To celebrate (one last time) the success of our Desktop Manufacturing issue of MAKE, we’ve teamed up with the folks at MakerBot Industries. We’re going to be giving away a CupCake CNC, in the first ever official MakerBot CupCake CNC giveaway and Thingiverse design challenge! One lucky 3D designer will win a Deluxe CupCake CNC kit for his/her contribution to Thingiverse, and five runners up will receive something special too! Here’s what you do to enter:
- Imagine something you’d like to see printed on a MakerBot CupCake CNC!
- Design your object using any 3D design software you like.
- Upload your design to Thingiverse!
- Share the link to your Thingiverse post here, in the comments, by May 5th, 2010 at noon PDT.
Don’t have the design chops? Share your idea for a 3D-printable object (step 1 only) in the comments below to still be eligible to win one of five “Poor Person’s 3D Fabbing” prize packs each including:
- 1 Arduino Duemilanove board (courtesy of MakerBot)
- 1 copy of MAKE, Volume 21, the Desktop Manufacturing issue
- 1 Maker’s Notebook (courtesy of Maker Shed)
- 1 package of Shapelock Design Plastic (courtesy of Maker Shed)
Only those who upload a 3D design to Thingiverse and share the link here are eligible to win the grand prize of a CupCake CNC Deluxe Kit.
Enter as many times as you like, but you can only win one prize. Although we’ll allow you to submit Things you’ve already designed/posted, we highly encourage you to make something new for the challenge! Winners will be announced on May 12.
Need help getting started? Try out Sean’s OpenSCAD tutorial!
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This is really awesome! Good luck to everyone.
I made an iPod Nano model for the contest. It’s not real but it’s really detailed. (Little clips in the plugs, camera, etc.) If you have a makerbot you could make it and swap it with a real one as a prank or pretend to have a real one or something I guess. I’m just hoping I win cause my family could never afford a makerbot. Here’s the link: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2578 If I don’t win I hope someone deserving does. Good luck everyone!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2988
The next best thing to Link’s Ocarina is Pan’s Pipes!
Print one to take to your next bacchanalia!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2964
Hello,
Here is a 3D Salsa bowl for the Makerbot Contest of my own design. Print it, fill it with your favorite salsa, and enjoy!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2710
“Shaker Flashlight†Test Print
THIS IS A PRE-RELEASE TEST PRINT
Need yet to update the release after input from users.
A holder that you can adapt to hold anything…
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2882
And a switch that looks like it means business (but small)
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2880
Project can be used for many things!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2798
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2989
Need a box for Revar’s excellent LCD Display and Keypad mod? Here’s a printable one!
This is a MakerBott printable experiment in using different $fn values in OpenSCAD to selectively control the “roughness” of the geometry on different parts. The $fn of the outside of the box is set to 3, while all the holes and openings are set to 60. This gives an overall edgy look to the part without sacrificing functional precision.
I really like the ability to combine a lo-fi trash-punk look yet maintain precision where it’s needed in a printable part. I will definitely be exploring this aesthetic further!
More info on Revar’s LCD mod: wiki.makerbot.com/revarlcd-assembly
More info on OpenSCAD’s $fn variable: en.wikibooks.org/wiki/OpenSCAD_User_Manual/Other_Language_Features
Forgot link: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2966
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3044
This is exactly what I would print with a maker bot. Its a modular mini fishing rod. The bright colors are used to show the different parts of the rod assembly. I decided to make it modular so it could be printed in pieces. I believe this could be quite a trendy printable tool.
Should an entry shackled with an All Rights Reserved license win the Cupcake?
I’m just sayin’…
Make: with Love!
=ml=
I definitely agree. This was my first time posting anything on thingiverse.com and wasn’t sure how to set the licensing. I’ve found it, now Mini Rod is Opensource. Mini Rods For Everyone!!!
Not only does the contest give no details on license, but Thingiverse doesn’t require such. 3D printers, even when open source, are presumably intended to enable people to manufacture things themselves. Some people need to make a living and can’t find a way to do that by giving away anything they design.
Don’t get me wrong, I like open design licenses. One of my posts, however, isn’t a useful object so much as an artistic design, which, not being a stock photo, doesn’t really need to be open source. It’s like writing a newspaper article or making a painting, though I wouldn’t claim to have such merit.
What I’d like to see is an iPhone case, maybe even with different colours of plastic and a back with e.g. the emblem of your favourite band on it or something. would be kinda cool and very personal. Only you will have an iPad case like this ! :)
I tried to do an iPhone case but its challenging, but instead I made this to other things that are for the iPhone.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2314
and
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2308
Thank you.
Best Regard
DLPlanes
This is another design that I’ve done that is pretty cool! You can use it to stand your iPhone/iPod touch. More info in the description.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2314
I don’t have any fancy ideas, but I often find myself wishing I had a custom piece of plastic–a project enclosure, a shim, just random things. The Shapelock would be great for most of my purposes, actually…
I’d like to make a puzzle in the theme of M.C. Escher.
A cube that ‘intersects’ itself. It would be somewhat of an optical illusion as it depends on your perspective for it to work.
Created today, for this contest. Beware of my truly amateur SketchUp skills.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2206
Siffy! A makerbot would be a good addition to the local vegas dorkbot chapter.
I’m in the process of building a RepRap, so I designed and printed this part to make use of a makerbot style plastruder on a RepRap.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2061
And here is my design for a project box. At 100mm in length it’s at the maximum size that the makerbot can print. The box was designed to be wall mounted, though that isn’t strictly a requirement.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1949
Here is a 24 tooth drive sprocket I drew up for the contest. It’s a SketchUp file FYI.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2210
I have several ideas….so far.
#1: A clear bottle, with a full sized pear in it, and in the center of the pear is rectangle cut all the way through. In the rectangle is a ball and stick model of sucrose “floating” in the space.
#2: If at all possible to fab in metal, a single chain link around a 1/3″ diameter metal rod that has ends that are 2″ diameter; too big for the chain link to slip off.
#3: A 300 piece custom made Lego set.
#4: 10″ tall rocket, all fabbed. Only things unfabbed would be the parachute (obviously), engine, and recovery wadding.
Thanks a TON MakerBot!!!
i would like to make a model car body the plastic part or make a new set of custom rims for my model car
http://www.minimodelcars.co.uk/8025701F0054F3AD/ls/AUTOart-58681/$File/subaru-impreza-wrx-sti-2006-diecast-model-car-autoart-58681-p.jpg
http://www.3dm3.com/forum/attachments/f24/10694d1183385949-audi-r8-custom-rims-1.jpg
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2212
its a tank.
another idea for you is maker-bot keychains
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2211
This is a small holder to fasten a PCB down do a work surface or onto a finished project.
I could really use a few of these for my current project!
I really need to rev up my 3d chops, but my ideas include a custom case for various Arduino based projects, such as:
-EMF detector, with strain relieved antenna and bargraph under a thinwalled “display” top.
-Solar nightlights both indoor and outdoors, in various odd shapes and colors.
-And the obligatory brackets, holders, and odd objects that solve a specific problem that is impossible for a one-size-fits-some item.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2213
Because you don’t own it until you’ve voided the warranty.
Looks neat; think it would help prevent an RROD?
Where are the inlets and outlets?
I’m thinking, a camera tripod that has legs that attach together to vary the height. Or a a case for the Super TV Bgone kit . Or even better, a nice little paper weight that says, “LOVE”. lol
Just a quick query before I delve into my 3D creative side, but is this available for Australia?
Thankyou in advance :)
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2215/edit#files
yaaaay!!
Just thought you might want to know the link is broken. Cheers!
if the makerbot can make anything, I would love to see it make this design.
http://www.thingiverse.com/image:11967
I’m thinking some landing gear for my RC plane would be a fun first project.
-CH
thats nice that this contest were oppened, i designed a shaver wall base cause its a trouble find the saver every morning, my projects its on .skp (sketchup 7 by google)
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2218
Really basic, but it might work.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2219
Learning SketchUp and making ‘things.’ A basic S-Hook tonight, probably just scaled terribly…
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2222
OK i made a pin like thing i like the design and i want that maker bot so i can literally make all my dreams come true… ya o ya here it is http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2227
Small device that does something so simple, yet tackles some nuisance that we all can’t stand. Haven’t thought of it yet, but it will be great when I do.
Ok here is my keyblade i made like 2 months ago for a mod i hope you guys love it :D http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2232 Plz pick me D:
This is a OpenSCAD script to change the hole size in any gear that you have an STL file for. http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2126
An Implicit Moai Necklace. This was modeled using SAGE and Implicit Solid Modeling. http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2012
Every Guitar Center should have one of these! I had to wait 2 weeks for a key for my guitar (the plastic piece at the top of the neck that holds the strings in place) to come in! It’s a stupid piece of plastic! This could work for any other plastic component on any instrument. Just have a huge library of all production guitars. If you need a component, BAM, it’s made right in store depending on your guitars serial.
This could work for any other store, but GC is the best example I can think of, and would have affected me directly.
An entry for the contest, please download the SketchUp file and enjoy!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2233
My first Sketch
its supposed to be a Keychain
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2237
since i dont have and cant afford a Makerbot i didnt really spend much time with those CAD Programms yet
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2204
The Mona Lisa.
Spherical Bird House.
Antenna for xbox 360 wifi adapter.
Funky disco ‘light box’ plastic pattern.
Aimable stand for my Spud Gun. = P
Remoddeled xbox 360 controller, possibly ps3 shaped?
A kick – start lever for my speedfight 2 in the shape of NOS bottle.
IR Filtering cover for cctv camera so you can’t see the red for the IR Leds.
Fingerprint reader holder, for car ignition system.
Toothbrush holder – one where you clip the toothbrush into the holder, wall mounted next to a mirror.
I’m not sure you fully understand the way this contest is supposed to work.
I am working on making LED candles for a friend’s upcoming 30th birthday. These candles need to go on a cake, so it would be great to be able to print out the candle shape, leaving two channels for the LED leads and wires to run through. This would look much better than the straws filled with glue that I am currently planning on using.
I made this for use on any machine that has cables attached to moving parts.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1003
I would use the cupcake to make 2 sets of parts to be given/ auctioned as a thank you.
I made this for holding a 20 oz pop bottle from a horizontal object. I tried to edit the name from “untitled” and add an image, but nothing was working when I tried to edit my thing.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2247
Part 2 allows the bottle to be suspended from a vertical object. I hope I figure out how to edit my things to upload some pics.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2248
Well, I finally figured out how to get images for these to show up. Check out the new thumbnail images for:
Bottle holder:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2247
Bottle holder – Part 2:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2248
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2249
the solarchair
I have designed this concept prototype to hold a Tough Stuff Solar Panel http://www.toughstuffonline.org/
The fixture can be secured by screws, by a tie, or even buried.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2250
add a suction cup for the windshield and foam grippers to hold the phone.
Great contest idea!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2216
I’d love to see this on my desk (though not as much as I would like to own a printer that can make it)!
I can’t wait to make some robot parts! I need hubs to attach a drivegear to the wheels, I need other parts to attach servos to other things.
I just ordered an Arduino Duemilanove board but you can’t have to many, right?
David
here’s a simple design for a purse hook to print for the women in your life. Help keep their purses clean.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2253
I made a Rubik’s Cube, uploaded it to thingiverse, and within a few hours someone printed one of the parts and gave me feedback on improvements. If that’s not cool, I don’t know what is!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2244
Here is mine. It is a PCB milling maching that has a travel of approx. 2″x3″x3″.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2256
I think this would me difficult to machine, making it a wonderful thing to print!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2257
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2258
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2258
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2259
Thanks for looking at my thibg
My idea is to make a set of modules that could be assembled into various CNC machines. It is not necessarily a printable design but laser cut maybe.
Following the Open Structure http://www.openstructures.net/ guidelines the sliding modules would be 8cm by 8cm by 60cm and rotatable modules would be 8cm by 8cm by 8cm. Have powered and non-powered modules. Use multiple powered modules for more power in parallel or more distance in series.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2260
I would primarily use it for creating 3D artwork that would not otherwise be possible using traditional means. I call this creation the Triple-Mengered Icosahedron….
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2263
Hope you all like it.
I’ve just uploaded Double and Single-Mengered versions of this piece that can be scaled down to be printed smaller without going under the necessary threshold. Enjoy :)
I want to see a scale model of the original 1960’s time machine printed.
The general idea is to sample the roughness of the bike paths in a city using an accelerometer mounted to the bike frame. The acceleration data along with GPS coordinates are logged by an arduino onto a memory card for later analysis and image generation using Processing. Ultimately, a colour-coded image of the bumpiness data can be generated and layed over a map of the city to see which paths and roads are smooth and which ones are bumpy. See the thingiverse page for more details.
