3D Printer Projects

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Grinding Gears
[Project] 3D Print Your Own Workshop-Ready Steampunk Goggles

Many steampunk cosplay items provide mechanical style and an aesthetic look. But these elaborate 3D printed steampunk goggles are equipped with prescription lenses and welding filters that will keep your eyes safe while you're in the workshop.

by Tyler Koslow
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Make Haste With Your Waste
[Project] Create a 3D Printed Pocket Microscope from E-Waste

Have an ancient DVD or CD drive collecting dust in your garage? You can use your 3D printer and a recycled lens to create an e-waste pocket microscope. 

by Tyler Koslow
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Grow Your Maker Skills
[Project] Make Your Garden Glow with 3D Printed LED Flowers

Want to give your 3D printer the green thumb? Autodesk and Instructables content creator Becky Stern shares a project on how to make 3D printed light-up flowers with LED lights. 

by Tyler Koslow
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All-Powerful Prop
[Project] Wield the Power of the Infinity Gauntlet from New ‘Avengers’ Film

Looking forward to the release of Avengers: Infinity Wars? Why not become the most powerful villain in the Marvel universe with your own 3D printed Infinity Gauntlet. 

by Tyler Koslow
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Happy Cinco de Mayo!
[Project] Five Things to 3D Print for Your Cinco De Mayo Celebrations

Are you getting ready to celebrate the Mexican holiday of Cinco de Mayo this weekend? Prep for the festivities, which usually entail endless margaritas, music, and food, with some of these Cinco de Mayo-themed 3D prints!

by Tyler Koslow
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1-Up
Project of the Week: Make Your Own Coin-Spitting Mario Question Block

For this week's Project of the Week, 3D print and Arduino your way to this coin-spitting Question Block from universe of Nintendo favorite, Mario.

by Matthew Mensley
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Show Me The Money!
[Project] 3D Print Your Own Honeycomb-Designed Card Wallet

Need a safe and sleek place to store your credit cards, gift cards, and your other wallet inhabitants? This fully 3D printed Card Wallet is extremely easy to make, and has a card pusher to give you instant access to your plastic money!  

by Tyler Koslow
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Earth Day 2018
[Project] Celebrate Earth Day with This 3D Printed Greenhouse Dome

With Earth Day coming up this weekend, why not celebrate by 3D printing a DIY greenhouse dome for your garden? Polish up that green thumb, it's time to use those maker skills for a Mother Nature-approved project.  

by Tyler Koslow
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Make Your Soda Shine
[Project] 3D Print Your Own Customizable Soda Can Lamp

An engineer named Arnd (also known as AHNT) recently shared a fun 3D printing project, showing us how to create an customizable soda can lamp that can you light up with LEDs or a candle. 

by Tyler Koslow
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Chocolate Poop
[Project] 3D Print a Chocolate Easter Egg Dispenser Bunny

Ready to scarf down lots of chocolate this holiday weekend? Exercise some portion control with a 3D printed Easter Egg Dispenser Bunny.

by Bulent Yusuf
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Weekend Project!
[Project] 3D Print Your Own Mechanical Laser Show!

Looking for a weekend DIY project? Check out this awesome 3D printed hand-powered mechanical laser show created by software developer Evan Stanford. 

by Tyler Koslow
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Easter Edition
[Project] 3D Printed Candy Dispenser

Get your sweet tooth ready for Easter's endless barrage of chocolate bunnies and Cadbury Eggs with a 3D printed candy dispenser. This project was originally designed by HelioxLab, and recently presented by the Dutch 3D printing filament producer colorFabb. 

by Tyler Koslow
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The Key to Organization
[Project] Make Life Easier with the Pocket-Sized Keytool

Looking for an easy way to organize your life? This 3D printable keytool will hold your keys, USB, a small ruler, a docking device for your phone, and even a bottle opener all in one place.  

by Tyler Koslow
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♫ Stir it upppp ♫
[Project] 3D Print Your Own Magnetic Stirrer

Need some on-the-run laboratory equipment or just a neat way to mix liquids? One hobbyist named John Coggeshall shows us how to build a 3D printed magnetic stirrer. Let's get scientific!

by Tyler Koslow
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Shred the Gnar
[Project] Shred the Streets with Your Own 3D Printed Longboard

LulzBot shows us how to build a fully functional longboard using 3D printing technology. You can follow along with their surprisingly simple instructions or use them as a basis to build your own board. 

by Tyler Koslow
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Let's Get Physics-cal
[Project] 3D Print Your Own Animated Physics Toy

Looking for an awesomely interactive project to 3D print this weekend? The Ruiz Brothers and Phillip Burgess have shared Animated LED Sand, a DIY physics toy featured on Adafruit. 

by Tyler Koslow
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Not Your Average Soda Gun
[Project] 3D Print Your Own NERF Thirst Zapper Gun From Fallout 4

With just a spring and a 3D printer, Croatian digital artist and maker Vedran Marjanovic Wekster shows you how to create a NERF-ified version of the Thirst Zapper gun from the video game series Fallout. 

by Tyler Koslow
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One Way Ticket to Hogwarts
[Project] 3D Printed Harry Potter Spectrespecs with LED Lights

Eight-year-old maker Purple Oranji turns Adafruit NeoPixel goggles into a pair of 3D printed Spectrespecs, the zany light-up shades featured in the Harry Potter movies. This weekend project is the perfect way to show your kids that a 3D printer is just as extraordinary as a magic wand. 

by Tyler Koslow
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Weekend Project!
[Project] 3D Print An Actual Earthquake Map

Oakland artist and Instructables user Doug McCune shares a project that shows how you can turn data generated from an earthquake into a 3D printed topographical map. Shake up your weekend with this great DIY project! 

by Tyler Koslow
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