Better Living With MakerBot - Episode 1: Kitchen Lamp

[donofthekuwait]

Holy crap !

[louiscooper136]

or nevermind, what CAD program is that?

[louiscooper136]

eww is that 3D autoCAD?

[11truthnine]

Wow this is bloody amazing! another 15-20 years and star trek replicators will be real! I thought it was fake when I read about it!

[TNG128MB]

What are the limits of size with this 3D printer?

[Articdust1]

that was awesome!



[rockstopsthetraffic]

Lol, have fun with lung cancer from the fumes.

[monstergarage2]

What software is that you are using to design the 3D model?

[cungyman]

How many times do you purposely break things in your home, just to make new ones with MakerBot?

[ChrisD4335]

you can mold simple plastic parts by hand out of an epoxy putty and not spend $2000+ not that they aren't neat but let not pretend for one second there practical.

[AbqHalsey]

or you could have just used mightyputty or super glue, but hey, I'm not a genius like you.

[plswog]

@AbqHalsey true, but hey, true

[w0mblemania]

@AbqHalsey Is that quality tradesmen do? They stick a detached light source permanently to wood using super glue?

[5me0mipt]

Deutsche Software?

[pageerror404]

Can it make duct tape?

[Soldier957]

It should rescan the finished product and compare it to the original drawing, and then learn from that, thereby updating itself. From there it can update the printing procedure to a database and share it so every print gets better and better.

Also, what materials can it use? Only plastics? How about biodegradable plastics? What about toxic fumes and chemicals in the plastic? Natural materials? The world needs LESS plastics, not more.

Great potential but needs to be greener from the get-go.

[facegarden]

@Soldier957 Typically they used ABS plastic, but PLA plastic is becoming very popular as it has some better properties. PLA is made from corn waste, is biodegradable, and is considered very "green".

[genericity]

@Soldier957 oh enough of that environmental bullshit, nature doesn't give a fuck about non-degradable plastics, it just grows right over the top of them, the eco nonsense is nothing but hype to get people recycling so certain guys can line their own pockets by selling people their own trash back to them

this machine is awesome, end of story

[bloodfyr]

One step closer to Star Trek replicators.

[cyberlord64]

It's like having a Chinese factory in a box! I am sold!!!

[MetroidMilkMan]

@cyberlord64 omg LOL xD that was simultaneously hilarious, terrible, and true. *applause* one of my favorite youtube comments ever.

[heyandy889]

HELL yes. I love it! Agreed, not economical. However, you get the raw satisfaction of an original creation.

[ninjabob52]

does it make a burning smell? if so would you recomend plotting in a ventelated area?

[plswog]

@ninjabob52 yes

[Gugguggug]

Good post, I'm thinking about getting one. It seems pretty rough though, do you have the newer Mk6 Plus StepStruder?

Thanks.

[mattlouv]

Looks like you should make yourself a new coffee pot too.

[richieramone1]

This is great! So many things to make with the makerbot.

[RratsArtStudio]

Can't you just go to HOMEDEPOT and save a shit load of time.

[techh10]

@RratsArtStudio thats not the point...its the fact that you can make your own shit and you dont need to buy (much) little things anymore...now to save 1250 bucks

[Salvadario]

Can it make clothes pegs? I keep running over them with the lawn mower because people in the house don't pick them up after their washing is done!

[plswog]

@Salvadario It can. Go to thingiverse com and search for "Clothespeg". Thiniverse is a database for free printable 3d objects.

[AlphaOweMega]

couldn't you make cool gundam style robot models and sell them?

you could use different colored plastics or just one color and paint them with acrylics. you'll make Alot of money!! and you can use it to buy a RepRap for a school so kids can learn too!!

[xhangfirex1]

Wow, a $750 tool to fix a $15 lamp..

[Jason1620]

Man, I'm lusting for one of those bots!

[TheRocketSilo]

wow ....you could have purchased that same clip at home depot !

[plswog]

@TheRocketSilo Wow... Wrong! I actually looked for it before I had a 3D printer and there wasn't anything compatible.

