80 Entries For the Challenge! (So Far)
We’re giving away a MakerBot to someone who uploads a design to Thingiverse and it’s going great with over 80 entries so far!
I’ve gone through the comments on the Makezine blog and tagged all the entries so far with “makeentry” and it’s a great selection of things! Which one’s do you like? Click the <3 to like your favorites! Browse through them all!
Don’t see your thing on there? All you have to do is go to the Makezine Blogpost and post a link to your thing!
You have until May 5th to get your entry up on Thingiverse! Go!
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10 Comments so far
Ryan H
Some of those entries, including many of the more interesting ones, are blatantly unprintable on a Makerbot. Some of them would be unprintable on any commercial 3D printer I am aware of purely due to size issues.
It might be informative if the judging criteria for the contest was clarified somewhat. I would hate to see people disappointed if their entry gets disqualified after the fact for being unprintable. At the same time I could see contestants who spend effort tailoring their entry to be possible and practical being somewhat bitter if they lose to a blue-sky design that has no hope of being actually printed.
Seeing as there are plenty of both in the gallery it might be worth posting a general clarification of the contest.
Erik
Do previous submissions also count? I’ve submitted quite some things so far, and since I have Darwin’s and Mini-mendels, adding a Makerbot would really make my collection of fabbing equipment complete
Bre Pettis
Hey Ryan,
The contest is vague to see what kind of talent, raw or refined, is out there.
Hey Erik, go for it. Old stuff counts too, but new stuff is encouraged.
Ryanp
The backlash on bad parts being put on thingiverse is short sighted. Did they reject pictures from flickr in the first week? Better organization will be required, but I see a lot of the “unprintable” parts as ver 0.1 from most of these people. The added collaboration will be very exciting!
Monomorphic
Most of those are silly. My vote is for the 3 sided mobius strip.
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Walt Perko
Hi,
It’d be nice to setup a depository for Windows, Linux, Other build files … the files you send to the MakerBot … and maybe even a few other commercial machines too …
How about an article for Robot Magazine, Servo Magazine? About a guy who invents and makes prototypes with a MakerBot?
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Colin
Hey Bre,
So is this contest based on skill or is everyone equally likely to win? IE is it hand-picked or picked at random (like with a random number generator, random.org)?
Goodquestion
Yes, a clear answer to Colin’s question could be useful. I’m seeing people putting a lot (by a lot, I mean more than 10 some even more than 30) entries to this contest. Of course if the winner is choosen at random, people with multiple entries (even weird ones) will get a big advantage…
I’m a bit worried about the lack of upfront clear rules (for entries and judging). This could lead to a lot of disappointed people.