The part I uploaded to thingiverse is a mount to fasten a sparkfun SEN-00252 board to a bicycle frame.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2265
I’d love to hear if anyone else tries this out!
I have always wanted to see some basic lab equipment printed, especially for the home scientist in all of us, and possibly the Make: Science Room. I think an easy way to create glassware/plasticware may encourage home science and the maker spirit. I have started this with the creation of a 100ml beaker.
The Beaker can be found here:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2267
I have made a rocket design in sketchup. Sorry I’m not very good with sketchup.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2273
its a rocket. You will have to have sketchup to view this and even though it says its not rendered just download it. It works fine.
Here’s a watch I designed. I’d like to take it a step further and design it to fit a module, but I wondered if there was any interest first. In the meantime, it makes a sweet wristband.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2274
Hi,
This is my entry for the design contest.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2275
The 3C – CoffeCupCarrier is modular assembly which is build out of 6 identical parts. No tools are needed for the assembly.
Here is one of my planned entries
http://www.thingiverse.com/image:12136
Each part would be printed separately then put together.
I’m thinking, “Miniature Makerbots! Just imagine… Keychains, whistles, paperweights, home decor, etc All in the shape of the very machine that made it…The Makerbot!”
Makerbots can print anything?! What about little dolls for girls? Or Power Rangers for boys? Maybe a couple dinosaurs or dogs and cats?
I know this is an idea many may have thought of, but I’m going to use it to try and produce my own designs for the makerbot…whats it called again g-code? ah, something like that.
Finally figured out why I couldn’t edit my things for the contest, no thanks to Microsoft. Please check them out with their new thumbnail images.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2247
and
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2248
Here’s my idea for an ice mold that will make black-and-tan-making aides.
You fill the mold with water, freeze it and drop the ice washer into a pint glass. Then you fill the bottom of the glass with your first beer of choice (the more dense one) until it reaches the bottom of the washer, then fill the rest of the glass with your second beer of choice (the less dense one). When the thin ice piece melts you’ve got a perfect black and tan!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2281
Ha! I did something similar in my quest to make a tan-and-black. I poured the less dense beer into a glass, put it in the freezer until a thin ice crust formed, then poured the denser liquid on last. Of course, when the ice melted, I was left with a mixed drink.
figured i might as well upload something .
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2285
Here is my entry to the contest:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1969
fdavies
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2271 This is my super scooter.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2288
this could have endless customization!
Gimme makerbot
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2290
I imagine a model car, custom made. Then you could put the electronics in and try to drive it. You either could make it remote controlled or autonomous.
This is a practical thing that I would use all the time: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2294
Speakers for a dollhouse!!!!!!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2293
Forks on the go!!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2295
I want to print lego spoons!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2297
I made an attempt at drawing a R2-D2!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2300
Well, I would like to print that out if I would get a makerbot, but there would be still a lot of work to do on little R2.
But generally, yeah, thats what I would like to see printed (and much more of course!)
I made a mini-wrench keychain for us DIY-ers. :D
I think I’ll go make more tools. :P
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2301
becouse i don´t know how to do the scheme i´ll just participate in the poors contest, but i think that´s ok
if i could print something, i would print a sopprano flute (a normal flute)
I designed a 3D Model of a Dragonfly
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2302
First design ever, I’m till waiting for my bot so I haven’t tested it yet, but thought I’d start simple.
Please leave comments in thingiverse as I’m keen for tips/feedback.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2303
This is my very first design I ever make! Its a Mouse Trap, but not an ordinary one, it you won’t harm or kill the mice, you catch and let it go. I took my time to build this and its will hopefully come out fine, now I don’t have a MakerBot or a 3D printer. So let me know how this prints and how it goes.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2299
Thanks you.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2304 i am gonna shoot you
My second ever design.
This is a little clip to go on the edge of your desk and stop your USB/network/whatever cables from falling off the back of the desk when you unplug them. It’s designed to let the cable slip through but catch the plug.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2305
This my very first design in 3D, now I measured it, and made it as perfect as possibles, I don’t have a MakerBot and I don’t know how well it will print. But I’m very positive about this!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2299
Thanks you.
This is a simple, and modern candle holder! Hope it goes great with your decoration.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2307
I can do a fair amount of woodworking and metalworking by hand, but at least several times a week I think of some small widget which would be great to fab in plastic. Most recently, I was think about a little stand for my tippy Android phone. I was also thinking about a broad, large s-hook to hang over the shower curtain rod, to hang towels and robes from. Printing these lacks the fun of making them by hand, but getting dimensions exact on the first try would be great.
Here is a neat Dock, that can be used to charge your iPhone/iPod touch, listen to music, or just simply have it there to stand your device.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2308
Thanks you
Our hamster, Chester, needs a new food dish, I designed this one to fit into the shelf on his cage. Now I just need a 3d printer to use….
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2313
Here is one of my submissions:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2164
A little elephant for your little ones to play with.
Here is a little X-Wing Fighter to fly around
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1620
Have fun with it!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2321
I’m currently on a project to build a walking robot
and we’re using the Theo Jansen’s walker model.
building manually the parts is really complicated,
so building it by a CNC would improve a lot the project
Hope you like it!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2324
No stealing!
This is a small rack designed to sit on a desk and stop my CD and DVD disks from getting scratched up but still be easier to work with than a pile of cases or a spike.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2330
A 3D model of a knife, in Maya, found here:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2331
A 3D model of a desk lamp, in Maya, found here:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2333
Thanks!
it is a 3d cube that can not be crushed.
found here:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2338
thank you
I would use my makerbot to make small gears, cogs, tiers and housings for arduino powered robots.
This is actually a small part for my car that I could not seem to be able to buy.
It replaces a small broken part of the sub shade on the drivers side.
It’s not very special or sexy, but it’s a real world solid example of the sort of thing home manufacturing would be ideal for.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2343
Another Entry (The minute I ordered my MakerBot I started coming up with things I wanted to prints…)
For the kitchen this is a stopper to go in a vinegar, cooking oil , etc bottle to allow for easy and even pouring.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2344
Just what everyone ever wanted! a Rocket Sledge! this is the must have for everyone: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2346
Disclaimer: Toy is not to scale, not recommended actual use.
I want that makerbot badly!
Here’s my outdoor mug design, specially made for this contest. http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2347
I made a mecanum wheel. This should be fun to play with.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2318
There are a lot of great entries out there, mine is just a simple one, its not even close to the other ones.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2349
RustySpoon1121 beat me with his design by 12hrs :)
Anyway, since my design is a different approach of building a Mecanum wheel, here’s my design: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2348
Here is my design for a keyboard joystick!
Get your keystick for less then a penny :)
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2350
It will be inspiring to see all the entries.
:-)
thank you Bradley!
Hi,
I am looking at having a tooth extracted on Tuesday the 20th. After the extraction, I will need to have the “socket” for the implant heal for a number of months before getting a crown over the implant “post”. The whole procedure is very pricey, just to get a temporary plastic tooth alone costs a small fortune. I was going to leave it open but then I read about this competition. If I had a Makerbot then I could print my own tooth! So I fired up Blender and here is my best effort in Thingiverse:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2353
If I had a Makerbot then my sweet tooth could be replaced by a “sweet” tooth made with Cupcake!
fine here:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2356
jone
you can fine it here”
mislle
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2357
jone
Here is my thing:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1902
Keep up the awesomeness guys!
ps: I hope I win :) I want to print stuff to print stuff!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2358
a little extension bar for my gopro helmet camera, untested and was my first attempt at 3d
second attempt at 3d
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2361
modified gopro helmet mount
I have made several objects with my school’s rapid prototyper. I personally do not own the software they use, so I do not have many of the designs at home, but I can describe them:
An iPhone case with a slot for a lanyard
An iPod mini case
An iPhone stand
A model car
Drum sticks (they broke soon after)
Many gears for miscellaneous projects with motors
Enclosures for many projects
An HTC Herald case
Replacement Guitar Hero keys/strum bar
CD/DVD ROM holder (2, one 12cm, one 8cm)
A sign for a teacher’s door (made letters in one color, body in another)
Case for G1
Case for myTouch 3G
Screwdriver holder
Model car wheels
Companion Cube :)
Portal Turret
Portal Gun
quick and dirty casio ex-fh100 housing for dust and splashes
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2364
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2365
this is a 3D printable, single acting piston.
Not exactly high tech but I think these things are beautiful and a CNC/makerbot machine is pretty much the only chance I’ll ever have to make a half decent one.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2366
One more mundane household item I intend to make on demand with my makerbot – hope somebody else finds it useful too.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2369
created an improved version of the printable piston.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2370
clipper ship in bottle
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2374
This is a design i would love to see on top of a cup cake!
And i want to win such an amazing device too!
mytechcenter.co.cc
Here is another piece of chemistry equipment i’d like to see printed.
It is an Erlenmeyer Flask
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2379
I would probably make a small lawn gnome, just because I could. However my cad skills are less than desired and would take some work, but I would totally print one.
I made this design for an ‘improved’ pom pom loom. My daughter learned to mak pom poms using two cardboard disks with holes in the middle (like a cardboard washer). It was tedious to thread the yarn through the center hole…. I added a slot for getting the yarn into the center, and a groove to make it easier to cut the yarn loops. The raised edge along the slot will (hopefully) keep the yarn on the loom until you are ready to cut it.
oops, forgot the thingiverse number for the pom pom maker, http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2397
This is the start of a replacement for a broken GPS mount. This part attaches to the main mount, and will fit with various modular faces to hold different sizes/brands of GPS. Face pieces still in progress :)
Might help if I included the Thingiverse link.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2398
Printed on a 125ci Desktop Factory now how about a MakerBot!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2378
Heres my entry:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2404
It is a gear with the Make: logo.
Heres another entry:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2405
This is a rack with the Make: logo.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2406
chest mount camera harness for a small helmet camera.
also made this for it
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2407
This is a robotic hand frame I have designed. Servos, microcontroller, and flex sensors will complete the project.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2408
This is something I’m working on at the moment. Just small enough to be printable on a makerbot and very usefull in the workshop.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2371
A little bit of office furniture in case anyone wants to put holes in their desks/workbenches.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2411
I made 2 servo controlled grippers.
The standard servo gripper:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2414
The mini servo gripper:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2415
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2417
Awesome things so far!
We use 6 main sizes of sample tubes in biology research, I wanted to create a block that could hold all 6 types. The block is separated into 2 halves that can be used independently. I hope this helps DIY bio enthusiasts, researchers or anyone else who has access to a 3d printer.
Cheers!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2311
I’ve been thinking about robots recently, so I went ahead and designed an alternative body for the ‘bot, complete with accessory mounts, that the Makerbot can churn out.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2430
Had an impulse design idea. Laugh if you want.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2432
I’ve submitted two items so far:
– An easier variant of the Rubik’s Cube: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2412
– And something that should be difficult to print: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2431
Here’s my mechanical completed robotic arm I made:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2433
Desktop Mini Trebuchet or Catapult. I’m sure Bill Gurstelle would be proud *tear* Or little model tazer totters or t-shirt cannons
Designed this for my wife who loves cats…
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2434
Hi,
In less than 24 hours I made the “featured” page with this silly SolidWorks design …
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2399
http://www.thingiverse.com/featured
If there’s enough demand I could make a mold “printable” on the cupcake MakerBot for maybe making real food stuff with 7 sides … but I’m not sure how safe that would be …
If this sounds interesting leave a public comment here …
I don’t smoke often but a holder for my cigars to keep them safe in my pocket would be really useful…
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2438
Hi,
Remember Trek80? The first “Start Trek” computer game … written by Col. W.F. Lubbert … United States Military Academy West Point, NY. … My print-out is dated 77/07/29
Another tryout for the MakerBot contest is my Big Fat Tie Tack …
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2388
and my Baby Tie Tack …
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2389
MakerBot’em ‘n enjoy …
Hi,
I was a little kid when I first got this little pocket puzzle maybe 50 years ago … and I still have it! It’s a brain tease for a few moments … and a fun introduction to meet girls at your local college pub/hang-out.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2377
MakerBot this! Make a few sets too so I can giv’em away.
Hi,
While practicing surface modeling I made this slightly modified Klingon Medallion …
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2385
MakerBot a bunch and giv’em to your GeoCACHE friends to leave all around Earth.
Hi,
A friend is so concerned about hair on his soap … his wife’s hair … even his own hair!
So I designed this joke … Hairless Soap …
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2373
MakerBot these … add a little perfume to the surface and give it to a friend … 4 laffs …
Here is a toy destined to break during play, but then just reprint!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2440
Please enter in MakerBot giveaway contest.
ok My idea is making really neat triangle electronics enclosures, ill try to make a design and put it on thingaverse so maybe I can win a makerbot and never have to buy electronics enclosures again, YAY no more lame project boxes
I want compound eyes, just like on a bug, but rather than light sensors at the end of each tube/facet of the eye, there is space for an electret microphone… with each being at the end of a tube at the eye inside, which leads up to the outside eye facet, each mic would be highly directional!
