Client wanted a custom version of one of their parts but didn’t want to touch the mold. Only way out: CNC the damn things. Problem? No safe way to clamp them.

We thought about machined aluminum soft jaws—but they’re harder than the plastic parts, so… yeah, not ideal. Then we tried 3D printing jaws in PETG. Total game-changer.

Takes ~1h30m to print any version we need, and we’re cranking out custom setups basically for free. PETG MVP.

Last year I designed a golf ball dispenser, it was now time to make some changes.

But I decided to start from 0 instead. This time not trying to optimize filament usage and instead aiming at:

• Not using bolts
• Not using glue
• No coins as weight
• Ball magazine with atleast 25 balls
• No supports when printing
• Printable on A1 mini (glue allowed for the arm)
• No extreme print time
• Not relying on tigth tolerance

I think I succeeded!

During a print my nozzle literally detached from the printer and got forever included in what it was trying to print. Fortunately I had spare nozzles around but I had to entirely rebuilt the whole extruder. I will keep this piece ad a reminder of what I'm capable of 🤣🤣

I am using a 28byj-48 stepper motor and 608ZZ bearings. Each module only needs around ~55g of filament and 50 cents worth of bearings. The hooks are printed separately so the modules can be printed flat with minimal or no supports

I’m printing a case for my drone. Not sure what’s causing these round artifacts on the print? Ender 3 pro with TPU.

This is another piece in my ongoing experimentation with the idea of 'multi-texture' printing, where I use multi-part models to create selectively fuzzy prints! This small WALDO planter is free to download here, along with lots of other multi-texture prints :)

First time designing a folding knife—and also my first go at rendering and animating in Fusion. Pretty happy with how it turned out.

I recently wanted to put my 3D modelling skills to the test, and I designed a version 1 of a shell that works with a 7 inch screen, keyboard, and raspberry pi 5 board. I had to print my design in 3 seperate pieces, since my 3D printer is too small to print it as one object, and the entire shell is held together with craft glue. I know this doesn't seem solid, but it's surprisingly stable. I will post links to all of the components that I've used, adhesives, screen, keyboard, and cabling included.

Really it’s my fault, I should’ve saved up for a printer, I’d have enough for a CORE THIRTY in 50 years.

Beautiful series by the creator and questionable painting by me..😂

A1 Mini, 0.2mm, 0.1mm layer, Sunlu Meta

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Wife found some basic TIE Fighter models on Etsy, and asked if I could make one. Found a way to ask son what he thought the coolest TIE variant was, and made that instead. Printed on an Anycubic Photon M3 Max.

Has anyone ever printed something worse than this? We have this annoying bambulabs 2color silk filament that just won't print correctly from first use. I doubt we could return it as it's been on our shelf for a while and it was a gift.

Made a weapon from the game Genshin Impact for a cosplayer based on the character Arlecchino.

I've been working on him on and off for a little while (still gotta get through school), and he still needs arms, but he's somewhere around 80% towards a full mech.

Hi everyone! I have been making 3D printed guitars for a while now and wanted to showcase my original design of a 1962 Fender Stratocaster! I designed it all in solid works and am working on some other designs for the body as well! The guitar sounds incredible and plays almost identically to a normal Strat! I originally started designing these guitars by remixing the prusa caster to be compatible with fender components. I am thinking about designing other types of electric guitar and was looking for some feedback on this design as well as some other ideas on what other types of guitars I should make. I recently just posted this design on maker lab for all of you to enjoy! If you end up printing it send me pictures!