Ben HeckInterview
Maker, builder, hacker
Adapted from Ben Heck's interview on Uses This, published 6 February 2014. The kit is drawn from their answers and each reason is an excerpt, lightly edited. Shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full interview ↗
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I have a MakerBot 3D printer that I use to 3D print parts, but I also have my own portable 3D printer that comes in handy!
Along those lines, we have a 3D Systems Cube 3D Printer and a new 3D scanner we've been testing out for an episode of the show.
I have a nice Weller soldering iron from element14 that is great for modding.
Arduino is a great place to start for those people who are new to hacking and modding.
Design
I do a lot of my layout in Adobe Illustrator, the two-dimensional art program, because of my background as a graphic artist.
We also use Autodesk 123 to make three-dimensional objects.
I still use Photoshop quite a bit from my graphic artist days.
Element14 has CadSoft EAGLE, which is quite standard for printed circuit board (PCB) layout.
Media
Of course, we edit element14's The Ben Heck Show using Adobe Premiere.