As far as the hacker’s toolbox goes, the 3D printer is way up there in terms of utility. Sure, it takes time to learn the ins and outs of designing, slicing, and extruding, but after that, the world ...

You can melt down almost any kind of aluminum—cans, even—but a piece that has already been cast (such as a water pump, wheel, or intake manifold) will have an alloy that's better suited for casting.

SPRINGFIELD -- In Roman mythology, the sea god Neptune carried a trident. In modern-day Springfield's North End, a new robot playfully nicknamed by his new owners in Neptune's honor is carrying ...

Initially, we used a gas furnace to produce the brackets using a sand casting process. But brackets cast in this way were too hard to machine. Cutters and other machine tools usually broke when we ...

Sodium Chloride has a melting point of 801 C (1,474 F), putting it comfortably between commonly-cast materials like aluminum and bronze. Which led to [Robinson Foundry] asking the question: can you ...