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Inspiration Session: Starting Your Etsy Shop with 3D Printing

Inspiration Session: Starting Your Etsy Shop with 3D Printing

  • Tara Williams
  • Jun 10, 2021
A virtual panel with small business owners and Etsy shop users who are running their businesses thanks to 3D printing.
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3D Printing and Sustainable Battery Recycling BatteryBlocs

3D Printing and Sustainable Battery Recycling BatteryBlocs

  • Christopher Morgan
  • May 26, 2020
Our June 2020 Hacker of the Month creates 3D printed BatteryBlocs - brackets used to construct power banks using recycled batteries for sustainable off-grid power.
For Shawn McCarty, science and experimentation have been at the forefront of all his endeavors. From running a handyman business, a gardening business, a home buying/renting business, a home recording studio, and working in the film industry as a digital imaging technician, Shawn has done, and seen, it all. (More)
Custom 3D Printed Game Pieces

Custom 3D Printed Game Pieces

  • Rhonda Grandy
  • Oct 16, 2017
David Martin of Dicey Ventures Studios, MatterHackers' November Hacker of the Month, creates 3D printed pieces for fantasy-driven tabletop games.
3D printers are the ultimate customization tool. They can help expand any hobby. Seriously - we've covered someone who uses 3D printing for ocean kayaking, to someone who uses it for building combat robots. 3D printers really can do some incredible things. Something that we love here at MatterHackers, though, is when one persons' passion turns into a business, and, thanks to 3D printing, is then s... (More)
Trophy Shop Uses 3D Printing to Design and Manufacture Custom Trophies

Trophy Shop Uses 3D Printing to Design and Manufacture Custom Trophies

  • Erica Derrico
  • Jul 6, 2015
Check out what Mekah Design Studios has done with 3D printing to grow their business.
Congratulations to Mekah Design Studios, our July 2015 Hacker of the Month! Mekah Design Studios has implemeted 3D printing into part of their craft. Printing for about a year, the Mekah team has been improving the speed and quality of their work with the use of their SeeMeCNC Orion. Less than a year ago, the team had a request for 20 trophies that they chose to fulfill with the help of 3D pr... (More)
Using 3D Printing to Develop Skateboard Risers

Using 3D Printing to Develop Skateboard Risers

  • Erica Derrico
  • Jun 1, 2015
Find out how Kevin Seele and BLOCK Riser Innovations are using 3D printing to develop a new style of skateboard risers.
It all began three years ago when Kevin Seele, founder of BLOCK Riser Innovations, wanted to combine his two favorite hobbies- skateboarding and building. While the designs for a skateboard's wheels, truck, and body had already expanded and changed over the years, risers had not. In fact, they had stayed exactly the same. Seele realized there was potential for a riser mechanism that had multiple f... (More)
How BJB Enterprises Uses 3D Printing to Create Custom Silicone Molds

How BJB Enterprises Uses 3D Printing to Create Custom Silicone Molds

  • Erica Derrico
  • Apr 5, 2015
Introducing Troy Peterson from BJB Enterprises. Troy utilizes 3D printing to create silicone molds. Learn how easy it is to quickly develop prototypes for all your future projects that require molds and casts.
A big congrats to Troy Peterson, our April 2015 Hacker of the Month! Troy intrigued us with his method of using 3D printed parts to make production-ready silicone molds. His submission included a thorough video about creating molds for a Skin Rejuvenator that often gets mistaken for a hair dryer. Peterson, who works in Technical Sale and Marketing for BJB Enterprises, has a background in aero... (More)
You Won't Believe These Dolls are 3D Printed

You Won't Believe These Dolls are 3D Printed

  • Rhonda Grandy
  • Oct 20, 2016
MatterHackers' November Hacker of the Month, Aida Legrand, uses the BCN3D Sigma printer to create incredible 3D printed dolls.
Aida Legrand, MatterHackers' November Hacker of the Month, has only been 3D printing since January of 2016. Legrand's husband bought the self proclaimed "technical geek" and software engineer a Robo 3D R1 Plus to kick off her 3D printing obsession, which has now become her full blown hobby. She has since upgraded to the BCN3D Sigma, and her prints are stunning - Legrand creates 3D printed ball-joi... (More)
FarmBot: The Open Source CNC Farming Robot

FarmBot: The Open Source CNC Farming Robot

  • Rhonda Grandy
  • Oct 2, 2016
FarmBot, MatterHackers' October Hacker of the Month, makes traditional agriculture a thing of the past thanks to 3D printed cultivation.
Meandering through the produce section of your local supermarket, grabbing items off your shopping list, and tossing them in the cart are pretty mindless tasks. If you are like me, you're probably in zombie mode while shopping, thinking about far more important things like future plans, work, or even reliving embarrassing moments from your past. I'm definitely not thinking about where the tomato i... (More)
Highly Engineered and 3D Printed Yo-Yos

Highly Engineered and 3D Printed Yo-Yos

  • Erica Derrico
  • Dec 16, 2015
Seventeen years ago, Kyle Weems was assigned a science project on yo-yos that sparked an untapped passion. Since then, he has turned that passion into a business: 3D printed custom yo-yos.
In 1998, promotional ads worldwide were running on yo-yos. Not only were these toys fun, but they were educational. That same year, Kyle Weems was assigned to do a science project on these entertaining toys, seeing that they were (and still are) the perfect example of rotational physics. As his love for yo-yos grew, Weems had no idea that this particular science project would change his life. ... (More)
Using 3D Printing to Innovate the Centuries-Old Horseshoe Business

Using 3D Printing to Innovate the Centuries-Old Horseshoe Business

  • Chris Morgan
  • Sep 15, 2020
Our October Hacker is using his knowledge of horses and 3D design to create a new industry for himself and farriers all over the world.
As we move into an age of self-reliance and innovation, 3D printing at the small and medium enterprise level is becoming increasingly important for businesses around the world. This is the case for Derek Poupard, the Lead Farrier for Godolphin, a global thoroughbred breeding and racing enterprise founded by the ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.... (More)
Using 3D Printing to Design Beautiful Eyewear

Using 3D Printing to Design Beautiful Eyewear

  • Chris Morgan
  • Jan 22, 2019
The South American company MVD Frames are using 3D printing to create amazing, organic designs in eyewear while helping the environment at the same time.
Based in the vibrant city of Montevideo, Uruguay, our April 2019 Hackers of the Month are creating a new model of production, style, and sustainability for eyewear with their start-up company, MVD Frames. (More)
Custom-Designed, 3D Printed Tools For Sewing and Quilting

Custom-Designed, 3D Printed Tools For Sewing and Quilting

  • Chris Morgan
  • Sep 18, 2019
Using the power of 3D printing, our October Hacker of the Month creates custom-designed tools to make sewing and quilting easier for everyone.
Our October 2019 Hacker of the Month is a northern California resident who has taken her desire to create cookie cutters and turned it into a full-time product design and 3D printing manufacturing business for custom sewing and quilting accessories. (More)
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