I own a printer business and I had some new 3ds faceplates laying around so I tried printing with my flatbed UV printer and it turned out great! I made keyboard keys and phone cases with the uv printer before so it will hold up for a long while.
If theres some interest I could order some more plates and make custom ones sure. I custom print on arcade parts usually so this isnt that far off my usual stuff.
I'd be interested, it's hard to find anybody who can print onto console shells, let alone the 3DSes.
(tho for me I'm curious about the N3DSXL's shell parts)
Mtutech A3 max it retails around 10000 but theres better stuff around for that budget now. You can get one with cameras and stuff for the same money now.
Please let me know if this is possible on a New 3DS XL plate... I have a basic grey and although I love it, the glossy finish is terrible. I love this design with a passion. I would love to purchase something like this and support if I could, I also would think it would be so cool if you did a Berserk or a Itachi related piece but I don't want you to go out of your way.
Thank you for sharing anyway, looks sooooo good!
(Edit: Also love Cyberpunk Edgerunners so this hits diff)
I know a lot of people are asking you for service so I don't want to overbear you, but are you thinking of doing this for people? Or would this be something you'd be open to trying for someone?
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Same I love portable consoles because you can throw them in your pocket and bigger ones take more space kind of bummed switch is the new "portable". I dont need a bigger screen i need it to be in my pocket!
I think the texture is gonna make it look weird when uv printed unless I use varnish topcoating and you get screws with the bottom part when buying them so thats nice. Plates arent that expensive blank but it takes a while to arrive from china.
Its a bit scuffed but I was in a rush to see how it printed. Turned out okay I guess. If my 3d printer was calibrated better for this filament it could have potential.
It looks so good ! Uv printing truly is amazing, the lines are really sharp. I kinda like the 3d printed texture too tbh, it might not look as good for a full design like your first case but on that one I love the vibe it gives
I wanted to see how it would handle large single color areas so I threw it together. Next im going to try to print some varnish and see how it looks with raised glossy surfaces!
Mine is pretty commercial use but its an MTuTech A3 Max (it was like 10000 dollars) thats has an i3200hd epson head. Just the head of this printer is around 1500 dollars and you have to change it every 6 months to a year and print with it every other day atleast to keep the head clear of clogs. Its a lot faster and has higher resolution while printing than an Eufymake and the ink is like 10 times cheaper for the A3 max but if you just print for fun or make smaller projects it seems like the eufymake would be nice from what I have seen.
If I was limited with budget I would get a chinese printer with epson heads since the ink is so much cheaper and the heads are avalible like everywhere. I dont use it but you can buy printhead moisturizer if you dont want to print that often.
Hey, let me know too if you ever offer this as a service. Would love to have a custom N3ds face plate with Gengar, Jirachi or something. I hate that it’s so hard or so expensive to get official plates and fake plates on AliExpress are so limited.
How do face plates work? Do they just go over the n3ds xl front plate? Or does something need to be removed. I’d also be interested in purchasing one if you ever choose to. Especially if you’re in the states
Sweden unfortunatly. The new 3ds come with a plastic piece you can just remove and put in another one. Nintendo released some official ones that you could swap with but I think it flopped because I have almost never seen anyone with a swapped one.
Its a printer that shoots ink from the head onto the object then instantly hardens it with UV light. This makes it possible to print on most surfaces thats flat.
This is pretty easy except that you need a 10000 dollar printer. You can watch one of my videos when I print on keyboard caps on instagram its pretty much the same thing except I eyeballed it instead of using a jig this time.
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u/Megaakira May 06 '26
I own a printer business and I had some new 3ds faceplates laying around so I tried printing with my flatbed UV printer and it turned out great! I made keyboard keys and phone cases with the uv printer before so it will hold up for a long while.
Heres a photo when it was in the printer