50+ Useful 3D Prints You Never Knew You Could Print

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Күн бұрын

👉 👉 👉 So you've got a 3D printer, and the first thing you ask yourself is: What should I print now?
For sure, you'll go through your printer upgrades phase, printing out at least a kilo of tchotchkes and trinkets that may or may not actually improve your 3D printer or your 3D printing workflow.
But, then what? Well, then you'll probably go through your trendy 3d prints phase where you'll print the same silly stuff we've all printed before. Articulated octopuses, fidget toys, benchies, and on and on. But eventually one of two things will happen. Either you'll get sick of printing stuff that doesn't actually have a purpose, or your wife or significant other will get sick of a bunch of useless plastic crap kicking around your house.
What to do? Well, fortunately in this video I'm going to share with you some of my absolute favorite, most useful 3D prints. Yes. Actual functional, useful 3D prints that solve real problems for you and your family. So practical, even your wife or significant other will have to agree that buying another printer is a good idea after all.
Stick around to the end because I think you'll be very surprised at some of the things that you can actually print.
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00:00 Introduction
01:36 3D Printed Trash cans
04:45 3D Printing Shelf Supports
05:38 Signage You Can 3D Print
07:14 3D Printed Phone cases
08:50 Custom Cable Channels
09:50 Hardware you can 3D Print
11:45 3D Printed Tools
12:16 Tripods and Articulating Arms
13:35 Lights and Light Housings
14:51 Heavy-Duty, Mechanical Tools
15:47 Planters... Big Planters!
17:19 Furniture Modifications & Upgrades
19:24 Drawers
20:55 Entire Organization Structures
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🗳 STL FILES OF FEATURED MODELS: 🗳
🗿3D Printed Mini Tripod by DiAleksi (STL): www.printables.com/model/1800...
🗿 Shade for photo light by egil (OpenScad): www.thingiverse.com/thing:417...
🗿 Gazzaldra’s trash can with swing lid on Cults3D: cults3d.com/en/3d-model/home/...
🗿 Shelf brackets by condruttoma on Thingiverse: www.thingiverse.com/thing:479...
🗿 Wifi QR code sign instructions and files from radiojack on Printables: www.printables.com/model/1555...
🗿 Maxstupo’s bearing generator design on Printables: www.printables.com/model/2308...
🗿 sneaks’ popular Raspberry Pi articulating arm system on Thingiverse: www.thingiverse.com/thing:311...
🗿 Raspberry Pi boom arm type design by hamkers on Thingiverse: www.thingiverse.com/thing:284...
🗿 Lamp shade design by Sick Sad World on Printables: www.printables.com/model/1840...
🗿 Philips Hue glass dome design on Printables: www.printables.com/model/1129...
🗿 wimiam1’s armrest bracket design on Thingiverse: www.thingiverse.com/thing:479...
🗿 Avise’s simple drawer design on Printables: www.printables.com/model/1377...
🗿 wbu42’s electronics organization drawer design on Thingiverse: www.thingiverse.com/thing:382...
🗿 RepKord’s open-source “Reprack” system on Printables: www.printables.com/model/1290...
🗿 MY large desk drawer design on Printables: www.printables.com/model/1532...
🗿 View ALL of my free 3D Print models and STL files available on Printables: www.printables.com/social/163...
🔗 OTHER LINKS 🔗
👉 Printables’ Plant Pots contest: www.printables.com/contest/74...
👉 QRCode2STL - generate 3D printable QR codes: printer.tools/qrcode2stl/
👉 My previous video on Zach Freedman's Gridfinity system: • Gridfinity Tips: 3D Pr...
👉 Hardware to make your 3d prints more useful: • Make USEFUL 3D Prints ...
👉 3D Printed Gifts: • 17+ 3D Printed Gifts T...
👉 My custom 3D printed enclosure: • Build The ULTIMATE 3D ...
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@ZackFreedman Жыл бұрын

The Gridfinity has you now. There is no escape. Your entire life will soon nestle into 42x42x7mm units.

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

LOL true. Also, a little star-struck that you watched one of my vids. Huge fan, as you know :)

@ubiratamuniz Жыл бұрын

True story Zack!

@ThatRandomGuy2141 Жыл бұрын

The Zack Man himself!!!

@Redigitized Жыл бұрын

We must all standardize 42x42x7mm 3d designs!

@moji3812 Жыл бұрын

🤣

@dargoth 5 ай бұрын

I have been 3d printing for over four years and have never printed a benchy. Ninety % of everything I print is a repair part, a tool , replacement item, or equipment I want or need. 3d printing has saved me hundreds of dollars in tools and less frustration in finding a solution to a problem. Great video by the way.

