The Noob Knob.  This is my first share with thingiverse,

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The Noob Knob.
This is my first share with thingiverse, and my first object with threads.

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Seems like a derivative of http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:8

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@David_Forrest You’re joking right?

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@Jay_Couture Yep, sorry. It is a nice knob, much nicer than thing:8, and really doesn’t deserve my joke response.

I was thinking about yet-another-knob on thingiverse, the utter uselessness of many things on thingiverse, (e.g., thing:44464 is my current least favorite), how awful search is there, and how “Noob” first-posts contribute to its lack of usability.

Will things like https://www.google.com/imghp?q=scad+knob+3d or https://www.google.com/?q=site:github.com+scad+knob end up being better general purpose alternatives?

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Nothing wrong with thingiverse, just signal is hard find in the noise. Filter failure.

A version of GitHub with rendering and image support would be great.

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@Matt_Joyce Re filter failure: I noticed that you can search Thingiverse for 1/4-20 threads with a non-advanced search for 1/4-20 but that escaping format doesn’t work for the advanced searches.

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So we were all noobs at one time and we were very pleased with our creations and the platform that allowed us to share them with others. I agree, this object does not deserve your joke response, but there are more than enough f’ing iphone covers you can lash out at :slight_smile:

I used to visit Thingiverse at least once a day. Now I only visit if someone provides a link due to the flood of “customized” objects.

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Thank you all for the feedback, @David_Forrest ouch! Clearly this is all good information and I will use the suggestions in future published designs. Funny, I did a search for knobs but never noobs. I just thought it was a clever name but come to find out it’s not clever and only disruptive to the flow of the Thingiverse.