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I have zero experience with 3d printing, but I'm dubious that a printed fan would be as smooth and balanced as you'd need for an efficient quiet fan without some serious/laborious post printing refinement.
Ready to be educated.
Edit: I realize that doing it because you can is entirely valid, I'm more interested in what the process would be.
Its not too hard to even most print surfaces with solvent and heat treating
Sure spend hours and hours and money on filament, printer, solvent chambers etc. Or just buy a $30 fan.
This was not advice for your average gamer, getting another fan for their PC build. It is more for the "I have this weird shape and geometry where I need to attach a fan with such weird geometries that their is no commercial viable alternative" crew.
Also a solvent chamber is just a jar ideally with lid but even thats optional.