Preliminary design for a standrad Mendel Prusa printer. Design goals:
* Combine printer, PSU, RAMPS controller and LCD+keypad into on box.
* Allow printer to be easily put in and out of box (top bar can be unscrewed to allow printer to be taken out/in).
* High visibility on printing process (plexiglass windows surrounding machine).
* Easy access to print platform and end-stops (hinged flap on front, semi-attached flap on the back.
* As air tight as possible to keep toxic ABS fumes enclosed and stabilize temperature control.
* Don't use toxic air to cool PSU and controller.
* Integrate spindle holder on machine (with multi-extruder/spindles as option.

Design was done keeping in mind standard wood pieces and plexiglass. FreeCAD is used to make the design.

My first attempt at a printed stand for a safety razor and Brush. Designed for a Merkur Futur and a fairly average shaving brush. Overall height 110mm and hook widths of 16 and 27.5mm

Let 3D printing enable and empower your young Gretzky! The perfect 'thing" for a young hockey player.

This is a roller hockey puck with replaceable, snap-in "runners". Just print more runners when the original runners get worn down.

My son asked if it would be possible to print a hockey puck and I didn't want to waste the plastic on an average solid puck. I told him that we could design a puck specifically for roller hockey that would allow the puck to glide across the surface on runners. We drew it up in Rhino and printed the puck and runners in PLA on our Prusa V2.

This parametric OpenSCAD file will help you make a simple and easy-to-build printer case. The build output includes a full cut list and includes an estimate of the enclosed volume so you can choose an appropriate ventilation system, if desired.

The default units are in inches, but you can use whatever you want because this won't actually get printed.

As an example, the cut list output looks something like this:
ECHO: "Cut grooves in frame structure to 0.1875 deep."
ECHO: "Cut windows a hair small so fit is not too snug."
ECHO: "Frame components are organized Left, Right, Bottom, Top."
ECHO: "Enclosure is about 2.20269 cubic feet."
ECHO: "Table", [16, 19, 0.75]
ECHO: "Front Frame", [15.75, 0.75, 0.75], "", "Back"
ECHO: "Front Frame", [15.75, 0.75, 0.75], "", "Back"
ECHO: "Front Frame", [14.5, 0.75, 0.75], "", ""
...(etc.)...

Mini spool for solder or wire

I got some Voxel Factory 3mm ABS filament for Christmas, so I decided to make a spindle to mount the spools to the side of my MakerBot Cupcake.

Basically it's a combination of a printed spindle, printed spindle guard (so that the spool doesn't fall off), and a flange and turntable from the MakerBot Filament Spindle MK1 kit.

The turntable is then bolted to the side of my printer, and so far it seems to work pretty well.

You'll need some M3 bolts (four of short-ish length) and M3 nuts.

This hand pump is located at the Wilson Montessori school Wonderground SPARK park in Houston wilsonspark.org/ It gives the kids a safe way to get water to play with, and demonstrates James Watt's straight line linkage.

I wanted a way to quickly mix protein powder in a glass. Doing it by hand was too labor intensive and I didn't get everything 100% mixed all the time and would leave blobs of goop on the bottom sides of the glass.

More power was required! I made a slotted adapter that is fitted with two forks and then inserted into a drill. Now I can whisk the powder into its proper slurry in just a couple of seconds and not have any left over blobs.

Obviously there are a bazillion different fork handle designs in the world so I can't say this is a universal adapter. The forks I have on hand have handles that are slightly concave so they wedge quite nicely into the slots in the adapter.

Video in action
youtube.com/watch?v=ZScbuGgpFN0

UPDATE: Use the filment guide found at thingiverse.com/thing:64302 with this spool holder for the ultimate in Filament Management and Control Nirvana!

I searched thingverse for a way to mount a spool on the frame of my Mendel Max MM151 3d printer from 3dbotic.com but could not find one, so I created this mount. It is very inexpensive to make, very quick to make, and can accomodate different thicknesses of spools.

Does the fan on your extruder heatsink have a broken blade? You can fix it without having to buy a new one. Using the instructions below, you can print a new blade. Although the blade is designed for this specific fan, it may also work for any 40x40x10mm fan as well. Happy printing!

This is a Thing I have Built a Prusa Mendel with 1.8 Steppers and a RAMPS 1.4 SHield for an Arduino Mega.

Note: chances are small that you have collected the same type of trash as I have got, so the presented thing might be only useful as an initial idea of your own spool holder design to enrich thingiverse with your own idea, in addition to hundreds of other spool holder designs available there.

