Guides
Buying guides, how to tell an original from a fake, gift ideas and care tips.
Buying guide
- Buying guideHow Kun prints your pieces: from the 3D preview to your door
Kun is a Saudi store that 3D prints every piece itself. You design the piece and see it in 3D before you order, we print it in PLA in the colours you chose, and ship it across Saudi Arabia and to the GCC.
- Buying guideHow to judge 3D print quality: a checklist for the photos and the piece in hand
A good 3D print has even layers, no stray hairs or blobs, a flat base and sharp, clear letters. Here's a checklist to use on product photos before you buy and on the piece when it arrives.
- Buying guideHow to prepare your file for 3D printing: size, walls and lettering
Before you send your file for printing: export it as STL or 3MF in millimetres, check the size, keep walls and letters thick enough and give it a flat base. This checklist helps your piece come out the way you picture it the first time.
- Buying guideHow to 3D print your own design in Saudi Arabia
Upload an STL or 3MF file on the Print your design page; we review it, send you the price on WhatsApp, then print it in PLA and ship it to Saudi Arabia and the GCC.
- Buying guideFidget toys: 3D printed toys to keep your hands busy
A fidget toy is a small toy that keeps your hands busy while you think or wait. We print a fidget star that expands and folds back and keyboard-style clickers, and our flexi animals are coming back soon.
- Buying guideWhat are flexi keychains? Articulated 3D printed animals
Flexi keychains are small 3D printed animals with joints that move between their parts, also called articulated keychains. Hang one on your keys or play with it at your desk.
- Buying guideWhat are 3D printed figures, and how are they made?
A 3D printed figure is a piece a printer builds layer by layer from a digital file. At Kun we print desk and shelf figures and toys with moving parts ourselves.
- Buying guideHow to order a car-plate keychain
The steps to design a keychain of your car plate: numbers and letters, plate shape and colours.
- Buying guideClub keychains: a keychain with your club's crest
A keychain of your club's crest in its colours, or a clicker with your name and the crest on its end.
- Buying guideWhat is a clicker? A guide to keycap clickers (clicker fidgets) and their types
A clicker (clicker fidget) is a small keychain with keyboard-style keys that click when you press them. Here are its names and types, how a 3D printed one is made, and how to pick one with your name or your club's crest.
Comparison
- Comparison3D printing materials explained: PLA, PETG, TPU, ABS and resin
PLA for everyday pieces and gifts, PETG for pieces that take more heat and knocks, TPU for flexible parts, ABS and ASA for heat and sun, and resin for fine detail. Here's what sets each apart, how they handle heat, the special kinds of PLA, and how to choose.
- Comparison3D printed vs mass-produced plastic: the real differences, pros and cons
A 3D printed piece is built layer by layer with no mould, so it can carry your name or your plate from the very first piece. Ordinary plastic is injected into a mould, so it comes out smoother and cheaper when made by the thousand. Here's how they differ in look, feel, weight and price, and when each makes sense.
- ComparisonTypes of 3D printers: a buyer's guide from filament to resin
Home 3D printers come in two kinds: filament (FDM) printers for practical, colourful pieces, and resin printers for very fine detail. Here's how they differ, the best-known printer families such as Bambu Lab, Prusa, Creality, Elegoo and Anycubic, build size, multi-colour, enclosures and nozzles, and whether you need a printer or should order prints.
Gift ideas
- Gift ideasName gifts: 3D-printed gift ideas with a name
Gift ideas you design with someone's name: a name keychain, a letter keychain, a cable tag and a name clicker.
- Gift ideasOne Piece keychains and anime gifts
One Piece keychains of the crew and the straw hat, a clicker with your name, and a Luffy wanted poster.
Care
- CareCaring for 3D printed pieces: heat, sun, cleaning and children
Pieces printed in PLA last for years if you keep them away from high heat: don't leave them in a parked car in the sun, and clean them with a damp cloth, never in a dishwasher. Here's the rest of the advice, with notes for children.