After I added the tapered mouthpiece to the whistles, and with the hotdog-red ABS, these things remind me of a toy wienermobile I used to have. Thus the name.

This panflute is slightly more practical than the one it's derived from. The curved shape is easier to use than the circle, and I added a bit of taper to the mouthpiece to make it easier to blow on a single whistle. Still not a practical musical instrument, though!

This one has a diatonic scale (CDEFGABC) instead of chromatic like the other one. I had to learn the OpenSCAD lookup() function for that!

Procedurally-generated panpipes for 3D printing. They really whistle, but they aren't particularly accurately tuned. OpenSCAD file included.

It'll theoretically play a chromatic scale (12 notes to the octave) but it's too squeaky to know for sure!

Plastic carving of Deadmau5 made with the iModela.(The plastic is 1.4mm thick)

I used the Guitar Cookie Cutter to make this Guitar model.

Stand for holding music, papers, tablet or other such things

It's a little late for Christmas; I posted this on our blog, but hadn't thought to make a 'thing' out of it.

Video here:
protoparadigm.com/2011/12/carol-of-the-bells-on-a-makerbot-thing-o-matic/

I made four of these music boxes as christmas gifts to my family. The PDF pattern was generated with a Processing script, which I wrote. I've included the script for reference, although you only need the PDF to produce copies of the box. Each box is laser cut from a single piece of 12x12 plywood.

Here's a video of my daughter on Christmas: youtu.be/n9I88Lt0zUw

The lid of the box contains an inlaid Hilbert curve, a kind of space-filling fractal. A more detailed Hilbert curve is etched into the bottom of the box. The sides of the box contain inlays or holes in the shape of the letter J, which is the first initial of each of my four family members.

The pieces of the box fit together like a puzzle. Each side contains a single letter J, which I dyed different colors, using food coloring. These could also have been left as holes, to make the box louder.

The crank hole is designed for a very common type of hand-cranked movement, of which Kikkerland is one manufacturer.

UPDATE: Tuned it up and it plays remarkably in tune throughout the whole register of the device. The altissimo G plays almost perfectly in tune while still maintaining intonation in the lower register. Low B and Bb start falling out a bit but thats a reoccurring theme with wide tipped mouthpieces and you can easily lip that up.

UPDATE: Works like a charm! Just tried it out on my alto and it plays incredibly easy! I was expecting it to be a chore to play but it plays very well (in relativity or course). I notice little difference from it to the one i modeled it after. I printed it on a 3D systems V-Flash and will be uploading pics and a sound recording(recorded on my phone. Don't be too critical of my playing).

This is an untested alto saxophone mouthpiece based roughly off a beginner Yamaha mouthpiece but it does not resemble it much. The similarities include bore length, facing width, and basic length measurements. I would urge anyone that prints this out before i get around to it to share their experiences printing and playing of this mouthpiece. This will most likely need to be printed on a finer tuned machine to get the best results.

Tip Opening: 0.080
Facing: 18mm from tip
Bore: Square

UPDATE: Tuned it up and it plays remarkably in tune throughout the whole register of the device. The altissimo G plays almost perfectly in tune while still maintaining intonation in the lower register. Low B and Bb start falling out a bit but thats a reoccurring theme with wide tipped mouthpieces and you can easily lip that up.

UPDATE: Works like a charm! Just tried it out on my alto and it plays incredibly easy! I was expecting it to be a chore to play but it plays very well (in relativity or course). I notice little difference from it to the one i modeled it after. I printed it on a 3D systems V-Flash and will be uploading pics and a sound recording(recorded on my phone. Don't be too critical of my playing).

This is an untested alto saxophone mouthpiece based roughly off a beginner Yamaha mouthpiece but it does not resemble it much. The similarities include bore length, facing width, and basic length measurements. I would urge anyone that prints this out before i get around to it to share their experiences printing and playing of this mouthpiece. This will most likely need to be printed on a finer tuned machine to get the best results.

Tip Opening: 0.080
Facing: 18mm from tip
Bore: Square

This is a box to store your earplugs and suits different earplug types.

It is quite easy to wrap your earplugs around your fingers in a 8 form, than bend it to get the 0 form (see pictures) en push it in the box.
After taking it out it is almost complete untangled.

A simple snap fit box for an el-cheapo Walmart harmonica :)

Does the world need another earbud holder?

Well, this one fits Apple earbuds and stores the cable neatly.

I can't make Picard's favorite drink, but I can make his favorite song.

