By Sallye Coyle, October 16th, 2019
This blog post originally appeared on the 100k Garages blog in 2017. I often get requests for information regarding two-sided machining on a ShopBot tool and figured with that many people asking about it, that we should cross-post it here on the ShopBot blog for additional accessibility. I have edited a few things to …
Continue reading >>> Machining a Two-sided 3D Model Created in Solidworks
By Michael Berliner, May 21st, 2016
Keyboardio is a startup founded by Jesse Vincent and Kaia Dekker. “We’ve spent the last couple of years designing and prototyping a unique keyboard for uncompromising typists,” said Jesse. “Keyboardio has an advanced ergonomic layout, premium mechanical keyswitches that are a joy to type on, custom-sculpted keycaps that guide your fingers into the right …
Continue reading >>> Popular startup Keyboardio chooses ShopBot Desktop for prototyping
By Michael Berliner, October 12th, 2015 Design file used to recreate the design used on an antique wooden textile printing block.
Theatrical costume designer Katie Keener is a graduate student in technical theatre at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where the theatre in residence is Playmakers Repertory Company. As part of her studies, Katie recently developed …
Continue reading >>> Costume designer creates textile print block with ShopBot
By Michael Berliner, December 8th, 2014
A Case Study: Ryan Patterson’s MyHue.
The potential for individuals to create, design and manufacture products themselves continues to be realized every day all around the country. With the affordability of robust digital fabrication tools such as the ShopBot Desktop, running a micro-factory out of handy space is not a dream, but reality. We …
Continue reading >>> How to start up a micro-factory in your garage.
By Michael Berliner, September 1st, 2014 The ELF by Organic Transit, outside of their headquarters in Durham, NC
If you’ve been walking or driving around the revitalized and thriving downtown Durham, North Carolina, in the past year or so, then sightings of a colorful, pedal- and sun-powered trike called the ELF won’t surprise you. As described on Organic Transit’s website, …
Continue reading >>> Organic Transit’s human-powered transportation: good for people and the planet
By Michael Berliner, August 21st, 2014 Architect, designer and educator John Thomas Heida relaxes in his retro, flat-pack chair
John Thomas Heida is an architectural designer, a furniture designer, and a digital-fabrication specialist at the School of Visual Art’s Visible Futures Lab. He teaches at the New York School of Interior Design, School of Visual Arts and at …
Continue reading >>> Can you CNC a classic American chair? Of course you can.
By Michael Berliner, July 7th, 2014 John Murray Productions of Oakland, California, is a full service event planning and production company specializing in scenery and stagecraft for corporate clients, focused on designing and producing innovative, memorable, and cost effective special events. Just a brief glance through their gallery of work and you see that John and his crew of 12 graphic …
Continue reading >>> John Murray creates dazzling environments for high-end corporate clients.
By Michael Berliner, May 15th, 2014 The first thing that strikes you when you step inside Dom Peralta’s garage/maker space in San Mateo isn’t necessarily the high-pitched drilling of his ShopBot Desktop’s spindle. Rather it’s the very pleasant and heady aroma of natural California cedar. That’s because the ShopBot is hard at work precision-cutting wooden dowels of cedar for the Timbrr …
Continue reading >>> A Journey from Maker to Maker PRO: The Timbrr Stylus story
By Michael Berliner, February 26th, 2014 Designer and Oru Kayak founder Anton Willis grew up in rural Mendocino County, with easy access to rivers, lakes, and the ocean. In 2008, a move into a small San Francisco apartment forced his fiberglass kayak into storage. Inspired by an article on new advances in the art and science of origami, Willis sketched a …
Continue reading >>> World’s first “origami” kayak sets sail out of TechShop SF
By Michael Berliner, February 12th, 2014 Professors at Florida State University in Tallahassee are helping to prepare their students for a multitude of career possibilities, by exposing them to the techniques of digital fabrication. They’re making use of digital fab from many angles, and it’s fascinating to learn about. Projects range from a huge 3D printer that instructor Winston Graves describes …
Continue reading >>> Florida State U. informs and inspires with digital fabrication techniques
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