MakeBot ABS Rainbow Pack

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We literally ordered tons of colored plastic in 5 pound rolls. As soon as we put it in the store, folks asked for smaller rolls. We tried a few ways to break them down and none of them were fun at all and all of them resulted in a big mess. Then, in a lightning bolt of inspiration we realized it would all work better with a bucket!

And so we offer you 1 pound rainbow packs. We’re going to offer these at an introductory price of $12 a pack. We’re going to sweat through the weekend turning the bucket and plastic so that you can get some colors, try them out and make some beautiful colored objects.

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  • schrittmacher
    March 5, 2010 at 4:27 am
     

    maybe you want to fix the axis of the bucket to the table too. otherwise its very painful to watch, imagining you’re going to do this all weekend this way :)

     
  • Tony
    March 5, 2010 at 9:26 am
     

    Oh man, you guys won’t be able to move your arms next week. :) I’m sure you can find some way to slap some motors on that to automate it.

     
  • Matt LaBerge
    March 5, 2010 at 9:37 am
     

    You guys ROCK! I can’t wait to get mine!

     
  • Rashad Glover
    March 6, 2010 at 10:16 am
     

    You should Use an Arduino and automate that process and some motors.

     
  • Laser Cutting
    August 24, 2010 at 6:48 am
     

    Your dedication to the task at hand is commendable and your innovative nature shows in your solution. It is fine for a once-off, but if you folks intend doing this exercise on a regular basis a bit of automation will definitely be necessary. Have you costed the best solution as of yet?

     
 

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