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Alpha Husky
Location: West Coast
Gender: Male
yay!
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< on 7/22/2010 3:57 PM >
|  | | | A few weeks ago, I saw an article in Make Magazine about a 3-axis shadow casting block that said "MIT". I thought it was neat and was immediately inspired to make one that said "UER". Those three letters are quite a bit more complicated, but I pulled out Google Sketchup, which is free, and tried my hand. This is the result:
I thought it was pretty neat, but I really wanted to hold it in my hand. I went online to Shapeways.com and uploaded my design, and ordered the shape in a variety of sizes and materials.
One of the pieces I ordered was gold-plated stainless steel, and it arrived after 2-3 weeks. So of course, I had to set up a scene like the original MIT photo. Voila!
A close-up of the piece:
The photo workshop:
Getting the damn thing to stay upright was rather difficult. But here is the complete series of shapes I ordered:
It's really neat to design something on the computer and then hold it in your hand! Anyway if you want your own UER shape, you can order it from Shapeways 
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huskies - such fluff. |
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cr400
  
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 1 on 7/22/2010 4:09 PM >
| | | | That's pretty cool Av.
You can see a million miles tonite, but you can't get very far.
Honorary member of UER lifetime acheivement award winning, 2Xplorations and Guide Services, Texas. |
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jacunda
Location: Toledo area
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 2 on 7/22/2010 4:12 PM >
| | | | Nice! I give it a 10 in the creativity dept.
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robtastic
Location: central colorado
Gender: Male
Friends don't let friends HDR
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<Reply # 3 on 7/22/2010 4:15 PM >
| | | | Nice! I thought I was the only one on here who was familiar with MakeZine.
My Flickr: http://www.flickr....enericprofilename/ |
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MutantMandias
 
Perverse and Often Baffling
Location: Atlanta, GA
Gender: Male
Are you a reporter? Contact me for a UE interview! Also not averse to the the idea of group/anal.
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<Reply # 4 on 7/22/2010 4:18 PM >
| | | | One of my favorite books...
mutantMandias may cause dizziness, sexual nightmares, and sleep crime. ++++ mutantMandias has to return some videotapes ++++ Do not taunt mutantMandias
mutantMandias is something more than human, more than a computer. mutantMandias is a murderously intelligent, sensually self-programmed, non-being |
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TurboZutek
King Dick
Location: Scotland
Gender: Male
Giant octo-penised rapephant
| |  | | Re: The UER Shape
<Reply # 5 on 7/22/2010 4:25 PM >
| | | | The letters look like they are fucking each other nasty style.
Which is good!
Chris...
We all had ostriches. My dad had an ostrich farm! I remember one day someone came in and said the high altitude bombing of Kosovo had been a limited success, so we all went out and celebrated… by killing an ostrich and boiling it in kiwi fruit. |
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Yimmy
Location: Aught-to-Wah
Gender: Male
What the hell are you looking at?
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<Reply # 6 on 7/22/2010 4:26 PM >
| | | | This is fantastic.
"...and then, said HE: 'it is the true explorer who shall find the point of entrance, and then shall enter with peace' and lo! the unboarded window was found!"
--Book of Infiltratius, 3:09 |
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Dan1341
Location: Milwaukee, WI
Gender: Male
| | Re: The UER Shape
<Reply # 7 on 7/22/2010 5:03 PM >
| | | | That Rocks! Like the set up too for the photos.
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consecrated
Location: Connecticut
Gender: Male
Æthereal
| | | Re: The UER Shape
<Reply # 8 on 7/22/2010 5:07 PM >
| | | | That's pretty bad-ass. We have a few machines that can do parts like that at work, in metal or plastic. Neat.
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Alpha Husky
Location: West Coast
Gender: Male
yay!
| | | Re: The UER Shape
<Reply # 9 on 7/22/2010 5:20 PM >
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Yeah, the cover of that book was the inspiration for the MIT guy.
Of course, the book cover is an illustration and not an actual illumination of those shapes... they wouldn't quite work out so cleanly
-av
huskies - such fluff. |
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yokes
Location: Toronto
Gender: Male
I aim to misbehave
| |  | | Re: The UER Shape
<Reply # 10 on 7/22/2010 5:36 PM >
| | | | What did some of those things cost? (if you don't mind)
"Great architecture has only two natural enemies: water and stupid men." - Richard Nickel |
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Alpha Husky
Location: West Coast
Gender: Male
yay!
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<Reply # 11 on 7/22/2010 5:38 PM >
| | | | Way too much. The big plastic blue one was $60, the metal gold-plated one was $20, and all the other ones were $4 or $5.
In total the order cost me $100. But, due to Shapeways shipping B.S., I was charged over $75 in duty charges. I'm currently trying to get them to refund some of that.
-av
huskies - such fluff. |
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yokes
Location: Toronto
Gender: Male
I aim to misbehave
| | | | Re: The UER Shape
<Reply # 12 on 7/22/2010 5:40 PM >
| | | | Aside from the duty, that's not too bad for a fun little project.
"Great architecture has only two natural enemies: water and stupid men." - Richard Nickel |
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secretdestroyers
Location: Baltimore
Gender: Male
| | | Re: The UER Shape
<Reply # 13 on 7/23/2010 6:33 AM >
| | | | can i get a coffee table sized one?
SD
F this I"m going exploring! |
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becckeez
Location: 804
Gender: Female
trippin.
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<Reply # 14 on 7/23/2010 2:08 PM >
| | | | sickness av.
so sweet!
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consecrated
Location: Connecticut
Gender: Male
Æthereal
| | | Re: The UER Shape
<Reply # 15 on 7/23/2010 2:28 PM >
| | | | Can you export to VRML format? If so, I can probably have them done at work. Much cheaper. Of course, 2D files would work too, but it would have to be reconstructed in 3D for use here at work.
Maybe we can get a clear one and light that shit up!
[last edit 7/23/2010 2:30 PM by consecrated - edited 1 times]
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Superlocrian
Location: Austin, TX
Gender: Male
| | Re: The UER Shape
<Reply # 16 on 7/23/2010 2:52 PM >
| | | | that's awesome! its a shame they charged you so much for them.
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robtastic
Location: central colorado
Gender: Male
Friends don't let friends HDR
| | Re: The UER Shape
<Reply # 17 on 7/23/2010 2:56 PM >
| | | | Posted by Superlocrian
that's awesome! its a shame they charged you so much for them.
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shipping from US to Canada can do that... It needs to be marked properly as to not get charged more than the item is actually worth.
My Flickr: http://www.flickr....enericprofilename/ |
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yokes
Location: Toronto
Gender: Male
I aim to misbehave
| | | | Re: The UER Shape
<Reply # 18 on 7/23/2010 3:05 PM >
| | | | I'm been trying to visualize how to combine an S, M and N together (me, wife and dog). The M + N are easy... but I can't figure out how to work in an S. Maybe it can't be done? hrm.
"Great architecture has only two natural enemies: water and stupid men." - Richard Nickel |
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olive
Location: hamilton
Gender: Female
good plan, poorly executed.
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<Reply # 19 on 7/23/2010 3:16 PM >
| | | | Posted by yokes
I'm been trying to visualize how to combine an S, M and N together (me, wife and dog). The M + N are easy... but I can't figure out how to work in an S. Maybe it can't be done? hrm.
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i don't think it can because both the m and n are not solid letters at the top and bottom. i think for it to work you need at least two of the letters to be solid at top and bottom.
Sorry, what was that you were saying about forever alone? |
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