The invention discloses a portable mobile 3D printer and a working method. The portable mobile 3D printer comprises a shell, a mobile device, a feeder and a printing host, the shell is provided with a rear shell and a front cover, when the printer is used, a consumable support is placed below the feeder to contain printing consumables, and when the printer is not used, a front window is blocked; when the printer is used, a Y platform structural body is pulled to a horizontal position to contain a printed finished product, and when the printer is not used, a rear window is blocked; a moving device is installed in the rear shell, the moving device is provided with an X-Z structural body and the Y platform structural body, the X-Z structural body is installed on the inner wall of the rear shell through an arranged Z-axis platform, a Z-axis stepping motor drives a Z-axis sliding block to move up and down, and an X-axis stepping motor controls the printing host to move left and right; and the Y platform structural body is provided with a Y-axis printing platform, the overturning side of a Y-axis overturning support is provided with an inclined face, and a Y-axis stepping motor drives the Y-axis printing platform to move front and back. The device is convenient to use, easy to adjust, wide in use environment and wide in applicable crowd range.