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Round 5: Handheld Vacuum Cleaner Challenge

So, can a vacuum cleaner also be 3D printed? We’re excited to kick off this round of the Limited Kit Challenge with a featured Maker’s Supply kit. If you have an idea for how it could become something useful, fun, decorative, or unexpected, we’d love to see it.

Featured Kit

Maker’s Supply |Handheld Vacuum Cleaner (ZC011)

Kit Features:

2‑in‑1 Vacuum & Blower Design
Highly expandable structure
Supports custom‑tailored appearance styling
Built‑in memory function

Usage Note: In addition to this kit, other Maker’s Supply accessories can also be added.

How to Join

Comment under this post and include:

What you want to create (the use case or scenario)
The general form or function of the model (Concepts with images are preferred)
Why Handheld Vacuum Cleaner is essential to your idea

At the start of your comment, please identify your role:

“I’m a model creator”
“I’m an idea contributor”

If you are a creator, feel free to reply under any idea comment that you would like to turn into a real model. Creators who actively engage with ideas are also more likely to be selected.

Timeline:

Idea submission deadline: 15 days after posting
Selection announcement: within 5 days of this post

Why This Kit Is Interesting

Have you ever imagined building your exclusive vacuum cleaner via 3D‑printing? This kit lets you freely customise its look and functions.

So—would you like to get a cost‑effective personalised‑styled device for daily use with it?

🧠 Inspiration Examples

Robot Vacuum Cleaner X Cyberbrick @ FADY

— using the kit to make a real cleaner

AeroVac – Sleek Handheld Vacuum @ JANBERRY DESIGN — an elegant handheld vacuum you must love

Siphon01 Handheld Vacuum Cleaner @ Nuka-Cola — attractive outlook, giving a strong sense of the future

🏆 Support for Selected Submissions

At least 10 standout ideas will be selected.

Selected idea contributors and/or the creators who develop selected ideas may receive:

Free kits, parts, and filaments
Official support during creation
Official promotion opportunities
Ongoing BOM commission incentives

Join Now

Maybe apart from beautiful appearance, can you make it more interesting or more suitable for your needs? Share your idea in the comments—your concept could be the next one we help fund, feature, and bring to life.

About the Limited Kit Challenge

The Limited Kit Challenge is an official prompt-based community co-creation program built around Maker’s Supply kits.

Each round features a specific kit or selected parts
Community members submit ideas within a limited time
Selected ideas may receive free kits and filament support
Published projects may receive official promotion and BOM commission opportunities

Who Can Participate?

MakerWorld model creators
Idea contributors and design enthusiasts

You do not need to be a model creator to submit an idea.

Selection & Support

Submissions may be reviewed based on originality, effective use of the kit, feasibility, and clarity.

Selected creators and/or idea contributors will be announced in the comments. Selected creators may be contacted by private message and asked to provide a brief creation plan, design approach, and estimated timeline.

Please note: both selected idea contributors and the creators who develop selected ideas may receive Maker’s Supply parts support.

Participation is also limited to regions our shipping partner can deliver to. Appreciate your understanding.

We’d love to see more of these ideas brought to life, and creators are encouraged to reply to ideas they’d like to develop.

For Selected Creators

Selected creators will be contacted by private message.

If selected, creators will need to:

Complete a project based on Handheld Vacuum Cleaner Kit
Publish the final model on MakerWorld with the correct BOM
Share at least one community article after publishing that includes:
- The hashtags #KitChallenge and #HandVacuumCleanerDIY
- Content such as inspiration, design process, assembly steps, final results, and any challenges encountered

Failure to meet delivery or posting requirements may affect eligibility for future challenges.

Submission does not guarantee selection. Projects must comply with platform rules and intellectual property requirements.

#Kitchallenge #Handheldvacuum

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Comment (26)

@tekwiz17 : I’m a model creator. My idea is to make a handhelf vaccum that attaches to the side of your desk. This is where the vaccum is. You can pull a handle out, and turn it on to vaccum up your desk. It sucks everything back to the box on the side lf the desk, and you can pull out the bottom to empty out the trash it collected.

@tekwiz17 : @j3dp1 : Another possible idea 😊

@j3dp1 : or side of printer to pick up poops

@denlabvn : I'm here as an idea contributor, but i'm also a 3d designer as hobbyist. I'd like to make a kit for vacuum forming parts and vacuum chamber for makers. Thank you and good luck everyone!

