My version of 1989 batarang from the first Burton movie. This was printed at low res and may have air gaps if you print it. I would like th see this printed at a higher res. I f you do please post.
Sidenote :
Already, I bemoan the end of Tinkercad, the question is now will Airstone be public use or paid subscription as is rumored

The idea derives from countless failed prints on my Ultimaker the last two year. By pushing the machine to something it cannot do, new interesting things happen.

This is a Toy/Concept

Looking through thingiverse I see many of you are using nuts and bolts and other things in your designs. I think you can replace much of the external hardware your using, with the filament itself. I used this demo piece to show that it can be used as a decent bearing, and that you can weld it with an extruder.

This is a simulated turbine frame I used as test case for printing an engineering component.
It is about 192 mm across (7.55").

RObot SCOut - Small (relatively) Arduino Powered rover featuring 1-piece Printed ABS treads.

Design intended to incorporate DC motors (propulsion), servos (for look up/down), and stepper motor (for look left/right), IR sensors (distance ranging), laser pointer (for coolness), shaft encoders (for speed detection/DC motor syncing), gyroscope (for automated missions), XBee control (for guided missions), and a mini-video camera (for coolness).

I designed this as part of a school project, replacing a purchased metal chassis/kit with a fully 3D printed (as much as possible) body kit.

Suggestions for Improvement Welcome.

Testrig for fantasy shoulder plates.
files changed...

Due sizerestriction on my printer these are for a small sorceress. Bigger guys might use them as elbow protectors..
i will change them to fit bigger shoulders later.

print left...
mirror file and print the right one.

All my designs & progress available @ marginallyclever.com

Stewart Platforms are used in flight simulators, CNC machine equipment, robotic surgeons, and connect the ISS to the space shuttles.

I call this model "rotary" because it uses a rotary action to move each "arm". a linear platform would use linear actuators.

I designed this so that university students can stop reinventing the wheel when they need a platform - get one of these, contribute to the open souce design, and help make life easier for everybody.

This OpenSCAD script will generate a simple one piece fixture to hold Wensi's PV layer's PV cell, PCB and supercap. This is using the slightly newer layout and SCAP propsed on the 17th August 2011

Author: Mark Gaffney
Version: 2.2
Date: 2011-09-16

Todo:
add thin infill for hollow sections to improve printability
make slide in PV version
make 2x corner 1 middle tab PV version
make screw post PCB version
make pin post PCB version
make mushroom post PCB version
move holes for SCAP pins (2x dia=0.6+blah separation=~10-blah dist_from_bottom~=2.5-blah dist_from_sides=5-blah) and PV wires to more logcal place, also change to square, triangle or teardrop shape for better printability
remember the SCAP is now a table profile with dia~=10.5

Warning:
there is no top part for this

Changes from previous versions:
2.2
- Change cutout for trapezoidal/pyramidal shape
2.1
- Fixed some vlaues to place the support posts in corect location (up +1mm) scap leads Right +2mm
- increased post diameter for the two along one side slightly
2.0
- New layout (PCB rotated 90Degrees) and larger SCAP
- change pcb_l 30->35 pcb_b 35->30
- change scap_l 23->20 scap_b 15->22 scap_h 5->10

0.8
- add thin infill for hollow sections to improve printability
0.7
- moved entire structure above z=0 plane (no longer a destroyer of belts)
- added mouse ears
0.6
- made thinner
- fixed incorrect measurements for PV panel
0.5
- Added holes for wires between sections

0.4
- Removed plastic from centre of pv area to speed up print

0.3
- Fixed error with cutout translates due to misuse of separation and clearance variables
- Fixed error with second half of calculation of total _b using max() where I forgot to include separation

0.2
- Added support posts

0.1
- First attempt

This is a test for a slideable pin design i made, you slide it through the slot on the block and then it clicks in. It could still use some work however, and if i change it i will re-upload it.

**March 21th, 2013** UPDATE

I have had a couple days to experiment with the Kinect "Reconstruct Me" software, testing scannable area, optimal distance, etc.

As I suspected, a distance range from 2-5 feet is the only real "scannable" area. This sort of 3d modeling would be ideal for larger objects for the purpose of miniaturization. Kids toys shrunk down, etc. It does not pick up finer detail on smaller objects however. I had already been searching for an alternative to this with a regular webcam/camera. The one that seems most promising at present is the vi3Dim Reconstruction program. What's unfortunate about it is that it is all built from open-source software and should be offered to non-commericial license for free... It sells for $350!? No thanks... I will continue to look for ways around this obscene cost to a very BASIC program. (It is initialized and run through command prompt-lol).

