This week on Maker Update: a clever girl, manga you can touch, the magic of styrene, and a kinetic sculpture that doesn’t need a motor.

This week on Maker Update: the latest in lightsaber tech, a new batch of CNC tools, a drippy dress, and a time traveler’s timepiece.

This week on Maker Update, an open source ornithopter, a self-solving Rubik’s cube, a farting baseball, a Pi piano light show, a Lithophane lamp, and turning wood on a table saw.

I learned about the Robert Larson 800-2875 Plastic Center Finder (Amazon link) from maker Ben Light, who uses it to drill out the center in the tin can robots he builds. Online, I see a lot of videos of jewelry designers using these. Woodworkers use them on finding centers on dowels or centering up work to chuck into a lathe.