An off-the-cuff remark made by Inventables CEO Zach Kaplan cost his company more than $10,000, and he couldn’t be happier about it. “I was at the White House for the National Week of Making, and the ...

When it comes to small CNC carving machines for hackerspaces and extremely well-equipped garages, the Shapeoko, or something like it, has been the default machine. It’s dead simple – a Dremel attached ...

The Academy at Palumbo, a public high school in Graduate Hospital, won a 3D carving machine to outfit its new makerspace. The Academy at Palumbo won a 3D carving machine, also known as CNC milling, ...

3-D printing and rapid-prototyping have allowed makers to easily manufacture one-off products that once were predominantly factory-made–anything from guitar picks to shoes. But there’s still a ...

Mere years ago, 3D printers and carving machines were largely seen as prototyping tools and fun distractions for hobbyists in the maker movement. Now, these technologies are entering the manufacturing ...

Inventables, a West Loop-based seller of maker supplies, shipped the first of its newest desktop carving machines to Kickstarter backers Wednesday. The machine, called Carvey, is Inventables’ fourth ...