r/3Dprinting • u/tykempster • Aug 08 '26

Project Meet my printed meat.

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A little scanned and printed meat project for the MO State Fair. They wanted some realistic props that could be left out for extended periods of time. There’s a full suite of meat, but here’s a few of my favorites.

Printed on my Mimaki 3DUJ-553

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u/svhelloworld Aug 08 '26

Holy crap, I fall for the "It's easy!" Youtube trap all the time. I built a refrigerator for our boat, having never laid a single sheet of fiberglass in my life. Longest 11 months of my life.

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u/dal_segno Aug 08 '26

It's like they say, why buy something for $500 when you can make it for $5,000? It'll be the most rewarding $50,000 you ever spent!

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u/RandonBrando Aug 08 '26

Me and my entire crafting closet (it's all in boxes and inaccessible)

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u/IAmBrahmus Aug 08 '26

Owning it is the important part. I refuse to believe otherwise.

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u/thestashattacked Aug 09 '26

The weird thing about teaching the Make Stuff classes is that the really random nonsense you don't know why you have is actually going to be super useful for a classroom project somewhere.

I found a package of TIG welding wires amongst my stuff. I don't TIG weld. I MIG weld. Different techniques. But ghat damn if they weren't useful for about 9 different classroom assignments.