Makerbot cuteness overload

The other day I needed to print out some baby dragons for a school teacher to use as a teaching tool in class. I wanted to find something that was cute, and easy to print with no overhangs. This way I could make a few trays full of them very easily. I found this:

I printed them out in multiple colors for the activity. They cam out looking like this:

Pretty darn cute right? Want to make your own? Download the files here!

3D Printed Hexbright Flashlight Mount

So the other day I got myself a Hexbright flashlight.  If you haven't seen one of these, it's an Arduino powered flashlight.  It's incredibly nerdy, as you can hack and program your own flashlight. In the sprit of hacking, I decided I wanted to make a mount for it so that I could attach it to things like my car, bike, head, etc.  To do this, I first needed a solid way to latch it to something:

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I happen to own a Makerbot, so I designed this latch in Sketchup.  It's a snap latch that holds the flashlight pretty tight:

The latch is completely designed in Sketchup.  If you'd like to check the model out yourself, or would like to have one printed, you can check it out here on Thingiverse.