3d Printed Violin

This is my 3d printed violin. It took around a week to build, and is very fun to play on. The files themselves are designed by OpenFab PDX, as a part of their modular fiddle series of 3d printable models. Overall, other than some sanding of the neck, as well as insertion of heat sinks, not too much was needed for this project.

Parts and Assembly

In total, the parts for this violin totaled around 70$. This price doesn’t include strings, as I ended up using some leftover strings that I had lying around. As a whole, assembly was very easy, and the only non 3d printed parts that had to be installed were the tailpiece and tuners(Ukulele to be specific.

Printing

The printing for this project used around 1kg of filament, and took around 60 hours, over the period of a week. Thankfully, my printers were large enough and could print every part in one piece. I chose to print in matte black, since the all black colour scheme looked cool to me.

Just a quick demo. I wasn’t super warmed up, so mind my terrible intonation :p

Conclusion

I’ve been wanting to do this project for a while, but never had the time or printer size to do it. After upgrading to a larger printer, this project finally became possible. As a Violin player, it’s a pretty cool novelty. Despite the weak projection, the tone isn’t bad at all, and it serves well as a budget practice instrument. In the future, I’ll definitely be taking this one along with me on trips and vacations.