@TeraE : I’m a model creator. My idea is to combine the Handheld Vacuum Cleaner Kit with CyberBrick to build a small negative-pressure rover. The vehicle would use its suction to “stick” to smooth vertical surfaces and try to drive on walls. If the result turns out good enough, I can even install a cleaning cloth and use it to clean glass windows. The printed body would include a sealed suction chamber, soft skirt, lightweight CyberBrick chassis, and protective frame. The vacuum kit is the key part here: its 7K / 13K / 16K Pa suction levels make it possible to test different adhesion modes, while CyberBrick handles remote control and movement. This project is somewhat uncertain because I'm not sure if the suction power of the kit is strong enough. If the suction is not strong enough for wall climbing, I’d turn this into a tactical ball-collector rover: it would vacuum up 14 mm balls from the floor, feed them into an internal magazine, and launch them with a CyberBrick-powered mechanism.

@electricalLeg0 : I‘m a model creator, and I would like to create a Smart Robot Vacuum (SRV) with Maker‘s Supply Handheld Vacuum Cleaner Kit and CyberBrick. The SRV is made to be as close as possible to a modern robot vacuum cleaner and thus needs the Maker‘s Supply Handheld Vacuum Cleaner Kit. The SRV user can program the space to be vacuumed by driving the vacuum cleaner along the boarder of it and by creating no-vacuum zones in the main zone. Then the SRV user can program the SRV to vacuum by routine schedule (minute, hour, day of week), by schedule ahead (for one vacuum session) (minute, hour, day of month, month), or just by a command whenever vacuuming is needed. The zone programming is done with the CyberBrick remote abd the schedule is set via WiFi interface brodcasted from the SRV. Here is the estimated hardware BOM (there may be more needed): Maker’s Supply Handheld Vacuum Cleaner Kit, CyberBrick Core Board, CyberBrick 3-Position Rocker, Cyberbrick Remote Control Kit, 3030 5V LED board.

@electricalLeg0 : I personally think that the best robot vacuum is the ‚Robot Vacuum Cleaner X Cyberbrick’ by FADY (@fady), as it has a almost-perfect layout. It is, however, not fully automated, which is my idea (and goal if I am selected).

@user_2828095543 : i am an idea contributer, i would like to see more things useful made from the filament spools and a vaccuum would be perfect. more specific one that can retract an arm or brush that retreive debris from under small shelves or areas.

@liaparadox : I'm an idea contributer and I'm imagining a little vacuum I can strap to my foot, over a sock or a shoe, so when I'm walking around my house I can slide it on and vacuum corners and crevices and things. It sounds a little silly - it IS a little silly - but I'm disabled and can't do frequently bending over with a hand vacuum, and the big vacuum just feels like overkill to drag out sometimes, you know?

@onceuponatay : Im an idea person! But I would love to help create a poop vac 💩! Emoji poop shell (two-piece magnetic enclosure) Internal mounting bosses for: motor, Driver board, Battery ect * Front magnetic attachment port * Twist and lock nozzle system * Large removable dust cup * Cooling vents integrated into the “swirls” * Optional smiling face inserts (normal, angry, sunglasses just for skme fun) attachments small enough to reach under the rear lead screws and could fit between AMS slots for dust when needed.

@jasbowen : i'm an idea contributor and hobby model designer. I'd just like to see an elegant, portable version of a shop vac where you can use the blower to consolidate (say, leaves on a trampoline), and then vacuum the pile. Practical, but pretty enough that you wouldn't need to hide it.

@Sam_p1s : I am a model creator and electronics enthusiast. I would like to create a modular stick vacuum with this kit and CyberBrick. The handheld vacuum cleaner kit would provide suction, and a CyberBrick head would act as a brush and have lighting, both of which would be controlled by a remote built in to the handle. A modular design allows the user to use the top part of the unit as a blower for light duty tasks, and I would release the spec for the nozzle so users can create their own attachments in addition to the ones I would provide. Thank you MakerWorld for providing this challenge!

@user_1243384764 : i want a turbine vacuum that collects dust and printer extrusions that sticks straight to the printer and wired straight to the printer so that when it’s extruding, it’ll vacuum.