I will eventually seperate my files on here when I find a suitable program and system for using the turntable, with a different camera. The kinect base is still handy and when I get it completely measured I will be able to utilize that as a base and scanning handle as well.

That's all I have at the moment - keep checking back for more updates about my search for the best FREE or Economy-priced 3D Scanning/Modeling software.

Until next time.
Live Long and The Force be with You,


March 19th, 2013
Version 2.0 Available

I have simplified and smoothed the design quite a bit today... I also started *almost* from scratch in order to correct some mis-alignment issues... Everything on the table and arm should be a somewhat even number in my file. I changed my idea for the time being about the adjustable lift, instead thought a "sweet spot" should be found initially for MOST objects that fit in the table - seeing how much the KINECT can capture with its wide viewing angle. The table can be printed in just 3 pieces now and the ability to customize the type of stand you may like is now possible. The "base plate" that i eyeballed to fit the KINECT, is able to clip on to the tower i made and the tower has the slot to allow it to do this. The spot for the tower to fix to the base can be used for any number of things. After I fine tune this entire thing more, i may mock up a "light fixture" to be attached to another leg in case of the need for less shadows. Ideas for this keep springing up all over - even the thought of a USB-controlled motor for the turntable... Could be fun.

Until tomorrow -
Live Long and The Force be with You,

This thing was made with Tinkercad. Edit it online tinkercad.com/things/38dbr8ULj5h

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March 18th, 2013:
Greetings Thingiverse!

I had my first hand at 3D designing some random things today on TinkerCAD - testing its limitations and seeing if i could make anything useful. I remembered seeing reconstructme.net/ with the free to use Kinect Scanning software, so i decided to use a planetary gear i found on here to make a "lazy susan/turntable" and adjustable mount for my kinect whenever my printrbot gets here.



I understand all my alignments and tolerances are probably questionable, but I just wanted to hack out a rough idea of where i am going to take this. As i said this is my FIRST EVER from-scratch design in any CAD program so, please let me know some suggestions, or please tweak it and iron out the problems and if anyone is perhaps feeling ambitious... print it! I have all the pieces in a single file right now, as i haven't taken the time to see how i should break them apart... Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

*Some Notes*
The main table has tabs to slide into the cutouts in on the planetary gear.
The Gear center has a large cutout for it to fit on the secondary base (brown)
The primary base is for the kinect "adjustable lift" and is somewhat optional
This has a cutout for the secondary base to settle into for more stability.
But the side tower for the kinect slots into the primary base with the hex slot(s).

This thing was made with Tinkercad. Edit it online tinkercad.com/things/38dbr8ULj5h

this is the first concept of an universal filter holder for your camera.

in this model you can mount cokin P series (or similar) filters,actually for a wide angle view i choose to mount just 1 filter.

the filter holder doesn't need adapter ring for your lens, it fits every model and diameter of lens from 55mm to 89mm.

you need only 2 screws with 6mm diameter.

this is not definitive, more fixing are coming soon.
share if you like it.

This is a small web page that will convert your STL files to OpenSCAD files, it supports both ASCII STL and Binary STL files.
The best thing about this is that instead of just embedding your stl files in the OpenSCAD you can actually make them part of it, which means they can be used with Customizer.

*********THIS IS A BETA VERSION - I wrote it after a long day at work :)
Please report all bugs to me, or just feel free to fix the bugs yourself, I will be putting the code on GitHub soon so you can make the fixes
And I promise I will try to make it look nicer once I get a chance *******

This is a part that will fit in the bottom the Falcon 9 model rocket that is based off the real Falcon 9 Rocket. Falcon 9 is a space vessel that was designed by the Space X company.

I wanted to see if I could actually print a single full size badge first, before going on to some multiple badge prints. So far - so good!

Customized version of thingiverse.com/thing:62030

Created with Customizer! thingiverse.com/apps/customizer/run?thing_id=62030

I noticed a lack of 3D burgers. I took a couple hours to design this up.

I'll be adding all these files optimized for stacking on each ingredient on top of each other.

No liquid condiments. If it's cooked correctly, you won't need them.