Most of the guys I know who have 3d printers are so eager to have someone ask them to make a specific thing for them on the 3d printer, and it’s always really practical makes.
That’s me. Sort of. Don’t get me wrong, my wife is rapidly running out of room in her office for all the cute animals I have printed for her (that she didn’t ask for, I just surprise her with them sometimes 😅).
But I’ve rapidly reached the stage where I want to print but have covered most of my own needs for printed stuff. So any time anyone asks if I can print something, I’m thrilled.
I mean, making cute animals is part of most hobbies. I have created more little animals with crochet than I can count, and I don’t necessarily see 3d printing as anymore wasteful than crochet
Yeah I’ve done a couple prints for friends or relatives. My most recent print is a simple miny peg-chess set so I can learn from my chess books with a physical board and pieces.
Not exactly practical, but still useful.
I’ve successfully solved several real life problems with my printer, and it’s always nice to find something practical to make or fix.
So that’s a fun story. The light squares and pieces are all printed from the same color changing filament.
I printed all the squares first, after putting them in, I realized I was missing one. And I was already printing the pieces. After removing several of the squares from the board in preparation for replacing them, I found the one I thought I lost (or didn’t print). Sadly removing the squares ruined several of them. So I was locked into replacing with newly printed squares. And because it’s color changing filament, they’re different from the second print.
Anywho. Long, boring, (turns out not fun at all) story. But I thought it looked pretty cool in the end.
Most of the guys I know who have 3d printers are so eager to have someone ask them to make a specific thing for them on the 3d printer, and it’s always really practical makes.
That’s me. Sort of. Don’t get me wrong, my wife is rapidly running out of room in her office for all the cute animals I have printed for her (that she didn’t ask for, I just surprise her with them sometimes 😅).
But I’ve rapidly reached the stage where I want to print but have covered most of my own needs for printed stuff. So any time anyone asks if I can print something, I’m thrilled.
I mean, making cute animals is part of most hobbies. I have created more little animals with crochet than I can count, and I don’t necessarily see 3d printing as anymore wasteful than crochet
Yeah I’ve done a couple prints for friends or relatives. My most recent print is a simple miny peg-chess set so I can learn from my chess books with a physical board and pieces.
Not exactly practical, but still useful.
I’ve successfully solved several real life problems with my printer, and it’s always nice to find something practical to make or fix.
Is there a reason the board is 3 colours?
So that’s a fun story. The light squares and pieces are all printed from the same color changing filament.
I printed all the squares first, after putting them in, I realized I was missing one. And I was already printing the pieces. After removing several of the squares from the board in preparation for replacing them, I found the one I thought I lost (or didn’t print). Sadly removing the squares ruined several of them. So I was locked into replacing with newly printed squares. And because it’s color changing filament, they’re different from the second print.
Anywho. Long, boring, (turns out not fun at all) story. But I thought it looked pretty cool in the end.
For 3D chess?
IDK, but it certainly looks aesthetically pleasing, to me at least.