You’ve seen PiGRRL, Super Game Pi, PiGRRL Pocket, PiGRRL 2 and now… it’s time for PiGRRL Zero! In this project, we’ll turn the elusive $5 Raspberry Pi Zero into portable game console! Features -Retropie 3.7 Emulation Station: SNES, NES, SEGA, N64, and many many more! -14 Buttons, including D-Pad, L & R shoulder, Start/Select, A, B, X, Y and two extras.
Combine hard plastic printed handle and platen, and slip on a flexible TPU printed stamp plate to produce your own custom rubber stamps. Use the set of fun 8-bit art shared by this Etsy design store from San Juan, Puerto Rico, or follow their instructions how to design your own!
I bring you the 3D printed, 8bit character, rubber stamps! With included 3D printed handle. These stamps are quite big at 55.7mmx55.7mm (2.2inx2.2in). We have designed the stamps in such a way that you can have one stamp handle and change the rubber stamp design to the one you like. Great for scrapbooking, letters, personal messages or just for fun! Let me know in the comments section if you like the designs and want to see more stamps of different characters and or symbols.
PolyMaker is known for their innovative approach to materials. Nicolas Tokotuu (Communication manager, 3D printing engineer and designer for PolyMaker) has performed a fun strength test utilizing one of their new materials, Polycarbonate (PC-MAX).
They designed and printed a car jack on an Ultimaker 2+ extended and subsequently tested it on a car. They want to stress that it isn’t recommended as a replacement for a proper jack, this was just to illustrate the strength of the material. The jack did function but due to the time it was taking and torque required it was faster to use a metal jack first then finish the last few turns to lift the car. Nicolas says if they had to do it again, they will remember to lubricate the screw. 😉
They used 80% infill and printed the screw perpendicular to the thread orientation for strength.
From an announcement post at 3ders.org abut PC-MAX:
So what’s so special about PC-Max? In a nutshell, it features mechanical properties that you rarely see in 3D printing materials and is far stronger and more impact resistant than any other Polymaker material. “Polycarbonate has properties that make it very desirable for the 3D printing community as a whole, and PC-Max™ makes it even better for creative designers and engineers at every stage of the production process” added Dr. Luo. PC-Max is also easier to 3D print than PC-Plus, which was 3D printed at 300°C – 320°C. In contrast, PC-Max can be 3D printed at a moderate 250°C – 270°C.
Polymaker PC-Max™ is an advanced polycarbonate based filament designed specifically for desktop FDM/FFF 3D printing. In addition to high printing quality, great mechanical strength and heat resistance, Polymaker PC-Max™ offers excellent impact strength and fracture toughness, making it the ideal choice for engineering applications.
