3D printers, services, and designs are found on the Web.

The first step in getting involved with 3D printing is to identify the type of project you would like to carry out. A period of experimentation at your least cost could help direct you to your most suitable options.

Try this link to get an idea of how leasing someone else’s printer would work, for example, if you wish to download the NASA model of the New Horizons spacecraft and have it printed.

You will find information on how to 3D print and where to find designs at this link.

Here’s the New Horizons 3D design link, for which NASA provided the description below:

The New Horizons spacecraft, launched in 2006, is on approach for a dramatic flight past the icy dwarf planet of Pluto and its moons in July 2015. After 10 years and more than 3 billion miles, on a historic voyage that has already taken it over the storms and around the moons of Jupiter, New Horizons will shed light on new kinds of worlds on the outskirts of the solar system.

You can examine a 3-D model of the New Horizons spacecraft and download a .stl file for 3-D printing! Visit the NASA 3-D resources website, managed by the agency’s Ames Research Center, at:
http://nasa3d.arc.nasa.gov/detail/new-horizons

A search on Google will give you an idea of the many types and costs of 3D printers available.

Visit the next page to see a skilled 3D printing craftsman carrying out, from start to finish, a project which he downloaded from the web and prints on his own 3D printer.