@Ale-bj7nd 3 ай бұрын

Same! And honestly I don't understand why people buy a printer and then say "what do I print now?". I mean, it's like buying a car without really having to go anywhere.

@kylehanneman6438 3 ай бұрын

I just started a month ago. I haven't printed a benchy yet. I wanna see how long I can go. Idk why, but the thought of a benchy makes me mad lol. It's literally the first thing everyone prints when they get a printer. But I get it. It's a tester.

@Dyl_Cam 3 ай бұрын

Yea I always thought it was quicker to perfect a small print rather than wait forever for a benchy.

@Walvering. Ай бұрын

If you’ve never printed a benchy then you’re not a real 3D printer king. 💁

@TheOneAndOnlyTed 21 күн бұрын

Been printing about 6 years and only just printed my first benchy last week. I wouldn't have bothered normally, but a 14 min benchy seemed too good to pass up.

@redman2751 Жыл бұрын

My S/O has actually liked 2 things I printed for her. One was a wicker basket style pen holder for her desk at work. I also printed new shower curtain holders since ours were not very good or nice looking. I also noticed she really likes the marble white filament a lot. I made a corner Apple TV holder and that was the first time she even raised her eyebrows at any print I did. I also made a remote holder that goes on the bed so that we don’t lose the remotes which happens almost daily before I had the holders.

@a_dgls Жыл бұрын

L Ll

@a_dgls Жыл бұрын

@condorianobills2836 Жыл бұрын

Should print her a dild0 then..she would probably love that :]

@chaoswitch1974 Жыл бұрын

How much did it cost to print the shower curtain holders?

@glittalogik Жыл бұрын

Definitely another one of these focusing on tool storage please! One little bit of constructive criticism (and this is purely my own personal opinion) - I'd prefer a shift (maybe 10-30% more) toward dynamic b-roll footage of whatever you're talking about, and/or making more use of your standing-in-front-of-the-camera time to physically show us stuff. Everything you're saying is relevant and interesting, and there's nothing wrong with your face (or hair!), it's just about whether the visuals are adding value to the content of any given segment. As a point of reference, I think you nailed the balance in your previous video about the camera mount :) For a new channel you're doing great! Keep it up and I reckon it's only a matter of time before your subscriber count starts soaring.

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

This is fantastic feedback, THANK YOU! I’m coming from the education space where I teach on camera, but you’re right! More B roll, less face! Thank goodness I have the Jib now to make that easier (most of this was recorded before it was done)

@bungover Жыл бұрын

@@thenextlayer Zack Freedman did a really good video on this actually - worth a watch

@mikepennington8088 Жыл бұрын

That really did not bother me much but that may be just me. I tend to multitask a lot and run videos in the background. As the verbal descriptions were quite good, I did not feel that I was missing anything by not watching the video the whole time. When there were things presented that I wished to see, I just switched to the video tab and backed up a bit to watch for the details. I very much appreciate the chapter markings. They make it really convenient to find specific sections that I would like to study more closely.

@robertzarfas9556 Жыл бұрын

A trashcan was one of my first functional prints with my first printer! I was sharing an office with a guy who just left the wrappers from his tea bags on top of the water cooler every day! So I maxed out the print volume on my little tronxy X1 and printed a tiny 3 litre trash can.

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

NICE!

@LarryDickman1 Ай бұрын

Should have collected the wrappers and put them on his desk. 🤪

@NGC1433 13 күн бұрын

Hope your roll of filament was worth it. Could've just bought an actual trashcan in a dollar store...

@robertzarfas9556 13 күн бұрын

@@NGC1433 haha 😆, well I used vase mode and the problem was solved within the work day So at least it saved me a trip to the store.

@djones02 Жыл бұрын

I actually suggested shelf supports to my wife yesterday but she does not want plastic on her new kitchen walls. We will see how those silly floating shelf supports hold up. I also have been waiting years to get a 3d printer to finally fix the kitchen trash can so the peddle will work again. That can cost almost $100! One of the first things I printed was a door stopper that fits on the hinge pin of the pantry door as it was bumping the new oven's knobs and turning the on stove whenever you opened the door. Even though the hardware store is only 2mins down the road it was a holiday weekend and company was coming so it was faster to print something I also just got an overpriced Cricut for my wife and I ended up making all the labels for the Christmas decorations. This video is so on point.

@ManuelBarner Ай бұрын

Lol,the kitchen trash can Paddle was one of the first things i repaired when i got my 3D printer. Those things are meant to break - with only 50gr of plastics it could have lived forever, but the manufacturers decide to make those things flimsy..

