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It's been more than two years since I released Dummy 13 here on Printables. That was the culmination of what I called the “13 Series,” a set of models allowing anyone to customize their own humanoid action figure.
Since then, I've explored in a few d

Some folks have already seen some of my announcements, updates and discussions about a Prusa CORE One Mini on various platforms like Reddit. After a few setbacks up until November 2025, the project was put back to the drawing board for the third time

Greetings everyone. So, after more then 4 months of work, the DHD is finally finished. Or rather my part is done. It is printed and assembled and painted. Now it will go to the customer for the electronic fitting, lights and sounds so that it could b

Greetings my friends. 
So, I wanted to try this new Article feature and show you the progress on my DHD.

It's a little meta, we know, but what better way to announce our new Articles feature than by writing an article about it? We hate cooking recipes where you first have to hear about the author's grandma's life story and only get to the ingredients an

March 20, 2026 (Huge Update!)
✨ New Features One-Click Multi-Bed Slicing & Bulk send to printerYou can now slice all the beds in your project with a single click and send them entirely to the printer in bulk. Depending on available compute capacity,

I’ve never been much of a “car guy,” but now that I drive my Mazda 3 (red, obviously) I have to admit - I love this car! It doesn't have any ultra fancy features, but the original owner did select the wireless key fob option. And it is great. Well, m

This past weekend was 3DPrintopia 2025! It's one of the world's largest annual gatherings of 3D printing hobbyists, creators, and companies - and it happens to be a short drive from Lucky 13 home base.
After attending last year's event, I decided thi

3D printing provides the opportunity to make things that are not easily produced by other technologies, and literally change our possibilities. Thanks to the ingenuity and creativity of the community surrounding 3D printing, there are many interestin

How did we get here?
So, for anyone following along the Prusawire project, you may know this already, but let's start from the beginning.
I came up with the idea of Prusawire just before Core ONE kits were about to begin shipping. I had just recently

When we introduced official Brand profiles on Printables, the goal was to change how big companies think about 3D printing. Why not give fans the real files? Replacement parts, accessories, cosplay props — made available directly, instead of forcing

With Bondtech's INDX coming to the Prusa CORE One, multi-nozzle printing is becoming the new standard. But more colours mean more spools... and more chaos on your desk.
Introducing INBXX: The ultimate, fully configurable filament management system de

I’m incredibly honored to be nominated for the Printables Designer of the Year Award!
If you’ve enjoyed using my models, printed something that helped you, or simply liked my approach to design, I’d truly appreciate your support.
Your vote would mean

The MK3.251 is a printer that combines two MK3 series printers. The housing was made using two MK3 aluminum frames and a 3030 aluminum frame. The tool head is the same as the MK3S. Other new parts needed are two extended 8mm shafts and belts for the

Black Friday deals are live on Printables! For the entire month, enjoy 30% off a wide selection of paid models from our talented designers.
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Another milestone: the CoreXY assembly is done - more or less - which means most of the major components related to the printer’s kinematics are now in place.
The CoreXY plate itself ended up being a bit of a mashup between the CORE One, the Core One

Another milestone: the heatbed assembly is now feature complete. This part of the build required quite a few adjustments and customizations, but overall the integration of the components worked out nicely. While the metal parts need another small ite

Printables Changelog – February 10, 2026
🚀 New Features & Major Improvements Enhanced Search ExperienceBy default, search results now mix both free and exclusive (Store/Club) models, giving you a complete view of available models. We've also added ha

If there is one thing this stage of the CORE One Mini reminded me of, it's this: prototyping is not always fair and square. And in this case, that is meant quite literally.
I spent about a full day cutting each profile to length and making the cutout

Thank you so much EVERYONE for the huge amount of support! I never imagined that I would be in the running for an award this big, ITS AMAZING! Vote for finalists now: https://www.printables.com/awards/2025

Air Quality can be a significant issue (toxicity, odour and heat) when 3D printing, cleanup and post processing take place indoors. 
Background Initially when I had just 1 small 3D FDM printer (Prusa MK2.5s) air quality was not as big an issue as dra

While alarm system projects have been done to death, I have found almost no projects that combine different sensors into one, making a re-usable device that can serve several functions. a door sensor will always be a door sensor, and a proximity sens

Hey everyone!
One day as a kid I went to the newspaper stand to check do they have any new comics for me. At that time we didn't had Marvel or DC stuff, we mostly had Italian published stuff like Dylan Dog, Zagor, Martin Mysteree etc... I know, you n

A lot has happened in the meantime - this is the point where the CORE One Mini project finally left the comfortable world of CAD and stepped into the slightly more painful reality of sparks, sharp edges and metal shavings. Hours were spent on tasks t

300 K downloads!
Today I reached this number of downloads of my 3D models on Printables.com.
When I started on the original Prusaprinters website, I would never have believed it. I have been working on Printables for 4 years, since February 2022, whe

Could AI be integrated responsibly in the 3D model-creating process? Can a model bear the “AI” tag without being immediately dismissed as slop? AI generated 3D models have flooded every repository web platform. You probably have encountered them here

In the Monthly Recap: February 2026 post, these were my plans for March:
Celebrating Pi Day and St. Patrick's Day; designing new models; sharing models (old and new) in the What to 3D Print in March article Resuming my craft room organization attempt

Greetings everyone. So, I have started to work on this extremely nice Shuttle from the Avatar movies. The Valkyrie Shuttle. After some work, the Base Model is finaly done. The model will be some 60cm long.

This is a quick guide on how to setup single extruder multi material printing specifically for the purpose of first layer elements like decorative patterns or labels.
For this technique to work, we need a model that has elements with a height of two

As someone always eager to learn and experiment with new aspects of 3D printing and modelling, I recently became intrigued by the surge of AI-labelled, visually stunning models shared by other creators. The blend of artificial intelligence with 3D mo

One of the biggest challenges in this iteration turned out to be the back panel. What looks like a simple flat part at first quickly became one of the most constrained areas of the entire build.
Because of the overall size reduction and the tighter f

I really love using PrusaSlicer creatively to customize objects or even make new ones. Obviously, the primary purpose of the program is to slice existing models to be printed as accurately as possible to the original 3D file. But, with just a little

Competition models in the Philips OneBlade & Kingdom Come competition.
At first I didn't know how to react to this topic, I don't use a razor for shaving. But I was interested in the medieval theme, I really like it. I learned to use texture on the m

While finalizing the XY motion system for the CORE One Mini, an issue came up with linear rail availability.
The distance between the linear rail holders is fixed at exactly 245 mm. The originally intended rail, a THK SRS12GN, is available in 220 mm

Short story: I went to the store, there were some MOTU toys and I went down memory lane and started remembering all the cool stuff from my childhood so I made Orko :) then I re-made Mini He-Man... :D

This is about making an anemometer from scratch, helplessly overengeneering it and having fun with a ton of boring napkin maths needed for this. 
Along the following jurney i learned a lot about designing and claibrating anemometer. I encountered a a