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Design Glut Designed Salt and Pepper Shakers for the MakerBot!

Jul 12, 2009

Switched challenged Kegan Fisher and Liz Kinmar of Design Glut to design up some salt and pepper shakers to be made on the MakerBot and do it all in ONE DAY!

by Bre Pettis | Categories: MakerBot News, Video |

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  1. Robert Boerner
    July 12th, 2009 at 6:22 pm #

    Great video. The last part where Bre shows them NYC Resistor and explains what the Makerbot is, it’s probably the best concise description of what the device is and does. They should re-edit this and run it as a commercial…

  2. Becky Stern
    July 13th, 2009 at 9:45 am #

    Yo, where are the files so we can print out our own SP shakers? I’d love to make some to bring on an upcoming camping trip.

  3. chaotician
    July 13th, 2009 at 10:12 am #

    when are the stl files hitting thingiverse then?

  4. Design Glut on MakerBot - MakerBot Industries
    September 6th, 2009 at 12:29 pm #

    [...] Sep 6, 2009 A few months ago, we helped the digital designing gals over at Design Glut make salt and pepper shakers in one day. They turned the tables and interviewed Bre! Full Text: Bre Pettis of MakerBot and NYC [...]

  5. Bill
    December 5th, 2009 at 11:20 am #

    Very cool. Although seeing salt shooting out of its eyes is a little disturbing… ;-)

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    February 7th, 2010 at 6:00 pm #

    [...] example is the makerbot open source 3d printer, a kit that anyone can buy for $700 and assemble to “print” 3 dimensional items using ABS plastic from plans that can be made with free tools like Google [...]

  7. ryan
    June 12th, 2010 at 5:53 pm #

    What software are they using in this video?

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