r/3Dprinting 2d ago

News [Giveaway] Comment for a Chance to Win a Revopoint INSPIRE 2 3D Scanner!

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We are excited to announce a giveaway to celebrate our growing community and the launch of our Trackit SR, a portable powerhouse designed for high-precision RE and health monitoring with 72-hour continuous tracking. Join us in shaking up the 3D world!

One lucky winner will receive:

šŸŽ 1x Revopoint INSPIRE 2 3D Scanner [Premium Edition]

How to Enter:

  1. Join our official subreddit: r/Revopoint

  2. Leave a comment below answering one of the following questions:

- Show us one item on your desk or workbench that deserves a 3D scan.

- What is the weirdest or coolest thing on your desk that you 3D printed?

The giveaway is open until August 2nd, and winners will be announced on August 4th. Good luck to all the creators out there!


r/3Dprinting 21d ago

Purchase Advice Purchase Advice Megathread - July 2026

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Welcome back to another purchase megathread!

This thread is meant to conglomerate purchase advice for both newcomers and people looking for additional machines. Keeping this discussion to one thread means less searching should anyone have questions that may already have been answered here, as well as more visibility to inquiries in general, as comments made here will be visible for the entire month stuck to the top of the sub, and then added to the Purchase Advice Collection (Reddit Collections are still broken on mobile view, enable "view in desktop mode").

Please be sure to skim through this thread for posts with similar requirements to your own first, as recommendations relevant to your situation may have already been posted, and may even include answers to follow up questions you might have wished to ask.

If you are new to 3D printing, and are unsure of what to ask, try to include the following in your posts as a minimum:

  • Your budget, set at a numeric amount. Saying "cheap," or "money is not a problem" is not an answer people can do much with. 3D printers can cost $100, they can cost $10,000,000, and anywhere in between. A rough idea of what you're looking for is essential to figuring out anything else.
  • Your country of residence.
  • If you are willing to build the printer from a kit, and what your level of experience is with electronic maintenance and construction if so.
  • What you wish to do with the printer.
  • Any extenuating circumstances that would restrict you from using machines that would otherwise fit your needs (limited space for the printer, enclosure requirement, must be purchased through educational intermediary, etc).

While this is by no means an exhaustive list of what can be included in your posts, these questions should help paint enough of a picture to get started. Don't be afraid to ask more questions, and never worry about asking too many. The people posting in this thread are here because they want to give advice, and any questions you have answered may be useful to others later on, when they read through this thread looking for answers of their own. Everyone here was new once, so chances are whoever is replying to you has a good idea of how you feel currently.

Reddit User and Regular u/richie225 is also constantly maintaining his extensive personal recommendations list which is worth a read: Generic FDM Printer recommendations.

Additionally, a quick word on print quality: Most FDM/FFF (that is, filament based) printers are capable of approximately the same tolerances and print appearance, as the biggest limiting factor is in the nature of extruded plastic. Asking if a machine has "good prints," or saying "I don't expect the best quality for $xxx" isn't actually relevant for the most part with regards to these machines. Should you need additional detail and higher tolerances, you may want to explore SLA, DLP, and other photoresin options, as those do offer an increase in overall quality. If you are interested in resin machines, make sure you are aware of how to use them safely. For these safety reasons we don't usually recommend a resin printer as someone's first printer.

As always, if you're a newcomer to this community, welcome. If you're a regular, welcome back.


r/3Dprinting 7h ago

Project Wearable Articulated Fingers

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I'm excited to show what I've been working on the past few weekends! I'm building a fully parametrisable, wearable articulated finger extension generator. I have a lot more to do before I can publish the generator itself, and due to my life circumstances I'm not sure I'll be able to finish it to the quality I expect from myself before the contest deadline, but if you like the model and the idea, stay tuned, the generator is coming!

https://makerworld.com/en/models/3078151


r/3Dprinting 3h ago

Print (model not provided) Wife left the planter empty too long

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262 Upvotes

This actually fell off a shelf and landed in there


r/3Dprinting 7h ago

Discussion Extruder clogged in the last 2 minutes of a 10 hour print… any way I can salvage this?

