I 3D Printed Origami [video]

2 days ago (youtube.com)

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.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4X6KYlQ7YQ

    • What a fantastic video! Thanks!

      3D printers are good at printing snowflakes for Christmas too ;-)

    • 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.

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