Unfortunately, my Leonardo Robot has a broken hip – I kid you not. One of the hinge tabs on his hip snapped.
Fortunately, I’ve got a MakerBot. I can build him better than before. Perhaps with a 40% fill this time. ;)
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11 year old builds 3D printer
Um. Wow. Justin, you rock. This 11 year old kid apparently designed and built his own 3D printer.
Forrest Higg’s vision has just come true! He’s written several times about how he wants to design and build a system that a reasonably bright 12 year old could build. I guess we should have known it would have taken a 12 year old to design such a system in the first place.
Thanks to Fabbaloo for the link!
The best things about being an adult
…are really what I thought they would be as a kid.
I can eat pizza for breakfast. I can have candy for dinner. I can stay up late. And, dammit, I can build a robot if I want to.
Neener neener.
And I’ll form the head!
I remember buying saving up to buy a Voltron toy as a kid. It was a very small model with plastic lion limbs that did not transform or detach. It was basically a toy robot with lion slippers and mittens.
Still, I thought it was the greatest freaking thing ever. Unfortunately, I have no idea where the heck it could be. Anyhow, I can’t wait to try modeling and printing a replacement. I really like Tony Buser’s idea of modifying the Leonardo Robot as a starting point.