I’ve been playing with 3D printer for a about a year now and it’s been great! I’ve printed lots of cute trinkets, articulated dragons, Pokemon and all the other neat stuff you can download and just press PRINT. I think it’s a law for all new 3D printer owners to go through that phase. My real interest, however, is using CAD to design and functional things. These are designs that solve problems, fix broken things or improve stuff I have.
I created a 12″ piece of baseboard molding that matched a corner section that was damaged during a bathroom remodel.
There is a failure point on the Lotus Elise marker light where it clips into the body. Rather than replace the whole housing which are getting harder to find I created a clip that wrapped around the broken stub and used epoxy to attach it. 10 track days later and it is holding strong!
My Roomba couldn’t clear the threshold between the living room and the kitchen so I designed and printed a ramp to smooth the transition.
The latch on the passthrough from the cab to the back of my ambulance converted to an RV broke and the replacement was $150, so I created a new design that work great.
Too many others to list, but just examples of things that were fun to design and solved a problem. None of these items were of any use to anyone but me with a few exceptions. These exceptions are what drove me to open an Etsy shop. It is very low cost to do and I was curious if anyone would actual buy some of the items that I found useful.
I am somewhat obsessed with storage and everything having a proper place. Let’s not even start the trauma I go through when it’s time to replace a laptop bag. This need for organization is what lead to the shop name of A Spot for Everything. We’ll see if that name continues to fit as more items are added.
Items for far:
(Also adding external links to your store and items helps with Google SEO)