After a week of tinkering with design files and babysitting my 3D printer, I have an adorable new coworker. The final print took 20 hours, but I’m enamored with the results:

I was thrilled to collaborate with Basic Apple Guy on bringing Lil Finder to life. We both hope the Mac community enjoys this project.

If you want to print your own, I’ve uploaded a .3mf file here.

I ran mine on my Bambu P2S, with some fuzzy skin to give the final version a softer finish. On my example, the bright blue is Bambu’s Cyan PLA; the darker color is Overture’s Gray Blue PLA+. You may need to do some adjusting to get things dialed in for your setup.

We would love to see what you do with this, so be sure hit us up on social media:

• My Bluesky
• My Mastodon
• My Threads
• Basic Apple Guy on Bluesky
• Basic Apple Guy on Mastodon
• Basic Apple Guy on Threads

To head off some feedback: We are offering this file as-is, for free, and without any support. Feel free to make your own changes as you see fit! I’m just not in the position where I can help you with your own print, nor can I print one for you. Find a nerdy buddy with some free time and a 3D printer.

I was just going about my day then James Thomson of PCalc and other fine applications dropped these images on me and said I could share them.

They are all 5K, so they’re ready to go; just click to open up the full-res image.

This would have been sick on an iMac G3.