A kiridashi is a kind of all-purpose Japanese utility knife, of minimalist styling, commonly without a separate handle. Hand-forged for $45 from bladesmith Scott A.

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"Clouds and Rain" Kiridashi

Catarina M and Joel Belouet have been experimenting with using a MakerBot as a microscope stage. They removed the print head from their MakerBot 3d printer and replaced it with a cheap webcam, which allowed them to automate scanning of microscopic samples

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Using a MakerBot as a microscope

CrashSpace hosted a night of hand made music on June 25th 2010. Among the performances was a Concerto for Three MakerBots composed by Frank Capodieci. MakerBots are 3D printers that create objects out of plastic, but in this case the extruder portion was removed and the stepper motors were driven at different speeds to create music.

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A Concerto for Three MakerBots

I can thank Instructibles for inspiring me to make various LED projects for my family and friends. Now it’s time to publish my first instructible on my latest and favorite project so far.

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Tilt activated LED glow cube

Ever come out of a long kit build with a splitting headache from the solder fumes? Me too.

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Toolbox Review: Edsyn Fuminator solder fume extractor