Makers Challenge Winners Announced: awesome DIY inventions discovered

The entire Makers movement is a wondrous idea! Whoever pushed the DIY trend to new heights deserves a medal, a 3D-printed medal to be more precise. When our 3D Makers challenge closed, we found ourselves lost in the desire to print and construct almost every single model. Thank you for finding the time to submit your inventions - the process of selecting the best works was exceptionally fun this time. Midway we've actually realized that most of you focused on submitting one or two super cool 3D printable models and didn't really target the portfolio category. So we've decided to cancel it and give away an additional best model prize. Check it out!

Best 3D Maker/ DYI Model

The winner of the Best 3D Maker/DIY Model category is Freekd with his 3D printable gearbox model - a fully engineered example of a 3d printable machine part.

What the winner gets: 3D printer by Dfrobot, Fillaments by drreelings3dfilament, Fillaments by Fillamentum, 3D printing your model of choice by Re3D, 200 credits and promotional features by CGTrader

1st Runner-up

Robitkar came in 2nd with a universal 3D print water tap model. It was designed with the undeveloped areas of the world in mind.

What the 1st Runner-up gets: Fillaments by drreelings3dfilament, Fillaments by Fillamentum, 3D printing your model of choice by Re3D, and 100 credits by CGTrader

2nd Runner-up

Last but not least among the winners of this category is Richard Swika with a fun The Scissor Snake model.

What the 2nd Runner-up gets: Fillaments by Fillamentum, 3D printing your model of choice by Re3D, and 100 credits by CGTrader

Special Prize

Ridwan Septyawan's Clamp Sauce Plate model was selected among the best for the model category. Since we decided to abandon the Portfolio category and had additional prizes available for good designs, we set up a special prize which goes to Ridwan!

What the winner gets: Fillaments by drreelings3dfilament, and 200 credits and promotional features by CGTrader

A huge ' Thank You' goes to our sponsors: Dfrobot, RE3D, Drreelings3dfilament and Fillamentum!