MakerBot Industries

We put an ad up on craigslist. Here’s what we had to say! (Pictured above is Will, one of our summer interns)

MakerBot Industries is a fresh company that creates and sells affordable open source 3D printer kits. We are currently looking for interns who can come in two days a week. As an intern you will assemble electronics kits, run a bank of six MakerBots, blog, and do a wide variety of tasks that need to be done around the BotCave.

An interest or obsession with machinery, electronics, and open source are expected with applicants. Please include a letter stating your interest, the days you would be available, links to your website if you have one, and a copy of your resume.

If you have time to learn, work, and earn your way to your own MakerBot, give us a holler at hiring@makerbot.com.

dodecahedron from EFFALO on Vimeo.

First print for makerbot #000098. Great video!

extruding from EFFALO on Vimeo.

Bonus! Extrusion. This is the first thing to do to make sure your machine is up and running. Lovely macro shot. Check out the blog for this bot.

Want to see who has which bot? Check the MakerBot lineage page!

This recently showed up tagged MakerBot on Flickr. It’s white! If you’ve got more info about this machine, like it’s number or location or any other details, drop a note in the comments!

Keith decided to do some science and calibrate his nozzle using boiling and freezing temperatures.

Very cool! If you do science, make sure to drop us a note so we can blog about it! Make sure to click through and learn about his process and what he figured out!

Calibrating the CupCake Part 1: Nozzle Temperature « Keith’s Electronics Blog.

Zaggo is the proud owner of MakerBot 127 and he produced this awesome documentary about making a lamp clamp for his kitchen lamp! Wow, awesome video!

There’s a MakerBot purring away over at Noisebridge! Looks great!

Photo: Rubin 110

According to Lydschi’s soup, Ars Electronica is a wonderland of 3D printing.  Check out the rest of the photos!

Also, I’m very curious about this Stick Pet Modeller app represented by this icon.

ars electronica – Lydschi’s klare Brühe.

Rhodri Armour from Bath made this awesome contraption!

The ‘Jollbot’ has been created by Rhodri Armour, a PhD student from the University of Bath. It’s hoped his creation, which can jump over obstacles and roll over smoother terrain, could be used for space exploration or land survey work in the future.

Nice RepRap mention too!!

The components of the robot were made by rapid prototyping technology, similar to that used by the RepRap machine pioneered by the University, which builds parts by “printing” layers of plastic on top of each other to produce a 3D object.

Here’s a video!

Robot That Jumps Like A Grasshopper And Rolls Like A Ball Created For Space Exploration.

We got word through Dave Menninger’s blog that the MakerBot over at Hive 13 is alive and kicking! You’ll notice that the letters are mirrored in the above photo. In ReplicatorG you can flip that in the settings or you can manually flip the stepper motor cable and plug it in backwards and that’ll work too. You’ll also notice that they are using painter’s tape which seems to be working pretty well for them!

Last night, after the Hive13 meeting Craig presented a quick tutorial on the basics of Blender and showed us how to make simple objects. This was incredibly useful because it got a number of us over that initial hump of not knowing anything at all about Blender. Blender can be tricky to understand, but I definitely felt like I was ready to start making useful models after tonight’s short lesson.

Nice work! Check out the Hive13 MakerBot wiki page of their progress. Very impressive!

The Maker Beam Team has daydreamed up Mini-T which is a modular system for putting things together. They’ve designed it up and are starting to get microfunding support.

We’ve always loved modeling toys and building things. When Sam came across full size T-Slot his first thought was, “I want a mini one to play with!”. Sketches turned to 3-d models and it became clear that not only would this be fun, it was feasible, and that the implications went beyond fun into SERIOUS fun.

It’s great to see more open hardware options emerging. Check them out and if you like what they’re doing, give them a hand!