I’m 14 and currently are running a hub on here. I started at a similar age and found that just browsing through sites got me the inspiration to get into it. The main two sites I would recommend are MyMiniFactory and Thingiverse. Although thingiverse does have thousands of models, many of them are unrealistic to print on a desktop 3D Printer. On the other hand MyMiniFactory tests all their models to ensure they are printable. This helps to understand what is and isn’t possible on these machines.
As for CAD modelling I would recommend definitely starting with TinkerCad as it is by far the most simplest to use but still has many important functionalities that even the most expensive software packages do. I would also recommend he tries to model a simple design first, whether made up or inspired by another model.
Some ideas include:
Phone Cases
A simple headphone stand
A game stand (if he’s a gamer)
A pen pot
Then trying to engrave his name or something into them
Just some ideas. If you need any help, etc be sure to message me and I will try my best to help.
You can buy the book on Amazon, or if you are London based at the Maker’s cafee or the London fablab.
Title: 3D printing projects 20 design projects for your 3D printer. By Kevin Koekkoek.
Happy to send your teacher a complementary copy, please send me an PM.
It just has 9 questions that will take you few minutes. In addition, can you let your friend who has similar age with you to fill in the questionnaire, too? Because I need different users’ responses.
It just has 9 questions that will take you few minutes. In addition, can you let your son to fill in the questionnaire, too? Because I need different users’ responses.
