Guanajuato-painting

A day with Students from the colorful city of Guanajuato, Mexico.

As one of the leading provider of 3D printing service, Custom Prototypes understands rapid changes in trends and technologies of manufacturing world and therefore we not only we try to keep our customers updated and informed, we are committed to create awareness and share experience with the future generation leaders in the field. In order to keep our vow we …

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World’s Most Advanced Metal 3D Print – Aiming For Gold at 2018 TCT Awards

Every year TCT magazine hosts an annual competition to celebrate entrepreneurs, innovators and engineers who push the envelope with their own unique application with additive manufacturing. Last year in 2017 we placed in the top 3 with our Van Gogh replica. The entire piece including the canvas and frame was 3D printed in SLA and finished fully by hand. Recently …

metal 3D printed Roman Helmet

Impressing the Press with Metal 3D Printing – Our Success Story

Back in April we kicked off the promotion of our metal 3D printed Roman helmet by uploading pictures to Imgur. Within hours the helmet began to trend eventually leading to over 150,000 views by the next morning. The viral release lead to many publications writing about the helmet resulting in a lot of traffic being drawn to our post and …

Motorized Wheelchair Conversion

Enabling Mobility with a Motorized Wheelchair Conversion

In recent weeks we had the pleasure of working with Junior Filipe, a local Toronto resident to try and help come up with a solution for his manual wheelchair. The challenge was to find a way for him to easily connect and disconnect to his scooter giving him the ability to be fully motorized. The solution was to fabricate a …

SLA 3D printed mini elephant

3D Printing – The Next Generation of 2D Printing, OR NOT!

3D printing may sound like the future of 2D printing and also because these technologies possess homogeneous names, in reality, the two technologies are diverse. Printing Technologies The word “printer” is broadly associated with the machine that uses ink or laser to print content on paper. Nevertheless, not many technology enthusiasts understand why 3D printers stand better off when it …

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3D Printed Art for the Visually Impaired

3D printing has emerged as an invaluable tool for visually impaired individuals, offering them access to information and experiences that might otherwise remain inaccessible. Traditional modes of communication, like text, diagrams, or visual displays, often rely heavily on sight. Additionally, some objects may be too small, too large, dangerous, or fragile to handle safely in real life. By creating tangible, …

Dawn of life recreated using 3D printing

Together with the University of Toronto science team Custom Prototypes created a digital and physical model of a prehistoric animal. The fossil of this animal has been found in early 2022 in Southern Ontario, Canada. It echoed strongly among the paleontologists community around the World. This extraordinary discovery has the potential to rewrite the natural history of our planet as …