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1. Matt Lehrer 4 min later

   @zachleat Did you try the boat yet? https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:763622

   1. Zach Leatherman 7 min later

      @mattlehrer yeah! I think the boat is the hello world project the vendor recommended 🏆

      1. Noah Jacobus 20 min later

         @zachleat @mattlehrer Then you’re ready for its final form: https://youtu.be/ilIubT7ands?si=wlXB2v79Og0IHNto

         1. Zach Leatherman 21 min later

            @jabronus @mattlehrer HAHAHAHA what in the world

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         3. Konnor Rogers 2 days later

            @jabronus @zachleat @mattlehrer

            I did not know I needed this, but this was amazing. 10/10. Would watch again.

            1. Zach Leatherman 2 days later

               @konnorrogers @jabronus @mattlehrer watched it twice (again later with the kids)

2. Luis Villa 6 min later

   @zachleat the thing that’s been tempting me is that there is a whole world of extensible/customizable storage stuff.

   1. Zach Leatherman 9 min later

      @luis_in_brief oh dang, yeah—I am now a container store

      1. Luis Villa 1 hr later

         @zachleat yes, you are. This is @danilo ’s fave; I know there are at least two others: https://www.multiboard.io/

         1. bsky: @daniloc.xyz 10 hr later

            @luis_in_brief @zachleat this Gridfinity generator, for organizing drawers, is also excellent

            Fully parametric, you can print whatever storage your drawer dimensions need

            https://gridfinity.perplexinglabs.com/pr/gridfinity-rebuilt/0/0

3. Moritz Glantz 7 min later

   @zachleat Everything cable management, cable storage and drawer organization. I also have a toothbrush travel case and a soap travel case.

   1. Zach Leatherman 8 min later

      @MoritzGlantz yes!! My second print was a charging stand for my phone/watch

4. Lewis Dale 8 min later

   @zachleat Surely a li'l possum for your desk is the first thing

   1. Zach Leatherman 8 min later

      @lewis now we’re talking

5. Marty Party 11 min later

   @zachleat I mostly see people using them for printing miniatures/scenery for ttrpg games!

   1. Zach Leatherman 14 min later

      @martycoote yeah! I love the idea of sprucing up some of my board games

      1. Marty Party 30 min later

         @zachleat brings a whole new meaning to print and play!

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7. Eric Eggert 28 min later

   @zachleat It’s so much fun. I’m doing a bit of Gridfinity and Multiboard and I printed some coasters for Christmas and snowflakes as reusable window decoration.

   It is really magical how something that is only digital becomes a thing that you can touch in a matter of minutes or hours.

   1. Zach Leatherman 37 min later

      @yatil whoa multiboard looks very cool!

      1. Eric Eggert 42 min later

         @zachleat It’s overengineered as hell and I love it for that. “Hands on Katie” on YouTube has good organizational videos (although the presentation is a matter of taste, I guess). And I like the “Functional Print Friday” for learning how to think about doing your own models.

         https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFa9atYEuNhVEwJW1WDg2C_DJdGSHJGrQ
         https://www.youtube.com/@FunctionalPrintFriday

         1. Zach Leatherman 45 min later

            @yatil thanks! 🙌 I’m trying to figure out what part of the rabbit hole to tackle first 😅

8. Michael Engen, PhD 28 min later

   @zachleat Since you mentioned board games, I recommend printing custom inserts for games you like! Some of my favorite games have _terrible_ inserts, and replacing them makes set up, play, and breakdown so much easier!

   1. Zach Leatherman 41 min later

      @mengen yeah! Such a good way to upgrade existing games!

9. Josh “Yoshi” Vickerson 30 min later

   @zachleat A friend of mine has printed some cool stuff for me. Plant pots, for one.

   You can find lots of great models here (plant pots were found here): https://www.printables.com

   He also made a keychain of my freelance business logo, with an NFC chip in it, which I can easily reprogram using a free app on my phone. And a laptop-shaped business card holder lol

   1. Zach Leatherman 42 min later

      @josh oh nice! thanks!

10. Simon Cox 32 min later

    @zachleat
    Recommend you get yourself into 3D drawing apps. Can be super expensive but you don't need those - I'm using https://www.tinkercad.com - free. Basic shapes and you can join them together to make more sophisticated shapes.
    here is a small locomotive i'm playing around with for my modelling. My printer is resin not filament though - different process.

    1. Zach Leatherman 42 min later

       @simoncox this is probably phase 2 of the rabbit hole 😅

11. Snugug 36 min later

    @zachleat if you do tabletop gaming that requires terrain, like D&D, I made tons of the Dragonlock stuff:

    https://www.fatdragongames.com/fdgfiles/dragonlock-general/dragonlock-ultimate-dragonbite-clip-v3-0-fdg0184/

    Plus dice towers for everyone I played with

    1. Zach Leatherman 43 min later

       @snugug my kids would love prints of this stuff too

       1. Snugug 1 hr later

          @zachleat their tavern stuff is really fun; you can build whole multi-level buildings and towns with it!

12. psarant 1 hr later

    @zachleat Barbie-scale furniture, DnD-scale gaming terrain and miniatures, cable organization, brio-compatible tracks - my most frequent types of prints. https://www.dmsguild.com/m/product/295239 shipworks is a cool project for the ttrpg realm. I have lofty visions of Halloween costume bits one year.

    1. Zach Leatherman 1 hr later

       @psarant brio-compatible tracks! interesting!

       1. psarant 1 hr later

          @zachleat yeah the kids like the variety and we can add what we need.

          1. Zach Leatherman 1 hr later

             @psarant very cool!

          2. Jason Lawton 10 hr later

             @psarant @zachleat omg I could have used this 4 years ago. Amazing

13. Ste Grainer 6 hr later

    @zachleat Out of curiosity, what kind of printer did you get? My first foray (several years ago with a very cheap option) left me feeling more confused than empowered, but I’ve been wanting to try it again.

    1. Zach Leatherman 6 hr later

       @stegrainer Bambu Lab A1 https://bambulab.com/

       Works great so far!

       1. Ste Grainer 8 hr later

          @zachleat Nice! That’s the same one I’d heard about in a couple other places. Thank you for sharing!

14. Matt Steele 1 day later

    @zachleat subscribed with interest - I've done a few prints at Do Space but struggled to find things that are useful, expensive/impractical to purchase, and don't immediately fall apart.

    Probably the print that's used most is a magnetic key holder https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2567267

    I'd love to print more replacement parts, like this broken component on my Rock Band kit; but I'm not convinced that ABS is gonna hold up to an evening of drumming https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5226080

    1. Zach Leatherman 2 days later

       @mattdsteele there are different kinds of filament with different strength properties! Maybe you’ve already seen this guide https://bambulab.com/en/filament/collections

15. Zach Leatherman 2 days later

    I regret to inform you all that 3d printing has become my entire personality (temporarily)

    1. Tjerk (Chairk) 2 days later

       @zachleat please keep me posted! Maybe want to get into this someday, curious on what you print and why! So don’t hold back on my account :)

       1. Zach Leatherman 2 days later

          @potloodgum yeah! I’ll share some of the things I’ve printed so far soon!

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    4. Andy Davies 2 days later

       @zachleat So what… no more shit posting?

       1. Zach Leatherman 2 days later

          @andydavies *existential crisis*

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    6. adamarmfield 2 days later

       @zachleat I expect you'll be getting into openscad, my friend has done some nice mathematical forms which he's making in ceramic now https://www.kitwallace.co.uk/#top

       1. Zach Leatherman 2 days later

          @adamarmfield oh wow, scriptable cad!