In 2018, my dad and my younger brother bought an entry level 3D printer to see what can be done with such a tool in the workshop. In the beginning, they felt like it has been a poor investment since it could only replicate what other people made available online. During a break, I asked my dad for a challenge and he proposed to 3D design and print custom windows for a model railway project of him. I used Google Sketch-up to quickly model the windows up and it immediately became clear why 3D printers are revolutionizing the 21 century and why additive manufacturing is becoming more and more important.
I currently own 2 FDM printers of which one is heavily modified with custom designed parts to suit my needs.
After only a few years of using 3D printers, I already designed and printed hundreds of custom parts in different materials, using multiple technologies or ordering them online. I have expert level knowledge designing for additive manufacturing, I know trustworthy print services and have skilled partners with more 3D printers on hand.
Projects
- Ikea Lamp Repair
Some time ago, I got myself new lamps for my workbench. Unfortunately and due to a mishap shortly after installing the lamps, one of the joints broke in half. Since the lamp was basically new, I just could not put the lamp in the trash… Read more: Ikea Lamp Repair - 3D Printable Grandfather Clock Weight
Usually my projects are machines, functional parts such as tools and/or nice to have gimmicks, but only rarely for aesthetic reasons. Moreover, I then rarely find these projects interesting enough to write something about them, so most of them never get documented. But this one… Read more: 3D Printable Grandfather Clock Weight - Metal 3D Printed Replacement Gear
I moved some time ago, and one of the moving gifts was an ice cream machine. It works by crushing frozen fruits into sorbet. Quite a lot of fun to be honest. But unfortunately, after only a few servings, we found a major weak point… Read more: Metal 3D Printed Replacement Gear - 3D printed birthday gift
This is definitely one of my most elegant projects. For a long time, I wanted to get my feet wet with jewelry. Since my workspace at home is not suited for metal work, I knew that I had to use an external service for such… Read more: 3D printed birthday gift - Titanic’s Engine at 200%
The Titanic’s engine project felt never quite finished for me. Even though she looked great, she did not meet one of my main criteria for success for this project, namely to run by herself on air. I tried many things, such as sanding, more or… Read more: Titanic’s Engine at 200% - 3D Printed Valentines Gift 2023
Valentine’s Day is a special occasion that requires a unique and thoughtful gift for that special someone. This year again, instead of buying a gift, I decided to design and build a custom 3D printed gift. The idea I had in mind was an enclosure… Read more: 3D Printed Valentines Gift 2023 - Desk Fan Repair
Have you ever come across a broken appliance that you couldn’t bear to get it thrown away? That’s what happened to me recently when I found a broken desk fan outside my neighbor’s apartment. They had placed it outside to be thrown out, but I… Read more: Desk Fan Repair - Electronic Guitar
The idea for this project came from my younger sibling. When he was visiting me in Berlin during the summer of 2022, he talked about how it would be cool to have a guitar style midi input device with clear tactile feedback. He already tried… Read more: Electronic Guitar - 3D Printable Floppy Animal
This is a small project I created during my Christmas holiday 2021. It started when I found an old toy of mine and I thought, that it might be fun to recreate one that is easily 3D printable. So I checked out the springs that… Read more: 3D Printable Floppy Animal - 3D Printable Airport Departures Sign
The idea for this project came from a friend of mine, while we were walking over a Christmas market in Berlin. We were looking at many decorative objects and at some point she asked me if it would be possible to 3D print a design… Read more: 3D Printable Airport Departures Sign - DOT BOT 2.0
This is not just a small update. Almost every part of the project got redesigned and many technologies changed. This is such a major leap forward that for me it feels like a new project altogether. After the update, the combined error was reduced from… Read more: DOT BOT 2.0 - 3D Printable Titanic Engine 2.0
When I worked on the first version of this project during my Christmas holiday 2020, it was also my first CAD project ever. This meant that I did not use many of the possibilities that a CAD tool offers and also for the sake of… Read more: 3D Printable Titanic Engine 2.0 - Dot Bot
Story: Usually, the most interesting ideas form while brainstorming over a few beers. This is also true for the dot bot project. Although the original concept used to be the construction of a robot which uses spray cans to paint murals and was supposed to… Read more: Dot Bot - 3D Printed VR Binoculars
In March 2021, I got contacted by the founder of the immersive startup VRetro. Their business case: touristic binoculars … with VR! When we first met, a lot of conceptual and software work had already been done and their current state was that they were… Read more: 3D Printed VR Binoculars - Kalimba Playing Robot
2020 was quite the boring year. To ease things up a little, I bought myself a Kalimba from that online marketplace we all overused by a lot. Learning to play a new instrument is always a lot of fun, but as with every new hobby,… Read more: Kalimba Playing Robot - 3D Printable Magnetic Chess
Also, during corona summer 2020, I came up with the idea to create a 3D printable magnetic chess board. Here, my intention was creating my own board that I could play wherever I was, without the need of a flat or steady surface. Furthermore, I… Read more: 3D Printable Magnetic Chess - Titanic’s steam engine
This project came to life during Christmas holiday 2020. After constructing my first 3D printable air pressured reciprocating engines earlier that year, I decided that I wanted to go further with this concept. Ever since I’ve been a kid I was fascinated by the Titanic… Read more: Titanic’s steam engine - Custom Tesa Roll Cutter
Sometime in 2020, I planned to create a big artwork on one of my apartment walls. Since I really like the look of tape art, I decided to order some electrical tape in bulk. When the tape arrived, I already had an artwork in mind… Read more: Custom Tesa Roll Cutter