We Had This IDEA in 2002!
“3Doodler Create” I remember years ago when I first started with 3D Prototype Design, our lead technician Tim came up with an invention based on FDM printing. His idea was to make a small hand held device that could be used as a hobby tool to create in mid air random designs. He described it […]
Black Panther’s Queen Ramona Impressive 3D Printed Costume Pieces
While watching Marvel’s Black Panther film over the weekend, I immediately spotted the unmistakable 3d printed pieces worn by actress Angela Bassett. Before I even left the theater, I was consulting Google to confirm I was right. Not only that, there were many other costume pieces throughout the moving that were able to take advantage […]
3D Printed Drone Parts Flying Around
As if 3d printing wasn’t already cool enough, many of our SLS nylon parts are flying around in drones! SLS 3d printed in nylon spinner really flies! Several drone assemblies that are being made and sold direct to customers contain 3D Prototype Design’s SLS 3D printed parts. Because our SLS models offer final production quality, […]
3D Print a Darth Vader Pancake — Why not?
This fun new invention could allow you to make a 3d printed Darth Vader pancake, based the concept of 3d printing technology. But, before we get into it I have to start this posting with the following disclaimer… “3D Prototype does not offer custom 3d printed pancakes or sell the printers” (lol) The PancakeBot, uses […]
3D Printing and the Oscar’s Statuettes
With the help of 3d printing technology, Oscar statues now utilize technology to create the coveted awards with precision accuracy. In 2016 designers utilized an original 1929 Oscar statuette were originally designed by Cedric Gibbons and sculpted by George Stanley. The vintage figure was first 3d scanned to create an accurate 3d CAD file that […]
Top 3 Reasons Why 3D Printing Isn’t Mars Worthy (yet)
The other day a colleague of mine came into the office talking about a Doctor he saw on a morning TV show singing the praises of creating 3d printed medical devices and products that could in future be made in space (or possibly on Mars) which got us once again on a rant. While 3d […]
Better 3D printed parts, see how we stack up
Even though we’ve been in the 3d printing business for 20 years, I NEVER get tired of hearing how much better our SLS nylon prototypes are than our competition! Last week we received a message from a recent customer that was using a well-known large 3d printing company before finding our services and here’s what […]
3D Printed Star Trek Communicator vs. Bluetooth final product
Star Trek fans rejoice, as after much anticipation the Bluetooth Star Trek Communicator has arrived! Here’s the story… Just before Christmas I pre-ordered the new Star Trek Bluetooth communicator as a gift and needed to wrap something in place (as a photo is kinda lame). Being in the 3d printing business, I approached one of […]
Wackie Wednesday Presents – 3D Printed Duck Legs
3D Printed Duck Legs, For Real We know better than anyone how fantastic 3d printing can be, however we had to post this as under the title Wackie Wednesday, as we aren’t sure these 3D printed prosthetic duck legs and feet are actually an improvement to what Phillip the Duck was managing with prior. Phillip […]
Can I 3d print a part for my car?
Often I receive emails from people interested in having a replacement part made for their car either because the part has been discontinued or because they think 3d printing it would be cheaper than buying from the dealership, however it’s important to take the following into consideration. In order to 3D print any part, a […]