MakerChip - Maker Chip - the new Maker Coin

MakerChip Mania at Midwest RepRap Festival (MRRF) 2025!

Design & Bring your own MakerChips

Print your MakerChip Collector ahead of time!

Collect from exhibitors, visit the MakerChip Table & win prizes!

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What's a MakerChip?

A MakerChip is a customizable token designed for 3D printing enthusiasts. It serves as a creative outlet for personalization and a practical tool for advertising and showcasing your 3D printing capabilities. 

Customizable Design: You can personalize MakerChips with logos, QR codes, or other designs, making them suitable for various applications such as promotional items or collectibles. My templates can help you get started, but the only rules are size.

DIY Instructions:

1. First Rule of MakerChip, It's called a MakerChip, not a coin 😀

Size Matters! A MakerChip is 40mm dia.. x 3mm to 3.5mm thick.

1. Open Bambu Studio
2. Drag/Drop the Base Circle into slicer - K2_MakerChip_v1-Back.stl.
3. Add the version of Chip Decoration you want to use.
4. Center the Chip decoration
5. Switch to Objects view (In the Process dialog box in the slicer - Photo Included)
6. Select objects, right click and Merge.
7. Slice to check your MakerChip Top and Bottom!
8. HINT: If you have issues with bed adhesion or printing fine details, VisionMiner - Nano Polymer works AMAZINGLY!
9. HINT: Smooth build plates will show higher definition/details on your face down chips.
10. How-To Video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzmXMKTeie0&t=3883s&ab_channel=pezliz

Adding your own Logo: (FACE DOWN)

1. Create your logo as SVG or STL (You can use simple online tools to convert .png to .svg),
   1. Logo z-height only needs to be 0.6mm to 0.8mm.
2. Drop your logo into Bambu Studio.
3. Flip your logo so it's face down. Change your view to look from below your MakerChip.
4. Size your logo (Easier to use the scale/move tools in Bambu Studio) to fit your Maker Chip. You can scale, but be sure to maintain your .8mm height.
5. In the Objects view, select your logo, then select the assembly (so both are selected), right click and merge/combine.
6. Slice to verify you completed this correctly, and Print!
7. HINT: Smooth plates, Glossy and PEO/PEY/etc. produces a higher resolution face down print.
8. How-To Video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzmXMKTeie0&t=3883s&ab_channel=pezliz

Adding your own QR Code: 

(On TOP, doing a face down QR-Code can have issues scanning due to the squish)

1. I've had great success using: https://genqrcode.com/generator/stl to create QRCodes.
2. NOTE: “Trim the fat…” removing “http://” and using the shortest version of your URL will produce the easiest QRCode to print/read.  (ie. k2designlab.com - NOT https://www.k2designlab.com/)
3. Create your QR code as STL
   1. Size is 26mm for most chips (you can always scale in the slicer)
   2. QR-Code z-height only need to be 0.6mm to 0.8mm.
4. Size your QR-Code to fit your Maker Chip. You can scale, but be sure to maintain your .8mm height.
5. Select the chip and flip it over, then center the QR-code from below like you did with your logo.
6. In the Objects view, select your QR-Code, then select the assembly (so both are selected), right click and merge/combine.
   1. Dont forget to flip it back over once merged.
7. Slice to verify you completed this correctly, and Print!
8. How-To Video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzmXMKTeie0&t=3883s&ab_channel=pezliz

NFC CHIP:

(Internal NFC - Placed inside your MakerChip)

1. Using sample profile I provided. (NFC MakerChip Sample)
2. You will notice I added a Generic-Cylinder.  This is a negative space modifier that provides a 1mm x 25mm circle space in the center of the chip.
3. You will also notice a PAUSE (After you slice) at layer 10.
4. Send to printer…
5. When your Printer pauses, you insert your NFC TAG. I prefer to use the adhesive NFC tags, so the printer fans don't cause NFC Tags to move after placed.
6. After the Pause, you will noticed the printer will start the next layer which bridges over your NFC Tag, very little if any contact  with your NFC Tag and the Hot Nozzle.