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A One-of-a-Kind Kayak Painstakingly Assembled from 28 3D-Printed Blocks
Building a boat, Minecraft-style.
Engineer Jim Smith just finished constructing what he calls the world's first 3D-printed kayak.
It's assembled from 28 separate pieces of ABS plastic, printed using Smith’s large-scale, home-made 3D printer and joined together with bolts and silicone. It measures about 17-feet long by 2-feet wide and weighs around 65 pounds. At about $500 to make, this kayak sits on the more affordable end of the spectrum as far as kayaks go.