3D Printing on the Moon… finally someone is talking sense!
3D Printing on the Moon… finally someone is talking sense! Up until this time I have found the media promoting stories about 3d printing on Mars, how limitless it would be and grand visions of just what could be accomplished, but… missing a very key component. How can you 3d print without limits on any […]
3D Printed Star Trek 3D Chess Pieces
Although current technology is still a few years away from Star Trek’s Replicator level, that didn’t stop us from 3d printing chess pieces for this Star Trek Tri-Dimensional Chess set. We always have the coolest items to play with at our trade shows!
Our 3d printed SLS plastic Star Trek TOS communicator -cool right?!
From the ‘only because we can’ category… Working at a 3d printing company certainly has its privileges! In 2016 I pre-ordered a Star Trek TOS bluetooth communicator as a gift for my husband. Instead of yet again wrapping a piece of paper with a promise, one or our techs got to work and did me […]
3D Printing request UNLIKE ANYTHING in 23 years
My week started with a phone call and a question as to whether our company could help with a very personalized item. Within one minute, it was shared that this customer wanted a 6” custom Lego brick followed by these words “this will be an urn for my son’s ashes, who recently passed away from cancer […]
2.3 Million Gallons of Water pumped through SLS 3D Printed Part
You may have noticed the Zelda pump (3d printed by us with SLS and nylon) on our home page, but I thought I’d bring light to it again as recently our customer let us know that with their last round of testing the pump ran for 2-1/2 days, pumping 2.3 million gallons of water! That’s […]
3D Printing Scaled Down Models
We often receive questions about 3d printing scaled down models that never happen as contacting us first isn’t the right starting point, unless a few things are already taken care of! Watch this quick video and/or visit our Sales Models page to learn more. https://youtu.be/jM0ucRIbPV0
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 […]
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 […]