Friday, November 9, 2018

Ritz Cracker Speaker

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          On 11/8/18 and 11/9/18 another kid and I made a Ritz cracker speaker. The outside is a normal Ritz box with letters cut out but th...
Friday, May 25, 2018

Chicken VR at the Maker Faire

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[UPDATE 10.15.18: Chicken VR is now available on Steam . Note that you will need an HTC Vive in order to play it.] One week ago, we loaded...
Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Metal Etching Using Saltwater

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I saw this YouTube video yesterday and decided to try this--a process to engrave in almost any type of metal using salt, vinegar/water, and...
Sunday, November 5, 2017

The Forgotten Dream: Our Glowforge Arrives! (PART 1)

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Back in October 2015, we pre-ordered the Glowforge. We, and other Glowforge potential owners repeatedly received delay-of-shipment emails, t...
Tuesday, July 18, 2017

3D printed flexible filament robot hand

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Each month, we are excited to see what new filament comes in our Maker Box . This month, we received some NinjaTek Cheetah flexible filament...
Thursday, July 6, 2017

Ultimaker 2 Go Disassembly and Reconstruction

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Back in April, our Ultimaker 2 Go stopped extruding.  This is not unusual.  The standard procedure is to take a look at the extruder and may...
Wednesday, June 14, 2017

From After School Making to School Maker Faire

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On May 26th, BPC had its first official School Maker Faire . (We've done unofficial "micro-maker faires" in the past.) What ...
Sunday, June 4, 2017

Screen Printing for Awareness

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I Screen Printed onto old shirts to raise awareness for the LGBTQ+ and mental illness communities. I noticed that representation in the med...
Friday, May 26, 2017

3D Printed Gears Using Dual Extrusion

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For our school maker project (in science class), we wanted to create something that kids everywhere would be interested in using, and we al...
Monday, March 20, 2017

THE AMAZING BUDGET CETUS 3D

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Today we got a package and are proud to introduce to you, the Cetus 3D! The Cetus is a printer from Teirtime (the same parent company of Afi...