@aledirksen01 Жыл бұрын

When you buy a hammer, everything becomes a nail. My 3d printer is the hammer and my room the nail.

@jrdnhsnbrg Жыл бұрын

Can confirm, the repkord system is truly awesome. I personally am quite tall so I hung it right up next to the ceiling, high enough that it is totally out of the way but I can still easily reach it all. (4) 10 foot sticks of 1/2" EMT ran me like $30, plus 6 wall cleats and 6 brackets. The perfectly sorted by material and color rainbow of filament is so satisfying.

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

I wish I had the room... instead I put the Honeycomb system on my wall for storing video gear :)

@grathado28 11 ай бұрын

I skipped right to robotsn😅

@TheRealPlato 10 ай бұрын

have you encountered moisture issues since setting this up?

@cavemandanwilder5597 Жыл бұрын

If you’re gonna make functional parts using vase mode, try a 1mm nozzle for maximum wall thickness and therefore much better strength/durability.

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

Yup! I do this.

@Blooest Жыл бұрын

I've found printed bearings can actually be super useful in the right applications. They don't tend to spin as freely as metal ones, which is a property you might want sometimes. Obviously they won't hold up to high RPMs, but for low speeds, they might just be perfect. Spool holders, for example, you might not want to spin too freely and unravel your filament..

@soundologe 11 ай бұрын

I cant agree more on that. I swapped metal bearings for printed ones on my spool holders.

@alexjaybrady 6 ай бұрын

That's a clever idea you should make that into a business

@Krunch2020 4 ай бұрын

Yea! Printing parts for the printer so it’s easier to print parts for your printer!

@BostonTerrierDad623 4 ай бұрын

I saw those and almost laughed → then I got to thinking they wouldn't show them if they didn't work for something...coming from the world of Caterpillar equip, that's where I immediately went...obviously they do not belong in there...LMAO

@GameGridGuardians446 4 ай бұрын

@@BostonTerrierDad623 all construction equipment should be completely 3d printed

@MrMikey1703 Жыл бұрын

I'm only getting into 3D Printing bc my wife bought me one for Christmas just gone. Hell of a learning curve, especially as it's a resin one, but loving it. The second you mentioned drawers, my brain immediately went to my garage where all my Ryobi Battery packs live. No matter how neat I try to keep them, every time I open their drawer, they are messed up (thanks again Wifey). Going to make some dividers so only the right batteries go in the right spot!!! What DEMON would put an 18V battery next to a 36V one, so there is no room left??? :)

@DickyGreenleaf1978 Ай бұрын

So, It's not just me.I want to get into 3D printing but my first thought is " what's the wife going to say!"

@AngryAnt0 5 ай бұрын

Currently researching the idea of getting a 3d printer as some of my friends have a few and love them, but I keep coming back to "besides DnD what do you use it for?" so this video was really helpful thank you! I don't want to drop $500+ on yet another paperweight.

@joshuacooper2636 2 ай бұрын

Lol my wife just asked me that exact question

@botherednickel5930 Жыл бұрын

This was the perfect video for me. I know there is a lot for me to learn and just to realize with the functionality of my 3d printer but this video really raised the scale up another notch. Great job and you earned yourself another fan today!

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

wow, thank you so much! This is a HUGE compliment

@CaitlinJBall 9 ай бұрын

Currently living in Korea where they have to separate their compost in a special red bag. Here, most people keep it in the freezer so that it doesn't make the house smell, but it would be nice to have a bin to keep in the freezer like that, so there isn't just a bag floating around. Now I've got to figure out which plastic will hold up best in the freezer. 🤣Thank you for this video. I'm trying to talk my husband into getting a large format printer, this was super useful. Helped him remember how much money we saved when the shelf in our closet fell and we printed off new anchors for it. Other useful prints I've found (just to help the cause): Spice racks, tea dispenser, coffee pod dispensers, rulers and protractors for kids when school starts, mounts for eyeglasses, kitchen aid organizers, soap dishes, and lithophane gifts.

@danieltilson4053 14 күн бұрын

I've been experimenting with various jigs and templates for things like adjustable shelving, drawer pulls, and latches. They're very simple to throw together in Freecad, but they work really well.

@kenspaceman3938 8 ай бұрын

My wife has the perfect “kill phrase” for printing these kinds of things: “Let’s go to IKEA, it’s faster.” But being a sweetheart she’ll let me do it the hard way anyway…. well, usually… uh… sometimes🤔😉

@odw32 Жыл бұрын

I think the most important thing is to stop searching for models, and start MAKING models. Other people's designs are great for inspiration, but the real power of a 3D printer is producing things which no one has ever made before, things which suit extremely specific needs.

