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Printable Rubik’s cube

Printable Rubik’s cube

This excellent but very experimental cube by Thingiverse user Nudel_P is part of the outpouring of uploads to the ‘verse since the announcement of our MAKE/MakerBot Contest. I just downloaded Blender and and tossing around some ideas — you should too!

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Have you customized your MakerBot chassis?

Have you customized your MakerBot chassis?

MakerBot has provided CupCake CNC chassis DXFs on Thingiverse and their own site for some time now, allowing you to cut out your own chassis if you have access to a laser cutter. You can even order the parts from Ponoko if you don’t. What I want to know is, what have people done with […]

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Cubely: a new 3D printer?

Cubely: a new 3D printer?

Cube.ly appears to be a 3D printer that uses 80/20 girders for the 2’x2’x2′ chassis, with all electronic components identical to those used in the Makerbot and Mendel. The project’s charter describes the project’s goals: Provide a fully capable 3D printer which can be used to directly manufacture or can be used to easily create […]

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MakerBot heated build platform

MakerBot heated build platform

Jordan Miller of Philadelphia hackerspace Hive 76, with collaborators, has created a heated build platform for the MakerBot Cupcake CNC. A heated build platform slows down the rate at which a fabject cools, helping it cool more evenly. We love MakerBot, but we needed a better way to print larger objects (like parts for a […]

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