And, despite you try to imply this with your comment, I'm not stupid. I bought the 3D printer for multiple other reasons. And since I had the printer anyway, it was much easier, cheaper and faster to design and printing compatible clips within an hour (and 1 or 2 cents worth of ABS) than driving to home depot and buying some non-fitting clips for $2.95.

[TheRocketSilo]

@plswog lol dude .. ease up ,, I never implied in any way that you are stupid. I wish I had a 3D printer , I'm just checking out videos to justify possibly needing one.

I don't know whats involved in making a bracket,, it just ' seemed like a lot of work to me.

[plswog]

@TheRocketSilo Sorry, if I misunderstood your first comment, it sounded different to me.

I guess it's hard to ease up when people keep calling you "retard" and worse on a regular basis in the comments to a video you did just for fun...

[plswog]

BTW, especially these clips aren't much work if you have some experience with 3D software. As mentioned in the video, it took me about 15 minutes to design them (driving to the nearest home depot would take me longer). With a well working printer, you just start the print process and do something else during the print. It's not a lot of work at all...

[nsaminder]

are you people the biggest 'tards' in the world?!

for all this money, electricity wasted, toxic fumes & time you could have taken a scrap piece of sheet metal, or aluminum, or spring steel and bent what you wanted - done.

but if you really put your minds to it - you would have disassembled the fixture, then ran two screws through the housing into the ceiling thereby attaching it per code and then reassembled the lamp and covers - also done.

jeez - bring back remedial shop classes.

[jbase44]

Cool! And a bit funny too! I'm getting this printer today, btw!

[vidform]

I like really like where this is heading. As of right now, there is no need for this in my life. But I'm sure that over the next few years, this thing will improve and evolve. I also think it would be cool if Apple bought this technology. There's no telling where they would take it. This could be the next big thing. I'm very excited. I hope the makers of makerbot start simplifying and improving it. Let's see where this thing ends up in next 5 years. This should be getting major media coverage.

[UDKoder]

@vidform

Apple... jeez.. isnt it expensive enough already?

Great idea.. lets take the most innovative real life application of open source and give it to Apple.

Pure genius.

Everything else tho.. I agree.

[neogeon]

see, the thing is, this is WAY too difficult for pretty much everyone except people that already use CNC machines and software professionally anyway.  I just don't see the general public, which can't figure out the intricacies of even an iphone, getting any use from a home 3D printer.

Nevertheless, DO WANT, but I don't want to pay $1000 for it, geez.

[blackjack2o]

Resolution on that MakerBot is horrible !!!! You cant expect to make delicate parts with that printer i have a solidscape t66 bt no printer on the market can match the qualityand resolution of it i just wish they had it print in ABS as well.

[edlikestoboogie]

Be aware! Makerbot is very shotty in design. The quality of this printer is not worth $1000. AVOID!. If you want a better RepRap clone, look for the A1 technologies RapMan, or look at Purple Platypus 3d Printers.

[viscountalpha]

That is truly awesome. We are stepping into a new age in manufacturing. Thanks for sharing this!

[blackjack2o]

@viscountalpha

This printer is no where close to manufacturing parts if you are looking for manufacturing parts you need too look into the more high end printers but they come with a high price tag 40K+

[Hilltopper2549]

The MakerBot looks to be a great piece of kit for prototyping.

[RuinLaugh1]

I'm american, and if I had the money I would SOOOO buy one of these omfg!!! i want sooo bad lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bluemini9]

Please do some more Better Living Episodes!

[maxfior]

Awsome vid! Love the makerbot, what is the opening music that you used!?

[p1oooop]

would you happen to know anyone who sells these? (I don't quite feel like building my own extruder :P)

[RinoXX]

Was zum Teufel? Ihr druckt Teile aus C4D? JETZT will ich ihn auch. Wobei ich es mutig finde... schließlich ist C4D keine CAD Software.

[Poler777]

WAIT..So it works with MACS!!!!!!

I see that you were also using Cinema 4D to design it.

It's just nice to know that I won't have to get a new computer to use MakerBot

[Tripleyou]

clean up your kitchen!