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Took a napkin holder design from maker world and made it a bit taller, with a wider base. Went completely fine overnight, and as I was getting ready to leave for work I get the dreaded notification that with literally a few tiny layers left to go, the end of the project was screwed. A bit of needling the nozzle hole and I got it to finish, but not in a great looking way.

10 hours and 184g of PLA later and I got a functional but imperfect product… just my luck. Is there anything I could try as far as sanding, or applying some other materials so I don’t need to attempt another run?


r/3Dprinting 1h ago

Project Kai’s jade blades fridge magnets

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r/3Dprinting 13h ago

Paid Model Finally found a great use for tri-color filament

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My dad alerted me toĀ a cool printĀ and it blew my mind that someone could slice a sphere so many times and make it so tall yet still so easily collapsible. So I traced down the model (search for "Dimple Facet Sensory Fidget Ball XL") and paid $2.00 to get the model files, and printed it on my bambulab H2D using Silk PLA. Which turned out well, but then I remembered I had some leftover "Chitu Systems Conjure Tricolor Silk PLA Filament, Christmas Red Blue Green", that I got off of Amazon for about $20, and I printed it out that way, and it blew my mind. Not only did it print well without needing support; the colors of each slice are just slightly different - the effect is amazing. Remember: this is a print using just a single nozzle, with just one filament - no swaps. And yet the rainbow of colors is astonishing!

Details: It takes about 12 hours to printĀ and costs $4.23 worth of filament.

Disclaimer: While this is a paid model, I'm not making any money from it, and I have no connection with the creator - I really did pay my own money for it. (And I think it was worth it. Certainly it was a lot less than how much the filament cost for me to print 4 of these so far.)

Update: The model file I used came from https://www.crealitycloud.com/model-detail/dimple-facet-sensory-fidget-ball-xl but as u/Efficient_End_2821 pointed out (thanks!), you can find many similar models for free at https://makerworld.com/en/search/models?keyword=Twisty+spiral


r/3Dprinting 15h ago

News Service Announcement

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Y'all, I saw it with the mini 5 gal buckets, now this.

For those who sell them, sorry. I don't think you'll beat their price.


r/3Dprinting 11h ago

Print (model not provided) Was not expecting so much wobble šŸ˜…

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r/3Dprinting 1h ago

Project 3D Printed Dark Falcon

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Finished up my 3D printed Dark Falcon set. Super fun project that took about 200 hours to print and around 10 hours to assemble working in stages. Printed mostly out of PLA with the exception of a few connectors, translucent parts and the rotating pieces out of PETG. Had most of the materials already on-hand with the exception of the maroon PLA, clear blue PETG, and a refill roll of black PLA that cost me around $45 all together. Printed on my Bambu P1S and model found on MakerWorld.


r/3Dprinting 6h ago

Print (model not provided) Hinge? Joint? Connector? Simple idea, can be useful.

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r/3Dprinting 56m ago

Hardware Just in case anybody is using this creality filament dryer, don't leave it powered on between uses.

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My wife and SIL heard popping and arcing sounds and eventually tracked it down to my single spool creality dryer. It looks like the power supply just completely failed and shorted, it was smoking like crazy but was mostly staying inside the chamber so it hadn't tripped out smoke detector. There's a good chance it could have started a fire if we hadn't been around.

I've had this thing for years and it's been a workhorse, always worked great and I just left it powered on when it wasn't in use, but I e learned my lesson and I'm just going to turn off the power strip to all the stuff on my bench when I'm not working on anything.


r/3Dprinting 10h ago

Discussion Finally figured a proper way of putting grub screws on gears

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Every time I used grub screws in the gears, they eventually failed. Either by chewing up the surrounding plastic or pulling out the threaded insert. I figured that using a flanged rivet nut would be a better solution, as the flange hooks onto the inside of the gear and there's enough material around it to prevent it from pulling out.


r/3Dprinting 1d ago

Paid Model I can’t decide if this thing is beautiful or horrifying.

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2.3k Upvotes

r/3Dprinting 6h ago

Project I designed a carbon fiber walking stick and 3D printed handle

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I couldn't find a walking stick that I liked so I designed my own one. I was able to order the carbon fiber tube and ferrule but couldn't find a handle so had to designed and print my own one.


r/3Dprinting 1d ago

Project 3d scan rig with raspberry pi + openscan3 firmware

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1.6k Upvotes

r/3Dprinting 17h ago

Project Majora's mask

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Thought I would share something I was working on for a while. I know lots of people have done this print, but I really pushed myself on this. I used a Bambu P1S and printed in 4 pieces. I applied gap filler and did some initial sanding to help hide the seams, then used a two part self leveling epoxy. That didn't go super well because I mixed too much and it was exothermic (started smoking).

But, I sanded it, put another layer on, and sanded it again and it came out pretty good.

Primed in Mr surfacer 1500 white (black before sanding). Then I used tamiya acrylics Gaia notes lacquers in my airbrush to get most of the colors. I covered that in Mr hobby gx100 gloss clear coat to protect it.

I hand painted the black lines, the white, and the yellow triangles. I tried using some water based acrylics for the yellow. I'm bad at hand painting and I still don't understand how to thin water acrylics properly so that was easily the hardest piece for me. I used testors enamel for the black and white and that was much easier to do, but took a long time to cure.

I finished with a final coat of gx100.

It isn't perfect, but I'm proud of the result. I definitely learned a lot. Big shout out to r/airbrush for helping with the eyes and explaining dagger strokes. Never would have got this result without it.


r/3Dprinting 12h ago

Free Model Been printing lampshades for my IKEA lamp base and now half my apartment is fluted

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I started with one shade because I hated the bare bulb in my hallway. Then I did another one for the bedroom. Then a wall version because the corner was too dark. My girlfriend says I have a problem. She is not wrong but the light is really nice now.

Printed in Bambu PLA Matte Bone White and Bambu PLA Wood. The wood one glows warmer, almost like paper.

https://makerworld.com/en/models/3079925-scandi-style-fluted-pendant-sconce-set#profileId-3468668


r/3Dprinting 1h ago

Troubleshooting How long can this sit?

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I slightly miscalculated and ran out of white silk filament on this print. I have more ordered, but it won't be delivered for a few more days. The job is sitting at the pause status until then. My question, Can this damage the model or machine in anyway?

Thanks


r/3Dprinting 1d ago

Project Cigarette Bag Clips (with pack)

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700 Upvotes

I cant remember why I had this idea (I dont smoke), but it was fun desinging these, including my first print in place mechanism.

If anyone is interested ---->
https://makerworld.com/en/models/3078177-cigarette-bag-clip


r/3Dprinting 44m ago

Free Model My 3yo nephew now has his own puppy racer, no glue needed

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Wanted to make my little nephew a toy he could actually play with rather than a shelf piece. It all snaps together by hand, no glue, and the head and ears rotate along with the wheels. Two colour options so you can keep it simple or go full colour.

https://makerworld.com/en/models/3081682-push-along-puppy-car-no-glue-press-fit-kids-toy#profileId-3470903


r/3Dprinting 1d ago

Project Wave overhangs vs tree supports for tricky honey dipper

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1.0k Upvotes

r/3Dprinting 22h ago

News 3D-Printed Iron Flow Battery Slashes Costs by 97%, Accelerating Global Energy Storage Research

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242 Upvotes

r/3Dprinting 7h ago

Print (model not provided) I forgot to turn on infill, but print turned out pretty good

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15 Upvotes

Despite a lot of mid air printing lol