Watch this sweet video of a 79-year-old being amazed while seeing a 3D printer in action for the first time.
Kenny is a 79-year-old veteran in Minnesota, and when he saw a 3D printer make something for the first time, it completely blew his mind!
“Oh my goodness!” Kenny says as he first sees the 3D printer. A younger gentleman named Sam explained what he was looking at. “It’s a 3D printer,” says Sam. “It’s what?” questions Kenny. “A 3D printer,” Sam says again.
“This was made on this,” Sam says as he shows the 79-year-old a small figurine. “No! It was not, Sam!” replies Kenny as he is in disbelief that a printer could make such an object. But Sam tried to prove it to him. “Take it, feel it!” he says.
Then Sam goes on to explain to Kenny how the 3D printer works. “It takes this plastic right here, comes out and melts it and puts it very specifically out,” he shares. “What it’s making right now is something like this. You can make anything you want!”
“No, you’re kidding!” says Kenny. He just cannot believe his eyes! “But where does it go?”
“It comes through this tube called a Bowden tube,” explains Sam. “I can’t believe this,” says Kenny. It is so wholesome to see Kenny in absolute awe of the 3D printer and trying to wrap his head around how it can really make anything.
Sam goes on to tell Kenny what the plastic in the 3D printer is made of. “This plastic is completely made of sugarcane. There’s no oil in it,” he says.
And in a funny moment, Kenny proceeds to lick the bottom of the item after hearing that! “Yeah, I taste the sugarcane in it, I licked the bottom of it,” Kenny shares.
The video ends with a sweet exchange between Sam giving the 3D printed item to Kenny and then Kenny asking Sam to sign it for him. How precious! Those 3D items are sure to make Kenny smile every time he looks at them.