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

I do agree, THOUGH, I think there's no cooler feeling than having an idea, and deciding to search it on Printables first, and realizing omg, someone already made a solution and gave it away for free... I've been SO surprised, sometimes the most esoteric things are already on there

@odw32 Жыл бұрын

@@thenextlayer Absolutely true as well! And there's certainly joy in modifying existing work & sharing creations back to the community as well.

@zarhipis Жыл бұрын

Following a bathroom remodel by a past-his-prime contractor I was left with no less than 3 switch boxes improperly cut into the paneling. The solution was to print oversized switch box covers. I printed with copper colored pla, painted to match the Mediterranean Bronze color and sanded down edges to show copper highlights matching my wife's selection of bathroom fixtures.

@mikepennington8088 Жыл бұрын

The first useful item that I printed was an electric toothbrush holder that I downloaded from Thingiverse. It gave us a stable stand in whch to place the toothbrushes so that they are no longer laying down of the vanity top or setting unsteadily in paper cups or other improvised holders. My wife loves it and keeps talking about how wonderful she thinks that it is. A tool that I printed was a set of feeler gauges so that I could measure tight spaces like slots for mounting tabs. While they are probably not as dimensionally accurate as a set of machined metal gauges, they have the advantage of giving the dimensions needed for the as-printed part.

@MrPictovid Жыл бұрын

Excellent video and very informative! I've been 3d printing for 4 to 5 months with my ender 3 pro and recently added an ender 3 max. I love seeing all the practical prints I can do outside of my model railroading related prints.

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Make sure to subscribe so you don't miss my upcoming videos, you're gonna like them...

@MrPictovid Жыл бұрын

@@thenextlayer beat you to it, I already subscribed lol

@ubiratamuniz Жыл бұрын

One useful thing I printed (apart from Gridfinity boxes) was a toilet seat hinge. If I didn’t print it I’d have to replace the whole toilet seat, which would cost some good money I could buy filament and generate a lot of plastic waste from the old toilet seat. Printed the hinge in PETG and it’s still strong after one and a half year. Managed to find a hinge that actually fitted my toilet seat. Greetings from Brazil!

@richy69ify 2 ай бұрын

Great video, but I did chuckle when you went from printing "more *masculine* shelf brackets" to 'tiny little pots for succulents on my desk'

@williamreinhard 10 ай бұрын

My wife was most impressed by two things that I've printed. The first was a replacement part for a rotating food tray that we borrowed from a friend and broke while assembling. Scored huge points for being able to fix it before returning. Second print that impressed her was a mount for a Google Home that hides the cord and gets it up off the kitchen counter. We have a lot of little potted plants that could use some nicer pots. Definitely need to make some nice models and get our plants looking nicer. She is still skeptical that 3d prints can actually look like something other than cheap plastic.

@jerrari3D Жыл бұрын

This is a great format for discovering new 3D printing projects. I look forward to seeing more videos like this 👍

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

On it!

@netpackrat Жыл бұрын

Yeah Sneaks' arm is not without flaws, but it's working OK for me so far. I didn't try to use the printed fasteners, but instead used Adrian Carpenter's remix for 6mm metal hardware. IMO the biggest flaw is the rounded corners which I haven't been able to get to print super cleanly with PETG. Chamfers and angles would have been better there.

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

Hmm ok that's smart. They're sturdy?

@netpackrat Жыл бұрын

@@thenextlayer Yeah they work fine so far. They are printed covers for the bolt and nut heads, so it looks like you are using the printed ones. Only downside is they add weight. Would be good if I could find some aluminum hardware that would fit.

@mhgscrubadub9917 Жыл бұрын

Ive done soooo many prints for my girlfriend, dad, and friends. From interior car parts. to hangers for shelves, to outdoor pieces. For example my dad needed a low volume part for an RV fridge. The part online was $40 and would take a month to ship. 30 min of design, 30 min print, and .5 cents of plastic.

@halimatoumoussa3974 Жыл бұрын

Hello 🙋🏾. I'm from an African country without 3D printer , would like to know if it's possible to make a Pulp mold for egg cartons with 3D Magic ✨ ? . Btw i'm trying to design an egg carton machine.

@vistathingy Жыл бұрын

@@halimatoumoussa3974 Not sure what "3D Magic" is, but I bet you can make a wood/fiber slurry pulp mold with a 3D printer.

@MrBertstare Жыл бұрын

I just finished up 2 kitchen drawers with Alex Chappell's grid system. stacking boxes 45mm high gave me 2 layers of organization. In the spirit of this channel, it was loved by the spouse!

