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4 250 gram Yousu glow in the dark TPU been sent to try ( yellow purple green blue) will post prints after I’ve tried it. Should be interesting to try print with glow TPU.

Yes it glows nice just tested 2 of the colors other 2 are printing now.

Few prints from this week trying out couple of new printers the Prusa core 1L and Longer LK10 plus. Plus my Bambu printers.

I had a hands-on look at the SnowX SnowPod desktop metal 3D printer at TCT Shenzhen, including the workflow, supports, powder handling, and sample prints. Full article and photos are linked below: https://3dwithus.com/snowx-snowpod-desktop-metal-3d-printer

Very cool! I love it! May it serve you well!!!

Dimand, you definitely influenced me to finally build my own HSW. Thanks! I used several of your hooks in the setup and featured them in the short video, too. I’ve also added the HSW project and designs to our dedicated eSUN filament guide: https://3dwithus.com/esun-filament-hands-on-testing-guide

Just got a couple of kilos of Eryone PETG lite sent to try will post thoughts and results in another post when I’ve tried it. It’s supposed to print like PLA less stringy and easier to print.

We updated our guide and added links to your models. https://3dwithus.com/halloween-3d-printing-ideas I wish you had an Instagram account 😉

I'm part of the team developing LUOYING A1, a compact top-down resin printer. I'd like to share a few physical photos and ask which print sample would make the hardware easier to evaluate. The platform moves down into the vat, with layers formed at the resin surface. Our design combines resin replenishment, laser level feedback and blade recoating, without a release-film peeling step. The attached photos show front-view assembly, parts in the workspace and a physical test piece on the platform. These are separate from our design renders and animation. For a future sample set, I'm considering showing the same small part at several positions on the platform, together with the actual resin, orientation, settings and post-processing used. I'd also include close-ups with a scale reference. That is a proposed comparison, not a repeatability or accuracy result. Which features would you find most informative in that sample: holes, thin walls, raised lettering or a combination? If there is a part you routinely use to reveal a resin printer's limitations, I'd be interested in what it helps you observe. Disclosure: this is our own product project. Project context and more photos: https://luoying3d.pages.dev/ The photos are ours; this English text was prepared with AI writing assistance. No dimensional accuracy, resin compatibility or completed-test claim is being made.

I’ve been into 3D printing for a few years now, and I’ve picked up a decent amount of 3D modeling along the way. I’ve also dabbled in coding, but I’ve never really had a project that forced me to put all of those skills together. So I decided to build something completely unnecessary: a Useless Box. 😂 The idea is pretty simple—a box with a switch that, when you turn it on, has a motorized mechanism come out and turn the switch back off. It serves absolutely no useful purpose, which honestly makes it the perfect project. What makes it interesting to me is that it gives me a way to dip my foot into programming without jumping straight into something overwhelming. I get to combine the 3D modeling and printing skills I already have with learning how to program a microcontroller, control a servo motor, read a switch, deal with timing, and eventually make the thing actually behave intelligently. Instead of just writing code that prints something on a screen, I get to write code that physically makes something happen in the real world. I think that makes it a pretty good way to break the ice with coding, electronics, motors, and all the little problems that come with making hardware and software work together. The plan is to start simple, get the basic version working, and then keep improving it. I don't want it to do the exact same thing every time I flip the switch, so I'm already planning different random behaviors and reactions. Then I'll keep adding things as I learn—better mechanisms, more servos, lights, sounds, sensors, different movements, and whatever other ridiculous ideas I come up with. The ultimate goal is to take a simple box whose entire purpose is to turn a switch off and progressively turn it into a completely over-engineered monstrosity that requires an unreasonable amount of engineering to accomplish absolutely nothing. And that's exactly why I think it's going to be a fun project. 😂 I am just getting started and I have never really posted anything I do online, then I found this site and thought WTH. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Please be gentle I'm not an expert at any of this.

I needed a replacement hinge for the glass lid of my turntable, but the original design was too weak for the job. I redesigned and tested the hinge through several iterations. The final version was strengthened around the load-bearing areas, uses five interlocking hinge tabs, a 3 mm hinge pin, and a 5.3 mm slot for the 5 mm glass panel. One of the biggest challenges was getting the glass clearance right while keeping enough material on the opposite wall for strength. I also added a 5 mm solid reinforced section at the bottom of the glass slot and redistributed material between the two sides of the hinge. A few prototypes were necessary before everything fitted correctly, but the final print now fits the glass properly, moves smoothly and feels significantly stronger than the first version. This is exactly why I enjoy functional 3D printing: instead of searching for an unavailable replacement part, you can measure, redesign, print, test and improve it until it works. I’ll add photos of the printed hinge and the final installation on the turntable.

Thank You very Much

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Congratulations! 🎉 This post won 1 filament spool in the Contribute to Win - September 2026 giveaway. We will contact you shortly to arrange the delivery of the SUNLU filament spool. Giveaway Rules: https://3dwithus.com/forum/topic/973-contribute-to-win-monthly-giveaway

Great project! These “useless boxes” are always fun, especially when you start adding more movements and random behavior. I’ve seen a few versions online before where, instead of just an arm coming out, a little creature actually crawls out of the box, gets annoyed and switches the switch OFF. 😂 There is definitely plenty of room to make your own version unique. One small recommendation: if you’re planning to participate in our monthly filament giveaway, I’d suggest changing your username from Award0586 to something a little more personal or recognizable. Generic-looking usernames can sometimes be mistaken for automated or promotional accounts. 🙂

Updated: We added new hands-on examples, including batch-printed HSW tiles, cable management, and an HSW-compatible setup on the Anycubic Kobra S1. https://3dwithus.com/honeycomb-storage-wall-guide-3d-printed-tool-organization

Hi everyone — we’re the team behind CADProps. We built it for those moments when someone sends you a CAD file and you want to inspect the model and check its dimensions without installing another desktop application. For example, you can open a STEP file, rotate the model, check its units and overall dimensions, and inspect geometry properties. CADProps also opens STL and other supported mesh formats, which can be useful when checking a model received for a 3D printing project. If you’d like to try it with a known sample, we’ve put public STEP and STL files here: https://www.cadprops.com We’d be interested to hear what you usually check first when receiving someone else’s model. Are dimensions, units, geometry properties, or comparing versions the most useful to you? — CADProps