MakerBot Industries

MakerBot’s own Bre Pettis is the latest profile for Time.com’s Game Changer series. The crew from Time visited the MakerBot Workshop and the BotCave for a behind-the-scenes look at what we do here every day. The video also shows off some awesome objects we’ve printed recently including pliers, zaggo’s whistle, sconine’s  starfish, and the just-finished zoetrope project that artist Takeshi Murata is showing at London’s Frieze Art Fair.

Check out some of the other Game Changer profiles – Bre is in good company!

Klein Bottle by kelsorj

I recently posted about a Klein Bottle shared on Thingiverse by RotoScan. ¹  This got me thinking – are there any OpenSCAD versions?  After poking around Thingiverse a bit, I haven’t found any.

The challenge for you is as follows:

• Design a Klein Bottle using OpenSCAD.
• Upload an STL and OpenSCAD design file to Thingiverse.
• Tag your design with “openscad,klein bottle,openscad klein bottle”²

Do you want to join the ranks of the OpenSCAD design challenge winners?  Do you want to bask in the glory that is everlasting internet fame?!  Internet points, the sum of 9,000, shall be awarded to:

• The first to upload an OpenSCAD Klein Bottle
• The person who uploads an OpenSCAD Klein Bottle with the fewest lines of code
• The person who uploads an OpenSCAD Klein Bottle with the fewest number of facets
• The person who uploads an OpenSCAD Klein Bottle that most resembles either Kelsorj’s Klein Bottle or RotoScan’s Klein Bottle

As always, the use of OpenSCAD libraries is allowed and encouraged.  If you’ve got a rules question, just post it here! ³⁴⁵

1. For the unfamiliar, a Klein Bottle is an object that essentially has just one continuous surface. [↩]
2. That will actually create three tags.  Mostly so that it will be easy for people to find your work in the future! [↩]
3. No purchase necessary! [↩]
4. Void where prohibited! [↩]
5. Offers not outside of the continental United States or two-dimensional space [↩]

Everybody knows clock projects are pretty sweet — I mean, why would you have a boring clock with hands when you could instead have an amazing gear piece like this! Not only is it mostly 3d-printed, but it also has working gears!

It is a simple but very cool project — just print the parts, assemble, and snap it on to your salvaged/purpose bought wall clock.  Well done, PrintTo3d!  I foresee telling time with one of these very soon.

Gear O'Clock by PrintTo3D

NEW VIDEO! youtube.com/watch?v=gCGmpHHC0Ag It's a 3D printed clock! WOOT! It consists of 12 number plates, 2 gears, and 1 mount. All units are inches. In the zip folder are two versions of the main drive gear and clock base (10" gear). The gear I sectioned into four pieces (print two of each) and a version of the drive gear that does not need supports. This should main clock base should fit on most hobby printers. I made everything so that it requires no support and fits within a 4x4" box.

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