At least once a month my chief is very unhappy. He arrives for about a week to our office to interchange the ideas and resolve the issues, and he is really upset if a whiteboard marker doesn't give him enough color to express his visions on a whiteboard. Sometimes I throw out those bad markers, but not this time, when I've got a background problem to resolve: to build a filament spool holder that will not take a space which I don't have, and that can be temporary hanged somewhere near printer. So, the idea came to my mind, and I decided to give that marker a new shiny life in a world of 3D printing, as a spool holder core. I waited till weekend and started to implement a spool holder around the marker. I cut off a top and a bottom of the marker, found two relatively suitable bearings (having 8mm and 13mm diameters outside), and designed and printed simple adapters for the marker. Then I have found two metal angle clips which I had previously bought in local hardware store, cut off a part of one of them, threaded M3 holes for connecting clips and bearings, and assembled everything together with M3 screws. In order to make the spool holder to hang perpendicular to the surface I have attached to it a piece of organic glass. To not scratch the surface of cupboard door where I want to hang the spool holder I have glued a piece of a soft puzzle mat with a double sided sticky tape to the organic glass. I have found a latch hook from an old camera case, and connected it to the spool holder with spare cable ties left after assembling RepRapPro Mendel kit. So, as a net result everyone are happy: my chief will be happier, because he will never accidentally grab this particular non-working marker for showing his idea on a whiteboard; a waste management company will be happier because less trash should be handled; and last but not least: I am now a happy owner of a reliable spool holder that is easy to install, and that takes virtually no space. So, modestly speaking, it's a brightest implementation of win-win strategy in its glory. :-)

Iphone 4/4S case with space for credit cards, additional SIM card and a SIM card tool.

New files! this time repered in netfobb.

I made this bracket to brace the backside of my cupcake after I took off the back pannel.

The original dust skirt on our ShopBot took one too many hits. I designed this using partworks but I'll include the DXF file for you to take this to any cad/cam combo.

I built this box to keep my Printrbot Original in, and make it easier to transport.

The PSU is above the back protrusion of the print bed to save space (see pics).

When the lid is up the bed can extend fully forwards, and the lid doubles up as a spool holder.

When closed the box looks very nondescript (to pass uni room inspections). There is a handle on top for easy carrying. The usb cable and power cable can also be stowed in the box.

The box is built of scraps of wood I had already. Hence I've listed as "work in progress" as you would have to redesign it to suit your printer size and construction materials.

The PSU template is not my design but I can't remember where I got it from, sorry original author! I posted here as I struggled to find such a template.

This is a box with a hinged lid, large enough to hold various small things, like maybe cards. It uses a straightened-out paperclip for the hinge pin, and can be held closed with another paperclip.

This is a project I am working on for my furniture design class. I am inspired in this case by Scandinavian design. The seat portion will be made of vacuum bagged maple ply wood and the legs will be made from walnut to contrast the colour of the maple. The padding is high density foam with a fabric upholstery. The head rest hangs with a weighted rod to counter balance the cushion and is secured through the chair via cut out.

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 shelving option that clamps onto your desk and can store many things and keep notes to keep you organzied

This is a CNC rocking chair. The bed is made from a single sheet of 18mm Birch plywood and the sides from another sheet of 12mm Birch ply. I was working with "living hinges" made from zig-zag cut wood and wanted to see if a whole chair could be made that was flexible enough to bend around the curved form but strong enough to support a person. The clamping joint and "T" peg make it super sturdy once it is assembled. It is really comfy to sit on and makes a wonderful lounger for watching TV, reading or just hanging out. An extra bonus - the lower bed is at pet-level. The family dog, cat or raccoon (some families are bigger than others!) can enjoy the ride with you!

Made of 2x4s and 1/2" MDF, secured with 3" self driving screws.

reprap prusa rigidity wall hack. it takes minutes and not hours to print and mount. This has been attached for over a month but it took me until now to take a picture.

While searching to eliminate some of my problems this did the trick in eliminating the main source of wobble: Bolt it to a wall!
It seems kind of hacky since, and it is. I had a psu mount bracket laying around, bolted it to the wall at the correct height. My z axis smoothrod snaps on to it making it really easy to remove my reprap from the wall whenever needed.

Oh and because it is so hacky you even have to drill the extra hole ;)

Good luck reinforcing your frame with the aid of a wall.

A Fabrication Laboratory singular person high table.
Using no glue or any other joining methods other than slot and finger joins.

It is 900mm high and the top table surface is 700 x 700mm

It's made to be routed out on a CNC router out of a 2440x1220 sheet of 18mm ply.
I adjusted tolerances for the ply I had which was about 18.6mm birch ply.

A single sheet of polypropylene folded to create a 450mm-high stool. Intended for use in a design studio or around any low table/desk.

Handle and handle body to fix a delonghi coffee steam handle that had snapped off. Unit is woth $1600 new and the replacement parts for the steamer were $400...! Enter the printrbot and some good old fashioned making.

This holder toilet paper

DIY bookscanner with printable parts

This is a mounting bracket for thing thingiverse.com/thing:27550, a 3W, high-power LED lighting board. Use these to mount the LEDs to the bottom of your cupboards and illuminate the countertop below. This mount screws into the bottom of the cup

This stool was created after Fab8 in the Wellington Fablab. After being introduced to Grasshopper and the Layer Chair by Jens Dyvik. I started playing around with the open source Grasshopper file to see what I could create. At the time I was after a stool. This is the outcome.

Made using 18mm ply, PVA glue, some 25mm wood screws and a Shopbot.

Original Layer Chair files available here: (http://www.dyvikdesign.com/site/portfolio-jens/the-layer-chair-amsterdam-edition.html)