LAST UPDATED: 26 APRIL 2020 AT 10:15 PDT PPE FACE SHIELDS DELIVERED: 740 NEED DONATIONS OR PURCHASES IN OUR SHOP TO MAINTAIN PRODUCTION RATES. PLEASE HELP IF YOU CAN. FOR EVERY $100 SPENT = 1 FACE SHIELD DONATED. PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT DELIVERED – PREDOMINANTLY FACE SHIELDS / FACE SHIELD VISOR COMPONENTS. 21 1.0 Days TOTAL DELIVERED: 740 # Order Date Ship Date Lead Time (Days) Order # USER (Hospital) Zip Code DESIGNER DESIGN Product FABRICATOR SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGER FUNDING SOURCE Total Delivered 21 4/24/2020 4/27/2020 3 RCK Design That Matters Face Shield – v3 – VISOR ONLY PPE – VISOR ONLY – DTM NIH SUPPORTED (AM) You3Dit Inc You3Dit Inc RCK 0 20 4/18/2020 4/26/2020 8 1061 KP Concord Design That Matters Face Shield – v3 PPE – VISOR WITH DISPOSABLE SHIELDS – DTM NIH SUPPORTED (AM) You3Dit Inc You3Dit Inc CSC 0 19 4/18/2020 4/26/2020 8 1059 KP Walnut Creek Design That Matters Face Shield – v3 PPE –
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7 ways You3Dit delivers a mechanical design, engineering and rapid prototyping super power to your team
End-to-end Process – Consolidated, end-to-end processes for design & fabrication, is a valuable process that few attempt in our business. We do this by managing a zero-to-prototype process and execute these steps with the following philosophies in mind: a) keeping documentation and project history consistent b) clearly communicating through action and project engagement c) having You3Dit staff overseeing your project all along the way. Right tool for Right job – Clients, designers and fabricators place their jobs into the You3Dit ecosystem and in this way, we believe the best person to do the job (based on timing, skillsets, capacity and capability) apply / quote the work. This minimizes gouge-pricing / surge-pricing caused by a client lack of supplier options at any given time. Cost per part and service fee, that’s it – Shipping, packaging, taxes, etc. are all wrapped up into that one quote & process fee. So while we definitely understand the idea that most clients do not want to see the
TechShop Bankrupt, Maker Community mourns by taking action
It’s taken us some time to process the magnitude and impact of the recent news that TechShop declared chapter 7 bankruptcy. Many of the fabricators in our network leveraged the tools provided by the TechShop to conduct much of our clients’s fabrication work. Those users productivity all has since stopped, delayed expected delivery dates for project work and has pushed that fabrication demand originally supplied by TechShop members onto our You3Dit independent laser, CNC machine and 3D Printer owner / operators. We’ve scrambled a bit internally to reroute the fabrication of several jobs and are back on track for the short term (HUGE THANKS to our You3Dit fabricators who stepped up). We want to help others do the same. However as of this writing, TechShop is still bankrupt, closed an leaving many people stranded who need help with getting access to machines. We have to figure out what we’re going to do next to solve the long-term issues created by
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Mini review of the Printrbot Simple Metal – in short – IT’S AWESOME
I definitely made one of the better 3D printing purchases of my life buying a Printrbot Simple Metal for $599 assembled. From the first day I received it, it was solid and started printing without flaws. I’m going to give my opinion here first, but I’d also recommend reading the Make Magazine Review by Nick Parks. He knows his stuff and I value his opinion in the 3D printing world. With regard to my slicing setup, here’s what I’m running: Repetier – 0.95F (link to downloads page) Slic3r engine With the recommended print settings from the Printrbot Forum (see article) Octopi 3D print server (link to Octoprint.org) What I love about this little machine: Super Reliable – Since I’ve bought it, I have yet to have a failed print – seriously. Maybe that is because I’ve gotten pretty used to Repetier and and how to set these things up, but out of the gate, it just seems to be working flawlessly.
