MakerBot Industries

5 Comments so far

• coasterman

  January 27, 2011 at 12:00 pm

   

  The bottle opener… yes, the bottle opener…

  Bag clips are also nice handouts… They only cost a few pennies and print within 10 minutes. Whistles are also great examples, and in fact I always use that as a benchmark for print quality.

  And treasure chests are great examples of how a Makerbot can print a hinged piece already put together.

   

• tmophoto

  January 27, 2011 at 12:52 pm

   

  another 3d printer. that has had the most impact in terms of reactions of people when i tell them what this can potentially do (not exactly a handout though). it generally takes a bit of explaining for it to really set in. self replicating robots. pretty amazing futuristic stuff that most people never even thought that they would see in a lifetime..

   

• MakerBlock

  January 27, 2011 at 1:18 pm

   

  Whistle-hook-openers!!!
  http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5818

   

• Dave Durant

  January 27, 2011 at 5:12 pm

   

  Michael Rule uploaded this recently: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5822 , which is pretty high on my Useful Things list. Related: I think there are a number of arduino(ish) enclosure type Things around too.

  This might make for a good blog series, if somebody had some microcontroller projects that needed housings/mountings.

   

• InnovationByLayers

  January 27, 2011 at 6:57 pm

   

  Dalek minions! http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1600
  and Dalek cookies (well cookie cutters)! http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3504