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

Nice! But have you seen gridfinity…?! See my other video about it

@MrBertstare Жыл бұрын

@@thenextlayer I use gridfinity for small part stuff with the 3d printer room and out in the shop. The AC stuff is 55mm squares so fits larger things better plus nothing was custom fit, just simple stacking boxes. Both are great systems

@smayo041 Жыл бұрын

Great video! I’m always looking for useful 3D prints but they usually show the same things. What you figured out its a very interesting twist to approach creative use of existing design. Keep doing great videos! You earned yourself new sub

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

Thanks :)

@ronalddhs3726 Жыл бұрын

$75 USD for an small trashcan :O You are the most passionate guy (for trashcans) I've ever seen :)

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

LOL thank you :)

@davidrumbelow Жыл бұрын

Here's an idea for you we don't use trash cans in the kitchen, I bought a plastic/ paper bag holder, you put the rubbish in it. When it's full just bin the bag in the council bin and replace it with another.

@pgreeff Жыл бұрын

Awesome video mate. Best printing ideas I've seen so far. I can finally motivate getting the 3D printer I've always wanted. Also, good points on the large format printers, it may be worth spending a little bit more so it has more real world applications.

@atchipmunk Жыл бұрын

Good video! I'd definitely love to see you do a video specifically about 3D printed tools!

@Lulzigi Жыл бұрын

Great video! Never thought of making a phone case without the top and bottom layers to show off the infill!

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

Yep! A lot of people haven't. I'm going to do a video on 0 top and bottom layers for those who don't know about it

@bobbytalbert2778 6 ай бұрын

As a newbie to 3 D printing your ability to connect with both the pro and the novice is on point. Most of the things you say about issues you've had are exactly what I am going through. I have so many questions about this amazing and fun new world it seems everytime i watch one of your vids one of my questions is answered so THANK YOU.. Also your pace and "video personality" keep the watcher involved. You dont loose your audience do to boredom. Keep up the good energy. I am a stuntman in the film biz and I fabricate most of my equipment as there arent really any " stuntman supply" stores, this is the reason I have gotten into this game. Now to learn more...

@thenextlayer 6 ай бұрын

Wow I really appreciate this comment!!!

@cackleberryfarm4598 7 ай бұрын

was a little worried this was going to be a waste when I saw the trash can as the first item. But I'm glad I hung in there! Dude! You have some FANTASTIC ideas in here!!! And really helped me see that I can push past my limitation fears of building with the plastics! Thanks!

@thenextlayer 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@kellyblack4897 Жыл бұрын

I didn’t know it was possible to simp in a 3D printing video, but here we are.

@scratchinjack608 Жыл бұрын

Good video. Very inspiring. Your presentation was about the mindset of practical 3D printing and not just to what to 3D print. Something like planters, you mention things about décor styling as well as a tip not to go overboard in printing pots "heavy" and "thick." I like to see a video (if you don't already have) that takes an idea of another designer and the thought pathway to grow it, improve it and customize it. Your on-camera persona I connected with. I don't feel like I'm watching a city-slick salesman or a monotone engineer. Very good video standards. Thank You!

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

Wow. I’m honored! Thank you. Hope you keep coming back! Much more coming

@AshleyWragg Жыл бұрын

One thing that made me exceptionally happy to hear in this video is that Sunday is the start of your work week. Too often nowadays, Monday is being called the first day, but it is Sunday. This is because Saturday is the Sabbath, the true seventh day of the week according to the Bible.

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

Real talk. I love that I start Sunday and get ahead before the rest of the world starts emailing me lol

@Spartacusse 5 ай бұрын

Yes, trash cans are the perfect thing to 3d print, specially for bathrooms, since 3dprints aren't food safe precisely because due to surface tension water and cleaning fluids in general can't get into the layer lines, the best possible location for a 3d print is the bathroom, it's going to make the worlds best petri dish.

@fonn501 Жыл бұрын

This is an educational video to make people realize that not only can a 3D printer create excellent models, it can also change our lives with our hands instead of going to Ikea and say "i need help"( just kidding haha) Thank you very much.

@tmlrobotics5446 Жыл бұрын

Would definitely watch a video on tools. Really enjoyed this list.

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

That’s two votes. And thank you!

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

Make sure you’re subbed!!! I’ll probably do it.

@tmlrobotics5446 Жыл бұрын

@@thenextlayer Of course I am 😁

@DDizzy1SHORTS 22 күн бұрын

i've been printing phone cases for years. far more durable than any case i've ever bought.