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Slick Rock Trail, Mountain Biking in MOAB, Utah, U.S.A.
It seems we’re all in the game for finding the best camera angle for our GoPros and ContourHD cameras. In our limited experience here, we’ve found that a “fixed reference” with moving scenery in the background really makes for a cool camera angle, but we don’t always have a way to the camera to our mountain bikes, motorcycles, etc. For our mountain bike ride in Moab, Utah, we were looking to get a camera down low enough so we could see the terrain of the trail and also stay out of the way of our rider’s legs while they pedaled. So as you’ll see in the video below, we designed and 3D printed a mount to attach to the universal water bottle mount. It’s a quick set up and made for some cool camera angles. The chest-perspective was filmed with a GoPro and the front wheel perspective was filmed with the 3D printed mount and an old school ContourHD which
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HD camera mounts for your skateboard
Although it was some time ago, Chris—our co-founder—had the opportunity to work with Fox News and the founders of Z-Boards electric skateboards to film a news story on their company. As part of that story, action shots were needed of the skateboards and they needed to be made quickly. Utilizing Solidworks 2011 and a Makerbot Replicator 2 from the TechShop in SF, both the design and print were completed within a couple of hours. The design leverages two mechanical clamping springs to pinch the skateboard deck and a through hole to w/a countersink / counterbore hole to accommodate the ¼-20 screw head. The story was covered by Michelle Macaluso from Fox News and we were happy we could assist in some quality news-worthy film. For details on the solid model and photos, check out Chris’s blog. You can watch the Fox News Segment at this link. Also, you can download the Skateboard Clamp from Thingiverse.com Don’t know how to get
Hospitals suck…but one You3Dit Maker found a way to improve them
No one likes to be in a hospital, no one. However, Joan–amidst the pain of her surgery–made the most of her unfortunate situation and came up with this brilliant idea for hospital beds–a cable routing tool! Her request (written from her hospital bed using her smartphone) was: Subject: “Invention Need” Body: “Using a Styrofoam cup to manage my IV lines over the bed rail. There MUST be a better way!” Photo Attachment: (see image to the right) While Joan and husband were particularly clever to MacGyver the Styrofoam cup as a temporary solution, there was still a clear need for something better. Thus, You3Dit and its community accepted the design / print challenge…people jumped at the opportunity to help. Enrique–a You3Dit designer–came first to the rescue and had a series of designs that could potentially improve Joan’s cable situation. We were initially a little concerned with the curved bar not being universal enough so we had Enrique propose some alternative
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You3Dit helped me quit smoking! Seriously!
Well that’s at least our goal with one Maker in our community. Amine–a San Francisco Resident–would like to quit smoking. But as anyone who’s ever tried to kick the habit knows, it’s not easy and for many reasons. One of which is the standard pack of smokes has 20 cigarettes–always begging to be smoked when the urge hits. Well, what if you’re brilliant like our Maker Amine and said, “wait, what if I could make a pack of cigarettes that only holds 15 cigarettes, then 10, and then 8, and then 5…and finally 1 or 2?” If the smoker only has access to a few cigarettes when they’re trying to quit, the assumption is that they’ll be able to kick the craving and NOT fall weak to the temptation–because the cigarettes won’t be in their possession. Currently, we’re still in the design phases but we’re looking for 3D printers who would be interested in helping us bring Amine’s idea to life.
The Wobbly Table Wedge
Update 2020:
Now called the Wedgie(TM), you can buy these online through the You3Dit Shop: https://shop.you3dit.com/collections/am-products/products/the-wedgie-tm
Give the best Wedgie anyone could ever get!
Original Story:
Back in late 2012, Chris designed and printed a solution to one of his largest pet peeves–a wobbly cafe or bar table. The beauty is in its simplicity. Combining a simple wedge with an integrated clip so that the wedge can easily pop off your key ring and be used to make your table stable.
Read more here at http://www.3dgeni.us/six-of-the-best-key-chain-accessories/
Or download the “Wobbly Table Wedge” on Thingiverse.com: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:32289
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