MakerBot "Cupcake" CNC 3D Printer, 2010

Artifact

3-D printer

Date Made

2010

Creators

MakerBot Industries 

Zimmerman, Craig 

Place of Creation

United States, New York, New York 

Creator Notes

Made by MakerBot Industries in New York, New York. Assembled by Craig Zimmerman in Mt. Airy, Maryland.

Keywords

3-D printers 

Extruders 

Printers (Output devices) 

Boxes (Containers) 

Platforms (General) 

Adhesive tape 

3-D printing 

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2023.166.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Craig Zimmerman.

Material

Wood (Plant material)
Plastic
Metal
Filament (Material)
Paper (Fiber product)

Color

Tan (Color)
Black (Color)
Red
Orange (Color)
Silver (Color)

Dimensions

Height: 16.5 in  (printer)

Width: 13 in  (printer)

Length: 9.25 in  (printer)

Height: 12.5 in  (filament box)

Width: 12.25 in  (filament box)

Length: 12.5 in  (filament box)

Height: 1.25 in  (auto build platform)

Width: 4.5 in  (auto build platform)

Length: 6.625 in  (auto build platform)

Height: .25 in  (wood platform component)

Width: 3.875 in  (wood platform component)

Length: 3.875 in  (wood platform component)

Height: 0.125 in  (plastic platform component)

Width: 3.875 in  (plastic platform component)

Length: 3.875 in  (plastic platform component)

Length: 6 in  (build platform tape)

Width: 4.625 in  (build platform tape)

Inscriptions

on front of printer: M Cupcake CNC / MakerBot / INDUSTRIES on label on front of printer: MK 5 EXTRUDER on back of printer, near bottom: 002458 / Batch XVI on top of attached heated build platform: MakerBot INDUSTRIES on front of filament box: MakerBot / INDUSTRIES / Filament Spindle MK 1 / wikimakerbot.com/spindle-mk1 on automated build platform: MakerBot / Automated Build Platform v1.0 on wood built platform component: Build / M / Platform on plastic build platform component: MakerBot INDUSTRIES