MakerBot Industries

Hot on the heels from contributing the mind-blowing Thingiview functionality to Thingiverse, Veteran MakerBot Operator Tony Buser (“tbuser“) is up to more hijinx, currently designing and printing a Laser Target Scanner on his newly built Thing-O-Matic #3745.

His project is quite gorgeous, and so is his love for his new MakerBot Stepstruder. Here is a tbuser tweet that has been making the rounds in the BotCave, and touching the hearts of all of us involved with launching this new product:

tbuser: More Stepstruder love http://j.mp/fnaQEp Seriously, I want to have it’s babies. #makerbot

Tony Buser, we hope that you and your Stepstruder are very happy together and live long and happy lives!

Who has been rocking Thingiverse and doing cool and amazing stuff?  The Thingiverse All-Stars!

Most Liked Thing - 3D printed full size makerbot by Webca

It probably won’t come as a surprise to many people that the most liked, and therefore the most popular, Thing on Thingiverse is the the 3D printed full-size MakerBot designed and printed by Webca.  This is quite likely the most epic design and print on all of Thingiverse.  His printed MakerBot Cupcake CNC case is made up of more than 150 individual pieces.  There’s no much I can say to add to the glowing praise and admiration shown in the comments to this incredible work.

Who has been rocking Thingiverse and doing cool and amazing stuff?  The Thingiverse All-Stars!

Most Commented Thing - The Mendel inspired x and y carriage lowrider by twotimes

Twotimes, the MakerBot upgrade designer extraordinaire and design challenge winner and judge ¹ , has the distinction of being the originator of the Thing with the most comments on Thingiverse.  His Mendel inspired X and Y carriage lowrider is an incredible engineering feat.  With one of these you get more build height, better build quality, and a quieter Cupcake CNC.  Although I’ve only had the honor of meeting twotimes once, at Botacon, I would venture to say the man is a perfectionist.  He wasn’t content to upload just one version of his lowrider.  As you can see from the comments on this Thing’s page, he uploaded a version, considered and incorporated the comments and suggestions of the commentators, and uploaded revision after revision.

1. Not at the same time… [↩]

Who has been rocking Thingiverse and doing cool and amazing stuff?  The Thingiverse All-Stars!

Most "I Made One"'s - JohnA

Thingiverse Citizen JohnA has made, at least, 81 Things from Thingiverse!  Let’s put this in perspective: JohnA has made more unique things than the most prolific designer on Thingiverse has uploaded.  Uploading, sharing designs, and remixing is all well and good.  But here, where people are actually making things, is where the rubber meets the road.  If this is just the number of unique things JohnA has uploaded, how many more things has he printed?

Who has been rocking Thingiverse and doing cool and amazing stuff?  The Thingiverse All-Stars!

Most Things Uploaded - Zach "Hoeken" Smith

Thingiverse and MakerBot co-founder Zach “Hoeken” Smith has the most uploads to Thingiverse with 80 separate Things.  (MaskedRetriever was a very very close second with 79 Things).  Another great thing about Thingiverse is that you don’t actually have to have any tools other than a computer to contribute.  There’s no reason why you couldn’t snag this top spot tomorrow.  Just start looking at the world around you, think of all things you could replicate, improve, or invent, create the design file, and share it on Thingiverse to help everyone else too!

Who has been rocking Thingiverse and doing cool and amazing stuff?  The Thingiverse All-Stars!

Most Derivatives - Syvwlch

Thingiverse citizen Syvwlch has uploaded an amazing 13 derivatives works.  The ability to make, remix, and improve upon the hard work of others is part of what makes Thingiverse and open licensing great.  Without the original designs, perhaps Syvwlch wouldn’t have thought to make some of his derivatives.  And, without Syvwlch we would have far fewer choices of things to print out from Thingiverse.