Thingiverse was launched in 2008 by Makerbot Industries and has become the largest collection of free 3D model files globally ...

But here is the problem with Thingiverse: even if you would like to get away from using this Makerbot service, it’s still the largest collection of 3D printed objects on the Internet.

However, if you host your design on Thingiverse (and I’ll sidestep the political problems that always crop up) you have another option. Thingiverse offers a customizer option that allows you to ...