[LutzBS]

Mir fällt auch gleich einiges ein was ich machen würde :) eigentlich zimlich Klasse was alles möglich wird.

[KamenDesantis]

Absolutely beautiful. I am trying to pick up one of these ASAP.

I live on a low, fixed monthly income. The ability to print needed household things, parts, tools, etc for the cost of the plastic has a lot of appeal. The argument in the comments really does miss the point.

The cost to get set up is daunting, yes. But once you have one, properly used it can greatly lower your other costs, including the gas to go buy the 50 cent part. Eventually it pays for itself, probably within a year.

[Mrshotshell]

i want one but i dont have $1000 lying around

[Pixelxeno]

Dude, cut *away* from you. Always cut *away*.

[plswog]

@Pixelxeno Calm down! I'll live!

[jhr001]

@plswog Got any follow up on this piece would like to see how long it lasted... if it's still lasting...

Thanks

[plswog]

@jhr001 The kitchen lamp is still fixed. The printed parts look great as on day one...

[lakecityransom]

@Pixelxeno lol I was like O_O

[FluffyBunniesOnFire]

I see you have a Cupcake. The new Thing-O-Matic is out, and it's looking hard to resist!

[dreamerv5]

Excellent!

Makerbot Industries need's our support, they will do their bit and increase quality/resolution as a matter of course. These clips can be designed a bit thicker to compensate for the weaker strength. I'll be looking into building/buying one of the new "thing-o-matics" particularly with an eye towards using the frostruder with "Metal Clay" which can produce metal objects via firing in a kiln.

FINALLY a machine that PREVENTS people from creating a demand on factories, and distributors.

[lluhu]

Hi guys, any of you have the makerbot machine that warms plastic in London or nearby? Im doing a research project in digital fabrication and I need to use it before buying it? I can pay of course for the help! Thanks!

[JAFrk]

a lot of people dont understand that the point of getting one of these are just to be creative and to have fun. I personally find that one of these would be useful as a student industrial designer where i can bust out accurate mockups to study form rather than spending hours and getting dirty carving into urethane foam

[etmax1]

What was the GUI based SW you used to drive the Makerbot??

I did a similar thing with reproducing a broken dial on a TV. I cast a rubber mould of the damaged part and then cast a Urethane replacement in the mould. It's great fun.

[tomnintendo]

are you german?

[plswog]

@tomnintendo yep

[DLPlanes]

Keep posting more of this Better Living With MakerBot there AWESOME!

[SBxxxStudios]

We have one of these at my high school. But it's a LOT more accurate and it costs over $30k!

[drunken1agent2bob]

is that one of those makerbots i saw in make magazine?

[jdude61]

doesnt it also make circuit boards please reply im curios

[etmax1]

@jdude61 No it can't do that, you need either a CNC router or use photographic means.

[ZombieMurdock667]

Is Makerbot compatible with AutoCAD?

[SBxxxStudios]

@ZombieMurdock667 As long as the part is saved as a .stl file.

[etmax1]

@ZombieMurdock667 If you can create an STL file from AutoCAD then yes you can.

[Karred2]

for the price of another computer I can build things i'm going to be using every day. And if I understood the google group last night, there may be a way to get the software to run off of a retired android phone....not that i'm replacing my netbook for this purpose...

[6Nicad6emus6]

It is an amazing piece of equipment..... good job on the parts manufacture!

[Longgshot]

LOL yes..... this is like buying a foundry to make some nails, instead of going to the shop and buy them for MUCH less.

I know you want to make your product look good but.... this is just ridiculous :).

[etmax1]

@Longgshot :-) Imagine you need something you can't buy, you could design it and prove it and if it works ok you could then go through the expense of getting it manufactured. Most bureaus that use the $30k version of these charge $700 just for the output

[Longgshot]

@etmax1 Yea... so you buy a machine that cost several hundred of dollars, just in case, you need something that isn't invented, that is a near impossible thing, because nearly all the non complex things are yet invented.

This thing is just a super expensive toy. Because for real part making works, for example needed in scale models for buildings, cogs,etc; there are other machines that are much different than this one, and produce quality pieces.

