My first attempt at making an open source tire lever! Super handy for changing popped tubes on a bicycle! Print two, then use the first to pry off the tire, then clip it to the spoke, then use the other to remove the rest of the tire.

I have no bot - can somebody try printing this and seeing if it works? This is my first Thing and I'd appreciate any feedback - just trying to get more involved with the Thing community.

Trying to clone: bloombikeshop.com/productreviews/pedros-tire-levers.php

This part was made with Tinkercad. Edit the part online at: tinkercad.com/p/acc012b37bbeeec0

Basic, printable component of a vertical wind turbine. Easy to print on a Makerbot without any support structure. You can print as many as you like to make a turbine as tall as you please!

UPDATE: I made a new version of the Cookie-Cutter-Editor
local-guru.net/blog/pages/cookiecutter-editor


Recently some very awsome cookiecutter-designs started to show up on thingiverse (like the escher cookie cutter ( thingiverse.com/thing:3207 ) or the jigsaw cookie cutter ( thingiverse.com/thing:3267 ), and many more) (and one of the local radiostations has played "last cristmas", because it's only 6 months till x-mas O_o )

So i thought about how the generation of such custom cookie cutters could be simplified and i developed a custom cookie cutter generator in processing.

read more about the project at my blog post
local-guru.net/blog/2010/06/27/custom-cookie-cutters-for-the-makerbot

This is Gangsta Chess! Now you can wage your own criminal underground turf war in your home!

This design is a mashup/derivative based on the original gangsta, created by the OG himself, Yzorg.

I designed this as an entry to a design challenge that was created to settle a friendly disagreement between MakerBlock and I. I guess this is how makers settle disputes!

Each gangsta has his own special chess style hat (or replacement head for the knight) to signify which piece he is. He also has a piece logo on his shirt, to make it easier to identify the pieces, because there is nothing more frustrating than playing chess with pieces that are hard to identify or not instantly recognizable.

Unfortunately, the deadline for the challenge is coming up really fast, so I was only able to print up the black pieces minus pawns. I expect to use Z scaled down gangstas for pawns.

The files were created in OpenScad. I have uploaded the file, but the code isn't that clean.

Thanks to Syvwlch and MakerBlock for their advice during creation.

Update: Unfortunately, the pawns, which I am printing 8 simultaneously, are going to take 6 hours to print! So, I probably won't have the entire chess set printed (white pieces) until Wednesday morning.

Polygonal pieces designed for diffusing light in a truncated icosahedral lamp design.

I'm going for a the backlit space organism design, I like 6 and 6-5var8 best. The geometry will be like thingiverse.com/thing:6178, but the light will be on the inside.

The OpenSCAD script is included for completeness. There might be some useful modules you could repurpose, but this is not a parametric object. I tuned the parameters by hand separately for each part.

The pieces are compatible with other objects I've tagged with 'Elements'.

Slotted concave bracelet

Desktop pencil cup made from interwoven spirals
or
Candle holder made from interwoven spirals
or
Toothbrush holder made from interwoven spirals
or
... made from interwoven spirals

Update:
I had it printed in ceramic to see what the quality would be like, I'm happy with the results - in ABS and ceramic.

A collection of pieces for building polyhedral shells. Derived from thingiverse.com/thing:5961.

The original pieces took a while to print. This version reduces plastic, and therefore print time. I've been using these pieces to print out lamp-shades ( with thingiverse.com/thing:7857 ). The thinner pieces might be a bit better for diffusing light.

The .scad file can be modified to produce different polygons, different sizes of hinge, and different depths of cutaway.

models.zip contains several pieces :
-- octagon, hexagon, pentagon, square, triangle
-- hollow and cutaway
-- a range of hinge sizes depending on shape size to adjust hinge strength

The good :
-- less plastic
-- faster prints
-- symmetric hinges
-- range of hinge sizes to balance strength and ease of assembly
-- fun with glow-in-the-dark ABS : lh6.googleusercontent.com/_KLnvj61OxTo/Tbh6JxKqlkI/AAAAAAAACqc/RJWNnHgdTYo/DSCF2997.gif

The bad :
-- fragile hinges ( depending on printer calibration )
-- overly tight hinges ( depending on printer calibration )
-- large force required to assemble larger hinges

I made this in three parts so the overhangs would print. The top and bottom are stepped rather than curved so that I could better control how it printed on my printer.

Have added a middle with a hole in to use less plastic.

This Lamp is made out of one Module of 2mm thick cardboard.

For this size I used 264 pieces put together like Stapled Rings.

In the fourth image you see a thin line which is just engraved to make it
easier to fold it.

Thanks goes to the FabLab Aachen, where i used their Lasercutter. They have other great Machinery too.
hci.rwth-aachen.de/fablab

In the tradition of barrel of monkey's these guys are meant to link together en masse. They can form chains or even checkered sheets by connecting on all four corners.

This thing was originally conceived and designed by MakerBot's own Matthew Griffin (http://thingiverse.com/mifga). Enjoy and please send comments, we're still working on it!

Check out v16 for our latest and greatest version! the sc55 version is the version that they are printing at MakerBot lately....

Test model made for my MakerBot artist-in-residence project. Generated using Processing, output geometry to STL using my unlekker library (http://workshop.evolutionzone.com/unlekkerlib/).

This is a Laser Cut Lamp that I designed. I made the Globe by RickLaser and shined a light through it which looked cool so decided to make something similar but in a lamp form.

I designed this just before a lazy Sunday afternoon/night of drinking for a friends birthday and when I got home the design felt like it was burning a hole in my Mac, so I just had to go cut it. I ended up finishing it at about 2am Monday morning and hence I only have iPhone pics.

As I have only taken a few quick pics from my iPhone I will add some better pics on sharemake.com under the laser cutting group.

Checkout a the full build story at sharemake.com/groups/laser-cutters/forum/topic/globe-lamp-house-warming-present/

I hope you like it.

Reminiscent of a lotus flower or maybe an artichoke. Due to its delicate nature, it is purely decorative.

More than anything else I've printed, this one was really mesmerizing to watch print.

When printing, try to eliminate oozing and strings through software as much as possible. Be careful when cleaning up any remaining strings. The second set of petals is especially fragile.

Dimensions:
Thing7:      87.5mm x 87.5mm x 63.5mm tall
Thing7Small: 70mm x 70mm x 50.8mm tall

Whether you need to tie down tarps on the trailer, car, camp or elsewhere, nothing grips like these printed tarp clips.

My name is Michael Raphael and I am a SFX recordist for Film and Games. I have been working on a Small Motors sound library for my company rabbitearsaudio.com . I reached out to Matt Giffin at Maker Bot Industries because I wanted a real robot to make robot sounds for the library. Matt was incredibly enthusiastic and hooked me up with Charles Pax, who programmed the Maker Bot to perform a variety of actions.


I m excited to share the fruits of our labor on Thingiverse.

This is a simple 8bit extruded Super Mario 1up mushroom.
I made it using Google Sketchup, quite in a hurry, since I was given the chance to print it if I made the 3D model myself! So in under 30min I came up with this little piece of 8bit memento!
Hope you guys like it! :P

this is a skull i modeled in sensable freeform then surfaced and exported to solidworks.

This is the key the Goonies found in the cave next Chester Copperpots body. Now you can make your own and go on an adventure to save your town as well.

In order to make a wooden iPhone case, I printed a plastic form to bend the wood around. See images of the finished case and the full build documentation here: cre.ations.net/creation/wooden-iphone-4-case

The form is slightly larger than a real iPhone 4 both because of shrinkage during the print process and wanting to make the case still slightly larger than an iPhone 4.

I designed this a few weeks ago, but I wasn't able to print it successfully because of massive warping of the printed ABS.
Since I've recently pimped up my MakerBot with a heated build platform, warping of ABS isn't an issue anymore!
That said, be sure to print this either with a very strong raft, with PLA or with a heated build surface...

You'll need a standard iPod/iPhone 30-pin-connector/USB cable for this.

A nice little wine glass for drinking your port wine in. The first version has a bit of problems with overhangs, and the second version fixes this, as well as adds a few flourishes of its own.

This model was made with OpenSCAD, which is an awesome CSG based modeler. More info here: openscad.org

Derivative of Bre's dragon head. I altered the mesh to be flat on the bottom and let the horns be attached to the build platform so they print nice. Also changed the head horns to print without illegal overhangs.

Strømg Lump Leaks is a ceiling lamp designed by Lamp Lumps (LL).

The used technique is self supporting interlocking of pieces (without gluing, screwing or nailing) of 547 different pieces of polypropylene routed with a three-axis CNC.

The conception and materialization is mixed by using digital and analogue means.

The first name Strømg is the junction of the English term strong with the Danish surname Strøm. Strong, because it is a robust three-dimensional puzzle witch form is the result of small variations in each of the pieces. Strøm, because this work is an homage to Holger Strøm and his IQ Lamp.

The Lump Leaks surnames suggest, for instance, the leaking drops of water or the leaking of information. The abstraction of the concept results, morphologically, in a piece that is the materialisation of the metaball modeling technique that was widely used by pioneers of digital media in architecture in the 90’s.

Not entirely satisfied yet with the mean-ness of my katana, I decided to go to town with a revolver too. Here is an iPhone case you can tuck into your board shorts (front or back is fine) and answer calls with a really nasty look on your face (remember to keep your other hand on the katana umbrella).

This is a game piece based around a cathedral that I did for an engineering design course. It is 1"x1"x2" (25.4 mm x 25.4mm x 50.8 mm).

This is a simple sliding case style tripod mount for the iPhone in response to the first remake challenge. All you need is one 1/4"x20 nut that press-fits into the bottom of the case. Many thanks to Daniel Johansson for providing this excellent iPhone 3G model: sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=22f5cfad1fd21b26ca3028a0a5ef4401&prevstart=0

This is a derivative work of Darth Vader by arhimed and bre.

Hello, I hope you enjoy my project! I designed it a couple of years ago thinking I would build it and sell it through ponoko.com but it turned out to be too expensive.

I have not built one yet, but according to my SolidWorks design and a little glue, everything should go to smoothly. If you build one let me know, I'd love to see it!

It is designed for .187 birch veneer plywood but could be made out of anything of the same thickness.

A monster that will eat your cookies!
(No he isn't Santa)