Uses mid2cnc from github.com/michthom/MIDI-to-CNC and a midi file from vic-fontaine.com/tng.php

Ressikan flute song from Star Trek: TNG episode The Inner Light en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/The_Inner_Light_%28episode%29

Original song: youtube.com/watch?v=i5EluFlra2A

Video of my MakerBot playing this song: youtube.com/watch?v=g_StFSqE8LY

These guitar picks are an easy to make they are sturdy as well, so they are good as picks. They are small so you need to keep an eye on them, but they are good picks. They are 3 mm thick florescent blue acrylic and they are very sturdy, but like all guitar picks they grind away eventually, but not as fast as the standard guitar pick.

This part was made from acrylic and cut using an Epilog CNC Laser printer. This symbol is the logo for the band Van Halen. Similar variations can be seen on most of the band's album artwork. This specific model was created based off the album, Van Halen II. The product can be modified into a necklace or keychain and can be used for ornamental purposes.

This is my answer to storing all those failed prints, and raft materials, and leftover filament, in a handy dandy containment unit, called a "Maraca". Make 2 or more and it's PARTY TIME!

A great way of celebrating the New Museum, MakerBot, 3D Printing, and the Old with Recycling. Maracas are festive. It requires recycled material in order to fill the maraca. It demonstrates, Reducing, Reusing, and Recycling. Each Maraca requires recycled material (leftover rafts, unfinished prints, and filament purgings) in order to make sound. It is a derivative of traditional maracas, and the New Museum print thingiverse.com/thing:12159 . This design, is a bit bigger, and more hollowed out (in order to be printed with less, while filled with more recycled plastic).

Make your own artful as well as functional recorder instrument!

The source file to my recorder (available on V2.2) is kind of a mess when the important part, the wind way, is really all you're looking for if you want to make your own original creation based on it. So here is that negative space all in one file.

Instead of one big complex shape to Boolean subtract out (which often ends badly) the STL included has many overlapping shapes. You will need to break them apart and boolean subtract them individually for best results (in my experience).

Note, the lowest finger hole is not rotated to make reaching it with the pinky finger. Consider that in your design (Either pre-rotate like in v2.1b or make it adjustable as in v2.2)

Theoretically the windway of the recorder is the important part. The exterior could be shaped like anything you want. Even an original piece of art with a natural look.

Unlike the Empire State recorder the parts of this recorder are compatible with the RecorderV2.2 so you could build it from the previous in steps if you desire.

For the New Museum Challenge:
What is the design a derivative of? How does it improve on or challenge existing design conventions? How does it utilize the unique ability of 3D printing to personalize and improve on the world around us?
Music is art and beautiful, but why can't your instrument be artistic when it's not making sounds? Another example of 3D printing allowing designs to go beyond functional to decorative.

Per tzzhc4's suggestion on thingiverse.com/thing:12862 here is a mouthpiece for the Recorder that transforms it into a fife. Theoretically. Print it out and give it a try.

EDIT: New version uploaded with the proper joint bore so it will fit with the body and no logo.

I've been creating a sculpture, the Anywhere Organ anywhereorgan.tumblr.com , for the past year or so. It's gone through many iterations, modifications, revisions, and changes over time but is finally coming together into a predictable, robust sculpture.

I designed these parts as a system to take salvaged organ pipes and create them into a huge extended instrument, networked together and controlled by MIDI. Organ enthusiasts have been saving dismantled pipe organs from the dumpster for years, but many don't have the time or resources to use all the parts they acquire. I've found they've been very eager to have me take random or incomplete sets off their hands. As my own collection grows I'm hoping to add to the Anywhere Organ, eventually having the mobile equivalent of a cathedral organ I can take anywhere from an underground cave, to an abandoned theater, to a fire escape and play.

I've been doing a Kickstarter trying to raise funds for the next bigger, better version. Please give it a look, tell your friends, and donate. kck.st/anywhereorgan

All of the DXF's are designed to be cut centerline on an industrial laser out of 3/4" nom. (.719") indoor plywood.

This document was created as a way to release what I've learned and built through designing the Anywhere Organ. It is not intended to be a tutorial. It is intended to help folks get on their way to building their own organs, laser cut instruments, and huge awesome things. At some point I may tutorialize, but the path to the design I now have has been so long and winding it is difficult to put down concisely into a Thing.

In designing V1 I had to move the borehole off center. Not a big deal but the finger holes were way deeper than I thought they should be. Realized the solution was to rotate the body for playing. Note the revised playing instruction and the included illustration.

Theoretically the windway of the recorder is the important part. The exterior could be shaped like anything you want. Even the Empire State Building (by Hoeken thingiverse.com/thing:625 )

For the New Museum Challenge:
What is the design a derivative of? How does it improve on or challenge existing design conventions? How does it utilize the unique ability of 3D printing to personalize and improve on the world around us?
As if making music wasn't beautiful enough, now this recorder can sit on your shelf as an objet d'arte. 3D printing allows designs to go beyond functional to decorative.

