
11
make.co
Aaron Leaman
THE SECRET LIVES OF
EVERYDAY OBJECTS
LINKTR.EE/DR.OPERATOR
When I tell people that 3D printing has come a
very long way, it’s hard to judge just exactly what
I mean. But as a child of the 80s, a Transformer
seems to me a fitting ultimate test of the quality
of 3D printer. Aaron Leaman, aka Dr Operator,
has been producing delightful, quirky, and
unique 3D-printed Transformers for over a year
now. A sandwich? A toaster? Adorable.
Leaman, a prolific amateur toymaker, says
that on average he spends about 20 hours
designing the models in Shapr3D. His latest is
Dial Tone, a telephone handset that actually has
a built-in Bluetooth ...