Rapid prototyping - 3D printing - home use

Here is an example of how rapid prototyping can be used in the domestic environment.

This description is divided into the following chapters:
-THE STAGES OF RAPID PROTOTYPING
-WHAT I NEEDED
-MY HOMEMADE MANUFACTURING PROCESS

Here are the chapters:
-THE STAGES OF RAPID PROTOTYPING
The fundamental stages of production in rapid prototyping are 3:
1-Design
2-Print 3d
3-Application

-WHAT I NEEDED
What I needed were feet for some plastic lockers that didn't have supports. These lockers were built to rest the base on the ground, but this situation makes it impossible to clean under the lockers where dirt accumulates. After using the lockers for a few days, the need to lift the base off the ground immediately arose. At this point I started thinking about how to produce feet to apply to the base of the lockers.

-MY HOMEMADE PRODUCTION PROCESS
1-Design
With solid modeling software I modeled a foot. Here is a screenshot of the particular modeled foot.

2-Print 3D
For 3D printing I used a Sharebot 42.
The material I used to print is Nylon-Carbon. Here is a set of feet that I sent to print. Nylon-Carbon, as the name suggests, is a material composed of nylon and carbon fibers. Nylon gives the material toughness and resistance, while carbon makes it light.

3-Application
Below is a photo of the upside-down cabinet in which the printed feet have been applied

Below is a picture of the locker put back in its correct position with the feet lifting it off the ground.

CONCLUSIONS
When the prices of 3D printers drop further, many of us will use them and find lots of objects to build for home applications.