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Each month, we pick one creator from the Printables community and give them a bit more space: to show their models, talk about how they design, and choose a theme for a community challenge. It is a way to say thanks, but also a way to show the real p

July 2, 2026

10 min

1,948

soozafone

@soozafone

It's been more than two years since I released Dummy 13 here on Printables. That was the culmination of what I called the “13 Series,” a set of models allowing anyone to customize their own humanoid action figure.
Since then, I've explored in a few d

February 13, 2026

4 min

1.1K

160

21,333

Some folks have already seen some of my announcements, updates and discussions about a Prusa CORE One Mini on various platforms like Reddit. After a few setbacks up until November 2025, the project was put back to the drawing board for the third time

July 5, 2026

10 min

317

9,790

Martin

@Martin

Greetings everyone. So, after more then 4 months of work, the DHD is finally finished. Or rather my part is done. It is printed and assembled and painted. Now it will go to the customer for the electronic fitting, lights and sounds so that it could b

October 4, 2025

2 min

735

149

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Martin

@Martin

Greetings my friends.
So, I wanted to try this new Article feature and show you the progress on my DHD.

August 21, 2025

1 min

481

7,422

It's a little meta, we know, but what better way to announce our new Articles feature than by writing an article about it? We hate cooking recipes where you first have to hear about the author's grandma's life story and only get to the ingredients an

August 10, 2025

4 min

145

2,939

EasyPrint Changelog – April 30, 2026
🚀 New Features
Sequential PrintingYou can now choose to print whole objects sequentially (one by one)! This highly anticipated feature includes a smart auto-arrange function that carefully positions objects to pre

April 30, 2026

5 min

3,643

Mikolas Zuza

@MikolasZuza

I’ve never been much of a “car guy,” but now that I drive my Mazda 3 (red, obviously) I have to admit - I love this car! It doesn't have any ultra fancy features, but the original owner did select the wireless key fob option. And it is great. Well, m

August 8, 2025

5 min

158

7,369

soozafone

@soozafone

This past weekend was 3DPrintopia 2025! It's one of the world's largest annual gatherings of 3D printing hobbyists, creators, and companies - and it happens to be a short drive from Lucky 13 home base.
After attending last year's event, I decided thi

September 29, 2025

3 min

126

2,571

Ondřej Stříteský

@OndrejStritesky

3D printing provides the opportunity to make things that are not easily produced by other technologies, and literally change our possibilities. Thanks to the ingenuity and creativity of the community surrounding 3D printing, there are many interestin

November 4, 2025

11 min

121

2,293

When we introduced official Brand profiles on Printables, the goal was to change how big companies think about 3D printing. Why not give fans the real files? Replacement parts, accessories, cosplay props — made available directly, instead of forcing

September 22, 2025

2 min

4,440

Nomads Galaxy

@NomadsGalaxy

How did we get here?
So, for anyone following along the Prusawire project, you may know this already, but let's start from the beginning.
I came up with the idea of Prusawire just before Core ONE kits were about to begin shipping. I had just recently

January 5, 2026

4 min

114

6,530

Voxel3D_NL

@Voxel3D

With Bondtech's INDX coming to the Prusa CORE One, multi-nozzle printing is becoming the new standard. But more colours mean more spools... and more chaos on your desk.
Introducing INBXX: The ultimate, fully configurable filament management system de

November 21, 2025

7 min

4,323

VC Design

@VC_Design

I’m incredibly honored to be nominated for the Printables Designer of the Year Award!
If you’ve enjoyed using my models, printed something that helped you, or simply liked my approach to design, I’d truly appreciate your support.
Your vote would mean

December 18, 2025

1 min

589

Black Friday deals are live on Printables! For the entire month, enjoy 30% off a wide selection of paid models from our talented designers.
📅 October 30th – November 30th, 2025🌐 Exclusively on the Printables Store
Time to fire up your 3D printer! 🔥
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November 4, 2025

1 min

4,408

Over the past week, a lot of progress happened on the CORE One Mini. While it may not look like a giant leap forward at first glance, this phase involved countless hours of preparation work, experimentation and more than a few unexpected "surprises."

