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🎈All You Can Seal🎈-make your own baby inflatable

Date: June 13, 2026 4-7pm


Session Leaders: Thea Lu


Format: In-person only


Tags: #digitalfabrication #3Dprinting #inflatables #softrobotics #balloon


Your 3D printer can do something it was never designed to do β€” and this workshop will show you how. All You Can Seal teaches participants how to repurpose a Bambu FDM printer into a precision heat-sealing machine for ultra-thin TPU film, producing custom-shaped inflatable structures without additional equipment or hardware modification. Bambu printers are widely owned but their closed software ecosystem restricts direct G-code access β€” this workshop cracks that open with a simple workaround and a custom Python script that handles the technical heavy lifting automatically. Participants with vector design experience may use Adobe Illustrator or whatever you are comfortable with to design their own shape. Pre-made SVG templates will be provided for those without design backgrounds.