This week, we were supposed to 3D print an impossible object, which is an object that wouldn’t be possible to make in one piece using conventional methods. I decided to go with something pretty simple, even though I know it’s been done before – some of the interlocked rings from thingiverse. There were a lot of things that would’ve been cool to print, but I picked these rings because I knew, since they were short and relatively small, they wouldn’t take too long to print. (Some of the other objects I looked at would’ve taken 4+ hours, and these only took 2. I didn’t want to take up the printer for too long, so I went with these).

Printing them was a lot easier than I thought it’d be – I just had to download the file and click a few things, and it started. It was cool watching it gradually take shape (even though I only watched it at the beginning and end). I was also really cool seeing how it turned out, as it works exactly like it’s supposed to, not that that’s really a surprise. In all, 3D printing is a really cool, easy to use process that can create some really interesting objects that wouldn’t otherwise be possible to create in one step.