Designer & maker San Jose, California
I design parts and make them.
I'm Dylan Banera. I work in CAD, 3D printing from FDM to metal LPBF, and CNC and manual machining, mostly on bikes: frames, pedals and stems.
- Incoming intern
- Industry NineAsheville, NC · 8 months from fall 2026
- 3D printing technician
- Peak TechnologyAdditive manufacturing unit · June to September 2026
- Founder
- TBD Bikes3D-printed bike frames · since March 2025
- Student
- De Anza CollegeDesign and Manufacturing Technologies
Featured · Aug 2025Dirt Jumper V2: 3D printed in aluminumMe with the frame at MADE 2025
Work
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Dirt Jumper V2: 3D printed in aluminum
Dirt Jumper V2, a rideable dirt-jump frame printed almost entirely in aluminum (metal LPBF), with generative-design junctions and lattice tubes. , 1 video -
Dirt Jumper V1: 12 days to Sea Otter 2025
A dirt-jump frame with SLS-printed Nylon 12 lugs bonded to carbon tubes, designed and built in 12 days for Sea Otter Classic 2025. , 3 videos -
Dirt Jumper V2: machined junctions
Dirt Jumper V2 built with CNC-machined junctions on carbon tubes. It wasn't finished in time for Crankworx Whistler 2025, but Industry Nine displayed it in their booth. , 5 videos -
Lathe Work
Turning parts on a manual lathe and checking them with a micrometer. -
Crank Arm and Chainring
A 3D-printed crank arm, chainring and guard for a bike. -
Bike Pedals
A bike pedal I keep redesigning. The current revision is V4, "The Reboot." , 2 videos -
Top-load BMX stem designs
CAD for top-load BMX stems: renders and an exploded view of my V1 stem, and a periodic lattice for a top-load stem, exported for 3D printing. , 2 videos -
Bike component designs: stems, cranks and pedal
CAD for a set of TBD Bikes parts: MTB and BMX stems, 3-piece and e-bike cranks, and pedal V4. , 1 video -
Smiley Face Plate
A CNC-milled plate with a smiley face, faced, pocketed, contoured and drilled. -
Printed stem: generative design
A bike stem shaped by generative design in Fusion 360 and printed in Nylon 12, with heat-set inserts for the bolts. , 1 video
About
My journey into 3D printing, CNC and CAD began at age 10, when I unwrapped my first 3D printer, a Monoprice Select Mini, on Christmas morning. It was a gift I'd convinced my dad to get me after watching countless YouTube videos.
What started with printing small trinkets grew into a passion for design and manufacturing, taking me from basic designs in Tinkercad and SketchUp to mastering Fusion 360, and now exploring Creo, SolidWorks, nTopology and various CAM software. Over the years I've upgraded from that first printer to a number of FDM printers, and in the past two years I've invested in my own: an Anycubic M7 Pro resin printer and a Prusa MK3S+.
Today I run TBD Bikes, where I design 3D-printed bike frames, and this fall I start an 8-month internship at Industry Nine in Asheville, North Carolina.
I hope this portfolio shows my growth, creativity and drive to push the boundaries of digital fabrication and manufacturing.
Experience
- Industry NineAsheville, NCincoming intern, starting fall 2026. An 8-month internship with the U.S. maker of machined bike hubs, wheels and components.
- Peak TechnologySan Jose, CA3D printing technician, additive manufacturing unit (June to September 2026). Ran and maintained an SLA, SLS and FDM print fleet for OEM customer jobs, built a cost model for quoting across all three processes, and wrote the unit's capabilities guide, DFAM references and print-setup procedures.
- TBD BikesSan Jose, CAfounder and frame designer (March 2025 to present). Designed a rideable dirt-jump frame 3D printed almost entirely in aluminum, shown at MADE Bike Show 2025 and Sea Otter Classic 2026. Built the V1 frame, Nylon 12 lugs bonded to carbon tubes, in 12 days for Sea Otter 2025; the build was featured in Pinkbike, Bikerumor and All3DP.
Skills
- 3D printing: FDM, SLA, SLS and metal powder bed fusion (LPBF), binder jetting; design for additive manufacturing (DFAM)
- Metal AM: generative design and TPMS/gyroid lattices for aluminum LPBF, polymer proof prints before metal builds, hybrid AM and CNC machining
- CAD/CAM: Fusion 360 (parametric, surface and generative), Creo, SolidWorks, nTop and Mastercam; GD&T
- CNC machining: setup, CAM toolpaths, edge-finding, work and tool offsets, G-code hand programming
- Manual machining: milling, turning and blueprint reading
- Laser etching; Klipper firmware
Hobbies
- Bike riding and bike maintenance
- Motorsport, motocross and go-karting
- Car maintenance
- Machining, 3D printing and designing
Machines I've run
- 3D printers: Formlabs (Form 4, Form 3/3B, Fuse 1 and Fuse 1+ 30W), Stratasys, HP, Bambu Lab, Prusa, Anycubic, Elegoo, Gcreate, Creality, Ultimaker, Monoprice
- Machine tools: Haas, Kitamura and Bridgeport
Education
De Anza CollegeSan Jose, CADesign and Manufacturing Technologies (July 2024 to present). Completed Manual Machining, CNC Setup and GD&T; President of the 3D Printing Club.