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3D printing is like having a magic wand for DIY enthusiasts, conjuring up everything from cool custom phone stands to intricate cosplay armor.
The creativity on the 3D printing subreddit is next-level, with users turning digital dreams into cool, tangible projects. Whether it’s a life-sized Buzz Lightyear suit or a fully functional arm cast, the innovation is absolutely mind-blowing.
1. “I Recently Had A Full Head Mri. Using Free Software I Was Able To Pluck My Brain Out And Turn It Into A Desk Light”
2. “Who Ever Designed This Thing I Printed It… I Have Never Been So Horrified And In Love At The Same Time!!”
3. “A Redditor Has Built Me A New Finger After Insurance Turned Me Down For One. They Took An Existing Design And Customized It With My Feedback And Made Me Whole Again. It Should Be Known That Limb Labs Wanted 15 To 20 Thousand Dollars For One”
4. “I Hate Flossing, But Flossers Are A Waste Of Plastic, So I 3D Printed A Reusable One!”
5. “I Made The Jetpacks For My Light-Year Suit Everything Is 3D Printed!”
6. “3D Printed Clip-On Temperature Indicator For The Shower Pipe To Show When It’s Warm Or Too Hot. I’m Disabled So I Can’t Always Tell Temperature With My Hand, And I Didn’t Want To Use One Of Those LED Shower Heads Because Electricity + Water = Bad”
7. “I May Have A *slight* Addiction To Printing Covers For My Bionic Arm”
8. “I Made These Spikes To Stop ‘Helpful’ People From Grabbing Me Without Consent”
9. “A Loggerhead Turtle Got Into A Boating Accident, Resulting In The Loss Of A Majority Of Its Lower Beak. Scientists Gave It A New 3D Printed Titanium Beak. It Looks So Badass. He Is Now A Cyborg Turtle”
10. “My 8 Year Old Asked For A Nintendo Switch For Christmas. Prusa I3 Mk3s To The Rescue! We Did Buy Her An Actual Switch, But She Must Endure This First”
11. “Was Born Without An Arm So I Built Myself My Own Eletronic 3D Printed Arm. This Is Me Holding An Egg”
12. “Where The Sidewalk Ends”
13. “I Made A ‘Toothpaste Mover’ So You Can Push Toothpaste From One Costco-Sized Tube Into A Lil Travel Tube”
14. “After Three Failed Attempts, I Present To You: Invisiball In Spectrum”
15. “Finished Printing The Oof Stones”
16. “Finally Finished The Wife’s Fully Motorised Mk49 Rescue Suit 3D Printed On Ender 5 Plus Bondtech Ddx Direct Drive”
17. “I Found A Mini Nuclear Power Plant On Thingiverse And Modified It To Fit On My Humidifier”
18. “My Wife’s 10 Year Old Brother Got A 3D Printer For Christmas. I Joked That He Can Build Me A Playstation. Every Day I’ve Been Asking Him When It’ll Be Ready. Today He Brought Me This. Best Present Ever”
19. “One Lid To Rule Them All”
20. “Proof That Perseverance Pays Off…my Full Iron Man Suit, Printed In Many, Many Pieces On My Tiny Up Mini Over 6 Months”
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22. “My New Favourite 3D Print”
23. “I Modeled, Printed, And Painted This Little House To Express My Frustration With The Housing Market”
24. “My Step-Son’s Soccer Team Won First In A Tournament But They Didn’t Get A Trophy So I Designed And Printed Him One”
25. “Bastard Broke Into The Wrong Goddamn Rec Room”
26. “My Dad 3D Printed A Lever To Replace His Light Switch”
27. “Simple Design For A 7 Year Anniversary Present. The Pennies Are Dated With Years That Are Significant To Us”
28. “My Partner Keeps Buying Plants So I Have To Keep Designing Plant Pots. Here’s One Of My Latest Ones”
29. “Moon Lamp”
30. “Don’t Feed Spray Paint After Midnight”
31. “I Made This Guitar For My Son’s Birthday”
32. “Broke My Arm, Got A 3D Printed Cast”
33. “Just Had To Do It, I Couldn’t Resist”
34. “Just Finished My Arkham Knight Cosplay! Fully 3D Printed And Painted, This Was So Much Fun To Do!”
35. “Designed A Custom Duck Hunt Display For These Nerf Guns That I Printed Zapper Shells For”
36. “I 3D Printed The City Of Denver”
37. “Inserts For My Travel Tool Box”
38. “Phone No Longer Overheats While Charging In The Sun”
39. “Me And My Son 3D Printed A Life Size Battle Droid. Turns Out They Were Quite Big”
40. “I’m Working On A 3D Printable Model Of Bmo From Adventure Time With Accurate Internals!”
