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Change Maker by patchorang

My wallet has a little change pouch that, like an idiot, I keep change in.  I don’t even know why I do this any more.  I don’t really carry much cash and typically use a debit/credit card for most purchases anyhow.  Whatever, then, would possess me to actually cart around a random collection of pennies, nickles, dimes, and quarters?!  Really, if I were approaching the situation logically – like patchorang, I would carry only 10 coins.

It includes 3 quarters, 2 dimes, 1 nickel, and 4 pennies. Keep in your wallet so you can always make perfect change.

This is such a great idea for so many reasons.  It would prevent your wallet from jingling. ¹  It would have a slimmer profile than a pile of the same coins.  It could be slid into one of the credit card sections in your wallet.  It is also a quick printing, easy to carry, practical and very understandable way to show off what kinds of things you can do with a 3D printer.

Also, 9000 bonus internet points, bragging rights, and a blog-nod to the first person to upload an OpenSCAD derivative and leave a comment here with a link to it on Thingiverse.

Change Maker by patchorang

Inspired by this instructable: instructables.com/id/Always-have-Correct-Change-in-your-wallet/ I made a 3D printed version. It includes 3 quarters, 2 dimes, 1 nickel, and 4 pennies. Keep in your wallet so you can always make perfect change.

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1. Jingling, while festive, is not really what I want my wallet to do. [↩]

Michael Colton's Printed 'Copter!

Yesterday I asked for flight videos from ‘copters with printed parts.  Two readers came through:

• Michael Colton was the first to leave a comment with a link to a flight video and even provided the above photo!  Michael says, “The frame (except for the carbon rods), motor mounts, camera mounts, battery tray, etc. are all 3D printed parts of my own design.”  His flight video was part of a documentary earlier this year.  I hereby award Mr. Colton 9000 internet points along with the promised bragging rights for being the first one to send in this video!

• A little later Buzz uploaded a link to his homemade quadcopter.  I just couldn’t not give this guy a mention.  His ‘copter featured printed mounts four IR range sensors.  Unfortunately, he also says this is the first and last video his ‘copter ever provided, suffering a tragic catastrophic fall at the end of the video.  The last part of this video is nearly heartbreaking.  You may just not want to watch past 8:02.  Don’t say I didn’t warn you.