14 DAY TRIAL // Furniture might not have been the first thing on your mind a few years ago, when you were asked what 3D printing was about. But that's changing fast.
In fact, Poland-based 3D printer manufacturer Zortrax decided to help speed the broadening in perception up a bit.
The means selected for this was the creation of a coffee table through additive manufacturing.
So without further ado, behold the Karo 3D printed coffee table, made of several diamond-shaped and triangular modules that came together to form one, sleek-looking, perfectly-balanced whole.
It took 262 hours and 32 minutes to print all the parts, out of a total 3,171 grams of filament / 7 pounds. Add to that the 7 kilos / 15.4 pounds' worth of glass on top and you've got a pretty solid, if somewhat heavy, coffee/tea table.
I have to say that the table fits quite nicely in the white-themed room that Zortrax chose for its promo photo shoot.
The company has, unfortunately, not published the 3D CAD files for the table. Thingiverse and other online libraries should have alternatives though, or other objects you can use as a starting point. Assuming you're willing to spend 11 days printing them, and who knows how much more polishing the parts afterwards.
