3D Prints for Your Pet The CAD file libraries are full of 3D prints to show off your love of your pet, but there aren't quite as many 3D prints for your pet. What's out there is nice, but doesn't exactly show off beautifully designed items with a more unique twist compared to what you could purchase off the shelf. These files are great starting points to be inspired for your own weekend 3D print project to design 3D prints for you pet. One of the first things you need and should do when you … [Read more...]
Crafting 3D Print Buttons
Crafting your own 3D print buttons is an excellent beginner 3D print project for any age user inside or outside of the classroom. We've looked through the design libraries for 3D print buttons and were a little disappointed about what was out there, there's a big opportunity here that is being missed in terms of truly showing off what 3D printing can do. This is a project that can easily be done in a weekend or in a classroom setting, whether that be an art class, home ec class, or … [Read more...]
Breaking Barriers with 3D Print Glass
Very out of the box thinking has lead to a very FFF like 3D print glass printer due to the research and efforts at the MIT Glass Lab. We are blown away by the beautiful 3D print glass creations and excited about how this will impact other areas of the 3D printing industry when you look at how the extruded glass builds the final product. Featuring other newsworthy 3D print glass endeavors, as well as a classroom 3D print STEAM project that's way better than the messy tissue paper glue that kids … [Read more...]
3D Print Puzzle Toys
Very cool and very inspiring 3D print puzzle toys from Locknesters that will keep you, as a learning 3D print user, excited and interested in continuing to learn and use your 3D printer. Far better than the generic CAD test print models your printer may or may not come with, these 3D print puzzle toys provide learning concepts and maker milestones to conquer such as fit, finish, how the filament works, and many other areas to explore in 3D print production. Listen to the podcast here: 3D … [Read more...]
Who to Talk to When You are Three Feet From Gold
Who do you talk to when you are three feet from gold? This is one of Tom and Tracy Hazzard’s favorite topic, and today, they are going to get more intensive with this question. For starters, you should not talk to family and friends about your 3D printing products. Chances are, they will only care about your market traction. Here, they offer some great suggestions about who you can confide in reaching your dreams. The book Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill has inspired them to share … [Read more...]
3D Printed Bird Nest Designs
One of the most unfortunate side effects of urban advancement has to be the continued disappearance of animal life from most of these spaces. But the 3D printing community is finding ways to bring the ecosystem back into balance by bringing animal life back into urban developments. Tom and Tracy Hazzard take a look at some designs for 3D printed nests created as part of a global initiative, The Printed Nest. Providing areas for birds to nest allows these animals to find comfortable … [Read more...]