And this machine even costs more than a new lamp!

[Sciolist321]

You shouldn't cut towards yourself with your stanley knife!

[DLPlanes]

Very nice! What program do you use to make the things your going to print?

[OMFGWTFBBQLAWLZ]

Damn good use of 3d printer bro

[PhilippWinterhalder]

Supergeil

[redrummyuk]

Wow, that is amazing... great job!

[3p0cHx]

$10,000 to assemble the printer to make a .15 cent plastic part. What a great way to save money!

[plswog]

@3p0cHx You're missing the point, buddy. It's only $750 and the part would cost at least 50 cents in a store!

Think again and have a lot fun in your well calculated life.

[aslambilal]

Satisfaction from doing it yourself... Priceless

[Karred2]

@aslambilal

Making your Honey-Do list one item shorter...Saved Marriage

[NoNiceNamesLeft]

@aslambilal u didn't do it by yourself, makerbot did half of it for you.

the guy didn't really have to make a replica to get the lamp to stay there either.

[gespertino]

@plswog Maybe you are missing the point. The guy is showing what can be made with a simple example.

Of course some parts are easy to find and cheap enough to make replicating them unnecesary and expensive.

But think about parts you won't find easily. For instance: I have a cheap tripod for my camera. It fell some time ago and a lever got broken. I can't get spare parts for that, and that machine would be great for creating a new one.

What's the option? Dump the tripod and buy a new one?

[neogeon]

@gespertino either dump it or spend 4 hours meticulously measuring, modeling, printing, removing excess material, realizing you wrote a dimension down wrong, re-printing, removing excess material, breaking it 2 days later because the plastic is too frail, yelling "FUCK MY LIFE!" really loud, and buying a new one anyway.

[Zoidberg227]

@neogeon If you wrote a dimension down wrong, it's a pretty simple matter to change it in CAD and reprint the part. In fact, a simple part like this could be re-scaled to any size in less than a minute in most CAD software. This means that one could easily produce clips for multiple light sizes from one design. The printing is by far the longest step in the process, and you can go do something else during that time anyway.

[football72linemen]

@3p0cHx but would it be as fun i would loe one of these but i dont have a grand laying around :(

[SmugDarkLoser]

@3p0cHx you're not thinking about what this could do.

It's essentially a start to the concept of materialization from virtual sources for the individual.

[krabadie]

@3p0cHx point is it's DIY, it's nice to know that people wont have to rely on big corporations for everything since the goal of corporations is to create mindless consumers

[mrspacee]

@krabadie The aim of big corporations is to make money from consumers, there isn't a conspiracy theory here!

[ignoblius]

Next step for 2nd Amendment fans: A machine to create steel parts, and an online source for downloadable gun parts. Gun control is dead!

[flamingbrickstudios]

It is illegal to make or modify receivers without a license but that doesn't stop you from making scope mounts or hand grips!

[hazonku]

@scottydb05 Looks like Blender to me.

[openmindedproduction]

the makerbot and this video just gave me a tech hard on, lol

[bobobano]

what was that program you used for designing the part?

[bobobano]

someday this is what everyone will do. Download the part off the web, print it out and fix it themselves (and hopefully stop being such lazy wusses in the procces)

[hazonku]

@bobobano Right now you can download books, magazines, & newspapers to read on your ipad in the itunes store. In a few years you'll go to itunes or Amazon to download parts to print as well. You'll be able to get the songs you want, the parts you need, & the instructions for the project all in one stop in the future.

[Nuaetius1]

Bravo!

[KussKorpFlick]

Video editing, programing, 3D printer owner, nice music

Can this guy works for me?

Light taste is not too good though...

[djmohnl]

wicht software do you use to create 3d objects for the makerbot ? i will need 1 that makes easily in Milimeters/centimeters.

i need software to create object from filling in dimensions in meters/millimeters/centimeters­.

thanks for your help

[Nicko0310]

Looks handy. Could use some finer printing for more complicated parts tho

[AnalogueJosh]

Could you make me one? The light in my kitchen has done the exact same thing. That is just incredible!