Unlike most of [Ivan]’s creations, the spool holder isn’t actually 3D printed. For this job, he turned to a laser cutter instead, cutting the parts out of 5 mm plywood. A handful of layers of ...

and hard filament as the axles with 3D printed wheels for the quasi-thrust bearing used to support and rotate the spool. All the parts are available over at Thingiverse.com — even if you don ...

The objects are built up layer by layer in the style of 3D printing but are held together by intertwined strands of yarn rather than the use of adhesives,” the researchers said. This unique ...