In the NYC area and looking for a chance to check out a MakerBot Replicator 2 before you buy it? For the holidays, the Manhattan MakerBot Retail Store will open up the possibility for in-store printing for those who head in to sign up.
Like your experience? Remember that Adafruit offers both Digitizers and Adafruit-Edition MakerBot Replicators 2 units in our store!
MakerBot 3D Print Service – Just in Time for the Holidays!
Starting today, simply walk into the Manhattan MakerBot® Retail Store with an STL, OBJ, or Thing file on a USB drive and sign up. Then bring your project to life using one of our in-store MakerBot® Replicator® 2 Desktop 3D Printers.
Questions? Please ask. And tell.
If you have any questions about the service, stop by our store and a MakerBot Retail Operator will fill you in on the details. Here’s the address for any first-timers:
- 298 Mulberry Street New York, NY 10012 347.457.5758
- Open: Mon-Sat 12-7pm, Sun 12-6pm
Featured Adafruit Products
MakerBot® Digitizer™: The MakerBot® Digitizer™ Desktop 3D Scanner quickly turns the things in your world into 3D models that you can modify, improve, share, and 3D print. There’s no design, 3D modeling, or CAD expertise required to get started, and the MakerBot Digitizer delivers clean, watertight 3D models in approximately 12 minutes. It’s a fast and easy way for anyone to create 3D models! The simple, yet sophisticated software, MakerBot MakerWare for Digitizer, is optimized to work seamlessly with MakerBot Replicator Desktop 3D Printers, and also allows you to share your scans directly with the Thingiverse community. (read more)
MakerBot Adafruit Edition: Adafruit has teamed up with our friends over at MakerBot to offer the MakerBot Adafruit Edition. The talented members of the Adafruit community are exploring 3D printed solutions for their inventions, electronics enclosures, mounting hardware, and artwork, so we have bundled a MakerBot Replicator 2™ desktop 3D printer with three of our more popular DIY electronics projects. After you’ve built your kits use your new MakerBot to print out the kit enclosures! This MakerBot includes a special limited edition MakerBot + Adafruit build plate and a 3d printing for electronics pack! (read more)
Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and highlight these bold pioneers!
Have you considered building a 3D project around an Arduino or other microcontroller? How about printing a bracket to mount your Raspberry Pi to the back of your HD monitor? And don’t forget the countless LED projects that are possible when you are modeling your projects in 3D!
The Adafruit Learning System has dozens of great tools to get you well on your way to creating incredible works of engineering, interactive art, and design with your 3D printer! If you’ve made a cool project that combines 3D printing and electronics, be sure to let us know, and we’ll feature it here!