I 3D Printed Origami [video]

When I got my first 3D printer one of the first things I learned, in a surprising twist, was how great they are at printing flat things.

What other kinds of flat things did you print?

Tom Stanton printed directly onto tissue paper to make extremely light airplanes.

	▲	KevinMS 34 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		shims, plates (the hardware kind with holes), etc. It would be great for anything assembled together with plates and spacers (robots, stands, etc). The alternative would be cutting those shapes out of something, with lots of waste and dust.

interloxia 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The mini linear motion volumetric display is pretty neat too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgT20tHpk1g

Reminds me of Henry Segerman's expanding racks. Geared crazyness! https://www.youtube.com/@henryseg/videos

jamothy 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Thanks for sharing! I absolutely adore the meshing of mechanical engineering and origami. I cannot believe I never considered it.