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Another Monday, another episode!

Today on MakerBot TV I’ll show you some of the ways that folks have personalized, customized and accessorized their MakerBots and hopefully get you inspired to turn your MakerBot into your very own work of art!

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You’ve probably heard us talk about the fact that we’re an open source company – but you may not know exactly what that means or why a company would choose to follow an open source model. In this episode of MakerBot TV you’ll hear from Bre about how he got hooked on open source and you’ll learn how you can participate in the open source revolution!

PS. Speaking of open source – did you see that the design files for The MakerBot Replicator™ are now on Thingiverse?

A number of you have just received your MakerBot Replicators™! You must be incredibly excited!

Set-up for the MakerBot Replicators™ is unbelievably simple (much simpler than it was for those Thing-O-Matic kits!) and we’ve worked really hard to get you thorough documentation and instructions so that it’ll be smooth sailing from the time you receive your package to the time you’re printing your first few things from Thingiverse.

These three videos will walk you through the essential steps in only 12 minutes! We recommend watching each video in its entirety and then watching it again as you set up your Replicator, pausing when necessary. For more written documentation check out Ethan and Melody’s incredibly thorough Replicator User Guide.

And if you’re eagerly anticipating the arrival of your Replicator feel free to get a head start by watching these videos now!

#1. Unboxing
In this video Mike will take you through the initial set-up of your machine. He’ll go over essential information about attaching your Stepstrudder MK8 and properly mounting your filament.

#2. First Run Experience
In this video Ethan will assist you as you follow the instructions in the start-up script. You’ll learn how to level the platform, load filament and you’ll get to try a test print!

#3. Thingiverse to Thing
In this video Sam will get you comfortable with the printing process. He’ll show you how to pick a model from Thingiverse, run it through ReplicatorG and to get your MakerBot to make it! After you master this tutorial you’ll be able to print your world!

 
*BONUS* In addition to the three set-up videos we’ve also put together a Maintenance Tutorial.

In this video I will take you through applying new kapton tape, cleaning out the drive gear and lubricating the milled rods on your Replicator. Enjoy!

In this episode we visit the home (/printing factory) of MakerBot enthusiast Mark Cohen. When I met with Mark he had 5 working MakerBots in his garage (he now has 7!). Find out how he’s managed to sustain his hobby of printing by… printing. And treat yourself to a tiny dose of awesome MakerBotted stop motion animation.

If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably found yourself mesmerized on more than one occasion by a time lapse of a MakerBot print. I’ve put up a number of these videos on YouTube over the past few months and people go crazy for them. Well it’s now literally as easy as 1,2,3 for anyone with an iPhone to make their own MakerBot time lapses.

I’ll tell you how…

1. Print this iPhone mount by tlrobinson and mount your phone of the front of your Bot.

2. Use a time lapse app (we used one called Frames that was completely fantastic) to capture a time lapse of your print.

3. Share the video on YouTube and send us a tweet about it so we can watch too!

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