10 Cool Inventions Anyone Can Print - The Best Models for Brand-New Printers

The rolling storage box is an old market failure, the Roly kit came out in 1997. I do love the idea of a small one for tiny electronics, my mother bought one in the 90's and kept sewing supplies in it till my dad dropped it on a parquet floor. It died in the most spectacular fashion.

As a 3D artist getting a 3D printer was my number 1 priority. I was blown away by the idea that I could create something digitally, then hold it in my hands a couple hours later.

So many great prints! The rusted light switch, the useful micro lathe, and even a skittles-infused pin screen... thanks for featuring so many designers (and also me)!

The Rock trend is a ton of fun. I printed a Rock Eevee recently, and it was glorious! My girlfriend was only told that I was printing an Eevee that really "rocks", and her reaction to the final product was amazing.

Now that is some fine printing projects! Imma need a rock 🦞

I recently started printing Benchys en masse. I don't know why, I have such an urge to paint a collection of them. I have printed so many things with my two printers so this is great to see for all the noobs coming fresh off of the holidays. That Grock joke actually had me exhale too hard, thank you

That rolling storage box just jogged my memory, I had one when I was a kid except it rolled all the way in like a spiral. As far as my bad memory lets me recall, it was kinda finnicky to use but it worked. Good for holding little things.

Been printing a year or maybe 2 now and I still watched. I was lost at what to do when I first started. I spent about 6 months printing whatever I found on the stl sites that I found useful or cool. Since I have found 3d printing to be useful for making things you either can't find or you don't like the current design. I have made and printed a lot of things and it never gets old seeing something you designed come to life and work.

I’ve had my printer for two years now and found more things to print here! Hell yeah!

Recently found your channel and I just gotta say I absolutely love your script writing. Your comedy is great and understated and the little alliteration jokes always get me. I'm a fellow Dever-ette as well, if I ever see ya at Microcenter I'll say hi :)

My first project (I'm talking stuff I made in Fusion 360 for the printer I got a couple weeks ago) was curtain gliders, because the curtains my sister didn't need anymore had glider bits that didn't fit the tracks in my flat. Though while replacing the glider bits I noticed that the ... er, hanger bits? ..., well, quite a few of them had damaged hooks, so in a few places the curtains have detached from the gliders. Now I might need to remake the hook thingies too. Or I'll try to replace my broken bike lamp enclosure.

Hint on the tall narrow prints - very wide brim. I'm talkin' 30+ wide, but basically make it so the base is at least 1/3 to 1/2 or even more as wide as the model, so it has a much higher resistance to failure late in the print. Also make sure the squish on the first layer is decent so it adheres really well and the bed temp is on the higher end of the spread.

Had my printer for a couple years now, never seen these, thanks for the print ideas Zack!

I actually just printed electrosync’s buckle! Didn’t even realize it can be used like that!

Not naming the gun Dwayne the Glock Johnson was a great opportunity missed.

That rolly thing you used to be able to buy. It was an "as seen on tv" thing called the rolly kit. I have one. Its pretty cool, but is kinda a pain to use, since you need to carefully unroll the entire thing if ya need a part in the last container. Also better remember every single item you stored in it, or you end up wasting a bunch of time looking for it.

I've wondered about using magnets as clamps on those tallish prints that are prone to getting knocked loose (pause the print after it gets tall enough for the nozzle to clear the magnet clamps). If using a spring steel PEI coated sheet, there should be something to clamp to, but I'm not sure how a magnet on top will interact with the magnet on the table sheet.

Coming from someone who’s a complete noob in video making, the amount of time put into each of your videos must be tremendous. Been binge watching for hours and just subscribed. Thanks so much for the amazing content, great ideas and new extensions to my vocabulary. I appreciate you!

That light switch would be great for service dogs! Mine hates to turn on and off regular light switches because they are so tiny and fiddly for him.

Hi Zack, i really appreciate your wide range videos and learn a lot from them, so go ahead with the good work! I saw in the beginning of the video that you have an Anycubic printer. I bought a Anycubic Kobra Go and been experimenting and watching lots of videos to finally get the print quality i am looking for. Can i ask which slicer you use and if you used the pre defined configurations which come with the printer for the slicing software or if you have tweaked the configuration. I struggle espacially with tolerance issues and the fact that even if the print starts well at some point the first layer somehow melts together and therefore functional parts don't work anymore and this is really frustrating because i tried a lot and wasted already a lot filament. Hope you can give me some advise.