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16 Actually-Useful Things You Can Make With A 3D Printer

Dylan LoveSep 15, 2013, 22:41 IST

CGTraderThe all-too-common criticism against consumer 3D printers is that you "can't make anything useful with them."

While they've come down in price immensely ($400 versus tens of thousands of dollars), there's still the problem of making them appealing to the Average Joe. We have this once-exclusive technology shrunken down to fit on our kitchen counters, and we don't know what to do with them.

CGTrader, a marketplace for 3D artists, knew that there were plenty of useful things you could make with a 3D printer, so they gathered up these handy 3D-printed objects. We added some of our own as well.