This section highlights some of the 3D printing projects and work I have done from hobbies to work.
3D Printing Experience
Over the course of the last 8 years I have been an avid 3D printing hobbyist. Starting out small with the Ender 3, I jumped right in with my knowledge in CAD to make practical tools and prototypes. I constantly tinkered with the printer, installed upgrades, and adjusted material profiles for higher level materials. When I began working for 908 Devices, they had just gotten their first printers, a Prusa Mk3s and a Prusa Mini. I quickly became a caretaker of the company printers, maintaining them, upgrading them to the latest models, and taking on print jobs for colleagues, as well as being a heavy user of them for my manufacturing projects. Having been hands on with the Prusas, I ordered my own and got to printing more often. Skip forward a few years and I now have multiple printers across my home and makerspace.
My printers include:
-Three Prusa Mk4s
-Prusa Mini
-Bambu A1 Mini
-Bambu P1S
-Bambu X1C
-AnyCubic Kobra 2 Max
-LDO Positron
-AnkerMake M5
-Elegoo Mars
Among the many things I have done with 3D printers are:
-Materials: PLA, PETG, ABS, ASA, PC, NylonG, NylonCF, TPU(70A to 98A),
-Building/servicing printers for myself and friends
-Creating practical tools for my family's needs around the house
-Prototyping product designs for Committed Paintball
-Designing and Printing components for my production test rigs and fixtures at 908 Devices
-Designed and printed custom small toy versions of 908 products to be handed out at events and to clients
-Designing and printing armor, frames, and internals for combat robotics from 1lb to 250lb
-Props and cosplay with integrated electronics
-Jigs and fixtures for the manufacturing/revision of combat robot components on mills
My printers include:
-Three Prusa Mk4s
-Prusa Mini
-Bambu A1 Mini
-Bambu P1S
-Bambu X1C
-AnyCubic Kobra 2 Max
-LDO Positron
-AnkerMake M5
-Elegoo Mars
Among the many things I have done with 3D printers are:
-Materials: PLA, PETG, ABS, ASA, PC, NylonG, NylonCF, TPU(70A to 98A),
-Building/servicing printers for myself and friends
-Creating practical tools for my family's needs around the house
-Prototyping product designs for Committed Paintball
-Designing and Printing components for my production test rigs and fixtures at 908 Devices
-Designed and printed custom small toy versions of 908 products to be handed out at events and to clients
-Designing and printing armor, frames, and internals for combat robotics from 1lb to 250lb
-Props and cosplay with integrated electronics
-Jigs and fixtures for the manufacturing/revision of combat robot components on mills
Props and Cosplay
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Combat Robotics
On the smaller end of combat robotics (1lb to 30lb) you'll find more printed parts like entire frames, armor and internal components, while on the heavyweight side more of the printed parts are used internally as dividers, mounts, and spacers. We did use large TPU bumpers for the front armor of our 250lb robot Shreddit Bro and they performed surprisingly well! Classes like Plastic Ants (1lb) are required to be fully 3D printed with limitations on material choice depending on the league you're competing in. Material choice is crucial as your weapons integrity and chassis strength can determine the outcome of a fight. Materials are limited to PLA, PLA+, and PETG. Most leagues ban TPU and Nylon with the rare occasion where TPU is allowed.
Committed Paintball
#D printing is a large part of my work with Committed Paintball. I've designed and printed prototypes and functional parts for products. Above you can see a pulley revision to fix a belt slipping issue in the loading mechanism of a hopper. I printed about 100 of these that got shipped out to pro teams who needed them leading up to an event for testing.
I have also printed some awards such as HPA regulator displays and medals. The medals were designed by myself and printed multicolor for a semi pro league in Florida.
For facemasks I had designed and prototyped flexible ears as well as some Custom "Flex Links" used to attach the ear to the skirt. I added team/field logos Flex Links for an extra touch.
The red and blue medallions I designed were printed on a Stratasys Polyjet J750 for its smooth, high resolution multicolor finish and to give them a more legitimate feeling especially being limited collectors items.
And for marker parts I had prototyped some barrels with bespoke "Twistr" patterns before ordering the machined parts. Also seen above is a cyan and magenta body kit for the EMEK marker, printed in a ductile and UV resistant PETG.
I have also printed some awards such as HPA regulator displays and medals. The medals were designed by myself and printed multicolor for a semi pro league in Florida.
For facemasks I had designed and prototyped flexible ears as well as some Custom "Flex Links" used to attach the ear to the skirt. I added team/field logos Flex Links for an extra touch.
The red and blue medallions I designed were printed on a Stratasys Polyjet J750 for its smooth, high resolution multicolor finish and to give them a more legitimate feeling especially being limited collectors items.
And for marker parts I had prototyped some barrels with bespoke "Twistr" patterns before ordering the machined parts. Also seen above is a cyan and magenta body kit for the EMEK marker, printed in a ductile and UV resistant PETG.
908 Devices
Above is one of the many test fixtures I had designed and printed for production floor use at 908 Devices. This was a modular fixture I had designed as a general use fixture that could be used on the majority of all production test stations. This eliminated a handful of vastly different fixtures and allowed for one multifunctional design that was easier to track and service.
Initially on my own time and for fun, I designed small toy versions of a few of the products we sold. It started with looking at images of each product frum multiple angles, and designing them from the ground up with as much detail as I could reasonably fit in such a small printed object. They quickly became popular with colleagues and I was commissioned by R&D as well as Service teams to print out fleets of the toy products which could be handed out at 908 booths in conventions, and to clients as gifts.
Initially on my own time and for fun, I designed small toy versions of a few of the products we sold. It started with looking at images of each product frum multiple angles, and designing them from the ground up with as much detail as I could reasonably fit in such a small printed object. They quickly became popular with colleagues and I was commissioned by R&D as well as Service teams to print out fleets of the toy products which could be handed out at 908 booths in conventions, and to clients as gifts.