Dueling Contests: Makerbot Improvement - $65 atm
Description
All submissions to this contest need to be an improvement for the Makerbot. A few examples but not requirements are: xy-stage improvements, wobble arresters, legs, circuit board holders, etc.
As with the other contest, this one ends in 3 weeks and 3 days (Sunday, Nov 14).
If you are feeling generous and want to spur creativity, feel free to donate to the prize pool. Last time we more than doubled the prize.
Find the other contest here:
thingiverse.com/thing:4527
Thanks to Twotimes for adding $50 to the $15 I put in.
Instructions
1. At least part of it needs to be printable on a makerbot (obv you can't print circuit boards or motors (atm anyway))
2. Needs to be an improvement for the Makerbot in some way. (cupcake or thing-o-matic, but there are a lot more cupcake users out there to beef up your Thing rating)
3. Post submissions on thingiverse by 5pm cst Sunday, Nov 14
4. Post a comment to this thing with a link to your submission
5. Makerbot Improvement is the idea
The prize is $65 in the makerbot store. Everyone that donates towards the prize will take part in picking the winner but will rely heavily on user feedback. Multiple submissions are allowed.
Extra points for submissions that use licenses which allow derivatives or have no restrictions on use and for submissions that supply generic prt or obj files along with the standard STL file.
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Sorry for the long delay. I've been out of the country and with almost no Internet. We will have a decision by Monday (22nd) night.
Another late entry. This is a quick release kit for the XY stage, allowing you to completely remove the XY stage from your bot in less than a minute with no tools, to perform maintenance, cleaning, or experiment with new designs.
Last minute entry (?):
http://www.thingiverse.com/thi...
Mechanical endstop PCB (which you'll soon be able to by from makerbot without my changes) and the printed pieces to make them work as a Z-down endstop. I'm still working on full homing, but thought I'd enter what I had.
Enjoy!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thi... My first entry. (if this qualifies for beeing a derivative)
Been having a lot of trouble with printing and the need for this came up when I was printing the other entry.
I don't own a cupcake so making upgrades is difficult but how about this. http://www.thingiverse.com/thi...
http://www.thingiverse.com/thi.... It's a ball bearing that the machine uses. And it's printable on the machine! On all machines, Repraps and rapmans included. Designed from the stats on McMaster...
I designed this before the contest started but I figure it's worth throwing in:
My submission is a circuit board, so hopefully it counts. ;)
It's a stepper driver board that increases your Cupcake's resolution by 8x and makes it way quieter. (The Thing-O-Matic will get a 2x improvement, even.)
hey jw only a couple parts are printable on makerbot the rest are being printed on my schools dimension 3d uprinter, is that approvable with you? also it requires you buy some extra parts from MBI's store...for around $100.
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Congrats Zydac, your Z Axis Extender Kit for Makerbot Cupcake won the contest, PM me with your paypal info.
Link to Design Challenge winner:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thi...
Wow! That's great! I'm super pleased!
By the way, great competition - I want to make most of the other entries!