Have you always wanted a fancy designer handbag? But you don’t have the thousands of dollars to spend on a Chanel® or Louis Vuitton®? Here is the solution – 3D print your own! And by doing so, you can make it exactly as you want! I bought dozens of fancy (and too expensive) designer handbags,… Continue reading Download and 3D print your own designer handbag!
Category: 3D Printing
Make welding helmet for Barbie®!
Posted January 5, 2019. Of course Barbie® needs a welding helmet so she can work on her racing car or motorcycle! With any 3D printer you can make your own “Mini-Eva” engineering action figure complete with a welding helmet. All needed files and instructions are found below. It will fit Barbie® and similar fashion dolls.… Continue reading Make welding helmet for Barbie®!
3D print your own designer handbag!
Have you always wanted a fancy designer handbag? But you don’t have the thousands of dollars to spend on a Chanel® or Louis Vuitton®? Here is the solution – 3D print your own! And by doing so, you can make it exactly as you want! I bought dozens of fancy (and too expensive) designer handbags,… Continue reading 3D print your own designer handbag!
Make helmet and racing suit for Barbie®!
Posted October 30, 2018. Of course the doll needs a racing helmet and racing suit! With a sewing machine and 3D printer you can make your own “Mini-Eva” engineering action figure complete with racing suit and helmet. All needed files, patterns and instructions are found below. It will fit Barbie® and similar fashion dolls. Who… Continue reading Make helmet and racing suit for Barbie®!
Meet the “KiWieel”
Posted October 14, 2018. Meet the “KiWieel” – our first demo model of the new non-pneumatic tire design. Finite element analysis shows it is good for 500+ MPH (800 km/h). 🙂 Meeting a rubber manufacturer tomorrow that will help me find the best rubber compound, and I am very excited. Note, the wheel section is… Continue reading Meet the “KiWieel”
#FanArt: 3D printed KillaJoule!
Posted July 17, 2018. This is the first KillaJoule 3D printed model that I have seen that I didn’t make myself. Thank you George for sharing it! Download your own 3D-printable KillaJoule model here. 🙂 // Eva
Articulated 3D prints – fun and easy!
Posted July 12, 2018. I am always looking for fun and easy 3D prints, and this is my new favorite: Articulated slug! The articulated slug is designed by “8ran” and can be downloaded here for free (I didn’t design it, I just downloaded it). I can confirm that it is very easy to print. I… Continue reading Articulated 3D prints – fun and easy!
A $200 3D printer – that works!
Posted July 6, 2018 I have a growing collection of 3D printers, but I am also looking for printers that will suit people with a tighter budget. It looks like I have finally found one: Creality Ender 3! I bought my Creality Ender 3 direct from AliExpress after reading this review by All3DP. Prices and… Continue reading A $200 3D printer – that works!
We are re-inventing the wheel!
The weakest link in all wheel-driven speed record attempts is a surprising and obscure detail – tires! Tires can be one of the main points of failure on all vehicles, but are specifically troublesome on extremely high speed, wheel-driven vehicles. Therefore, we are literally re-inventing the wheel for Green Envy! The very fastest cars are… Continue reading We are re-inventing the wheel!
KillaJoule as “LEGO™”
This KillaJoule model compatible with the popular LEGO™ toy system was designed by Urim Chae, one of my first year engineering students at the University of Auckland. The 562 students in my first year course “Principles of Engineering Design” (ENGGEN 115) were in Semester 1 2018 assigned to design an accessory compatible with LEGO™ in… Continue reading KillaJoule as “LEGO™”