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Catching Up with Joe Lutgen, 2013 Rapid Ready Sweepstakes Winner

Catching Up with Joe Lutgen, 2013 Rapid Ready Sweepstakes Winner
36 thin-walled parts Joe Lutgen designed and printed for one of his clients in the Stratasys Mojo printer. |The crumb catcher, printed in the Stratasys Mojo printer Joe Lutgen won in the sweepstakes. |

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By Kenneth Wong  

June 13, 2014

At the Lutgen household's home in Southern California, you'd be hard pressed to find crumbs on the floor. As part of his class assignment, one of Joe Lutgen's sons designed a crumb catcher -- a tray that attaches to the side of a table -- and printed the apparatus in the Mojo
 
 

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