@halarkin Жыл бұрын

Yes, please! I would like a tool video. PS, I'm the spouse that would most likely object. Husband usually just says, 'oh, cool!'. I'm very lucky.

@TDHobbies Жыл бұрын

never thought about printing wire covers, I actually need some of those! I would like to see the TOOLS video as to what you come up with.

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

I'm on it :) Already started

@raugust6786 Жыл бұрын

I'd like a tool video as well! My first functional print was a replacement tripod throat plate after being unable to find a replacement that supports one of my 15-20 year old tripods. I have two that use the same style of plate, so I had to switch the one plate I had back and forth. Edit: I never thought of printing light diffusers. Could be useful for lighting up dioramas!

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

On it!

@raugust6786 Жыл бұрын

@@thenextlayer Not sure if you’re looking for tool ideas but there are some printable lazy Susans that work with marble ball bearings. Mine isn’t the best but it helped when I was a pinch. Needed it so I can rotate an object I was spraying with primer.

@Mysli0210 Жыл бұрын

Funny you say that we all printed those useless things. took me 10 years to even download the benchy :P useful stuff all the way

@davidgreenwitch Жыл бұрын

Woa, bought a 3D printer now. I guess I will print most of it.

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

Welcome and enjoy

@cyb69 Жыл бұрын

Nice ideas! But you might want to consider charging your phone via cable. Wireless charging strains you battery enough as it is but putting even more distance between the coils just kills it

@Dingle.Donger Жыл бұрын

Really? I thought wireless charging was better because it's generally slower and I once read that it """stops""" charging when your phone is fully charged. Obviously it doesn't actually stop or your battery would slowly decrease again but IIRC it's better to have a fully charged phone on a wireless pad than plugged in.

@AliveGabriel Жыл бұрын

Where's this info from

@giuseppearcelo Жыл бұрын

Can I 3D print myself a girlfriend? 🤔

@lkxdt 10 ай бұрын

Girlfriend is temporary. 3D prints are forever

@funfactswithmaxx 7 ай бұрын

The wife might not like this

@trueRocc 3 ай бұрын

Give it 30 more years

@ajolliet18 2 ай бұрын

Lol

@TooScentz Ай бұрын

Yes, but it'll probably chafe

@davidstonier-gibson8408 Жыл бұрын

There's a myriad of little printed gadgets in and around our house. The keypad on the garage door opener. We had drawer installed inside kitchen cupboards; the handles I made. My desk lamp. A hidy box for an emergency door key outside somewhere. Phone cases. A mini LED flashlight molded around my house key. A hose tamer for my CPAP machine. Everyone of those things is custom designed to fit our very specific needs, which is why Fusion 360 design skills are central to the whole deal.

@winandd8649 Жыл бұрын

@1:03 I have the opposite, I have only printed useful stuff for 8 years. Now I'm considering printing a bunch of useless plastic crap 😁

@itayzimet Жыл бұрын

טוב לראות תוכן מישראל, תמשיך להוציא סרטונים מעולים. תודה על הרעיונות להדפסה

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching... and sorry my hair was a disaster in this video ;) Let me know what you thought, below, and if any of these were a surprise to you!

@sellers8133 Жыл бұрын

Unacceptable take the video down

@sellers8133 Жыл бұрын

@noxin75 Жыл бұрын

Do you have a link to the bit organizer cup at 12:50 in the video? Top of frame, orange?

@felurianmasters4369 Жыл бұрын

How on earth is 75 $ for a trash can affordable or reasonable,

@nicks9360 Жыл бұрын

I really impressed my wife with my 3D printer when I fixed her '70s vintage Singer sewing machine ( she loves to sew) needed some special washers that I could not even find available if I wanted them so it took out my calipers and measured what I could of the old disintegrated ones and print it out new ones installed them and she loves it her machine is usable and she can keep crafting LOL

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

Love it!

@RedstoneLP2 Жыл бұрын

one of my favorite useful 3d prints are clips to repair rj45 plugs with broken "hooks"

@retrojb101 7 ай бұрын

Thank you! As someone who’s thinking about getting a 3D printer, your video has helped justify getting one.

@RobertGranero Жыл бұрын

Great video… inspiring to see 3d prints being used for practical, everyday uses. I’m interested in the large planter shown around 18:10 in the video… I didn’t see it listed in the description. Any chance you can share that model with us?

@GlorifiedGremlin 10 ай бұрын

Im still in the upgrading the printer with arbitrary printed parts phase 😂 Having a young kid is a good justification tho, endless custom cheap toys is kinda incredible

@thenextlayer 10 ай бұрын

Yup.

