Flickr member Giant Eye created a handcuff mechanism with his Makerbot Cupcake CNC -
3d printers are incredibly boss, cool, fantastic, and other words that mean they make me tingle. I designed these handcuffs (okay I've only printed one out at the moment) using only fdm printable parts.
Nice work! Check out the project plans on Thingiverse.
Posted by: Jack Dubious on November 24, 2009 at 9:40 AM
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Listen, and understand. That MakerBot is out there. It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead.
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Makerbot mostly only comes out at night... mostly.
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Game Over, Man! Game Over!
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