The beginning of an adventure

The beginning

Recently,  I bought a 3D printer. At first, I had no specific plan in mind about what I should be printing, but I just wanted to test some good ideas I found on the internet.

My Prusa i3 mk3

Printer

I bought a printer from Josef Prusa, the i3 mk3. I chose this printer after reading tons of good reviews about it, and after 3 months of owning one, I can say I'm very happy about it.

Filament

At the moment, I haven't tested a lot of materials. I only used PLA, as it is cheap, biodegradable and easy to use.

Examples for printing

Laocoön and his sons

In secondary school, I studied Greek and Latin. This lead me to printing old Greek and Roman statues to decorate my room. One of my favourite statues from the ancient Greek culture is Laocoön and his sons. To my surprise, someone already 3D scanned this beautiful statue, ready for me to print.

You can find it here. Other 3D scanned statues can be found here.

Laocoön and his sons - Printed

Own designs

At university, I learned to do CAD drawings in Siemens NX. I am not an expert, but I am able to draw simple objects like phone holders, bottle openers, ...