June 7, 2026

8 min

364

Hello everyone! As I mentioned in last week's Reddit update, I finally completed all of the metal parts. The side panels are finished, tested and painted. After completely messing up the first attempt because of incorrect bend radii, the second versi

June 21, 2026

9 min

289

firstgizmo

@firstgizmo

This is about making an anemometer from scratch, helplessly overengeneering it and having fun with a ton of boring napkin maths needed for this.
Along the following journey i learned a lot about designing and claibrating anemometer. I encountered a

June 16, 2026

8 min

198

MATARO

@MATARO

The MK3.251 is a printer that combines two MK3 series printers. The housing was made using two MK3 aluminum frames and a 3030 aluminum frame. The tool head is the same as the MK3S. Other new parts needed are two extended 8mm shafts and belts for the

March 10, 2026

1 min

553

Printables Changelog – February 10, 2026
🚀 New Features & Major Improvements Enhanced Search ExperienceBy default, search results now mix both free and exclusive (Store/Club) models, giving you a complete view of available models. We've also added ha

February 10, 2026

2 min

438

Wekster

@Wekster

Hey everyone!
One day as a kid I went to the newspaper stand to check do they have any new comics for me. At that time we didn't had Marvel or DC stuff, we mostly had Italian published stuff like Dylan Dog, Zagor, Martin Mysteree etc... I know, you n

August 25, 2025

1 min

1,599

Sillybutts

@Sillybutts

Thank you so much EVERYONE for the huge amount of support! I never imagined that I would be in the running for an award this big, ITS AMAZING! Vote for finalists now: https://www.printables.com/awards/2025

January 8, 2026

1 min

402

Time for another update on the CORE One Mini - and this one once again feels like a proper milestone. While I skipped ahead a bit earlier to work on the CoreXY assembly and the heatbed assembly, it’s now time to focus on the back assembly, which is m

April 12, 2026

7 min

336

m_collectable

@m_collectable

I really like the 3D printable badges that Printables.com gives for reaching different badge milestones so I printed the ones I achieved. I wanted to share my makes of these badges so putting them in an article seemed liked the best way to do it. To

June 22, 2026

5 min

296

MZ4250

@MZ4250

Here's my Owlbear Enjoying Honey mini printed by one of my patrons! Woo!

June 5, 2026

1 min

285

This update is a bit different - no single big milestone this time, but rather a collection of smaller improvements, refinements and progress across multiple areas. The kind of work that isn’t always the most exciting to show, but is absolutely essen

April 26, 2026

6 min

398

3Demon

@3Demon

Kasaka’s Blade is one of those props that looks simple for about five seconds 😅 But once you break the build down into stages, it’s actually really easy to make one yourself.In this post, I will show you how I 3D printed Kasaka’s Blade from Solo Leve

May 14, 2026

6 min

195

Another milestone: the heatbed assembly is now feature complete. This part of the build required quite a few adjustments and customizations, but overall the integration of the components worked out nicely. While the metal parts need another small ite

March 15, 2026

5 min

499

This update is a bit different from the previous technical ones. Most of the recent work on the CORE One Mini wasn’t about the mechanical side - it was about identity. At some point during a project like this, you realize that if you want the machine

May 24, 2026

6 min

253

If there is one thing this stage of the CORE One Mini reminded me of, it's this: prototyping is not always fair and square. And in this case, that is meant quite literally.
I spent about a full day cutting each profile to length and making the cutout

February 22, 2026

5 min

435

Another wild ride over the past two weeks! As mentioned in the last update, assembly continued and I started running into a few major collision problems that only became apparent once everything was physically bolted together. CAD is one thing - but

July 5, 2026

7 min

111

Martin

@Martin

Greetings everyone. So, I have started to work on this extremely nice Shuttle from the Avatar movies. The Valkyrie Shuttle. After some work, the Base Model is finaly done. The model will be some 60cm long.

