My favorite hobby is 3d printing. I have already talked about it in these essays:
For how I made 3D Catan, look here: https://essaybank.home.blog/2021/01/01/catan/
For how I make successful prints look here: https://essaybank.home.blog/2022/11/18/3d-printing-how-i-make-successful-prints-history-lesson-50/
Today I’m going to talk about things I 3d printed that I am proud of, or things that I am in the process of making. Without further ado, let’s jump right into it.
Probably one of the prints I am most proud of designing is the bicycle pump mount. This was a custom model made for my uncle, so that he can take his little handheld bike pump when he rides off road in case his bike tires pop and run out of air, or they were low when he left to go on his trip.
Another of my favorite prints was the Nintendo Switch Joycon Grips. This originally started as a modification to and existing design by Dam-dam on thingiverse, but I have modified it so much to the point where I call it my own. The joycon grip design is still in progress, but right now I have a working prototype. At the moment I am simply smoothing out the edges and making the perfect joycon grip. Here is a photo of the model inside Tinkercad:
The print that has, perhaps, the most practical use in my life, is definitely the tissue box bed mount. I share a bunk bed with my brothers, and I’m on the top bunk. So it is really inconvenient not to be able to grab tissues when I’m in bed. I designed a mount that slides between the mattress and the frame of the bed to hold a box up there so that I can use it. It has made my life so much easier.
I’d like to give an honorable mention to a pencil&bookmark wall mount I made for my mom a while back. It suspends them on our kitchen wall so that when she reads to us at dinner, she has easy access to them.
I really enjoy 3d printing things, so that is why I write about it so much. Maybe next time I’m assigned to write about my favorite hobby, I’ll have even more designs to share!
I actually recorded myself writing this essay! If you want to watch it, it is embedded here: