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For the average person, ABS is likely a component of your life that you don't know, or think much about. It is a part of your every day!...
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- Feb 1
- 2 min
3D Printing
3D printing is an amazing plastic forming technology with a wide range of applications. Many different types of 3D printers from machines...
- Nov 8, 2021
- 2 min
National STEAM Day
Happy National STEM/STEAM day to all our fellow creators! STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics. In the...
- Sep 27, 2021
- 2 min
Extruder Update
The team at the Omachron® family of companies is now commercializing forty-two years of research into "Sustainable Technologies for a...
- Apr 29, 2020
- 2 min
What's So Cool About Manufacturing?
It’s no secret that we are passionate about locally distributed manufacturing, or that we are advocates for sustainable manufacturing, as...
- Jan 15, 2019
- 3 min
Making An ABS Frame Clamp
Happy Tuesday! While we haven’t posted about it recently, Ken has been incredibly busy putting our ABS plastic to good use. In the event...
- Dec 18, 2018
- 3 min
Making An ABS GoPro Mount
Happy Tuesday! It’s been a few weeks – but fret not – Ken is back with some more creative uses for our ABS plastic. If you haven’t had a...
- Nov 27, 2018
- 3 min
Making Artwork Out Of Plastic!
Happy Tuesday! The wonderful thing about art is it can be expressed in so many different ways. Art can be experienced by engaging any, or...
- Nov 20, 2018
- 2 min
Making An Egg Cup!
Happy Tuesday! If you’ve read at the title of this article and are eggspecting a ton of egg puns, you’d be absolutely right. This week’s...
- Nov 13, 2018
- 3 min
Making A Pie Lifter!
Happy Tuesday! Hands up if you’ve ever went to serve a pie or cake and ended up having to messily use a knife to serve it because you...
- Nov 6, 2018
- 2 min
Making A Portable Tic-Tac-Toe Game
Happy Tuesday! Board games are making a comeback as an alternative form of entertainment to digital devices such as smartphones and...
- Oct 30, 2018
- 2 min
ABS Christmas Ornaments
It’s the end of October. The leaves are falling. There’s a chill in the air. All this can mean only one thing… Christmas is coming! For...
- Oct 23, 2018
- 2 min
Making a Game of Twelvepins
Get ready! Get set! It’s game time! Happy Tuesday to you all! On this week’s Alternative Tuesday segment, Ken uses our Plasti-Block™ 2”...
- Oct 16, 2018
- 2 min
Making ABS Halloween Pins
Happy Tuesday! Don’t you just love October? The leaves are changing colors, hot chocolate is back in fashion, and of course the month is...
- Oct 9, 2018
- 2 min
Making a Plastic Finger Joint Box
Happy Tuesday! We hope you all had an awesome Thanksgiving weekend! This week’s Alternative Tuesday segment from the Acutabove...
- Oct 2, 2018
- 2 min
How to Melt or Reshape ABS Plastic for Repairs and for Making New Parts.
Happy Tuesday! This week’s Alternative Tuesday segment from the Acutabove Woodworking channel Ken does some experiments. He has been...
- Sep 25, 2018
- 2 min
An Amazing Butterfly!
Happy Tuesday ! This week’s Alternative Tuesday segment from the Acutabove Woodworking channel features a project An Amazing Butterfly!...
- Sep 18, 2018
- 2 min
How To Fabricate Plastic Vise Jaws!
Happy Tuesday ! This week’s Alternative Tuesday segment from the Acutabove Woodworking channel features a project to fabricate Vise Jaws!...
- Sep 11, 2018
- 2 min
Plasti-Block™ Machining Canadian Kazoo Project on YouTube!
Good news everyone! This week’s Alternative Tuesday segment from the Acutabove Woodworking channel features a project to machine a...
- Sep 4, 2018
- 1 min
Plasti-Block™ Projects Are Now On YouTube!
Good news everyone! The first project from a series of episodes using Plasti-Block™ plastics is now available on YouTube Making a Salt...