September 16, 2025

2 min

282

Xema

@Xema_4266128

Introduction and Preamble
When I design a kayak, I usually build it at a 1:10 scale in order to get a visual impression of how it looks outside the screen, and, of course, to check certain measurements and volumes. The 1:10 scale provides a much more

June 13, 2026

3 min

560

MiniWorld3D

@MiniWorld3D

Could AI be integrated responsibly in the 3D model-creating process? Can a model bear the “AI” tag without being immediately dismissed as slop? AI generated 3D models have flooded every repository web platform. You probably have encountered them here

September 11, 2025

6 min

1,333

prntmkr

@prntmkr

Recently, I received this amazing award for reaching 100,000 downloads of my models on Printables.What makes this even more special is the thoughtful gesture from the teams at Printables and Prusa. Thank you for recognizing the work of creators and f

June 10, 2026

1 min

125

Kryštof Kohout

@KrystofK

You can easily create your own custom 3D jigsaw puzzle within PrusaSlicer! This guide includes the whole workflow.
I was inspired to create 3D jigsaw puzzles by this article on Prusa Blog. However, it was originally written in 2019, and I found some

September 4, 2025

5 min

742

Another milestone: the CoreXY assembly is done - more or less - which means most of the major components related to the printer’s kinematics are now in place.
The CoreXY plate itself ended up being a bit of a mashup between the CORE One, the Core One

March 29, 2026

5 min

390

This week marked another step toward finishing the exterior and material side of the CORE One Mini. The focus shifted toward plastics, fitment refinement, and finalizing the sheet metal and enclosure components.
Some of the originally planned materia

May 10, 2026

5 min

238

A lot has happened in the meantime - this is the point where the CORE One Mini project finally left the comfortable world of CAD and stepped into the slightly more painful reality of sparks, sharp edges and metal shavings. Hours were spent on tasks t

February 11, 2026

6 min

378

Kryštof Kohout

@KrystofK

I really love using PrusaSlicer creatively to customize objects or even make new ones. Obviously, the primary purpose of the program is to slice existing models to be printed as accurately as possible to the original 3D file. But, with just a little

August 11, 2025

6 min

648

Jerrari

@Jerrari

The idea behind my GEN2 Decor Series was to bring the modular storage system into the home or office, opening up endless possibilities for customization and style. The Chevron Series has always been special to me because it marked my first step away

October 5, 2025

2 min

512

Thorin Oakenshield

@ThorinOakenshield

300 K downloads!
Today I reached this number of downloads of my 3D models on Printables.com.
When I started on the original Prusaprinters website, I would never have believed it. I have been working on Printables for 4 years, since February 2022, whe

March 15, 2026

2 min

222

3Demon's Texture Rollers

@3Demon_tools_1348681

Spring is one of our favorite seasons for creative projects, and we wanted to capture a bit of that magic in a collection of texture rollers designed for clay, polymer clay, EVA foam, and many other materials.
The collection includes 11 spring-themed

June 16, 2026

2 min

111

firstgizmo

@firstgizmo

How it feels to be a first time buyer, how to purchase a printer at Prusa3D and how to get tricked by your long time favorite 3D printer manufacturer .
First of all, I already own and use Prusa printers. They are my daily drivers, my workhorses basic

June 24, 2026

4 min

158

One of the biggest challenges in this iteration turned out to be the back panel. What looks like a simple flat part at first quickly became one of the most constrained areas of the entire build.
Because of the overall size reduction and the tighter f

January 25, 2026

4 min

436

Nadir @ CN3D

@Nadir

Hello Everyone 🚀 Big News! CN3D x BigTreeTech Collaboration 🛠️
After seeing our custom approach to upgrading the Nebula Extruder, the team at BigTreeTech reached out to us directly! 🤝
We’re excited to announce that we’re working together to turn our

August 5, 2025

1 min

690

TomKnox

@TomKnox

Safety Warning: You’re responsible for your own safety. You’ll be working with hot parts and tools that can seriously burn you or others, or set fire to things around you.

November 23, 2025

3 min

544

Practical Prints+

@postyourmake_4620695

Yay, I finally got a 3D Printer!
So what does this mean for my profile?
First it means that I will be able to test my models and improve them.
Second, it will mean I can prototype, which means I will be able to create more complex models.
Third, it m

July 9, 2026

1 min