Every year the TCT Magazine honours individuals who innovate in the realm of 3D printing. This September marks their annual award ceremony and just recently the top 5 contenders were listed. We are happy to announce that Custom Prototypes has qualified for the shortlist by entering our 3D printed Van Gogh painting, the Starry Night. The idea for our entry …
NOT EVERYONE CAN TAKE THE BEAT! TRUMP MAKES HEADLINE IN A BIZARRE DRAMA…AGAIN!!
As fascinating as it is to build prototypes and watching our clients grow and reach the skies, we sometimes are left perplexed to see the businesses in question with who we have amalgamated to create their first prototype. This time, to our surprise it was Mr. Trump pointing finger at ,Dominion Voting for their voting system which was born as …
Measuring How The Wind Affects The CN Tower
When you think Toronto, most immediately think of the CN Tower. With the tower being almost half a kilometer tall, you can pretty well see the skyscraper from anywhere around the GTA. The CN Tower has become a symbol for Canada and a true display of incredible engineering. A little-known fact is the structure is designed to withstand up to an 8.5 Richter scale earthquake. That being …
When 3D Printing & Art Collide – An Interesting Spin to a Famous Painting
Since 1994, Van Gogh Studio in Amsterdam has been creating beautiful oil painting reproductions of Van Gogh’s iconic work. Their team of artists have mastered the style and unique painting techniques of Van Gogh and currently distributes over 89 authentic reproductions all across the world. Custom Prototypes has recently collaborated with Van Gogh Studio to bring a new dimension to …
Toronto Based 3D Printing Service Company Creates a Stained Glass Window out of 100% Plastic
Over the past three months our team at Custom Prototypes, a Toronto based rapid prototyping and 3D printing service company have been putting our design skills and equipment to work. Last year we captured 1st place at the AMUG annual technical competition and this year we plan on keeping that title. This year we wanted to put our SLA …
Metal 3D Printing – Embracing the newest aid in manufacturing
High output with little input, this is the objective which all automotive manufacturers seek to achieve. With every disruptive technology comes along a new learning curve – where implementing these changes to the manufacturing process can aid in further productivity resulting in higher profits. (Metal 3D printed robot end-of-arm tool) Over the years Custom Prototype’s has built strong working relationships …
Kickstarting innovation with the use of 3D Printing
Promoting a new product has become easier than ever with the access of online crowd funding sites such as Kickstarter, Indiegogo or GoFundMe. Over the years we have helped many entrepreneurs prepare their proof of concept prototypes in hopes to raise interest and seek that initial investment to help accelerate their products outreach. This past week we had a customer …
3D printing in the Dragon’s Den (self driving car conversion kit)
X-Matik Pitching their Self Driving Car Concept with 3D Printed Hardware Imagine you drive to a party, have a couple too many drinks and you then begin to wonder how to get home. The idea of cabbing home only to have to retrieve your vehicle the next day seems, well… terrible. But what if your existing vehicle had the ability …
A Product to Keep Golfers Safe During COVID-19
As COVID-19 restrictions begin to ease across Ontario, golfers have been given the green light to head to the course. To ensure the safety of golfers during these times, courses have been mandated to implement an array of new protocols to ensure there is still social distancing measures put in place. At Custom Prototypes we have started to make custom …
Man vs. Machine This Halloween
Custom Prototypes shop in Toronto ON showing pumpkins that have been carved with a CNC machine This week at Custom Prototypes we were spooked when a customer came in asking us to carve over 50 pumpkins for them. Once the cramps in our hands subsided, we all sat down and began to brainstorm ideas. It wasn’t until we began to …