@wintlink Жыл бұрын

You don’t need a 3D printer for the most thing you present here

@JesseBakerH 3 ай бұрын

Great video that actually gives good suggestions instead of more articulated octopi/dragons/lizards. Printing signs is awesome. Love the resources, too.

@idgamingfederation202 Жыл бұрын

one of the first things I'm printing on my Artillery Sidewinder X2, is a Wash and Cure station for my Elegoo Jupiter... just have to get my studio set up... thanks for all the great content, and pointers can't wait get printing.

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

Wow! What filament will you use so that over time the alcohol won’t wreck it?

@andrewlechner6343 Жыл бұрын

That's the most weirdly militaristic name for a printer I have seen. Edit: apparently, it's a Chinese company yet most its products are named after American military equipment. Weird.

@graphguy Жыл бұрын

all I ever see is people printing toys and junk... make me never want to waste the money. This is useful in helping me justify.

@sammcj2000 11 ай бұрын

Made me re-assess my initial dismissal of printing some of these everyday objects - thanks!

@algum504 2 ай бұрын

what im looking for is spring design but without actual spring, kinda like scaled down paper holder

@drewt.4353 7 ай бұрын

Printed 1 benchy and now printing a soap dish. Watching this vid for more ideas.

@Xray2j Жыл бұрын

No one going to mention the huge print fail/crack @ 4:50?

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

Yep, after 8 or 9 months, it cracked. It's since broken completely, b/c I pulled it out by the corner tab when it was full. Anyways, printing a new one tonight at higher temp so the layers adhere better ;)

@SebasTian-od7oz Жыл бұрын

FINALLY the first video that is not like: "Here are 20 generic practical things you can print" - and then lists them. Even being from great channels, those videos always felt like they have been missing something, they left me feeling a bit empty inside and I was never truly satisfied after watching those. Now I finally figured out why. They just told you to copy something. This video instead inspires you to think about your own situation in your home and stimulates your creativity. Even while watching this videos and looking around in my room I had 3 ideas what to 3D print to improve my situation. Truly awesome suggestions/stimuli, and I have finally found that first and only "useful 3D prints" video that actually did something for me personally. Consider me impr...subscribed :) The one thing that I never thought about printing before is like you said: heavy-duty mechanical stuff. I plan to make a swivel arm mainly from aluminum extrusions to hold my 48" TV so I can swing it from my desk (use as a monitor) to in front of my sofa. I was long agonizing about what to use as a hinge and how to mount it to the wall. Door hinges maybe? This video made me think about that the hinges might not be impossible to make out of 3D prints and some axial bearings.

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

High praise!! Thank you!!

@Mtaalas Жыл бұрын

Who throw soiled diapers in a trashcan? You take them STRAIGHT OUT of the house into the outside trash bin.... :D

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

I said "slightly" soiled! As in, a few drops of pee. Poo ones go straight out!

@Ronoaldo Жыл бұрын

Nice video. I was asking this EXACT same question and now I have a month work of print to do. :) PLEASE to another one on tools, would love to hear your ideas on that!

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

Definitely doing the tool video. I already started work on it - so make sure you’re subscribed :)

@shokdj1 Жыл бұрын

I’ve only printed stuff I needed, and have found plenty use for it. I think some people just buy a 3d printer without actually having a use for it. I think you need to be a hobbyist of some sort or have some interest in designing something

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

True

@markchapman3193 Жыл бұрын

My wife and daughter love to cook. So your drawer organizer and the gridfinity system have me printing drawers for spice jars instead of a cumbersome "spice rack". Thank you encouraging me to grow.

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

Nice!

@nathanwms Жыл бұрын

Enjoyed watching the process. Look forward to the upgrades and your other contact.

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

Thanks, will do!

@RB-ni8vm Ай бұрын

I have a 72" 5 shelf unit in my garage. The space between two shelves is 15" and of course I needed 16 1/2" for a particular item. So, I printed very easy extenders to allow me to shelf my item.

@cjford1s Жыл бұрын

The spiral octopus has been my wife's favorite thing so far🤣

@slobooger 25 күн бұрын

Honestly never thought about printing actual wire channels. nice o.o

@_DROM_ 8 ай бұрын

I've printed some pretty useful things for our daily use home. I'm a very organized person, so boxes and trays I printed to hold from screws in the garage, to my reading glasses on my bedside table. I've printed hooks for our helmets and headphones, racks for our hard drives and cases for our docking station and hubs. I can't stop printing. I've printed stands for my collectibles and book ends for my shelves. I need help to stop 🤭! But I can't. You just gave me the cable channels to print. I gotta do it now

@Loot_OW 4 ай бұрын

I’m 37 years old and I’ve been a mechanic for over 69 years now, I really machine shop could’ve done that whole job with an angle grinder with a cut off disk. Especially those deep inside contours. I would have paid 1748 dollar for such a rare intake, in such good patina

@ShermanIron 21 күн бұрын

Thank You I am new and have lots of time on my hands I am going to try several of these ideas

@bowieinc Жыл бұрын

Just found your channel. I really like it. So true what you say about the eternal quest to impress the wife with a 3D printed object. Also, your channel name is very clever. Keep up the great work!

