3D printing in bronze has passed the test
We’re happy to say to you our trial period of bronze is over! So from now on we can serve you with exact prices and details about the designs on our webpage. The maximum size we offer is 50 x 50 x 50 mm, but we do encourage you to challenge us with bigger models. If you come up with a design a little bit bigger than the imaginary box, don’t hesitate to tell us: we can check wheter it’s possible or not. We hope to print bigger models in time as research is still going on.
For the prices: we can say that a design up to 5 cm³ will cost you 38,50 dollar, for every extra cm³ you will pay 8,8 dollars extra. For compact models there’s an extra discount. The more material you have within the imaginary box around your model, the more discount you get for the same model volume.
Bronze is typically used for coins, medals, key or small figures, but don’t hesitate to think out of the box. We welcome any possible design!
Do you have more questions about your design, just mail it to cont
Check out the 3D printed Dragonbite: the winner of the Metal Challenge
It was a very hard decision to choose a winner for our Metal Accessoires Challenge but, as we mentioned in an earlier blogpost, Vangelis and Dinos convinced us with their marvellous design: the dragonbite pencil. We’re very happy to present to you the 3D printed resultand we can tell: it fits perfectly in your hand!
Its ergonomical design fits perfectly in your hand.
Don’t forget our other challenge, the Facebook/Forum Design Challenge: Post a nice picture of your project in ‘Unbox it’ on our forum and win a voucher of 250 euro for 3D printing. We post the pictures on Facebook, whoever gets the most likes can when another voucher of 250 euro. Good luck to you all!
Featured Friday- showing your 3D printed designs
Another week full of nice looking, inventive designs has passed. We selected some eyecatching 3D printed items that caught our attention. First of all, we want to show you this elegant ring Woman, made by Els Cuvelier, a designer from the Netherlands. Can you imagine this ring around your finger?
Another nice design is this gold plated brass pendant made by Dizingof. It’s called Klein Bottle and it’s a mathematics shape. You can wear it on a necklace or just put it on your desk as an eyecatcher.
It’s always fun to be surprised by a design, such as this one, made by Carlos Gomez, in white polyamide. This shopping bag helper makes your shopping a little easier (and less painful) especially when you’re walking around with too many plastic bags in one hand! By its finger friendly grip it gives you just the support you need, instead of having paintful fingers. Who knows we’re all walking around with this in a couple of months.
Hope to see more nice designs in the future. Have a n
Featured Friday- Showing your 3D printed designs
A new week has passed. We welcomed new designers into our house and to kick off the weekend we present you our favorite designs!
Our first pick off the week is the AERO Chair, designed by Jean-François Roulon is made in white Polyamide. The picture you see below is a scaled model. It consists of two peaces which can be be assembled by sliding the back-leg component into the slit of the seat-back leg.
The second design seems a little bit odd, but it’s a custom gnome figurine. It looks like a shrinked human being with the clothes, pose and park bench. The designer, Josh Azevedo, used multicolor composite for this design.
Last, but not least, we picked out Semeaureo, a lovely pendant, made by Marco Ferrarin. For this piece of jewelry he used gold plated brass.
Now, enjoy your weekend everyone. Can’t wait to to see more of your designs!
Featured Friday – Showing your 3D printed designs
We saw a lot of nice designs passing by this week, even too much to cover. But after a strict selection, we’re very happy to present you the following designs. Enjoy!
These designers, Vangelis and Dinos, know how to make useful things in a fun way. How much fun is this pencilgrip, the Dragonbite?
Flavio Bellantuono makes the cutest jewelry. After the Japanese tea-ring, he introduces this English tea-ring as a nice follow-up.
TomyTones is back! After the golden version of Tommy Rombouts Character, he created two new figures in black and white.
This little man is the second design the two designers of Crazedout developed. It’s the first episode of their No Evil series and with this figure, Zi No Evilz, they send a personal message into the world saying: «Stop the evil in our world. »
Don’t forget our Metal Accessories Challenge is still going on till the 31st of July, the winner gets a free 3D print of his or her design! Good luck!
Featured Friday – Showing your 3D printed designs
Skullapalooza by Rob Elford
3D printed in gold plated stainless steel
RE-FORMATION by Roshannah Bagley
3D printed in polyamide
sekuMOI Mecy by Plummer-Fernandez
3D printed in multicolor
Explanining computers by Christopher Barnatt
3D printed in stainless steel
Got a $100.000 idea for the 3D4D Challenge?
Do you have a transformational idea that could leverage 3D printing technologies to deliver real social benefits in the developing world? Would you welcome the chance to work with great people to develop your idea further? Better still, could your idea steal the $100,000 prize in our international challenge? You think so? Well, then you have to enter the 3D4D challenge. We had a talk with Rosie Wilson, the Project Manager of the 3D4D Challenge, who’s researching and coordinating the challenge.
What is the aim of the 3D4D challenge?
Rosie Wilson: «The 3D4D Challenge aims to unearth new ground-breaking ideas that exploit developments in 3D printing, mobile phone based scanning technology and web based design applications to improve the incomes and livelihoods of people in developing countries. Techfortrade is funding a $100k prize to enable the winning entry to be implemented. »
Who’s behind the 3D4D challenge?
Rosie Wilson: «William Hoyle is the founding Chief Executive of techf
3D printing in Silver, now better than ever!
I don’t know about the rest of you, but at least here in Belgium, summer seems to have been cancelled. But – as they say – every cloud has a silver lining, and all the rain does make it easier to sit inside on the computer designing beautiful objects to bring to life in…well…silver! And, as of today, 3D Printing in silver with i.materialise is better than ever… with instant online prices ( + lower prices for silver) and the widest range of finishes yet!
Can’t wait to see how much your design will cost? (Spoiler Alert: it will cost less than ever thanks to a new price for silver)
No problem! As of today, for silver models up to 3cm3, i.materialise will now provide you with an instant price for your design. And, what can you print within a build envelope of 3cm3? The average ring, necklace pendant, or small bracelet will easily fit in that space. And, with a new price for silver and the same high quality, we are confident that you will like the price you see. Of course, you can still
3D printing the top 3 of the bead design challenge
About 2 weeks ago we announced the winners of the Bead Design Challenge. The 3D printed results came in yesterday, looking all loveable, and shiny as hell! Congrats again to the winners: Eva Tucek, Francisco Galan Manzo and Luigi Vaghi. Your 3D printed designs are on their way!
Pocket Rockets & Love Bombs by Eva Tucek:
Hoss Bunny Bead by Francisco Galan Manzo:
OX8 by Luigi Vaghi:
p.s. Don’t forget that the metal accessories challenge is still running, so don’t hesitate to submit your design.
Featured Friday – Showing your 3D printed designs
Nice designs made by you and 3D printed at the highest quality. Keep on amazing us!
Boxing Nature Ring by Mark Heuvelman.
3D printed in sterling silver
The Cable Car from the movie Where Eagles Dare in 1/72 scale by Sven-Åke Grufstedt.
3D printed in prime gray and beautifully painted! From what I’ve been told, probably the best 3D printing material out there for scale models.
A great connector piece for a wooden lamp stand by Benedikt Gnadt.
3D printed in polyamide
