Marco ArmentFeb 22

I've really gotten into 3D printing since our family got an awesome Bambu printer last fall.

I find SO many household problems that can be solved, or projects that can be done better, by quickly making little custom parts like these.

What are they? Doesn't matter!* They printed in 5 minutes and helped me with a project. (And I'm still making all of my custom models in TinkerCAD, a web app designed for children, because it's so fast and easy.)

* installing some custom cove lights in my office

Show threadMarco ArmentFeb 22
I previously also made this custom tool to pull up a difficult shower-drain grate… then also made a new drain filter that significantly improved over the performance of the old one.
Show threadMarco ArmentFeb 22
And when my rattly office vent cover finally annoyed me enough… I fixed that, too.
Show threadMarco Arment
One more 3D-printing win: I made Tiff a tiny pair of earring replicas of our restaurant's famous swinging lights as a Christmas gift.
Feb 23 at 3:03amIvory for Mac
Show threadGreg PierceFeb 23
@marcoarment What are you doing the modelling in? I’m also enjoying 3D printing, but haven’t settled on a modeling tool.
Show threadChrisFeb 23
@marcoarment This is so adorable.
Show threadMichael B. JohnsonFeb 23
@marcoarment That's very sweet.
Show threadTheEJJ 🇨🇦Feb 23
@marcoarment I’m sorry, this is just the most wholesome, thoughtful thing I’ve seen in maybe a month.
Show threadShane BousloughFeb 23
@marcoarment but do they light up?
Show threadMark OtwayFeb 23
@marcoarment
Friends of ours 3D printed this modular drawer for organising our extensive tea collection in our new kitchen. It took 45+ hours to print!
Show threadPeter N LewisFeb 23
@marcoarment with led and button battery in it?
Show threadSwampYankeeFeb 23
@marcoarment There is a "swing the lights" joke here but it's not my joke to make.
Show threadThe Animal and the MachineFeb 24

@marcoarment
I hope there are pearl lightbulbs under there.

@siracusa would have used Perl.