What about something useful? Like say, something that can be used in your kitchen. Yes, what about a Citrus Press: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2442
Now, I’m only 14 and my thing is… creative so give me a break. :D
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2291
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2445
My friend is taking classes in school on how to use that kind of CAD CAM stuff so he is teaching me I wanted to surprise him with the mini cnc mill so he could print out some of the things hes made
Hi, This is a cute bracelet for girls (women) all ages … but it also has a high-tech design to it …
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2441
This is just right for printing on your CupCake MakerBot …
Yeah, maybe by now everyone realizes that I really want to win the MakerBot contest …
This is either an engagement or wedding ring … I don’t even know and don’t want to know the difference!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2446
It’s plenty small to make several on one pass through the CupCake MakerBot … go MakerBot some rings … let me know how it works …
Or maybe a jewelry maker will want to buy the design ???
Hi,
This is designed to fit the CupCake MakerBot platform for building … so let’s MakerBot a bunch and make some Bulls Head cookies!
Maybe use really thick Chocolate Chip dough so the eye’s and nose dents show up … then send’em to our troops serving everywhere including the U.S.A.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2428
Tried out OpenSCAD today, and came up with something which is hopefully useful.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2443
Hi,
MakerBot yourself a barrel … one stave at a time …
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2451
Great for a kids toy … once glued together …
This is my second entry:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2452
Thanks
First entry
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2453
Thank you guys for being so cool
My Second entry
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2455
And thanks again for doing this
Hello again my third entry this time it’s Luke’s Lightsaber from Return of the Jedi
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2456
*Measurments from http://www.sitharchives.com
Why build small… This is a design for a modular wine/bottle rack. Only 3 types of part, print out as many as you need and assemble to a wine rack of your preferred size.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2463
Because i am a big fan of yor kits and robots if i had that thing i wolud probably make ” MAKE ” for my desk to remind me how cool are your projects and a gearwheel with a lot of details like holes. Size does not matter
Hi … you can probably print many of the parts on a 3D printer … but you’ll have to buy LEDs, the resistor, electrical run tap and springs …
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2465
If you make all these parts … PLEASE send me a set too.
If 1,000 people send me one light I’ll have an income.
i could really go for some shape lock. i have had my eye on it for a while.so this is a good opportunity
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2413
A Mendel Frame-Vertex that should not warp at all.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2195
A car-holder for an HTC Touch-Pro phone that lets you use the
sliding keyboard and fits down to the millimeter without
moving while you type on it.
Attached not only to HAMA-car-equipment but also any kind
of camera-mounts.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2204
A Mini-Mendel shelled with extra supports.
Now you can not only print a 3d-printerin 1/3 of the
time of a mendel but even in LESS time and with even
LESS material and no warping while it is still as strong as the original
one.
How awesome is that?
1) I am missing a lot of LEGOs. Many from really old sets. I would like to reprint those pieces, with and without teeth marks.
2) I don’t play anymore, but it would be handy to create your own D&D dice. A 3 inch tall set of dice.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2466
This is an iPhone stand that lets you adjust the angle of viewing, and it stays in position because the Center of Gravity (COG) is always above the point where the stand touches the table.
Hi, I reduced the basic design of a 1gal. milk carton down to a 100mm milk carton … but it still works if you MakerBot it …
This is another of many entries to the makezine.com/go/makerbot contest …
blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/04/makerbot_giveaway.html
Build it … play with it … then give it to a little girl …
Hi,
I saw the wish for this in a comment so I thought I’d whip up a CAD drawing for the CupCake MakerBot … someone MakerBot this please …
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2469
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2470
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2472
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2474
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2475
made a gopro helmet camera sport or underwater viewfinder. can also be use on just about any camera with a new base.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2477
This is a nice fat wheel for making a mars rover type looking vehicle … the hub ties to a servo motor/servo horn or up to 6mm motor axel.
MakerBot four of these and build a rover …
I wanna win this contest!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2478
A different assortment of fruits to put in a nice bowl to add decor to your home.
I know tons of people with makerbots probably do this but, custom project boxes are amazing. If it literally isnt a box but just a cover for the circut board and parts kinda like custom molded? It wouls be awesome
Some steampunk goggles.
http://www.thingiverse.com/image:12968
his is a nice skinny BoeBot wheel for making a mars rover type looking BoeBot or other vehicle … the hub ties to a servo motor.
This is another of my many entries to the makezine.com/go/makerbot contest …
MakerBot four of these and convert your BoeBot to a rover …
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2480
I just had that amazing idea. You could even have the names of the people in it on the side and everything. Side note. I know I haven’t made a designs for any of my ideas(don’t get me wrong I would love a makerbot) but I just don’t have the time to spend on learning how to. That being said, If one of my ideas gets chosen for a prize (hopefully!) I would like the arduino duemilinove. If that goes to someone else, the Make V21 would be cool too. Thank you guys soo much for doing this contest.
I made this duck a while ago and it’s pretty cute.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1057
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2484
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2486
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2487
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2488
This is another nice skinny BoeBot wheel for making a more interesting looking BoeBot or other vehicle … the hub ties to a servo motor.
The extra rectangular bumps help to keep your rubberband tire ON and Centered.
This is another of many entries to the makezine.com/go/makerbot contest …
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2483
Here’s a pair Left & Right for the BoeBot or other servo motor robot … 3mm hub bore diameter …
This is another of many entries to the makezine.com/go/makerbot contest …
MakerBot four of these and class-up your BoeBot …
If you successfully make this with a 3D printer please send me the build-file and machine type so it can be uploaded here for others to use.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2490
Very new to this, out of work playing on the computer trying to learn. Hope it all works.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2485
How many times did you lose that model rocket you spent hours on as a kid? Stuck in a tree or on top of your neighbor’s roof that was alway my luck. What if I told you that you can rekindle that childhood spark with your 3D printed model rocket? Don’t worry about all of your hard work going to waste , just print yourself another and go!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2479
Also
How many times did you lose that model rocket you spent hours on as a kid? Stuck in a tree or on top of your neighbor’s roof that was alway my luck. What if I told you that you can rekindle that childhood spark with your 3D printed model rocket? Don’t worry about all of your hard work going to waste , just print yourself another and go!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2479
White Gator Labs
http://WWW.WhiteGatorLabs.com
How many times did you lose that model rocket you spent hours on as a kid? Stuck in a tree or on top of your neighbor’s roof that was alway my luck. What if I told you that you can rekindle that childhood spark with your 3D printed model rocket? Don’t worry about all of your hard work going to waste , just print yourself another and go!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2479
White Gator Labs
http://WWW.WhiteGatorLabs.com
When your broken down and in need of spare parts, who can save you!?! MakerMan!!! Now you can have him with you everywhere you go.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2491
Can’t afford a full size MakerBot? Now you can a pint sized one in your pocket.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2492
Dude, not cool. I already posted a Makerbot keychain…not cool.
Here is another entry. It is a very cool set of gears.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2493
My Entry: Toy Train
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2496
This is a hasselblad pinhole camera, that requires very little setup after printing (cunt metal, poke hole…)
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2499
Wouldn’t it be great to have a powerful robot to handle all of your boring and routine tasks every day. Then you would have more free time to relax and print 3D objects. Well this is not that robot. It cannot sweep the floor, make coffee, or walk the dog. It can, however, keep your books from falling off the shelf. I guess that counts for something.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2501
this is what i was working on when i read about the contest.
tiny french cars
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2498
This is what i made FOR the contest
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2503
This is a wheel kit to allow the CupCake MakerBot to build a wheel larger than the standard 100mm x 100mm MakerBot platform allows.
This is another of many entries to the makezine.com/go/makerbot contest …
If you successfully make these with a 3D printer please send me the build-file and machine type so it can be uploaded here for others to use.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2505
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2507
Peace and love
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2507
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2508
this is the project i was working on when i read about the contest.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2498
this is a thing i recently made to put my pencils in.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2506
this is my entry made specifically for the contest.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2503
Heavy version of a desk grommet for dropping power cables etc through your workbench.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2509
Well here is my initial attempt. Maybe still a little rough around the edges so to say but I think its a decent idea. Great contest idea, thanks for the chance to win such an awesome machine!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2494
Finger Rings with individual letters on them. Print out a bunch and trumpet your cause with a wave of your hands! OOOhhh Precious!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2510
A set of Russian dolls (or Matryoshka dolls if you like)!
I managed to get nine in the design.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2517
Five different parts to build this OmniWheel design.
This is another of many entries to the makezine.com/go/makerbot contest …
MakerBot 5 of the edge-spinners but only one of each other parts.
If you successfully make this with a 3D printer please send me the build-file and machine type so it can be uploaded here for others to use.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2520
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2518
Here is my first participation for this contest.
It’s a compact pinhole box fully printable on MakerBot using standart film and with removable lens.
[beta]
Sometimes ur sad … sometimes ur happy … mix’em together ‘n ur ok.
This is another of many entries to the makezine.com/go/makerbot contest …
MakerBot this and share it with a friend …
If you successfully make this with a 3D printer please send me the build-file and machine type so it can be uploaded here for others to use.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2523
My entry is a toy model of the Cupcake CNC. So you can show what the CCNC looks like, and what it can do at the same time.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2528
It snaps together in 6 pieces, and includes a cupcake on the print bed. :)
My entry is a set of parts that can be printed and configured into a 3-axis cnc machine of whatever type you’d like:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2526
Based on suggestions earlier in the thread I have made a model rocket that is designed to be printable on any RepRap/MakerBot style printer. These files, a little bit of glue and a class A,B or C model rocket motor and you too can be assaulting the skies.
Full instructions are included.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2529
60 to 20 Reduction Gear from 5mm motor drive to 3mm drive shaft … modeled after my memories of a Model Electronics Corp. SuperGear set I used on one of my R/C airplanes …
“the Electric Red Air Vented Rascal”
Here’s the first “test flight” video;
brainless.org/MultiMedia/RC/Video/Capt.Kill4Fun/theElectricRedAirVentedRascal/theElectricRedAir-VentedRascal40ARF-MegaMotors.wmv
Nobody thought an electric plane could perform so well until they saw this and then my bigger “the Electric Red SIG Kadet Senior”
This is another of many entries to the makezine.com/go/makerbot contest …
MakerBot this for your MakerBot MAKE Robot!
If you successfully make this with a 3D printer please send me the build-file and machine type so it can be uploaded here for others to use.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2531
I was shocked that there wasn’t already one of these on thingyverse. My own design is pretty, but probably too complex, I expect to see improvements posted soon…
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2537
I built a Tesla turbine that probably won’t work, but hopefully somebody who knows more than me will make one that works.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2538
Hello I would like to participate…
I designed this Climbig hold, thinking about how would the makerbot could be used in something I love to do (climbing) but the holds are expensive.
I thought what if I make my own, and what if I make them the way I want them to be.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2522
this was a previous project but it’s pretty cool.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2542
Thumbs Up For 3D Printing!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2541
a connectable reaction plate
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2546
Another household item I would rather build than buy…
I see home fabrication as a key part of home maintenance in the future.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2548
Everything is better with Ninjas!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2554
More novelty cookie cutters…
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2556
Novelty cookie cutter in the shape of a guitar.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2558
The ideal munchies for a Jurassic Park marathon.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2559
OK, enough cookie cutters from me, last one for now…
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2560
Here is a Pinhole Camera Design, made on sketchup. It still needs a few kinks worked out, like a film advance lever, and a shutter, as explained on the Thingiverse page:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2555
Hope you like it!
By the way, on the page it says there was a problem rendering the .skp, but it downloads just fine.
Wasn’t really happy with my last one so I made improvements.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2564
3) 3D Molecular Models
4) Tiny posable dinosaurs
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1330
Gives us great possibility, with this we can fab great control panels :-) Its another piece how to make RepRap project further. More info is on Thingiverse page :-)
I made up some dungeon walls — They can be slotted to create any configuration for RPG and Miniature games.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2566
My entry for the MakerBot giveaway contest. More information available on the Thingiverse page:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2570
Kind of a hurdle race to complete the submission, but looks like I did it !
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2572
I’m trying to design a slinky-type thing, but how springy is the ABS plastic from a MakerBot?
Argh, I wish I was a better artist too. Can I be entered into the “Poor Person’s 3D Fabbing” prize?
This is my better entry: Production Files for making the RepRap Mendel Mini on a MakerBot. There are 13 build plates in all, so it’ll only take half the time to print this than to print a normal Mendel.
