This worked perfectly to guide the brake’s tooling, but [tony] ran into trouble with more complicated bends that would require grooves on both sides of the steel plate.

A dislodged steel plate on the Benicia-Martinez Bridge slashed tires Tuesday morning before a lane on the span was closed for repairs, California Highway Patrol officials said.

Wood shavings have been turned into 3D printer ink to make objects that start off as damp, flat sheets and then twist and warp into shape as they dry. This method of 3D printing could make wood ...