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

Thank you thank you!

@CJFromGroveSt09 Жыл бұрын

While I don't have a SO at the moment I appreciated the joke and the sheer practicality that can come from 3D printing. I do not have one but am going to get one within the next week and this just really made me think about what all I am going to make. I subscribed for the sheer humor alone but really appreciate the deep dive into the ways to help your everyday life

@narf444 Жыл бұрын

thanks for the video. i don't see the stl for your honeycomb shelf stand (~18:30 min) in the description, nor on your printables page. can you please share that with us?

@DarthGnomian Жыл бұрын

Drink Coasters!!! Also one of my favorite categories is zip tie accessories

@Dorian803 Жыл бұрын

I swear I've seen that exact trash can at a Dollarama

@kellyjean4981 Жыл бұрын

My first printer ,Sovol sv01 Pro, arrived yesterday. My husband glanced outside and and noticed a big box at the door, I acted like it was a box of toilet paper from Amazon, and then snuck it down to my craft room hahaha…. I’ve printed two benchies and a calibration cube, and I’m crazy excited over them ❤

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

Nice! Print some of the stuff in this video you'll love it

@joelstolarski2244 2 ай бұрын

First attempt at TPU was disastrous. Got the 95A ,and it was so flexible it kept jamming in my Sovol SV06. Burnt alot of time, just couldn't get it to run long enough to print even on little doll shoe.

@ajciccone88 Жыл бұрын

Is there a link for the phone cases? Looks like a great opportunity for me to print not only two colors for the first time but also using infill as a pattern for the first time.

@TulgaD5 7 ай бұрын

Mounting adapters.... all sorts of... Brio to LEGO adapters, car NOKIA phone holder to universal phone holder adapter, 1/4 inch to hot shoe, 3.5 inch to 2.5 inch HDD adapters, nano SIM to micro SIM adapter, x inch screw to y inch screw adapter

@Pinuaple 16 күн бұрын

the miniature: you are my sunshine my only sunshine

@swdw973 25 күн бұрын

The 3D printed bearings work fine for something like an airbrush turntable. Once you get the tolerances worked out that is.

@bluethan806 3 ай бұрын

I can't believe I never thought about planters, which is one of the most basic shapes you could create

@crnalajna Жыл бұрын

I have my first printer ever Ender 3 S1 Plus for a month and a half and I'm already down the rabbit hole. Two hours ago I ordered an S1, smaller brother of S1+. Had to share. :D

@djm.o.d.9376 Жыл бұрын

I have an old Anycubic Mega Zero, got a handfull of "decent" prints with it and then it just sat gathering dust, I feel like I wont get a great print with my machine, ever, but I plan on getting it at least back in operation. Thanks for the ideas!

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

Nice, glad to get you back on the horse :)

@AI-Creations-LLC 2 ай бұрын

My favorite print ATM is the Aztec death whistles. I'm going to make a necklace loop for it. It'd be great as a "danger" whistle at a Renaissance fair or something. That will be my first 3D modeling job.

@user-lx9jm1wo3h Жыл бұрын

I bought my first 3D printer in 2015 so I could replace plastic parts on anything i could think of. It has saved hundreds of dollars by designing and printing replacement parts on appliances, and many other items.

@diginomad6016 2 ай бұрын

Use an emptied paint bucket with this kid 😂

@michaeldisieno3465 4 ай бұрын

Definitely interested in a separate video on tools!

@sayeedharem4673 10 ай бұрын

Necessity is the mother of invention. Organisation and finding discontinued broken parts is the biggest bugbear for home life .

@m97120 Жыл бұрын

This is one of the better "useful prints" videos. I have printed a 300mm tall trash can as well. I've been using it every single day. BTW, Gridfinity is not open-source. It's CC BY-NC-SA. That license doesn't qualify as open-source.

@thenextlayer Жыл бұрын

Hey! Thanks for the huge compliment, I'm glad you like it. Make sure you're subbed for more. Also, yeah, you're right, it's noncommercial, but, you can download, remix, etc, which is what's important to me :)