Find it at http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2577
A sweet litle bell, or a guitar that you can actually put strings in
not a dorky skull that’s all hung up on being “anatomically correct”
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2567
CellPhone Holster
A design for a 21st century workspace that can accomodate a team of four persons. Focus is for teams who design hardware/software. Check it out at http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2589
Mike
geekcowboy.net
Scalextric slotcar V8 wheel hub, this is first attempt mk1, overhang probably won’t work, mk2 will be in seperate parts.
Designed with AutoCAD 2009
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2565
folds flat for easy stowing; multiple configurations allow different ways to prop up your fav toy on your table, etc; ‘airline-mode’* allows you to watch iphone movies on a plane (economy class, of course) by securing your iphone to the magazine slot in front of you; just redesigned to work with iPad!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2426
already in version 4, this has been printed many times, tested and improved upon – please post comments if you have any suggestions for improvements.
*actually the real reason why i started on this project
I can’t think if a simple way to make full PCBs but I figured it should be possible to build a prototype breadboard with the makerbot…
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2597
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2594
Wristband, printable in one single pass.
I’ve been seeing these things everywhere lately and thought how simple it would be to make one. They could easily be customized with logos or motifs.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2598
My second 3d design which has a nut manufactured by maker bot.(I mean it has the name)
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2600
http://www.mytechcenter.co.cc
Just a little holder for labels to identify seedlings.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2601
As my second entry I’ve uploaded a concept sequential build platform for the cupcake CNC:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2603
Still working on it, but this should be a functional prototype.
With a MakerBot 3D Printer, I would like to make a shift knob for my car, that could not be produced with common tools or a cnc machine.
It is just impossible to make it with conventional tools… just a MakerBot could do it!
Inspired by the design of a golfball. You see a ball within a ball that even spins around. You can see the second ball through the holes.
From the bottom it looks as there are four, twisted metall strings rising up from the ground. Even the thread within the strings is modelled in 3D.
Best modelling techniques paired with free-form surfaces…
Just marvellous!
Enjoy it!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2604
This is a very expandable system … it can be multiple channels on a rotating drum with multiple drums with gearing between the vertical and horizontal systems you can add more and more to create a very large array of percussive triggers … I’m still tweaking the various different multiple systems.
Yes every part will be CupCake MakerBotable!
This is another of many entries to the makezine.com/go/makerbot contest …
See the bill of materials for quantities of each to MakerBot for the 1-Channel PPRM … then MakerBot the parts and start fitting them together into your new drumming/tapping machine as shown in the diagrams.
A rubber band (the spring) around the horizontal extensions out to the hammer pulls the hammer back to a stand-up position.
Program the drum set by sticking the programming pegs into the holes on the drum …
Set different objects in front of the hammer and crank the machine to hear the rhythm you created …
It’s a learning process to understand beats/measure … then with 2:1 gearing and a 2nd machine you can increase the resolution to 32 beats/measure.
BTW, if you store a few extra programming pins inside the drum you now have a second noise source … albeit not percussive but more like a rattle.
If you successfully make this with a 3D printer please send me the build-file and machine type so it can be uploaded here for others to use.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2584
This is a 3D Star Trek Starship I designed and I could also use it as a game piece in my buddy’s star trek game he designed :-) http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2607
this is inspered fromt he chaos theory video from consperacy
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2610
This is an old style phonograph that would have played records, Thingiverse zoomed in the picture and it wouldn’t let me unzoom. http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2611
This is an array of 15 servos each individually operating a little laser pointer holder to swivel it back ‘n forth … the idea is to program the swivels to correspond to music you hear playing …
Sorry, the box cannot be made on a MakerBot so easily, but it could if it was cut-up like puzzle pieces and made as interlocking parts … which would be really neat. But you can see that a MakerBot is needed for the specialty pieces …
This is another of many entries to the makezine.com/go/makerbot contest …
I suggest laser cut the big flat parts from plastic or even cardboard. MakerBot the odd 3D pieces … then go buy a buttload of servos and laser pointers … and a small programmable µcontroller … write a simple program that allows you to enter notes ‘n beats to cause the laser pointers to swivel back ‘n forth to the music.
If you successfully make this with a 3D printer please send me the build-file and machine type so it can be uploaded here for others to use.
MakerBot the 3D parts and send me a set.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2609
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2612
How many times have you been carrying a cup of tea and have the need to also carry some biscuity treats?
Just a quick play after work but the concept should save Britain and the world hours in lost productivity and scoldings.
My entry is a Torta Tre Monti, with a twist. Whereas the cake is usually made in the shape of a hockey puck, this one is a topographical representation of the Most Serene Republic of San Marino.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2617
Build details can be found at the above page or at my blog:
http://ushankablog.blogspot.com/2010/03/post-about-cake-that-is-not-on-my-cake.html
This entry is a table I designed a few years back before I started College. Currently I am taking engineering graphics and I feel that this design even though it was made before college it is still a great concept.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2616
This needs to be rescaled to fit in a maker box but it is do able =p
This is 1 servo operating a little hammer to swivel it back ‘n forth and pound on stuff … the idea is to program the swivels to correspond to music you hear playing …
This is a MakerBotable machine …
This is another of many entries to the makezine.com/go/makerbot contest …
MakerBot all the parts … then go buy a servo and a small programmable µcontroller (STAMP module) … write a simple program that allows you to enter notes ‘n beats to cause the hammer to swivel back ‘n forth to the music pounding on drums on both sides.
MakerBot the parts and send me a set or two or three.
If you successfully make this with a 3D printer please send me the build-file and machine type so it can be uploaded here for others to use.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2620
Here is my entry.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2615
It’s a coin holder that holds 99 cents.
4pennies
3quarters
2dimes
1nickel
Your mission, should you accept it, is award the Makerbot 3D printer to me. My entry…
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2622
The Official Message Hider Spy Tool.
This message will self-destruct in 5 seconds….
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2623
I’ve created 4 different labyrinth modules that you can connect to each other to create one larger labyrinth. Each module has an exit point that is at 90 degrees from the entry point. This way you can create an infinite number of duplicates and make a giant labyrinth that is as big as your imagination! Use 1 or more BBs as your game pieces.
Thanks for looking!
Made this real quick just to get me a place in teh contest.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2625
Still in printable but serious prototyping stage, a hybrid nut|cam that combines the adaptability of cams with the simplicity and strength of nuts. Allows off-widths, flares, parallels, etc.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2423
I did a few quick entries of things I’d actually build.
First off would be a modular Dungeons and Dragons tile map system:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2630
An hourglass:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2629
and a piece by piece assembled coffee table:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2628
I hope to model more different things if time permits. The possibilities for a 3D printer is endless :3
This is a highly portable monopod with a 360 degree swivel (well, in one plane at least :-) ball joint. It is to be mounted on top of drink bottles (will fit most PET bottle tops).
Easily carried around, this allows you to quickly set up self-portraits or even closeup of desktop items using one of the most common items around, an ordinary soft drink bottle.
Tested only on small point and shooters, and a Flip camera – i have no idea how the joints will work with SLRs :-) – in any case USE AT OWN RISK!
This design is Not Entirely Original – I first saw a camera adapter for a drink cap last week, and decided to integrate that with a ball joint found on Thingiverse – Thanks Erik and MakerBlock!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2631
My entry: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2623
These are 4 different labyrinth modules that you can connect to each other to create a never ending game.
The object of the game is to guide 1 or more BBs through the labyrinth. Each module has an exit point that is set 90 degrees from the entry point. This way, you can attach an infinite number of modules to create a game that is as big as your imagination!
MakerBot – a 3D printer that can make itself!
Happy greetings from Germany!
Another Toy! Someone make a rubiks cube before I got to it so the snake was next on my list…
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2634
Here is a bobbin for those that like to wind their own pickups for electric guitars. I hope to be able to print this with the new reprap that I will win….ah….how bout it..
That way I will know what tweaks need to be made.
Thanks
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2636
I took a flat logo image and converted it into a 3D Globe.
This is MakerBotable …
See it in action!
brainless.org/MultiMedia/Pictures/SW-Portfolio/ISC-Rotating-Globe-Logo.gif
This is another of many entries to the makezine.com/go/makerbot contest …
MakerBot one and show it to your friends …
MakerBot two or three of these and send them to me.
If you successfully make this with a 3D printer please send me the build-file and machine type so it can be uploaded here for others to use.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2639
Just messing around looking for new things to sketch-up in SolidWorks …
This is a MakerBotable machine …
See it in action!
brainless.org/MultiMedia/Pictures/SW-Portfolio/1S2GHB.gif
This is another of many entries to the makezine.com/go/makerbot contest …
MakerBot the parts and send me a set or two or three.
If you successfully make this with a 3D printer please send me the build-file and machine type so it can be uploaded here for others to use.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2640
Made some improvements to my Tesla turbine.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2642
Here’s my second submission for the contest :
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2643
Here’s my second submission for the contest :
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2643
Make Magazine Bookend
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2644
May the best man/woman win!
here is a robot i made for a 3d printing project I did awhile ago!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2649
I’ve always wanted to build this and hopefully I can if I win this MakerBot. I initially got the idea with those little trade show toys you get that allows you to ‘flip’ the cube inside out. They morph and can eventually show a total of 12 sides (6 outside and 6 stored inside). They are called magic cubes because they suddenly can make a picture seem like it appears out of nowhere.
So the twist is rather than put boring pictures on the 6 faces of the block, I am to store geometric shapes inside the hidden surfaces. You can think of it as 3 pyramids stuck together to form a sub cube part. Then 8 of those sub cube parts are put together to form the final product.
Here you can see the inside of the cube where I have joined all the side appropriately.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2651
The actual file for one eighth the part is shown here:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2650
*I started in the wrong quadrant so it only shows the back of the cube =(
Anyway, after you print this out with the MakerBot, you must stick 8 of them together with lots of colorful paper. My idea is to cover the outsides (initial state) with 3 solid colors. The insides (hidden sides) will be covered by shiny reflective sticky paper, you know, the kind that glimmers and you can pick from red diamond, gold diamond, silver, etc? So even if the paper isn’t sticky, you can glue it all together with spray adhesive.
You should note though that the stickers holding it together may not last long unless you use some sort of vinyl paper to endure the thousands of flippings this thing will likely see.
Here’s a basic game: each shape has an indented base and a separate shape pieces. Put bases in one bag, shapes in another. Close your eyes and pick a base. Look at the base, then close your eyes and try to find the matching shape only by sense of touch.
Take a peek at my Makerbot contest entry,
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2653
entry 4:
A round dice set for d20 games or whatnot.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2654
This is the logo for Pumping Station: One. The Chicago hackerspace. If this entry wins, the makerbot will be donated to the hackerspace for all to enjoy!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2648
This is a keychain I made from a modified version by nerdbot2085
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2660
I have a autographed basketball and was in the need of a holder for it. I used solidworks to design the product. I would like to print it out in the future for use.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2662
This is an upgraded kit from the more basic kit I uploaded earlier … this includes differential gearing so one drum drives the other at a different speed (resolution) to create more beats/revolution and allow for more syncopation …
Yes every part here is designed to be MakerBotable with a CupCake MakerBot … except for the rubber band … get those from your local post office!
This is another of many entries to the makezine.com/go/makerbot contest …
Use the BOM to see how many of each part to MakerBot … and both the drawing and display images to assemble your 2-ch 2-gear Programmable Percussion & Rhythm Machine.
Rubber bands are the springs around the horizontal extensions out to the hammer pulls the hammer back to a stand-up position.
Program the drum set by sticking the programming pegs into the holes on the drum …
Set different objects in front of the hammer and crank the machine to hear the rhythm you created …
It’s a learning process to understand beats/measure … then with 2:1 gearing and a 2nd machine you can increase the resolution to 32 beats/measure.
BTW, if you store a few extra programming pins inside the drums and you’ll have a two more sources for noise … albeit not percussive but more like a rattles.
Adding a servo drive to the back will allow for continuous rotations. Adding a µController will allow you to vary timing turning the motor drive ON/OFF and different times … there’s almost no end to the expandability of this kit.
If you successfully make this with a 3D printer please send me the build-file and machine type so it can be uploaded here for others to use.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2664
Id make one of those cool mind puzzles. Some of them take some good time to solve and I have an idea for one that I think would be hard but I cannot figure out hoe to make it on an auto cad program.
Here’s my entry it’s a redesign of the labyrinth game… hope I win something!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2667
My idea for a design would be a series of levers and pulley’s arranged on the inside of a door. The levers and pulley’s could be printed with the cupcake and an arduino could control the whole system. I could have the arduino hooked to an rfid reader, and when the right card is read, the system of levers and pulley’s would be initiated and would turn the door knob on the inside of the door, which would allow the door to open freely. GO CUPCAKE
book stand
Guitar Capo!
