What Does a 3D Printer Do?
Whenever I talk about 3D printing people are always really interested, but they always ask “What can a 3D printer do?”
I’ve created this example from start to finish, hope you enjoy it. Maxz 🙂
![](https://www.maxzprint.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20190901_115307-e1567739192698-225x300.jpg)
I really hate bending down to get the dishwashing liquid out from the cupboard, it would be really nice to have it just here.
![](https://www.maxzprint.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20190901_122156-e1567739481446-225x300.jpg)
Measuring time!
![](https://www.maxzprint.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20190901_122241-300x225.jpg)
Time to hit the cad program, I know 123D is old but it’s a really solid CAD for simple things like this.
![](https://www.maxzprint.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20190901_122230-e1567739791580-225x300.jpg)
I’ll never get used to the complete silence of my HP workstation!
![](https://www.maxzprint.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20190901_122414-300x225.jpg)
Create a simple box.
![](https://www.maxzprint.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20190901_123013-300x225.jpg)
Hollow it out with Ctrl J
![](https://www.maxzprint.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20190901_123611-300x225.jpg)
Add some mounting tabs.
![](https://www.maxzprint.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20190901_131502-300x225.jpg)
Send it off to the printer.
![](https://www.maxzprint.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20190901_135334-300x225.jpg)
Now it’s just a wait while the printer lays the plastic down.
![](https://www.maxzprint.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20190902_000213-e1567740436419-225x300.jpg)
Here it is! A perfectly sized try to hold the diswashing liquid.
![](https://www.maxzprint.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20190902_184549-e1567740667841-225x300.jpg)
A couple of screws and the job is done. Did it take a while? About 15 minutes to design it, the printer did take a while to create it but i was off doing something else. I hope this shows some of the possibilities with 3D printing!