Tilt-N-Trap (First working 3D printed MouseTrap)

Tilt-N-Trap is the First working 3D printed mousetrap model. For more information about the Tilt-N-Trap visit my Thingiverse page at http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1929. Many Thanks to Dr. Eric Albert and his Rapid Prototyping class at Pennsylvania College of Technology ( www.pct.edu ). Could have not have done it without your help! This Model was printed on the uPrint by dimension in little under 6 hours. Version 2 coming soon.....

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• makerbot
• cupcake cnc
• reprap
• open source 3d printing
• uPrint
• dimension
• stratasys
• redeye
• fdm
• fused deposition modeling
• thingivers
• makezine

[2robotguy]

Yes the couterweight can be printed as well. I'm going to design a new model when I have some extra time

[sandcrab132]

That's a really high quality print. Was this really done on a humble little makerbot?

[2robotguy]

@sandcrab132  No it was done on a Uprint. But I have seen some makerbot getting very close to this quality. Give it a year and it will be there.

[MrInventWorld]

Good Design.

[aandysuth]

Nice job. Very efficient design.

Could the counterwieght be done with printed material too?

[acidtoucan]

very clever. good job

[sandcrab132]

@2robotguy I'm surprised how good some makerbot prints are, to be honest.

I'm thinking about taking $1000 our of my poor college student budget to get a Cupcake since I have some really neat ideas that I've been writing down for years. I just never had a way to realize them like this. Would you recommend subtractive CNC to get a little better tolerances than the Cupcake?

[mecrazy5]

Most awesome trap ever.

[goqwertygo]

tetris FTW

[coolnerd92]

epic tetris music ^.^