I think that the makerbot should be used to make a proppeler attachment for small dc motors to harvest wind energy.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2669
I made a desktop elastic band catapult for firing small projectiles. The scale is probably rubbish, I think it’s about 500mm big, but I don’t have a makerbot, and so couldn’t scale it correctly. Would be great to win, but does it ship to the UK?
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2661
My submission for this competition is Enclosure Profiles. This design idea is intended to offer a simple way to use today’s modest-resolution desktop CNC tools to make an infinite variety of finished-looking electronic and mechanical project cases. Simple 2D profiles define the shape and features of enclosures which are printed-to-depth and finished with matching flat faceplates, surface-mount, flush, or recessed. Internal components, circuit boards, or chassis plates slide into inside surface grooves with the whole assembly held together by the screws or threaded rods holding the faceplates. By combining sections of profiles with compatible inside dimensions but different external perimeter features into stacks locked together with internal threaded rods, it becomes possible to make very elaborate cases with different exterior features, such as stand-off legs, heat sinks, and bolt-on flanges.
The concept was inspired by the design of classic radio designs like the Tivoli Model One and was first described in an article in my TMP2 wiki project as one of the example project concepts for the Open Source Everything Program, illustrating a possible manufactured product that could benefit from open design and global refinement. It was originally based on the use of aluminum with a series of standard extruded profiles being produced and cut to length like lumber for custom enclosures. Now, however, these new tools like the MakerBot offer us the option to print-to-depth instead, giving this concept even more flexibility and greater potential customization.
The particular design featured is for a fanless PC enclosure hosting a 170mm square Mini-ITX motherboard -which would make a great companion to the MakerBot. This is an example to illustrate the basic design concept and readers are encouraged to experiment freely with this to invent their own custom cases and features.
This is a Car Emblem that I would like to print out and put on my car. I’m a Family Guy fan.
Derek A. Matthews
ByDAM
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2678
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2661
My submission for this competition is Enclosure Profiles. This design idea is intended to offer a simple way to use today’s modest-resolution desktop CNC tools to make an infinite variety of finished-looking electronic and mechanical project cases. Simple 2D profiles define the shape and features of enclosures which are printed-to-depth and finished with matching flat faceplates, surface-mount, flush, or recessed. Internal components, circuit boards, or chassis plates slide into inside surface grooves with the whole assembly held together by the screws or threaded rods holding the faceplates. By combining sections of profiles with compatible inside dimensions but different external perimeter features into stacks locked together with internal threaded rods, it becomes possible to make very elaborate cases with different exterior features, such as stand-off legs, heat sinks, and bolt-on flanges.
The concept was inspired by the design of classic radio designs like the Tivoli Model One and was first described in an article in my TMP2 wiki project as one of the example project concepts for the Open Source Everything Program, illustrating a possible manufactured product that could benefit from open design and global refinement. It was originally based on the use of aluminum with a series of standard extruded profiles being produced and cut to length like lumber for custom enclosures. Now, however, these new tools like the MakerBot offer us the option to print-to-depth instead, giving this concept even more flexibility and greater potential customization.
The particular design featured is for a fanless PC enclosure hosting a 170mm square Mini-ITX motherboard -which would make a great companion to the MakerBot. This is an example to illustrate the basic design concept and readers are encouraged to experiment freely with this to invent their own custom cases and features.
Unfortunately, the Thingverse site is having some difficulty rendering my uploaded preview images and they are only displaying as black boxes. The ‘original file’ links display the images fine so please look at these for the clear images. I’ve had a similar problem with uploading .jpg exports from the Mac version of Adobe Illustrator to web sites before but have never found an explanation or solution. Has anyone else encountered this? I hope the folks at Thingverse can figure it out before my competition entry is doomed by it.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2679
My entry is a a bb gun pellet trap, which should all fit together once printed. It has two targets, the small target is the main target to aim for and the large larget is to reset the trap to the small target. I tried to make it to the machines capabilities, but as a first timer, I could have made some mistakes.
The future prospects/capabilities of this machine are very exiting. We need more of these in NZ! I wish the Mech Dept at uni had one…
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2674
bringing out the music :) this is my submission for the contest. I see no reason why this would not work. Hope its enjoyed by all, get printing and playing (only two parts i did not make 3d models for, 1 the string i think ukulele stings would be best, and tightening knobs P.S i love makerbot, and this is my first object iv ever made, if there is a mistake plz let me know :) GL everyone like the ideas
Its now in stl :). I’m still learning
My submission for the contest is:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2681
A small, simple, elegant little piece that goes over a peephole. Go to the link for more info. Thanks, Bre :D
This is a MakerBotable kit to modify a RoboNova-1 and add another DOF so the legs can pronate and supanate while keeping the height of the RoboNova-1 very nearly the same as the original 30cm height … and this allows for the c.g. to remain lower for more stability. I’ll upgrade and fix these new servo horns within a day … they don’t have the splines on the inside bore just yet … I have to dig a real RoboNova-1 horn out for measurement … albiet I don’t have a caliper that small … I’ll only be able to eye-ball and guess.
This kit will make your RoboNova-1 slightly wider and thicker, but even side-by-side they appear very much the same size.
And as usual, every part here is designed to be MakerBotable with a CupCake MakerBot … except for the rubber band … get one from your local post office!
I wish I had a MakerBot to actually build and test my creations!
See a video demonstrating the added value and size comparisons.
youtube.com/watch?v=WgHBmt8g67w
or see the animated .GIF
brainless.org/MultiMedia/Pictures/SW-Portfolio/MultiMedia/SwivelHipsNova-1+RoboNova-1.gif
I plan on uploading the aluminum bracket SolidWorks .SLDPRT files to the 3D Content Central Library soon …
3dcontentcentral.com/Search.aspx?arg=wperko
This is another of many entries to the makezine.com/go/makerbot contest …
MakerBot the pieces … one of each except for the Front/Back parts where you make two of each …
Make me a couple of sets if you can … I wanna upgrade my RoboNova-1 too!
If you successfully make this with a 3D printer please send me the build-file and machine type so it can be uploaded here for others to use.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2686
Hey,
So for my next entry, I made a full-fledged LEGO ice cube mold! It’s all to scale , and it should be a relatively quick print. Enjoy!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2687
The ones that have been featured and the ones that are on the robot.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2167
Here is a cool little toy. It is loosely based on an instructable for a paper catapult which my kids loved but were way to rough on. Can’t test it myself yet, but hope someone likes it! Print a couple and start your own little battle!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2688
I would like to design and print a fully functional Cryptex. I’m not very good with 3d designing software, but I might try and design it. shape lock would be really nice too though.
I have updated the files for this since I first posted this, and may still make some more changes to make it print easier. make sure you have the latest versions of the files. I’m learning as I go along.
This is a plastic shoe that you “Elmer’s” glue to the bottom of the RoboNova-1 Robot feet to store LiPo batteries in the shoes for more and longer lasting power plus aiding to lower the c.g. for more stability.
The vertical spacing between the bottom of the cavity and the bottom of the RoboNova-1 is 6mm.
r2pv1.org/BigFoot.html
robotshop.ca/sfe-lipo-cell-3-7v-1100mah-3.html
Sorry Trossen (http://www.trossenrobotics.com/) you don’t carry 1S1P LiPo’s.
This is another of many entries to the makezine.com/go/makerbot contest …
MakerBot a pair and put them to good use.
If you successfully make this with a 3D printer please send me the build-file and machine type so it can be uploaded here for others to use.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2689
Heres my entry!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2673
Recommended for dwarfs and children only.
Sounds like a great idea!
Here is my take on a design:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2691
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2693
A little 200ml watering can for watering your houseplant / deskplant.
I haven’t yet made or modelled this as I don’t have a makerbot. yet.
Somebody asked for a Cryptex … so here’s a simple Cryptex with only 129,600 combinations (I think the math is right) 5!*5!*9= 129,600.
The storage cavity is 50mm x 100mm …
All these parts are MakerBotable too!
If I had a MakerBot to actually build and test my creations … that would help.
This is another of many entries to the makezine.com/go/makerbot contest …
MakerBot all the parts and figure out how to put the puzzle together!
If you successfully make this with a 3D printer please send me the build-file and machine type so it can be uploaded here for others to use.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2695
This is so you can make a larger wheel that can navigate small stairs/steps … maybe with your robot … Ideally, each individual OmniWheel would have a motor but this is the affordable solution.
All these parts are MakerBotable …
Here’s a Demo animation;
brainless.org/MultiMedia/Pictures/SW-Portfolio/StrollerWheelb.gif
This is another of many entries to the makezine.com/go/makerbot contest …
MakerBot a pair and put them and give them a try … let us know how it works … if it works.
If you successfully make this with a 3D printer please send me the build-file and machine type so it can be uploaded here for others to use.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2698
Hey, I made this Warthog for a complex machine project at my school. This is 100% original work and not a copy of the model file from Halo 3.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2699
I have access to a makerbot, but I’d love one of my own. Here are my submissions:
A teddy bear toy that I made for my kids:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2590
A coffee creamer pot, simple yet functional:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2696
A door stop – designed to improve a “designer” doorstop:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2694
This is a baby rattle I Made. The rattler is dislodged with something long and thin like the whistle. The bottom edge is contoured so the rattle does not roll. The opening in the rattle is similar to ones found on bells and should amplify rattling sound.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2703
I originally designed this for an aluminum alloy bracket, but then it costs too much to have them made … even if I could sell them in quantities.
So hoping I win the MakerBot I am converting my aluminum ally brackets to plastic designs …
As you can see I used a downloaded HiTec servo for reference here … there might be some changes needed for other brands and part numbers.
This is another of many entries to the makezine.com/go/makerbot contest …
MakerBot a few of these and give them a try … then send me a half-dozen please.
If you successfully make this with a 3D printer please send me the build-file and machine type so it can be uploaded here for others to use.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2705
ever open a 2 liter bottle of soda to find it when flat :(. don’t fret…wait for it… TaDa my inventive powers have made shore that will never happen again
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2704 here’s my 2nd submission.
and here’s my first submission again a real
** Print and Play Guitar/ukulele http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2674 a real playable instrument :)
This is my cryptex I have designed…check it out. I would like to build it, but have no way of doing that (no 3d printer). I hope you enjoy it. This is the very first thing I have designed, and hope to design many more. BTW I spent all day working on this and today was my Birthday….Wish me luck!!!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2708
I have updated the files for this since I first posted this, and may still make some more changes to make it print easier. make sure you have the latest versions of the files. I’m learning as I go along.
Hello everybody
This is our first public release for a laser cut design for the Mendel.
All parts are redesigned so they can be lasercutted.
You can find it with this link:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2697
This design is the result of a master thesis at the University College of Ghent(Belgium) by me, Frederic Decru.
My promoter is Peter Van Ransbeeck, my coaches Mathias Vermeulen and Batist Leman.
Kind regards
I designed this pendent for one of my friend’s BDay as a gift. I hope you guys like it too..
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2715
I really Want a Maker BOT!!
mytechcenter.co.cc
I designed this set of modular dungeon tiles. They are based on a 25mm (1 inch) grid and can be used to construct just about any sort of dungeon .
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2709
I designed this piece a while ago, it’s the word “PLAY” fitting in a nice 15x15x15 cm cube, and it’s pretty hard to read :)
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2718
It’s a star trek badge with a cupcake on it.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2723
That’s my entry!
check it out Wonderella’s Tiara http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2724
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2722
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2721
Here’s what I made: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2711
So it’s pretty simple, it’s your name or your company name on a stand!
Description 3rd submission
Maker Bong puts the smoker back in charge. With interchangeable pieces your Maker Bong can be around 9.5″ high to infinity” high(Make it as High as you want),Depending on your preference. Because the Maker Bong can be broking down it allows for easier cleaning no matter how high it might be. Also the neck is of a high crafted quality allowing one to add ice and water if they chose.
“Enjoy getting Higher with Maker Bong”
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2730
other submissions are
Soda Bottle Pump Cap “Making the world a bubblier place”
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2704
Print and Play Guitar/ukulele http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2674 a real playable instrument :)
This is a small mint box I wanted to make for my wife, I had an idea for a while ago but my attempts at manual productions never worked out.
I’m hoping a makerbot will help me bridge the gap between what my mind can see and what my hands can make.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2737
MakerBot a pair for your girl …
This is another of many entries to the makezine.com/go/makerbot contest …
MakerBot a few of these and give them a try … then send me a half-dozen please.
