#ninjaflex

A collection of flexible clothing by Maja Milinić-Bogdanović.

Ms. Milinić-Bogdanović is currently M.A. Professor at Belgrade Polytechnics’ College of Professional Studies, finishing her PhD in Applied Arts. One of her collections, entitled “Design of Textile Flexible Materials with Application of Additive Manufacturing”, was in fact made with desktop 3D printing technology.

Milinić-Bogdanović explains the works:

“It is inspired with Word of Fractals, Biomimicry, the Beautiful Nature and solutions that it creates. These natural elements were applied here in the context of contemporary textile and fashion design. Textile plays an important role in the development of multidisciplinary areas that arise in the processes of pursuing and applying new technologies and the research and reconsideration of the artistic and aesthetic values of structures of textile surfaces.

The aim of this work is the affirmation of Additive Manufacturing in textile design, by creating wearable materials with use of FDM technology.”

The collection contains several elements, including blouses, coats, a dress, pelerines (cape collars) and a shirt.

Milinić-Bogdanović used fractals, chaos theory and tree leaf patterns to generate the 3D models used in the collection.

The material used to produce the collection’s items was the flexible TPU material NinjaFlex, which can be tricky to 3D print. Milinić-Bogdanović explains that this flexible material was required because the stresses caused when wearing clothing require repeated movement and elongation; more rigid materials would likely crack, even if they do bend somewhat when printed at small thicknesses.

The most surprising aspect of the project was the machine on which the collection was 3D printed: a basic Printrbot Play. This is a small, inexpensive desktop device that one might suspect could not produce a comprehensive project like this collection. Its build volume is a mere 100 x 100 x 100 mm.

Cement Molds 3D Printing experiments.

3D printing is a novel method to print molds for cement items. While the internet is full of craft items that are made with silicone molding methods, I wanted to see if I could skip the mold making process and produce molds directly with 3D printing.

Ninjaflex Molds

After watching some videos on mold making, I noticed that all of…

Here is a prototype modular holster, made to fit a Glock 43 with a TLR6.

Essentially, the holster is printed out of Ninjaflex (TPE rubber), with tabs and slots for attachments. It is designed to be a rubber holster that accepts kydex attachments which make it wearable in various forms.

It can be: in-the-wasitband; out-of-the-waistband; drop-leg; appendix-carry; or even attached as a part of a shoulder holster.

It is fully ambidextrous for all forms.

It has rings showing you where to press to turn on the light, which can be used while still in the holster (you have to press deeply, as there is a gap between the holster and buttons which helps it from turning on while in the waistband).

It’s easy to swap out the kydex clips (not photographed).

The Glock is roughly 22mm wide, and the holster is 25mm wide, thus, it adds very little thickness. However, I may thicken it up to enhance the print quality, although that’s purely aesthetic.

The tech wizards at Adafruit Industries, have designed and 3D printed another impressive Lego innovation: flexible Lego bases that will stick to almost any surface.