Jordie Smith Spreads His Wings With A MakerBot

Yesterday I asked what people are doing with their MakerBot Cupcake CNC’s, our very first 3D printer model that we released back in 2009. Here’s a pretty awesome answer to that question.

Jordie Smith made this WaspWings setup for a friend of his to wear to MakerFaire Kansas City last weekend, and he used the Cupcake at Cowtown Computer Congress Kansas City to do it.

You can see all the various MakerBotted parts in the shot below.

Many of the gears and fittings for this project certainly needed to be custom. We’re told this project came together really quickly, so even better that Jordie had a MakerBot on hand to make the parts he needed.

Of course we wouldn’t leave you hanging without a video. Check out how these wings flap, quiver, and collapse. Awesome!