If you successfully make this with a 3D printer please send me the build-file and machine type so it can be uploaded here for others to use.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2739
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2738
My entry to this awesome competition.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2728
a Portal cube:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2666
a happy/sad coin
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2665
a ship thing
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2447
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2817
a cool soap/candle, toy holder!
http://www.instructables.com/id/Soda-Bottle-Rocket./
I would love the opportunity to make this.
sorry I pasted the wrong link
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2819
my bad
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2818
captured internal parts make this impossible to make without a 3d printed
Another Entry… This time it’s parts for a toy or for a robot project. Tank treads are mechanically simple, but can be impractical to make if you have to craft each link by hand.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2820
As the title says, it’s a custom made screw clamp for modelling, mainly holding stuff together while the glue is bonding. I did try to keep the printing process in mind while designing it, but i’m not that experienced yet because i don’t have a CupCake CNC printer to test my designs.
Hope you like it :)
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2765
It doesn’t sound very impressive but this is exactly the sort of thing I’d print if I had a makerbot – All the little things I would otherwise need to buy at the shop.
MMMMM Cupcakes! Ever wonder how the one armed man eats cupcakes? Now’s your chance to find out, see my design for a prosthetic ‘hand’. With a Cupcake CNC printer you can make your own prosthetic hand to practice eating cupcakes, dress up for Halloween, scare your mother or as I had envisioned provide prostheses to areas affective by war, disease, natural disasters or the like. Using a Cupcake CNC printer and a basic hand and wrist design will allow for inexpensive production in areas with little resources. The fact that the printer is portable and affordable allows for someone like myself (a prosthetic technician) to travel to places like Haiti and make be;low elbow prothesis on the spot for victims. The opportunities to assist people with low cost prosthesis are endless with the Cupcake CNC printer!!!
And if you don’t know and amputee or don’t want to scare your mother this design can be used as an in home grabber for hard to reach shelves (I just make my georgous tall wife do it for me) or as claws for your robot army as they take over the world. As you can see something for the bleeding hearts and the hearts taking over the world, something for everyone! http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2822
Here’s my link for the MakerBot contest: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2824
Thanks MakerBot for making this possible!
Here is my entry. It is the key to one eyed willy’s treasure from the movie goonies.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2828
This is my Entry for the MakerBot Give Away.. Hope you guys like it.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2829
This is a “Mini” Servo bracket for basic Pan&Tilt.
This is another of many entries to the makezine.com/go/makerbot contest …
MakerBot one and give it a try … let me know how it works!
If you successfully make this with a 3D printer please send me the build-file and machine type so it can be uploaded here for others to use.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2831
A few days ago, the handle of our toaster broke. I’ve been meaning to learn how to create 3D objects ever since a store called Metrix Create:Space opened right up the street from us; they have (among other cool toys) a MakerBot. The broken handle was just the right opportunity for a first attempt at a new skill.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1506
Well I’m just not that great w/ 3d modeling yet, but here are a couple of entry ideas that I had. I never got to building them, maybe someone else can.
Pegboard hoods – you could make them standard or custom to hold your odd shaped tools that never seem to hang just right.
Fan duct – You could scale the design up or down to fit whatever fan you had and increase its airflow.
Pill box – Monday through Friday or Tuesday and Saturday, print whatever combo you want with hinged lids of course.
4″x4″ organizer – 4 2″x2″ divided squares about 1″ tall to hold and organize various screws while working on projects
Seatbelt clip – to clip the sholder strap to the lapbelt and allow you to adjust the shoulder strap to hit farther to your left. For cars where the shoulder strap rubs your neck.
Use makerbot to make other tools!
This is a desk vice I’ve designed to fix (bold, screw, glue) to my work bench to hold other works while I finish them.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2834
This folding guitar stand is actually attached to your guitar. Folded up, it does not impede with your guitar playing, but once you need to put your guitar down, just pull out the support legs and you can safely place your guitar on the ground. Great between gigs!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2838
Designs for a one-man submarine. Unfortunately it won’t fit in the makerbot, but would be wicked to make the old-fashioned way!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2837
link: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2840
This is my entry for the contest.
This is a 3D T-Rex puzzle like the ones that are made out of wood then put together to make a 3d skeleton.
The idea is that each piece can be printed on the 3D printer then the puzzle is assembled/solved by hand.
I’d love to see how it goes and if it even fits together(i hope it does!)
Best of luck to everyone who has their mind ticking!
People have accused me of cheating.
They might be right. i didn’t think about it that way so i’ve clarified what i did to produce my submission on thingiverse.
the base of the shapes i made was not mine they were just modified to make them work on the 3D printer. If this removes me from the competition i understand.
I’d still like to see it made tho
Here is my vacuum pump concept. I’ll make it real if and when I get a maker bot.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2735
Here is my makerbotable Water Strainer, designed for food quality improvement.
Use with Rice, pasta or vegetables!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2839
This one designed to hold my phone with it’s leather case still on as well as have space for the charge cable.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2844
To help work out all that tension caused by owning a freaking AWESOME makerbot!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2846
I made some dungeon tiles which you connect together using a “key” piece. http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2848
Scott
Here is another entry:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2283
Now after making your makerbot you can recreate the video at the top of this post.
2nd Entry to the competition
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2849
I build a better mouse trap trying to catch a smarter rat.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2850
Enrty
here is my first entry, it’s an iphone cases that lets you carry 2 credit card.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2853
Do it!
here is my first entry, it’s an iphone cases that lets you carry 2 credit card.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2853
Do it!
Hi. I have submitted my entry for the competition. It is a concept for establishments such as care homes or residential homes – anywhere where privacy is required but a lock is not always suitable. Rather than using a lock or hard to see engaged indicator it shows a light which can be seen discreetly from a distance away.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2852
The legs and the body are too large to do on the Cupcake, but the pivot assemblies are a perfect reason to get a 3D printer.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2854
Here is my first 3D design ever! Im itchin to start printing them out on a MakerBot. I should be able to print it with no problems.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2732
I cant stop working on this thing! Ive really got the bug now!
Here is my Contest image
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2713
or
http://www.thingiverse.com/image:14186
and here is a video demonstration of it:
Is basically just a little toy set that I designed.
5 curved spoked flywheel to use as a casting pattern for live steam model engine, or print and use as is for a light weight version. Should be the perfect size to print on the MakerBot.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2858
Thanks,
Alan
5 curved spoked flywheel to use as a casting pattern for live steam model engine, or print and use as is for a light weight version. Should be the perfect size to print on the MakerBot.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2858
Thanks,
Alan
This forearm is designed to slip over the existing forearm and be temporarily stuck on using a drop or two of rubber cement or other easy to remove sticky …
You can find a bunch of 1mm thick aluminum/alloy part files I’ve created in the 3D Content Central Library online … it’s FREE!
3dcontentcentral.com/Search.aspx?arg=wperko
This is another of many entries to the makezine.com/go/makerbot contest …
After you MakerBot this … use a rubber grommet or tape whatever to snugly fit your small short laser pen into the 12mm diameter mounting bores … I plugged my laser into Port 15 on the RoboNova-1 and set it to turn ON/OFF using a TTL-2-PWM adapter (easily found in hobby stores) …
MakerBot a few of these and give them a try … then send me a half-dozen please.
If you successfully make this with a 3D printer please send me the build-file and machine type so it can be uploaded here for others to use.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2860
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2857
This is my entry for the Make/MakerBot give away. It was made using 3ds Max. My entry it is more an example of what I can do with 3d modeling than what I would use a MakerBot for. I have several things that I would use a 3d printer for. the main one would be to print robot parts that i design as I have a very hard time finding anything that would be as flexible and durable as the prints would be. As I am home schooled I have a lot of time to follow my interests and I think that a MakerBot would be great for me.
Thank for considering me Kyle
This is my second entry for the win a makerbot contest. It is an airhorn that makes noise when you blow into it!!!
Check it out!!!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2859
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2861
These are a pair of robot wheels. When printed at 40mm they will fit a 2mm shaft – perfect size for motor shafts. I have optimized this design to use a minimum amount of printing material and also reduce the dynamic energy required to drive the wheel. I have learned that the elastics used to hold broccoli together make for great traction.
Makerbot Contest Entry:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2855
This is still a concept because i lack the “design chops”, but its a working prototype and it has potential to be great! I plan on giving the makerbot if won to a local hacker space in Boise, ID as i already have a Makerbot. :)
Cheers!
Makerbot Contest Entry:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2864
it was an idea i got when i needed multiple spray cans shaken for a project i was doing for class. basically it allows you to shake up to 3 spray cans in a one gallon bucket paint shaker. if i won the makerbot, it would really help me get a better grasp on things on my classes at college while using inventor and would be extremely appreciated. Thank you for the opportunity!
As a Teacher, every project i work on, whether be my own design or someone elses that has been featured on your site, i.e. Rick’s Compressed Air Rocket Launcher. Has had the ability to be brought into the classroom to teach and aid the students with their studies. Rick’s Rocket launcher helps to teach aerodynamics, projectile motion, etc.
My designs have followed this example.
Electronics are always so small and always hard to demonstrate in a classroom of at least 25 students.
making the parts larger and be able to stick onto a whiteboard via the slot for magnets to be inserted to show kids how electronics work is my goal. The devices are going to sit flush on the whiteboard, and only their frontal 3D shape has been modelled.
With a Cupcake 3D Printer i will be able to print these designs and utilise them in a classroom setting hopefully encouraging future hobbyist’s and engineers to flourish.
Devices are to include
-Resistor
-Diode
-Electrolyitic Capacitor
CafeT … find me on R2Pv1.com and send me an email …
Untitled #2 by CafeT. Made for this contest!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2867
I’ve had several ideas, many of which would require improvements to the MakerBot. This fits within the rules as the first one asks for something I would “like to see printed on a MakerBot CupCake CNC,” not necessarily something currently feasible. :)
1. Easy production of sculptures (already done, of course).
2. Direct printing of robot chassis parts instead of, e.g., going to laser cutting.
3. Printing of electronic components using conductive second materials (wires and capacitors being the easiest, resistors, diodes, and transistors being eventual goals). Embedded electronics could lead to waterproofing and protection like in Shape Deposition Manufacturing (http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~sdm/). Printable motors, anyone?
4. Prototyping of musical instruments, including using an audio sample feedback loop to keep modifying body design until certain frequency characteristics are achieved. Needs machine learning work to choose next iteration.
5. Very thin objects and small holes (resolution increase necessary).
6. Laying down of lithographic materials like silicon, silicon dioxide, and piezoelectrics.
7. Cells and growth factors!
8. Spider silk spinning machine? Transgenic bacteria grow the proteins, and the small holes above allow us to print parts.
9. Back to the nearer future: Off-center centers of gravity for bouncy balls (silicone?).
10. New tupperware/food containers (I always lose the lids, not sure how though).
I probably should have posted 10 times if not, but I’m assuming each person’s considered once anyway. Also, regardless of how good my ideas are with respect to those of others, I would love to see developments enabling them. These are essentially feature requests!
Here is a 3D Pivot Joint can be used to test the the Fit, Form, and Function of the MakerBot. The parts are posted as well as the assembly.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2869
Awesome Honda U3-X mobile chair …
I think we need to figure out how to build these in a MakerBot!
I was inspired by the name CupCake CNC, so decided to create a little vinyl toy called ‘Cupcake’ for the contest.
Hope you like it!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2870
Thanks!
OK, sorry for the long name,
Basically this is a lockable pivot joint intended to be used (with about 5 brothers) in making a set of helping hands to hold circuit boards etc.
It has a ball at one end and socket at the other with a tightening nut to fix the joint in place. This means these can attached to each other to form pose-able armatures.
My hope is to build a part that could be used for all manner of adjustable supports (eg, camera mounts, small lights, tools etc)
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2872
Should be up now, sorry.
Hi,
I thought I’d post this little note … I’ve been using/learning SolidWorks for almost a year now … practicing on my own at home watching YouTube videos of “How To” etc… But I must say, this contest has driven me to greater detail than ever learning SolidWorks and now realizing how I must invert (unless I an figure out how to rotate axis in SW) all my sketches in SolidWorks … that is to have the SW back as the bottom and drill negatively for the MakerBot build-up. Basically, the 3D axis in SolidWorks differs by 90° than the files created for MakerBot and rather than positive numbers I need to use negative numbers to build the sketch.
I hope somebody can tell me how to either rotate the axis in the MakerBot programs to align with SolidWorks or vice-versa.
Anyway, this contest has been fun … I figure at best I have a 25% chance of winning … but I still have my toes crossed …
It’s been a great challenge to come up with ideas for things here and crank’em out … but very educational.
