A marionette for the little ones.

An experiment to see how 3d printing can help with creating puppets. With different heads, this can easily be modified into different animals.

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You can use this dice for whatever "randomizing" purpose you have.

Randomize names/numbers/items/alphabet - whatever you want.

Just print the dice, take 6 paper notes, draw / print items to be randomized to the papers and glue papers to the sides of the die.

My son uses this to randomize next "super-power" he will use during their plays. So if it shows wings, he'll have ability to fly etc. :) This was his original idea and we designed this together in Alibre.

Dice is easy to scale and print in necessary size. First prototype has about 60 mm side and seems to fit hands of 6 yrs old very nicely.

I am not responsible for anything that goes wrong. This has not yet been tested.

This thing is a mirror-style diffuser for your on-camera flash. It turns the harsh light of the on-camera flash into a external-like flashgun for nice looking illuminations with soft shadows.

Tired of having your dice go to the forbidden zone of "off the table" to be snatched up by cats and toddlers? This is the solution! Keep the roll secret, keep it safe, until the big reveal! Used for all sorts of games; Catan, D&D, Risk, Axis and Alies, Liars Dice, Last night on Earth, Touch of Evil, Fortune and Glory, shall I go on?

Inspired by Halcyon25 on 405th.com.
I didn't like the idea of cutting out every layer and gluing them together.

The plastic printed pieces will be more sturdy than glued paper.

While no one has discovered a way to defeat our enemies the Chronophages, the engineers at KONGO! have devised a new weapon to monitor the progress of the time stealing fiends.

Print your own Kongotronic 3000 Series TIME DEFENDER and not only will you never again be in doubt that time IS BEING STOLEN FROM YOU, but you'll know precisely HOW MUCH time!

And you can help improve the TIME DEFENDER! There are expansion ports on the head that have yet to be utilized. There is a submission form upon which you can doodle your ideas. Build the ideas yourself, or send them to KONGO! and perhaps we'll include them in a future update.

Be sure to "watch" this object, there will be updates. Like what? Well, right now there's a hook on the robot's back so it can be hung on a wall, but its tank treads are too long to allow that. Alternate legs will have be made. And doesn't he need a big ray gun to hold?

Don't need a clock, you say? There's plenty of room in that big ol' body to hold other projects. Projects involving meters are a perfect fit.

UPDATE 3/19/2013 - Now with Easter Bunny ears accessory

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Hey folks, I'm a freelancer. I put many hours into this project, not to mention countless meters of 1.75mm PLA filament, making sure this would be an exceptional Thingiverse contribution. Heck, I even created a faux package design so you can make a nice gift box. If you appreciate this level of work, if it puts a smile on somebody's face, if you tip well at restaurants, consider some form of patronage. Whether it's a few dimes, a few dollars, or a few meters of filament, I'd be very grateful. I'll even add your name to a patron list on this page. Message me through Thingiverse or my direct email, "kongorilla at yahoo dot com" (please convert to a real address). My paypal account is linked to that yahoo address as well. Thanks!

Need some modeling work done? Contact me for that, too.

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A special THANK YOU TO Bluemetal for becoming the first patron for this project!

davelandia - Thank you for your patronage!
Framingr - Thank you, too!
Trevor L from the Great White North - email me for a proper thank you! (I couldn't reply to your payment)

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This is a new kind of cooling system for hot-ends, based on a little air pump.

The ring is designed for a ORD Bot Hadron, but can be adapted for other 3D printers.

If you've ever wanted to fly an experiment to the edge of space, this is your chance! PongSat by JP Aerospace is the World's Space Program! A Pongsat is an experiment stuffed inside a ping pong ball, and we fly them for FREE! Sky's (no-- SPACE) is the limit! What will you fly?

this is version one of my beatjazz gestural control interface. it is a 3 way wirelessly networked control interface for creating and manipulating sound. there is a headset, and two hand units, all adjustable.

the beatjazz control interface is not an "instrument" as much as it is an idea of personal interfacing. i created this as my interface to computers to express myself in a different way, owing to the neccesity to program everything myself. my personal version has not remained design stable since its first functional iteration. it is evolving along with the software and the biokinetic paradigm.

in this version, the headset has a pressure sensor that registers breath pressure and uses it to instantiate notes, and functions. it also has a lip sensor made from a force sensing resistor that allows for lip control in a manner similar to a sax player but with massively more potential for expression.

the hand units are exactly the same except that they are mirrored (i designed the left hand and inverted the design before printing.) there are four fsr mounting points on the keypad area for force sensing resistors. underneath the forefinger and the thumb on each hand, there are 5 way toggle switches that i use for mode selection (volume control, looper rec/dub, sustain and primary loop record) and the lower one is for octave selection. on the right hand the upper joytoggle is for transposition modes and for some upcoming concepts i am playing with ;-) while the lower joytoggle is for pre and post fx, muting and feedback.

an accelerometer on each hand determines x-y coordinate based on the plane positioning of the keypad of each hand. with the keypad level with the ground, x axis is left/right tilt and y axis is forward backward tilt, both from the wrist. these motions are used to control a grid of gestural parameters. the synths that i use are purpose built for this method of control, which i call gestural trajectory synthesis. (i will be uploading the patches very ooon.)

