This page is an archive of iMAL's wiki that operated between 2012 and 2022. It documented projects, residencies and workshops mostly taking place at iMAL's Fablab.

Older & newer Fablab projects are now found at fablab.imal.org

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What could be salvaged from past was salvaged: furniture from IMAL’s fablab and all wood surfaces from soon to be dead WTC. The structures are hand painted with a hammered finish...
Le tenon-mortaise est une technique de menuiserie parmis les plus connues. Il faut être un bon menuisier pour la realiser ou , comme moi, apprendre à utiliser une machine CNC :)...
IntroductionThis tutorial aims at explaining how to use the automatic height zeroing on the High-Z S-720 CNC machine.Height zeroing is the process by which the vertical (Z) zero...
EN list: link isn't allowed for health and safety reason. Il est interdit d'utiliser dans la découpeuses des matériaux dont...
Atelier grand débutant laser cutter.1 à 8 personnes1h30Niveau: débutant Materiel:-Un ordinateur par personne avec Inkscape.-Une clé USB avec une version portable de Inkscape...
Ce tutoriel a pour but de montrer l'utilisation des  pinces de fixations, utiles pour fixer une pièce sur le plan de découpe de la petite CNC1. insérer les boulons dans la...
Ce tutoriel a pour but d'apprendre à découper avec la petite CNC du fablab en utilisant des logiciels simples: Inkscape pour dessiner, MakerCam pour preparer la découpe et Kay...
Le fablab possède un rouleau de vinyle thermocollant de couleur noire (pour l'instant). Ce petit tuto explique comment l'utiliser.edit: le t-shirt a été passé à la machine, le...
There's a link to a nice tutorial about CNC:link...
Outside corners can be sharp, inside corners must be rounded. Since a round end mill is doing the cutting, the radius of any inside corner will always match the radius of the end...
Follow this tutorial on instructable.link.
Here below are some data taken from : link #1 - Add a Radius in Internal Vertical Edges Add...
NIH 3D Print Exchange3D-printable models related to biomedical science.The NIH 3D Print Exchange is a collaborative effort led by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious...
Vers 1.3 of Oct the 4th of 20171. Professor Monkey     Find here a positionning image of a little Professor Monkey on the Ultimaker 2Go. ...
(only for ABS filament - use the Ultimaker for PLA printing)PrepressGet or create your 3D model. Export it to STL (if necessary). STL is a file format understandable by all...
Free Open Source , Mac, Windows, Linuxhttp://sketchchair.cc/
This is still a draft and work in progress. No garantee at all.The idea is to give remotely control on several devices. The links below works only connected to the local...
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Fusion 360 CNC - CAM module pour la CNC High-Z S-720.Post-processeurUtiliser le post-processeur acurite millpwr 3.cps 
To use the Markforged 2 printer, you'll have to access to the Eiger platform : link the FabManager to have an account to be able to control the printer and...
Here a list of suppliers (both online and "normal" shops) from which to buy material to use with the Laser Cutter.Plexiglass / AcrylicPragma-Plexi / Cheap in Brusselshttp://www....
Text vers 4 of Oct 4th of 2017There are 32 bits versions like Cura 15.04.6 : it is a simple and stable version.    For the Mendel 90 printer : Configure...
Vers. 1.9 of Oct the 4th of 2017Software version : Preform 2.10.3fablab members: 1. Before the first print, all new users of the Form1+ must take at least...
Version: 1.13 of may the 11th of 2017In this article i refer to Cura 15.4.6 as C1 and Cura 2.1.3 as C2. C3 is Cura 2.4.0.For C1 configure Cura according the used Ultimaker...