This is a replacement bottom to the cup holder in the Mini Cooper. I plan on creating new versions of it that will be more 3D printer friendly, and have modifications that allow me to use it for more than just a cup holder.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2876
Got an itch you can’t reach with the makerbot now you can. http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2878
A funny thing made me come up with this, you see i have an itch to win the makerbot giveaway competition, last night i was working late on some designs in blender and low and behold my mental itch turned into a physical one, i guess what you think does find away to manifest itself, or it could have been the candy bar, anyway it was dead center in my back just out of reach of my hands. Uureka, i had an epiphany. The only way to get to it was to kill two bird with one stone, i had to take care of my mental itch by winning the competition by designing a model that could actually scratch my physical itch. *Genius*,
I then realize this has the ability to tear the fabric of the universe. You see i have an itch to win the makerbot competition, which then turned into a real itch i could not reach, so i designed the Back Scratcher to win the makerbot competition, but if i win the competition then the itch would never have manifested itself into a real itch meaning i never would have created the Back Scratcher meaning i could not have won the makerbot competition and then “boom”**(….) the fabric of the universe gets ripped. Anyway i still got an itch and i cant reach it and would be much obliged if you picked me, so i could then scratch it, its irritating…, it cant be as bad as a tear in the space time continuum right?
“Makerbot’s new ability, it can even tear the space time continuum” with just a back scratcher.
here is my entry for the contest
i thought a one of a kind machine should print out a one of a kind object
i thought would make a great laser pointer
Space Pirate cosmo gun prop
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2580
please read my description of my prop
I made a platform you could use to be able to cook bacon in your microwave without it soaking in the grease while it cooks. The bacon will hang on the racks and drip into the tray area below. Printable on larger scale printers but I believe it is too big to print on a makerbot.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2884
A holder that you can adapt to hold anything…
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2882
And a switch that looks like it means business (but small)
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2880
Here is my first attempt at making something for thungverse. Not too many resources for help here but having a makerbot in my town would be a great resource for all the crafters and makers.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2885
Here is my first attempt at making something for thungverse. Not too many resources for help here but having a makerbot in my town would be a great resource for all the crafters and makers.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2885
Another item I’ve made for the makerbot a simple ice cube shotglass mould
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2887
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2888
Here’s a hacksaw-style frame that holds a nylon string for cutting PVC pipes.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2888
Here’s a hacksaw-style frame that holds a nylon string for cutting PVC pipes.
A few other items I made, already some of my #d skills have improved. I makerbot would be awesome but I may just try to construct some of these things the old fashoned way with my hands and craft supplies.
A set of small tags to lable garden plants
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2889
DND mini map doors
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2890
A mini ray blaster
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2891
and lastly a pinhole camera
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2893
I’m really enjoying this new process I did make some more items with very complex models but they are nowere near done and I wanted to at least have an enry into this contest because a makerbot would be one fo the most amazing things for me and my friends to use.
This is model of a house I designed. http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2896
If you would like to live in crashed UFO this project is for you!
I designed a 15-DOF mechanical hand. For each finger, there is one DOF for the last two knuckles, one DOF for the first knuckle’s flexion/extension, and one DOF for the first knuckle’s abduction/adduction. Servos and linkages need to be added.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2897
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2899
I designed a replacement part for ubiquitous sony headphones.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1777
In Holland we sell these candy strings.
I Would love to try to feed them in to the Makerbot extruder and print my own candy!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2907
http://www.thingiverse.com/image:14942
I saw the basic “Shot Glass Ice Cube” part then immediately wondered why only one? An ice cube tray has several cups to make a bunch of ice cubes … then I realized that sometimes the freezer gets full of stuff and a big long tray doesn’t always fit … so why not make an adjustable tray ??? So I did it like this …
When I was young and drinking I always thought a standard “shot glass” was small … hence these are oval so they give you a little extra fun …
YES, that bottom design is on purpose … so if the cups get stuck in the frost of older refrigerators you can get a fork or knife under the edge and pry it upwards …
And yes, this is MakerBotable.
This is another of many entries to the makezine.com/go/makerbot contest …
So MakerBot a couple … if they work well then MakerBot a few dozen and send me some.
They’re simple … puzzle like interlocking handles to create any length ice cube tray you want.
If you successfully make this with a 3D printer please send me the build-file and machine type so it can be uploaded here for others to use.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2908
I had some fun and created this MakerBot inspired robot puppet.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2904
I’d love to have a go at making it with an actual MakerBot!
When I was first playing with zBrush for the first time, the first thing I did was make a sword from one of my favorite games. After I did the sculpting in zBrush and reduced the polys to a reasonable level, I imported it into Maya to play around with it on a character then it occurred to me that if I made it an actual physical object, it would make a great prop for a toy.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2912
So here’s my first entry for the contest. As soon as I get to tweak it more I’ll work on making a stl file available for people to try and print it if they would like.
This is a Snack/Candy Dispenser.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2909
Thanks for the opportunity to win awesome prizes!
The happy go lucky dancing robot from the video game Borderlands
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2913
I built him because he seemed like he would be easy to build so I could start playing with animation and rigging, but I actually ended up using it for my 3d class as well because I was asked to make a funny looking functional robot for my classmates to use in an animation and this one fit the bill.
His arms, “ears” eye and the wheel will be separate parts after i wrap my head around how he can be assembled. I think he would make a great little desktop figurine when it’s ready.
My second entry for the contest
This design is a toy I had to make for my first semester in 3d this year. It is a larger scale lego man in the guise of a combination of Austin Powers and James Bond
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2915
I still need to split the parts into their respective pieces to be printed but after that is settled, he should assemble just like a normal lego man only several times the size.
My third entry for the contest.
The item in question is:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2910
I figure, I’ll just put to paper my coin scanner idea. This is a desigh but thingaverse doesn’t support rendering of the 3-d prototype. So, I included a series of JPGs with comments to tell the story.
Please accept this as my entry into the Makerbot contest.
Thank You.
My contest entry is an OpenSCAD script to generate trip-let blocks (like the blocks on the cover of “Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid”), along with two examples of trip-lets created by the script.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2914
Enjoy!
My entry is a series of model shipping containers to be used in conceptualizing shipping-container architecture. This is a really green and economical building technique that I’d like to see get more attention! Hopefully these models help to visualize some ideas.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2916
Cheers!
Untitled #3 by CafeT. Made for this contest!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2917
I am currently putting together a proper entry, but in case I am not able to complete it in time, I may as well try for the other prize…
I am very interested in acquiring a Makerbot mainly for rapid prototyping purposes. I would use it to produce gears, structural supports, and casings for in-house robotics and electronics projects. It would be a great boon in my situation as I live in a rural area where many of these things must be ordered from a large distance away if I am unable to produce them myself, which introduces increased costs, part-selection difficulties, and lots of waiting time into many projects. I would also use it to produce gifts, toys, and other static tools and objects for myself and other people I know. Finally, I am very interested in the RepRap project as well, and have a few like-minded friends who would also be interested to get their hands on some of the Darwin or Mendel parts I could print with a CupCake ‘bot.
Thanks for your consideration!
Here is my entry:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2955
It’s a toy figurine of my own design derived from a 3D animation project. I’ve posted a rendering of what it looks like with a texture; something similar could be done with paint, or people can decorate it with their own designs. I’m pretty new to this, so sadly, no complicated mechanical designs from me this time.
Cheers!
A second entry:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3005
Thank You So Much MakerBot!!!! Here’s the link. http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2936
This is like the desk I saw in one of the episodes of “That 70’s Show” on TV … I’ve enhanced it a little bit here, but it’s pretty neat … and a perfect toy for a small child …
This is MakerBotable …
This is another of many entries to the makezine.com/go/makerbot contest …
After you MakerBot this make the globe hollow (drill it out from the bottom) and insert a bright LED …
If you successfully make this with a 3D printer please send me the build-file and machine type so it can be uploaded here for others to use.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2940
This is a wind-up toy car made from simple parts that can be fabricated using a 3D printer. Even the coil spring and gears can be printed up!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2918
Good luck to everyone else hoping to win the giveaway!
I would like to make two things:
1. Roller ball skate bearings. These are very usefull, and also a part that could be used to build makerbots.
2. Ceramic/plastic cups and dishes. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a set of dishes made from a 3D printer? They could be made of plastic, or the new frostruder could be used to make them out of earthenware clay.
These are my contest ideas, but someday when I get a makerbot I will print these out along with many other things.
Long live makerbot!!!
This is a slug barrier designed to keep bugs, mainly slugs, from eating your vegetable. There are 3 parts to this barrier. The trough, the “Hanover Slug Fence”, and the spikes. The trough is the main barrier because it can be filled with salt or beer. Beer will attract the slugs and they drown in it. Salt will keep slugs away due to dessication upon contact. The “Hanover Slug Fence” keeps slugs from climbing over as well as keeps water out of the trough. The spikes cut slugs. In actual product, the spikes would be more dense like mesh wire. I imagine the trough is all that is necessary and the other measures are superfluous. This is all theory and prototyping has not begun yet. Please comment. Thanks.
Note for this giveaway: I uploaded a Google Sketchup file although thingiverse can’t seem to render the file.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2911
Contest Entry.
I did an iPhone case.. its simple, yet good, and its printer friendly.
This is my first and only entry…. Its also my first ever 3D design.!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2946
Thanks for all your entries so far!
This is a major improvement on my last entry, a fully featured pinhole camera:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2863
This is WAY BETTER than my last one, here are some features:
-Film advance and rewind dials
-a clicker to tell you how far to advance the film. (8 clicks per frame)
-a shutter with a safety, so you don’t accidentally take a picture of the inside of your bag
-a removable viewfinder
-an easily loadable film carrier, that slides in and out of the camera body (little rails on the inside to keep it in place)
-PRINTABLE ON A MAKERBOT
Requires only a few steps to make into a ready to use, fully functional pinhole camera.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2865
A Cupcake CNC Transformer, complete with a Bre head. See the animation at http://jmillerid.com/wordpress/2010/05/cupcake-cnc-transformer/
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2951
Contest Entry.
They are nuts for your beer, really. Check it out.
Here is my entry to the Makerbot giveaway contest: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1992
The idea is that trumpet mouthpieces are expensive, so if you want to experiment with different types to get a different sound and playability, you have to be very rich. There are many many different types of mouthpieces, so I wanted to make a parametric way to create mouthpieces. I came up with the design I posted to Thingiverse. It is an openSCAD file.
So far I have created versions of the Marcinkiewicz 4/7c and 3/5c mouthpieces. I also created a version of the Bach 3C mouthpiece.
I had an idea for something that would be awesome to print on a Makerbot.
The idea is an RC plane. It would be built in 8 parts. The wings would each be 2 parts. The body of the plane would be in 2 parts that would join in the center. The rudder would also be a separate part. You could even print the rotor. The control surface for the rudder would be a piece of cardboard.
The reason for building in separate parts is to have long wings and to not have any un-build-able overhangs.
Unfortunately, I really do not have the CAD design kung-fu to design this myself.
I’m not sure if the design would fly because of all the weight of the plastic, but its worth a try.
Here’s a 2D mock up of the design: http://www.flickr.com/photos/49325300@N07/4579995045/
Its just for the basic idea. Not at all a finished design.
Hello,
I have designed a pinball machine in visual pinball and have started to build it in the real world. I have installed most of the standard pieces, but have been looking for a way to make the unique pieces.
Here are two of the pieces that I need to make for the machine:
Lodge: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2926
Gondola: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2952
The first is a lodge that the ball goes into and is kicked onto the second floor where it is locked for multiball
The second is a gondola that will carry the ball up the machine to the top of the mountain and send the ball down a ski jump.
Thanks for the contest
Take a look at these chess pieces. They have been drawn out ‘old style’, by hand on paper. I didn’t think I could master Google Sketchup in time for the contest end, but I didn’t want the idea to go to waste.
Please take a look at my blog entry here. With pictures.
http://www.thinkhaus.org/2010/05/04/3-d-chess-pieces-for-3-d-printers/
Thanks.
for my CC costume
Hidden gun attachment
Parts to be made on cnc,
Covers, trigger, and hammer holder
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2960
This is a drain filter to keep you from losing things down your sink/bathtub. I would find very useful as my cats are always knocking things down my drains!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2962
Thanks!
Jeff
My entry is a dremel based milling machine, printable on a makerbot without a heated build platform (although it certainly helps). It uses dovetail slides for the axises. So far, I’ve only printed part of the x&y stages, but the x axis dovetail slide moves smoothly and without wobble, even though the print warped a bit. This bodes well for the rest of the axises, and I think it will be good enough to machine aluminum.
Link to thingiverse page:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2956
Link to pictures of completed parts:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickames/tags/printablemill/
Tired of hearing the hamster excercise wheel SQUEAKING, ALL night long? Try out this version with a 608 bearing for a quiet night’s sleep.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2957
my try at 3d design. turn your beverage can into a cup with a handle
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2920
Here are my entries:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2958
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2961
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2743
Excellent idea by the way, it is great to see Thingiverse growing so rapidly!