Minor tweak for V2. You may want to print it instead:
thingiverse.com/thing:12946

Theoretically the windway of the recorder is the important part. The exterior could be shaped like anything you want. Even the Empire State Building (by Hoeken thingiverse.com/thing:625 )

For the New Museum Challenge:
What is the design a derivative of? How does it improve on or challenge existing design conventions? How does it utilize the unique ability of 3D printing to personalize and improve on the world around us?
As if making music wasn't beautiful enough, now this recorder can sit on your shelf as an objet d'arte. 3D printing allows designs to go beyond functional to decorative.

I chopped off his head!
I don't like using support so hear is a nice way to get him printed - no support needed

He is also 1.5 x bigger the the original so you get all the detail.

I wanted to print this Tentacle for so long but I had to wait to get the correct colours in PLA - Now you can get PRINCELY PURPLE and VILLAGE GREEN from the very nice people at Faberdashery.co.uk and make your very own evil tentacle to rule the world.

He was a little too tall for my printer so instead of making him smaller I made him BIGGER and split him in half, behold a monster tentacle !

For a little history of why this tentacle is so great look here - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maniac_Mansion

And then play DOTT... and yes I can help you when you get stuck in the game.

After seeing the overhang on tzzhc4's print ( thingiverse.com/derivative:15325 ) I realized how I could fix it. This is that fix. Then I saw Upgrayedd's print of V2.2 and realized how I could place the pieces better (with holes facing out)

The recorder is one of the oldest woodwind instruments. In the hands of an experienced player it creates a sound synonymous with Renaissance music. Often used in elementary music classes because of it's ease of operation. With 3D printing everyone can have one of their own to make beautiful music on... or wailing screeches if they never got past "hot crossed buns".

Made this for some friends who like to go busking with their mics but don't want to carry around several heavy mic stands.

Holds 1 regular size dynamic microphone, and features a hole to plug in a spare female XLR connector and side clips to allow daisy chaining.

Now you can show the world your beloved drumsticks on your wall (or wherever you want).

This holder is customizable, so it works for almost any drumstick, and any number of them you want to hold.

It also can be attached to a surface by using screws, editing a single parameter on the code.

This was originally designed to be a copy of a Vandoren B45 but the CAD work and precise measurements proved to be too complicated to do it justice

Instead, this is a just barely functional clarinet mouthpiece.

youtube.com/watch?v=5L0RddOFvb8

Printed on a Fablicator
Fablicator.com

It works! It finally works!
youtube.com/watch?v=F9VdXtTlhCU

This revision includes minor tweaks which necessitated breaking it into 4 parts. Thank you nycdesigner, tbuser, and landru for your helpful suggestion, guidance, and sticking with me til the end.

The recorder is one of the oldest woodwind instruments. In the hands of an experienced player it creates a sound synonymous with Renaissance music. Often used in elementary music classes because of it's ease of operation. With 3D printing everyone can have one of their own to make beautiful music on... or wailing screeches if they never got past "hot crossed buns".

Version 2.1b has been confirm as functional! Thanks nycdesigner and tbuser for sticking with me!

This is a complete rebuild of the recorder instruments with more scientific measurements and a more sound theory as well as an entirely unique and slick design.

The recorder is one of the oldest woodwind instruments. In the hands of an experienced player it creates a sound synonymous with Renaissance music. Often used in elementary music classes because of it's ease of operation. With 3D printing everyone can have one of their own to make beautiful music on... or wailing screeches if they never got past "hot crossed buns".

Ever since I've seen the whistle ( thingiverse.com/thing:1046 ) and it's variations ( thingiverse.com/thing:1046/variations ) I've wondered about the feasibility of extending it to a flute. However when I finally did decide to tackle it I ended up designing the whole thing from scratch (which is why this isn't a derivative of the whistle).

Version History:
Ver2.0 - recorderv2mouthpiece.stl + recorderv2body.stl + recorderv2foot.stl: The mouthpiece in this version is the tallest piece at about 119.3mm which is cutting it too close for a TOM.

Ver2.1a - recorderv2.1amouthpiece.stl + recorderv2.1body.stl + recorderv2foot.stl: Per input from nycdesigner and tbuser the ring around the base of the parts has been widened to increase stability during print, the mouthpiece has been altered with a shorter windway and 1mm taller window. This brings the mouthpiece to being short enough for a TOM and does not effect tuning tho it may require slightly more air to work.

Ver2.1b - recorderv2.1amouthpiece.stl + recorderv2.1body.stl + recorderv2foot.stl: Same as 2.1a except the windway now slopes towards the lip. tbuser found that worked best for his 6 hole flute ( thingiverse.com/thing:11945 ) so I've included it for experimentation.