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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.

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)