A ball bearing that was previously embedded in my Tesla turbine.
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/04/makerbot_giveaway.html
something where you can hold all your flashdrives
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2922
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2923
fill the mold with jello/vodka mix, put it to the freezer, after they are set take out and remove from the mold, pour vodka in them and enjoy the party! :)
for the times you want to place your drink somewhere, but there isnt a place
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2924
My entry is a viewer for stereo pairs (two images that together make up a 3D image. I’ve included a tongue-in-cheek yet exhaustive instruction PDF, another PDF of 3D images to view, and the beginning of a very odd marketing campaign.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2965
Have Fun!
I’ve been wanting a Makerbot to populate my 3D zoetropes with fantastic plastic animation. Man, that’d be cool.
Printable RC circuit by CafeT. Gives an example of how to print resistors and capacitors with conductive material. Made for this contest!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2967
Tommatten submission all it one place, hope this make it easier.
***Ukuele/Guitar*** this should be makerbot printable i see know reason why not, and it is a perfect representation of a 4 string Ukuele, the only things you need to get are some ukuele string, install tuning keys, that’s it “print and play”
***soda bottle cap pump*** making the world a bubblier place
***Back Scratcher*** i have an itch it win this competition, and here’s my solution lol
***Maker Bong*** allows one to make any type of bong
here are some IDEAS that were out of my league just learned blender cant do everything yet
A human anatomical model “ether skeleton, muscles,organs that you could take off and then put back on” lol that made me just think of a “mister potato head” definitely a mister potato head
i was thinking of modeling a parabolic curve as big as i could make it then added a very reflective surface, it should act like a magnifying glass as long as the dish faces the sunlight one could put something in the focal point and burn/set it on fire. kinda like a lighter that never runs out of fuel as long as there’s sunlight. “also a survivalist tool” i have others but drawing a blank
i had fun doing this GL everyone
A very simple, but it seemed funny, idea for replacing my sink plugs
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2970
It’s best made from soft rubber or plastic, but for the MakerBot I guess it’s hard plastic.
This is another of many entries to the makezine.com/go/makerbot contest …
MakerBot … color … give to a kid 4 play …
If you successfully make this with a 3D printer please send me the build-file and machine type so it can be uploaded here for others to use.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2974
For when you’re tooling around town in your finest Make t-shirt, a t-shirt that is so special you feel the need to protect it with a dress shirt. Well then, how will everyone know you are a Maker? Here’s how. Check it out…
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2971
Of course these Make Cuff Links are freshly printed on a MakerBot CupCake CNC!
My last entry!
Entirely printable pose-able arms to hold tools and things while working and building. Able to be locked in position if needed. This is one more item in the list of useful things I want to make with my makerbot!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2972
This is a part for a homebrew pinball machine my brother and I are building. This is a ski-lodge that the ball rolls into, and gets kicked up onto the second level deck, and is locked for multi-ball play. http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2926
I think the standard of designs and ideas from everyone has been great and I just wanted to wish everyone the best of luck on their entries.
Here is my entry:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2978
This is my interpretation of a 3D Koch Snowflake. This version is 6 iterations, 487 tetrahedrons.
Beware, it is a pretty big file – 7 Mb
Cover for drink cans! First time trying this…
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2980
multi tool to aid in the assembly of maker-bots
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2976
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2979
Dimmable compact fluorescent bulbs are expensive, so why not make your own? Designed to show off the full capabilities of any makerbot, this product is in fact impossible to produce any other way! Fully installed it creates a dappled light effect, but backing it off any amount creates a variable light condition based on your preference. Analog hack via digital fabrication!
Well, I tried posting with a vox and a livejournal account, and nether got approved. Anyways, here is a simple goblet, I designed it to fit in a 4 x 4 x 6 workspace like the Cupcake CNC.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2906
i’d like to see these printed:
1. abacus
2. astrolabe
3. the Long Now Foundation’s 10,000 year clock
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2579
How practical can these parts get?
This is my entry
Hello my name is Pedro, Hello to everyone.
I’m sending a work from a student of mine,
she’s a little ashamed but she’s one of the best.
the link:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2987
this was made with Blender!
You can contact her directly novas.velhas.cores@gmail.com
and she is Natacha!!
Good luck to all, hope she wins :)
Best regards,
Pedro Rito
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2983
This is an OpenSCAD script to generate shapes for NEMA rack rails based on user supplied parameters. It was created with 3D printing in mind, but should be usable with CNC.
By editing the .scad file, you can render left rails, right rails, or both, side-by-side; you can turn on or off top and bottom “end caps”, with or without mounting holes. The code is commented, so it shouldn’t be difficult to add features.
I have a number of small (1U-3U), light-weight rack-mount devices but wanted to be able to mount them in more convenient places than a standard rack. My first target is to hang a 3U GPS faceplate under the shelf above my monitor. While the GPS behind the faceplate is gone, what remains is a 4×40 textual LCD and ten input buttons that I drive with LCDproc. I’ve also considered using these rails as the front corners of a small table-top enclosure.
Figured I’d give this contest a try by making an experimental wind generator.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2984
Thanks and best of luck to everyone!
Miguel
Here’s a makerbot project inspired by a student design I looked at in machine shop +30 years ago:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2945
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2990
This is a pair of STL files generated by an OpenSCAD script that parametrically generates a printable case for the prototype Makerbot Watch (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1254).
I was lucky enough to get one of the prototype watches and haven’t been able to find the time to lasercut the sample case. Since I’ve been brushing up on my OpenSCAD skills, I thought this would be educational as well as useful.
Print one of the STL files, then use the DXF file from the Makerbot Watch page and cut out a 3mm-thick face from the right-most shape in the file and bolt them together with M4 hardware. Alternately, it should be possible to use washers under the M4 bolts to grab the edges of the PCB.
The preliminary design for a On/Off flow valve to replace the use of a solenoid valve in simple applications. Cost should be around $15 including electronics.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2991
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2996
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2992
both are same one is stl one is jpeg
The baconator is a way to cook bacon in the microwave without the bacon soaking in the grease.
This is a simple cover to go over the hole where my ceiling fan used to be. It allows 3 cables to run out the side of it that go to the 3 lamps over our dining table.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2997
Complete, can’t upload everything yet for some reason. But will keep trying, Extrudes frosting for cup cakes (edible ones)!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2977
A python script for generating involute gear STL models.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3001
This is my entry. After being banished from the busses in my town for bringing my longboard on, I devised a way to make it compact enough to fit in a backpack.
This is the result.
I did this in Maya. I’m an animator, not a modeler so it kinda sucks but a good idea none the less….
but yeah if I got a 3d printer I’d make tons of figurines…. and legos. haha well fingers crossed! (if I inevitably loose I think I’m going to try to make a RipRap)
~John
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3002
Don’t know why I can’t get an entry to show up, but here’s my last try:
Parametric Makerbot Watch Case
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2990
Parametric NEMA Rack Rails
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2983
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2993
Uniform reflectors oriented by independent robot.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3004
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2911
The above thig has been updated and is even cooler now!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2993
here another entry, for your perfect breakfast :)
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3008
Well, here’s my thing, a printable model of a Tie Interceptor:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3006
here another entry, for your perfect breakfast :)
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3008
In case the deadline for the contest was extended, here is my entry:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3003
I just read that you’re supposed to comment here before the deadline. 32 minutes ago. I thought we just had to upload to Thingiverse and tag it with makeentry. Doh!
Anyhow, if the powers that be will allow it, my entry is at http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2998 and was uploaded about an hour ago (before the deadline.)
Modular Dungeon Walls for tabletop gaming.
Hi,
The thing: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3013
Bye
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2986
Pocket Multi-tool with 4 hex bit slots and optionally reinforced bottle opener (using hex bits)
I found out about this through the Makerbot blog and thought that tagging the file as Makeentry was all that was needed.
(you can see in thingverse that I submitted the design before noon EST 5/5/10)
Andy
Multi-purpose Support
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2947
This is a group participation from a group of portuguese students.
Vasco
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2954
Sam
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3007
This is a solar car that I designed when I was in University.
Does this make it in by the *extended* deadline? ;)
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2877
This is a redesign of my second submission.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3019
http://www.thingiverse.com/image:15487
Here is an coffee percolator of my own design.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3028
This is the little house we made to illustrate 3D printing while trying to explain how 3D printing could be a disruptive force in the construction industry.
Printable resistor by CafeT. Gives an example of how to print a larger resistors with conductive material. Made for this contest!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3029
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3030
This is a little floor plan. I made several with the Makerbot. Perhaps the walls are too tall.
This is a google sketchup model of something to hold your iPod headphones so they don’t get tangled… a 3D printer could probably do it nicely!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2963
This uses four legs to walk almost as if it was only two legs taking steps … It’s just for fun …
It’s all MakerBotable …
This is another of many entries to the makezine.com/go/makerbot contest …
After you MakerBot this add two continuously rotating servos ($5-$20), a channel mixer ($10-$20) and R/C control and walk it around making your cat or dog nuts …
If you successfully make this with a 3D printer please send me the build-file and machine type so it can be uploaded here for others to use.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3027
A case for the MakerBot watch
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3023
This is like those poison balls spies use to kill spies (Spy v. Spy) … we see’em in the movies and on TV all the time … the 1.5mm ball is modeled after the original Cold War poison ball … the 1mm is my newer technology design …
This is maybe these are too small to be MakerBotable … I don’t know …
This is another of many entries to the makezine.com/go/makerbot contest …
Give it a try … see if it works …
If you successfully make this with a 3D printer please send me the build-file and machine type so it can be uploaded here for others to use.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3031
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3035
sun dial watch with a compass
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3033
they changed the design of the bottle cap so you can’t use parts from the hardware store to build a water rocket this nozzle is design to fit in to a hose connector that can be used as a release mechanism and design to be a nozzle. The nozzle will fit a standard bottle cap
This is my second ever 3D design! Its a mini balance, with a mini drower..
Thank you
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3034
This is a model of a concept unmanned combat air vehicle. A 3D printer is required to make this model due to its custom parts, the smooth shape, and complexity
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3038
this is a 2 manned sub design that was scaled down for testing purposes
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3037
this is a Blended Wing Body Concept aircraft a 3D printer is required to make a model of this aircraft due to shape and complexity. the purpose of the model will be for wind tunnel testing and rocket motor mounted testing.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3036
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3041
Designed to clean the extruder tip. Basically a mount for a little wire brush and piece of a silicone spatula so you can keep the nozzle tip clean.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1510
I designed a “proximity mine” housing for the PIR project/tutorial.
LINK:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3045
This gyro centered generator is based on the idea that if the shown apparatus housing generator coils and a unipolar motor setup across a gyro fitted with magnets is constructed, the generator’s output would exceed its power consumption thereby making it self-powered and self-regenerating. Basically an eternal power source.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3046
It seems I missed the ship, but oh well.
I know I’m late now but here’s another one. http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2720
Thank you so very much MakerBot and Make Magazine you all are the best websites on the web. These are websites worth supporting. Keep up the good work you all.
Sorry for being late, I hope you’ll take it anyway…
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3032
Enjoy!
Alexandre Poulin =)
Hi,
Okay, I’ve posted several things for the MakerBot contest … and most can be made on a cupcake MakerBot while all can be made on other larger 3D printers … out of almost any materials …
I don’t have access to any machines to make these myself, so if you decide to make something I hope you can at least make two for me too.
Here’s a summary of the parts/kits I entered into the contest with;
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2373
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2375
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2376
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2377
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2385
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2386
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2387
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2388
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2389
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2392
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2393
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2394
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2396
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2399
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2419
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2420
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2421
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2422
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2428
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2441
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2446
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2451
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2465
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2467
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2469
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2478
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2480
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2483
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2490
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2505
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2520
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2523
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2531
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2584
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2609
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2620
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2639
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2664
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2686
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2689
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2695
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2698
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2705
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2739
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2831
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2860
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2908
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2940
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2974
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3027
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3031
http://www.thingiverse.com/SolidWorksMagi
The last date for the competition was 5th may?
so what about the Result’s??
” Winners will be announced on May 12.”
Please Please PLEASE PLEASE Have another look at my frosting extruder. I submitted it before the deadline, but it was broken. I fixed it, so please have another look.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2977
At the very least, if you download it before you announce the winners, I will let you keep the design and use it as you wish.
???
Hi,
Where is the posting for the winner of the contest?
Here’s where they posted the results folks;
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/05/winners_in_the_makemakerbot_3d_prin.html
And I hope people with a MakerBot or access to a MakerBot or other 3D Rapid Prototype Printer can make some of my stuff and send them to me so I can learn how to better design for 3D Rapid Prototype Printing.
I need more practice so I can win contests and better yet, maybe get a job!
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