School of Crafts

Decorative Side Table – First Shopbot / Furniture Project

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While at the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, I received some ShopBot training from Jonathan Ward. I then designed this decorative table in Inkscape, edited it in PartWorks and cut it out on the ShopBot. I ran into some .dxf exporting and resizing issues, I do not recommend using Inkscape to design files for the ShopBot.  I cut two tables from AC and Birch plywood with slightly different table tops. I have not yet decided how to finish the table (stain or oil).

Birch Plywood Table

AC Plywood Table


Cutting on the ShopBot

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