Kuma of Paper craft !!!!

Here is my slingshot gun project. It's about 95% done. I still have to design a trigger mechanism to actually fire the thing. Also, I still have not thought up a good method for holding the projectile.

This is my birthday present to the world.

The Landlord Game is my attempt to free the Board game Monopoly. The Patent on the game (and it precessors like "The Landlord's Game") has long since expired. However the length of the copyright means that the owner still has a firm control over how people can gain access to this classic game. To fix this problem I decided to create a new board and assorted cards free from all of the IP issues. My board design is inspired by both the orginal patent designs for both Monoply and The Landlord's Game. Using Only Black and White to be sure that it can be printed and used by as many people as possible. Throw in a dash of the modern/older ages and we are almost there. There are a few difference between Monoply and The Landlord Game.

The differences:

The game is designed to be accessible to players of all ages and skill level. I way I do this is using multiples the easiest skill is 1x this is designed for the youngest players. What I call the Normal level is 11x this should provide a typical players a great game. The last is called Big Money and it multiple is 103x and should provide a longer harder game. This multiple is represented on the board and cards as x. i.e. "City Tax - Pay $7x" at 1x/11x/103x the amounts are $7/$77/$721. Of course you are free to use any other multiple you want.

Attribution Instructions:
Joshua L. Blocher verbalshadow@gmail.com

I bought the wooden toy in the middle few years ago in Sri Lanka, and I realized this could be a perfect piece to be built in 3D printer!

This is a project to build a bag with felt, plastic parts and magnets.

A Thing

Decorative LED LAMP, Based on the building "TURNING TORSO" by Architect Santiago Calatrava.

The silent_runner is a small high performance model airship with a full do it your self documentation.

All parts are cheap and easy to assemble. Build your airship today and stop wasting battery power to low efficiency planes and quadrocopters, but start over with endless endurance and amazing grace.

The first silent_runner had some nice testflights, demonstrating good agility, speed and even crash robustness:
youtu.be/gkAJlDUEEM8

The whole project is undergoing finetuning and improvements, thus feedback is much appreciated.

this is a saddle stool that is made from plywood and webbing..
glue is not estential but helps with strength

I created a small light attachment, which is battery operated, and fits into the head of the lamp.

If you have an existing printed version of the lamp, you can add this to it, pretty easily. You may need a dremel tool to extract away a little of the plastic, so you can add the switch and mount the little light. This is what I did.

I'm going to say something your friends have been afraid to tell you: You could stand to lose a few polygons.

Here's a blank canvas for the new you. Or your Halloween costume. Or maybe your audition for store mannequin. Or your general purpose anonymity needs.

Sometime in the future I hope to make a full head version, but I wanted to post what I've gotten done so far in case someone could use it for Halloween 2012. The original idea was to make a papercraft alternative for artists who can't afford the "planes of the head" plaster model, so keep your eyes peeled for further developments.

I'm going to make a mask with dark paper, and use glow-in-the-dark tape to highlight the edges - I'll be Wireframe Man!

EDIT: Since originally posting this, I've seen comments by people stating they intend to make the make the mask using materials other than paper. Please note that many of the polygons aren't true flat planes, and there are a couple of twists that are challenging enough with thick paper. This mask, as designed, is impossible to build using rigid materials.

EDIT: 10/31/12 - Thanks for all the email messages, comments and photos I've been getting! I'm overwhelmed by the response. I had a family emergency these past few days, and the good vibes sent my way helped keep my spirits up.

Make your own Bottle Lamp from recycled bottles. They add a wonderful touch to your decor and make great gifts.

100% printable scale armor. No metal rings necessary.

I reverse-engineered scale armor through research so that plastic plates and rings could be printed. I am currently creating a scale armor tunic for an individual study in my studio art major at UMW. My blog on the project: awatkins.umwblogs.org/category/methods/3d-printing/

If you're curious about scale armor, Wikipedia has an informative article en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scale_armour

A mathematical model showing the intersection of 15 great circles in response to the challenge set in the Math Monday article, blog.makezine.com/2012/07/23/math-monday-those-circles-are-great/

This and all my other items can be found on my blog msraynsford.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/15-great-circles.html

Show your friends and clients all the different colors you can print with.

Hack-A-Day created these designs for a sabot system for Red Bull cans for our entry into the Red Bull Creation contest.

It allows cans to be fired from our pneumatic cannon, dubbed the High Velocity Beverage Delivery System.

Each sabot also has attachments for a parachute and an LED (for night launches).

A cheap & generic holder for your spools. Easy spool change. Multiple holders could be used for a bunch of spools in parallel on a skid.

I wanted to make some accessories for a costume and I got the Idea to make a scale armor shoulder piece. I did some research and found, that the basic principle of a scale armor is quite simple.
Print, paint, and tie together, that's it.

A dodecahedron speaker can be a useful tool in acoustics research, and is definitely a fun toy to pull out at parties. They are available commercially, but pretty expensive. Some people build their own, but the odd compound angles and the high degree of accuracy and precision required in the parts make for challenging work with manual tools. It's a perfect job for a 3D printer. Total cost for parts and materials is just under $100. That includes speakers, hardware, wires, cable, plastic filament - everything.