James Bell

A 3D Printed Christmas: Sharing Our Locations ????

The run up to Christmas is one of our most busy times of year and here at 3D Prima, we have been hard at work trying to get every order out the door before the big day. 

Now that we are coming to the end of the Christmas rush, we thought it would be nice to make something to give as a gift for our colleagues in Europe when we went over to Sweden for the staff Christmas party. What better opportunity is there to do something thoughtful and reflect on what we’ve achieved together over 2025?

This year, we wanted our Christmas gifts to be a little different. Something personal, something that represents both what we do and who we are. So we turned to map2model.com and created these custom 3D printed maps for each of our offices, one for us in the UK, and one each for the German office and our main site in Sweden. 

Each map shows the local area around the office, turning a familiar place into something tactile and eye-catching. It’s not just

???? One Last Spooky Post Before Christmas
Before we trade pumpkins for peppermint and spooky vibes for sparkling lights, I couldn’t resist sharing one final Halloween creation—because some prints are simply too good to pack away with the decorations.

This Pumpkin Skull Halloween Mask by Salewski3D is exactly that. A perfect fusion of jack-o’-lantern charm and skull-like menace, it looks like something straight out of a haunted patch deep in October. If you want to check out or print the model yourself, you’ll find it here:
 ???? Pumpkin Skull Halloween Mask on MakerWorld

For this print, I used a K2 Plus for the main body, which handled the large, smooth pumpkin curves beautifully. The stem was printed separately on a Bambu Lab P1S, giving it that crisp, sharp detail that really finishes the look.

Print settings:

Nozzle: 0.4 mm
Layer height: 0.2 mm
Infill: 15% Gyroid
Material: Creality Hyper PLA

This mask was printed in 2 parts, the main body of the mask was printed on the K2 Plus

We had an exciting addition to the showroom this month, the Prusa Core One! 

So the print of the month is a brilliant excuse to give it a good run! Lets be honest, we have all seen a Prusa print PLA before, but seeing as the Core One is a fully enclosed machine, what I really wanted to know was how well it handled higher temperature materials. So for this month's print of the month, I decided to solve a problem in the warehouse, and design some scanner belt clips that I could make out of ABS and give the Prusa a good test. 

The idea behind this project was that I wanted to come up with a solution for when picking orders and managing stock in the warehouse. It's often a pain to always have a scanner in your hand when lifting boxes and moving things around. This means you're always having to put the scanner down to do anything and once you have put it down, it's easy to forget where you have put it or get it mixed up with a scanner that someone else is using. So I thought the idea of making

We have had a bit of a heatwave this week, the sun shining and it seems summer is in full swing! We have been longing for a good day at the beach here in the office so we were inspired to print some beach games to take with us next time we have some time off. Now is the perfect time to get outside and enjoy the beach, the park, or even just the backyard, so for our print of the month this month, we wanted to try something fun. 

After spending some time on Makerworld we found the AeroBlade Frisbee by atm473. This isn't your average disc. The AeroBlade features a striking toroidal (donut-shaped) inner blade, designed to improve flight stability and lift. Whether you're tossing it at the beach or launching it across a field, it’s a real head-turner, both visually and aerodynamically.

For this print, we used two colours of Copymaster PET-G filament (Dark and Light blue) on our Bambu Labs H2D printer, taking full advantage of its dual-nozzle setup. Having

This month for print of the month we have an announcement to make. Copymaster filaments are coming to Hueforge! 

For those of you that are not familiar with Hueforge. Hueforge is a software that uses a technique called filament painting to make detailed prints without requiring a multi-material 3D printer. Any printer that supports pausing at a specific layer height can use Hueforge, but it is much more easy on printers that have multi material systems such as the Anycubic Kobra 3, Creality K2 Plus or any Bambu Labs printer with an AMS.

Hueforge has a very clever way of layering up multiple colours on top of each other and using the transparency of the filament to blend the colours together to create complex details, tones and colour blends that would otherwise not be possible. 

We think the results speak for themselves!

Chess is more than just a game; it's a global phenomenon that brings people together through strategy and skill. Celebrated annually on July 20th, International Chess Day is an opportunity to delve into the rich history and dynamic world of chess. This year, we're marking the occasion by showcasing an innovative and stylish 3D-printed chess set, created using a Bambu Labs A1 Combo 3D printer with CopyMaster PLA filament.

This month, there has been a lot of buzz about the office. The weather has been starting to get better and Sam has been spending some time setting up his new allotment. Last week was also host to World Bee Day, so I thought it would be a great idea to kill two birds with one stone and make a bee hotel for Sam’s allotment to help attract pollinators to the area and generally help the nearby bugs and plants.

We have something a bit different to share with you for the print of the month this month. I went to go see the new Bob Marley film last week (great film by the way) and I was inspired to make a bit of printed art.  It was very easy to make. I simply found this image of a lion on google and separated out the background from the line work in some editing software, then imported them into 3D builder and re-assembled it in 3D. I then imported it into Bambu studio to draw in all the colours and hit print!