Here are the Fusion 360 files for the main bracket that attaches to the 2020 rail and holds the Quad feeder for the pick-and-place machine. The main bracket also holds the PCB power bus board and mounts directly to the 2020 aluminum extrusion. The spool arm attaches separately to the 2020 rail and i

This is a mini desktop laser cutter that I put together using spare parts from around my studio. I already had the laser module, and the driver boards came from an old laser projector, so I built this as a small test bed to see what it could do. The main goal was to experiment […]

https://www.mikeberadino.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/IMG_1118.mov This is a short video of an old MakerBot printer. You’ll notice all the blue tape on the build plate, which was pretty standard for getting prints to stick back then. I think we paid around $3,000 for this machine when we bought

This work goes back to the very beginning of my exploration of digital manufacturing as an artistic process. Around 2005, there were no widely available commercial 3D printers, Make magazine had only just appeared, and the maker movement was still in its early stages. At the time, I was interested i