What Would You Do With Your Mojo?

Your don't need a sorcerer's talisman or a wizard's charm to turn ideas into tangible prototypes. You can do that with the industrial magic of a 3D printer. We have the power to give away one such printer -- Mojo from Stratasys.

The Rapid Ready Sweepstakes is back! Like last year, you can enter to win a Mojo 3D Print Pack, which includes:

• a Mojo 3D Printer;
• print wizard and control panel software;
• WaveWash 55 support cleaning system;
• Start-up supplies.

Last year's sweepstakes winner Joe Lutgen, who owns and operates the RSI Mechanical LLC. consulting business, began offering affordable printing services to his clients. When we caught up with him a few months after he collected his prize, Joe said, “I’m printing everything, from blow-molded parts and brackets to fixtures that can be glued together. One of my main clients now regularly asks me to print stuff, and smaller clients sometimes also ask me to print designs. It’s been nice to be able to bring [a prototype] to their office, show them what I’ve made already so they can see how it works.”

It turns out, the entire Lutgen household benefited from the presence of the Mojo. For a class assignment, one of Joe's sons designed a crumb catcher -- a tray that snaps onto the edge of the dinner table. Today, a 3D-printed version of Lutgen Jr.'s invention keeps the floor tidy. Last Christmas, Joe also designed and printed a few dangling ornaments for the family Christmas tree.

Mojo uses Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) to build concept models. According to Stratasys, the printer "[builds] spot-on, functional concept models and rapid prototypes in ABSplus thermoplastic. With the lowest price, fastest build and finest layers of any Idea Series 3D printer, Mojo’s good vibes inspire boundless creativity."

The estimated value of the Mojo 3D Print Pack is $13,900 -- and it can be yours, courtesy of Stratasys and DE.

So start thinking about what you might do with your Mojo, and go to the online sweepstakes form posted here to enter.