Makerbot 3D printers were among the first to hit the market, so it makes sense that old and broken ones now litter the shelves of hackerspaces and home workshops alike. Rather than throw his one ...

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The MakerBot Replicator Mini Compact 3-D Printer is housed in a rigid frame which is open at the front, on the sides, and on top permitting easy access to the printer bed and easy viewing of prints in ...

3D printers sound cool ... We initially bought the MakerBot Replicator 2X ($2,800 for our tested configuration) so that we could create certain objects we need for lab tests: For example, our ...

The Hovalin is a full size violin created to be printed on a desktop-sized 3D printer. The Hovas mention the Ultimaker 2, Makerbot Replicator 2 (or one of the many clones) as examples. The neck is ...

The monitor, printer, network, keyboard and mouse are permanently plugged into the port replicator, which connects to the laptop via the USB port. A port replicator provides some or all of the ...