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World's Largest 3D Print from ORNL
Oak Ridge National Laboratory made the world's larges 3D print that was recognized by Guinness World Records. From project description:Researchers at the MDF have 3D-printed a large-scale trim tool for...
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Hadrian X Robotic Truck That 3D Prints Buildings With Bricks
Australian company "Fastbrick Robotics" developed a robotic truck system that can lay 225 bricks per hour. It's a big 3d printer on wheels that uses robotic crane to build houses. It is not cement...
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Tribed Print Bed Autocalibration
Jeremie Francois developed his own method of automatic print bed leveling and calibration by using some force sensors, Arduino to communicate with modified Marlin firmware and three Z-axis lead screws....
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Homemade Jet Engine with 3D Printed Parts
This guy made a desktop jet engine made with many 3d printed parts and burning chamber made from refractory cement molded with PLA 3d printed mold. He also used a skateboard bearings, sheet metal and...
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Improve your Car's Fuel Economy with 3D Printed Vortex Generators
Vortex generators are small vanes that are mounted on various vehicles, mostly aircraft, to improve their aerodynamic performance. In theory they could be installed on a car and improve the fuel...
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3D Printed PICK Smart Glasses Frame
Hyeon Han from South Korea developed smart eye glasses frame with 3d printing shell. He named it “PICK glasses 3.5”. It features a very small custom PCB (45mm x 10mm), Arduino, vibration motor,...
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High RPM 3D Printed RC Brushless Motor
Here are two DC brushless motors 3d printed for RC cars applications. They reach 36000 RPM and 42700 RMP. Here is the first version which exploded due high RPM and centripetal forces of magnetic mass:...
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Detailed Ultimaker Troubleshooting Guide
If you own an Ultimaker or a simillar machine, you will find this very detailed troubleshooting guide very useful. It describes all possible problems and how to solve them. Here is an example of...
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Aluminum Sand Casting 3D Printed Nose Ring
It's a nose ring. Get it? NOSE RING... David Kent Watson 3d scanned his face, 3d printed his nose and used lost PLA casting to make it in aluminum. Cool project. I would wear that ring. Here is the...
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DIY Power Hacksaw made with 3D Printed Parts
Bruno made his own DIY powered hacksaw with many 3d printed parts. it is a low cost home tool which can even cut some metal. The total cost for the project is some 50 USD. Bill Of Materials6x – 608...
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How to make a simple 3d printed snake robot
Nikodem from Poland made a very good tutorial on how to make a 3d printed snake robot. It actualy uses a worm equivalent movement , but hey snake sounds cooler :-) Here is the build instruction video:...
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How to build an Ultimaker2Go low cost clone
PaulSS made a build log on Instructables about his Ultimaker2 Go DIY clone. It is much cheaper then the 1600 USD original at some 500 - 600 USD. The frame is made on a CNC from plywood. The machine is...
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"Super Make Something" Tutorial On How To Build a Simple 3D Scanner
This youtube channel gives a step-by-step tutorial on how to make a simple 3d scanner with 3d printed parts and IR sensors. It outputs the scan data on a SD card which you can then turn into 3d model...
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When someone re-invents the wheel with some 3D printing help
OK, it's a skateboard wheel, but it is designed as a strange combination o cube and sphere and other stuff ... they were 3d printed and polyurethane casted I'm not even sure how they work and I never...
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Low-cost Easy 3D Printed RC Flying Wing
Samm Sheperd demonstrates how easy and cheap it is to develop and 3d print a flying wing pod that houses first person camera, transmitter, controls, motor, batter, drive shaft and propeller for a RC...
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3D Printing Custom Car Audio Speakers
As I was searching to find what can I print for my car, I found Mark and his company. It is an excellent example how 3d printing can help a small company to make custom products. They use 3d printing...
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Thermaltake 3D Printed Modding Accessories
As 3d printing is going mainstream, many companies see the potential using it as user involvement tool. Thermaltake, PC parts manufacturer, started their 3d printing site to help PC modders 3d print...
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3D Printed PMG Generator for DIY Wind Turbines
Brian developed a 3d printable DIY PMG generator ideal for producing electricity from small wind turbine. You will need some disc magnets and copper wire, but you will get a functioning generator. It...
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DIY 3D Print Error Correction System
Chris Barr from Australia developed his own error correction system using magnetic encoders that recognizes that 3d print went wrong and then tries to correct the problem. Chris writes:At the moment,...
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Orbital Composites Advanced Carbon Fiber 3D Printing
Orbital Composites is a company which developed advanced carbon fiber and wire 3d printing with applications in space additive manufacturing. It should enable future missions to 3d print satellites and...
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