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The first season of MakerBot TV is now available on DVD! Re-visit your favorite episodes and share them with your friends in the comfort of your own living room. As a token of thanks to our community we are sending complimentary copies of the DVDs to the first 100 people who purchase MakerBot Replicators™. Get yours today and keep it awesome!

I made a playlist on YouTube so you can watch all of season one of MakerBot TV in one sitting!


Revisit your favorite episodes and make sure to leave comments so I know what you liked! And don’t forget to subscribe to MakerBot TV on YouTube or iTunes so that you don’t miss the launch of Season Two!

I have some good news and some bad news…

The bad news is that Episode 12 marks the end of Season 1 for MakerBot TV. The good news is that Season 2 will be back (and better than ever!) sometime in early January. In the meantime, don’t miss this epic season finale in which R.Maker hosts the Thingy Awards and we get a sneak peek into the MakerBotted window display of the New Museum!

Thank you Thingiverse users: emmet, Zydac, sconine, WilliamAAdams and ErikJDurwoodII.

It’s a Back to Fall Episode of MakerBot TV and this week we’re talking about MakerBots in schools! Find out about the educational program that Liz Arum and Jon Santiago have been putting together for teachers and students using MakerBots in their classrooms. Plus get a sneak peak into the winter stash of some MakerBotted Squirrels!

Huge thanks this week to Liz Arum, Jon Santiago, Dara Ross and her students. As well as Failotron for the music.

 

Check out the educational curriculum: http://curriculum.makerbot.com/
Email MakerBot’s educational team: education@makerbot.com

ABS, PLA, PVA, Oh My! In this episode of MakerBot TV we explore the ins and outs of our three printable plastics. Find out what they’re made of and how to print with them. Also hear about the tiny green men that are invading the Bot Cave! Don’t miss this stellar episode of MakerBot TV! Thank you Thingiverse users tbuser for the f-bomb design and gpvillamil for the flying saucer and tiny green men. 

This week on MakerBot TV – PRINT YOUR KITCHEN!!!! Find out about the many incredibly awesome and incredibly useful items that can be MakerBotted for your kitchen!

Huge thanks to Thingiverse users PolygonPusher for the hooks, tomlombardi for the sponge holder, eM5 for the drain plug handle, jahg for the dishrack foot, hoeken for the funnel design, Fido for the corncob screw, Seanz0rz for the knife design, vik for the rice spoon, deadmeat038 for the cheese slicer, loonix23 for the paper towel holder, emmett for the jet cookie cutters, RobertHunt for the heart cookie cutter, laserdonkey for the donkey cookie cutter and MattChapman for the star cookie cutter.. Music by Kevin MacLeod.

This week on MakerBot TV hear all about how MakerBot Industries and Miles Lightwood are using 3D printing to help out hermit crabs, also find out how you can use your makerbot to prepare yourself for halloween and get a tour of NYC with MakerBot’s new mascot!

Special Thanks to Thingiverse user Fido for the evil eyes earwear and ghost keyring designs, daviddotshaw for the bat, ghost and pumpkin magnet designs, builttospec for the spider ring, colehard for the pumpkin, Wajazn for the MB/RepRap jack-o-lantern, nicholasclewis for the spider web, lampmaker for the glasses, and SuperAmi for the pirate hook. And a special thanks to Kevin MacLeod and Alan Bjorklund for the music.

In this XtraSpecial episode of MakerBot TV grandiose guest host Xzibot shows you how to use your bot to deck out your bicycle (or tricycle for that matter)! Don’t miss out! Bot Your Bike!

Huge thanks to Jonathan Monaghan, Stef Shapira, Sam Gruen, Michael Curry and John Ditamos. Thank you also to devellison for the sprocket design, dreameredeemer for the light clamp design, gaarden for the tire lever, tamberg for the handlebar plug, jsadusk for the valve cap, aylr for the ipod case, and jonmonaghan for the cupholder and spoke beads. Music by Simon Stålenhag.

This week on MakerBot TV I’ll get you acquainted with some brand new colors and my brand new printing partner!!! We’ll also share the scoop on experimental dual extrusion and deliver some helpful tips for using the new Stepstruder® MK7, ReplicatorG 0026 and the firmware update v3.0.

Thanks to Ben Rockhold and Ethan Hartman for your help this week. As well as Alan Bjorklund, Goto80 and Latché Swing for the music.