Design Your Own Chess Pieces – Win a MakerBot

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3D design software company Tinkercad is hosting a contest: submit your chess set design to win a new 3D printer.

The challenge: model all six pieces (king, queen, rook, castle, bishop, pawn) in Tinkercad’s browser-based 3D CAD software.

The prize: a MakerBot Replicator, retail price $1,740. The MakerBot Replicator is one of the leading consumer 3D printers on the market.

Deadline: April 1, 2012

Contest details: available at Tinkercad

Good luck!

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3 Responses to Design Your Own Chess Pieces – Win a MakerBot

  1. Shino says:

    Thanks for the shout-out for our #chess competition. It’s looking pretty fierce!

  2. on3dprinting says:

    @Shino Looks like a fun competition. Be sure to post some stats about how many entries you receive! Looking forward to seeing the results.

  3. [...] few weeks ago, 3D design software company Tinkercad hosted a contest where users could submit their designs for 3D printable chess sets. The winner, announced today, [...]

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