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Shapeways Friday Finds: Cheshire Cat, Kaleidoscope Clock, Dragon Transformer

June 19, 2012 Design

3D printing marketplace Shapeways featured beautiful designs in its weekly Friday Finds blog series.

Pictured above is a design familiar to fans of Alice in Wonderland: a Chershire Cat Ring by SG Designs. This ring is designed to be printed in silver and has an inscription on the inside that reads ”We’re all mad here.”

A Kaleidoscope Clock by Made by Wombat. Once you print the two parts, assemble them together and you will have an intricate 9″ hanging wall clock.

Finally, a dragon that can collapse into a cube shape: Dragon Die by Reaper Media. Watch the video below to see how it unfolds.

Via Shapeways blog.

Why to Get Your Dad a 3D Printer for Father’s Day: The New Tool Belt

June 8, 2012 Editorial

Dad’s love to fix things. Many a dad has a wood shop or tool shed, and increasingly digital creation software as well.

Although Dad can easily use a hammer and nails to repair part of the house, it is nearly impossible to fix something “Made in China”, that was, before 3D printing.

Here is a story from Duann Scott at Shapeways about fixing his child’s stroller when a plastic piece broke.

Being a father is one of life’s greatest adventures, simultaneously rewarding and incredibly challenging. Some of the most rewarding moments are those when you get to overcome those challenges in a creative way. I have had the pleasure of using 3D printing to solve some of the challenges fatherhood raises and to help my children understand they can make whatever they want, now.

My crowning victory in domestic innovation and DIY mastery came when I repaired my broken stroller for under $25, saving money and opening my wife’s eyes (and many other geek dads) to the potential of 3D printing. It was incredibly empowering after being abandoned by a manufacturer because a product was out of warranty that I could crack it open and fix it, like a modern day handy man, using LASERS….

Morale of the story

This Father’s Day, give Dad the newest tool in home improvement: a 3D printer.

Or, maybe a gift card to Shapeways?

Via Shapeways blog.

Shapeways Friday Finds: da Vinci, Cube Pendant, Snap Bangle

June 4, 2012 Design

3D printing marketplace Shapeways featured great new designs in its weekly Friday Finds blog series.

Pictured above, a fully functioning machine modeled from drawings by Leonardo da Vinci.

Snap Bangle by Electrobloom making the most of Shapeways colors.

The Cube Frame Pendant is cool from every angle.

See more at Shapeways blog.

Co-Founder and CTO of Shapeways Robert Schouwenburg Moving On

May 29, 2012 News

Robert Schouwenburg, CTO and co-founder of Shapeways, has announced he is leaving the company after 5 years. The announcement came on his blog:

We achieved so much. The company has grown from an idea to multinational with 4 offices worldwide and over 50 employees. Shapeways has closed two rounds of funding and is the market leader in her segment.

I can still remember in the early days while building up the upload-to-print systems and testing 3D printing, we had serious challenges to find and create good test sets of 3D models. 3D models which were fit for 3D printing and at the same time posed some challenges for 3D printers and the 3D printing process. Now Shapeways has printed over 750,000 3D models in 2011 alone. It is a staggering number.

The Shapeways team responded on their own blog with well wishes:

Robert, you’ve been an integral part of the Shapeways team since the beginning, and we’re really sad to see you go. We wish you all the best in your next adventure!