An example comes from [Morgan Lowe], whose 3DLS lead screw driven 3D printer joins the freely downloadable designs to be found on Thingiverse.

The vast majority of desktop 3D printers in use today use one or more lead screws for the Z-axis. Sometimes you need to think outside of the box to make an improvement on something. Sometimes you n… ...

What you will need, however, is a 3D printer. 3D printers will print anything made of plastic, quickly and in any shape you like. But there’s a lot they cannot do.