Mark Frauenfelder is the founder of Boing Boing and the editor-in-chief of MAKE and Cool Tools. Twitter: @frauenfelder. Come and hear Mark speak at the ALA conference in Chicago on July 1.

  • nowimnothing

    Just curious from a 3D noob, was the printer printing another one? If so do you have to make some cuts/twisting to make it into the final shape or can you print it in that final shape to start with? Hope that makes sense.

  • http://twitter.com/johnabella John Abella

    The source file for that comes from here:  http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:13505 – it’s a great, fast print for giveaways.   And yeah, nothing needs to be cut / twisted when it’s finished.  

  • ymendel

    We just got a 3D printer at work (mentioned on Make’s blog at http://blog.makezine.com/2012/11/27/github-is-doing-great-wireless-things-with-their-replicator-2-2/, even), and this is actually one of the samples that came on the included SD card. It’s a pretty impressive piece of design connected with the characteristics of the material.

  • clmensch

    I got one of these at the Makerbot Store opening.  One thing to say about it…it’s quite sharp and actually scraped up my wrist after prolonged wear.