Tips for Makers #1

A weekly curation of hand-picked maker tips

Hand Picked #TipsForMakers May 2020

Welcome to The first “Tips for Makers” blog by Humans For Robots. In this one we have tips on 3D Printed Flexible Geometry , Alternative PCB Cleaners, and many more.

Hey there Makers and fellow community members. Please enjoy these awesome tips by our fellow makers hand picked from the never ending information highway that is the Internet. On your next break from making awesome things, grab your favorite beverage and have a scroll through this week’s top picks.

Tip 1 – Use Copper Foil to Save Time Prototyping

PCB?? PCB!?!? We don’t need no stinkin’ PCB! More tips and tricks added today https://t.co/iA5PRMPfHA pic.twitter.com/vdL7FxHDFw
— John Clements (@kc9on) May 15, 2020

Tip 2 – Convert Devices to USB Type-C

Tip 3 – Flexible Geometry with 3D Printed PLA

I've been down rather a rabbit hole trying to answer questions about making compliant mechanisms on the 3D printer. I thought you might be interested to see what I've got to show so far! #maker #makerEd #STEM #STEMEducation #STEAM #STEAMEducation #3DPrinting #3DPrint #compliant pic.twitter.com/VbijWeK4Lt
— ✄—Rob–Ives— @robives.bsky.social (@robives) May 13, 2020

Tip 4 – Advanced Tips on 3D Printing with Transparency

Check out this new #3Dprinting tutorial where we discuss more ADVANCED workflows for assigning transparency for #PolyJet models: https://t.co/lejDwYtNoZ #3Dprinting #grabcadprint pic.twitter.com/6CqHYk8k72
— GrabCAD (@GrabCAD) May 17, 2020

Tip 5 – Inexpensive Alternatives for Cleaning PCB’s

Tip 6 – Use an ATtiny10 to Drive an OLED

Yes, you can drive an OLED display with your ATtiny10! https://t.co/ZqFxefZAG5 pic.twitter.com/Q4zqvRXlnW
— Microchip Makes (@MicrochipMakes) May 13, 2020