Once you have a 3D Printer, what can you do with it?
Here is a wide range of examples. Most of these you can print yourself.
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Amazing Bubble Wands
This collection of bubble wands can be printed and used for students of all ages. Younger students can have fun while learning about bubbles. Older students with access… learn more
Air Spinner
Not only is this a fun print that shows how you can print moving mechanisms in place, but it's practical too. Someone discovered you can spin the Air… learn more
Flexi Rex
This model is an exemplar of many different 3D prining concepts. When the model is well designed, you can print a multi-part articulated item all-at-once with even an… learn more
Mendocino Motor
This is an example of using a 3D printer to create the connectors and other parts needed to assemble an item, in this case a simple solar powered… learn more
3D Printed Geneva Drive
The Geneva Drive is an elegant mechanism used to convert rotary motion into intermittent motion. The link includes a YouTube video as well as the STL 3D printer… learn more
3D printed gyro cube sphere
This video shows not only the sphere being printed, but also the steps needed after the print to get everything to work. As you can see, 3D printing… learn more
3D Printed Kitten Wheelchair
Awwww. Meet Peggy. When this little kitty was rescued, they found the lower portion of her rear legs were gone. The author was asked to design a wheelchair… learn more
3D Printed Wing Ribs
Tom Stanton shows how he used a 3D printer to print wing ribs for his model aircraft. Combined with foam sheets, packing tape and a lightweight wooden spar,… learn more
PLA Spring Motor Demonstrator 2
The PLA Spring Motor Demonstrator was originally designed as a "proof of concept" tool to test whether a 3D printed PLA spring could power a gear train and… learn more
Printing Magnets
We know about 3D printing with plastic, but what about printing magnetic fields? This video by Destin Sandlin looks at how Polymagnet has come up with a way… learn more
The MultiFab Next Generation 3D-printer
MIT gives us a glimpse into the future of 3D printing technology with an inexpensive printer that can print 10 materials at once, no assembly required. Combining multiple… learn more