3d printing community? Any interest? 

100% yes! I am just getting started in my 3D printing business, and so I certainly would benefit from interacting with like-minded individuals. As for a platform, a reddit community or a discord group could be a place to look at. I feel like it would grow rapidly on reddit as I am sure many people would be interested in a community like this.

I'm in the ventilation industry and i sell the fans you use on the glow forge. I can definitely give advice on that. I think discord would be perfect for this.

im late to this but yes totally interested. should be done. everyone is so worried about compatition but never look at it as networking or just loving one another.

Absolutely! I allways run into closed doors on the common FB groups, Discord channels etc. when trying to share knowlege about the business side of 3D printing. A Discord channel with regular hangouts could be a great platform to start with!

Let's do it!

Absolutely! I would love to help out, especially with any coding

This is a good idea, I’m trying to get into the 3D printing business. I think discord is probably a good way to start and then expand from there.

Great idea would be nice to exchange different valuable thoughts with one another

I would love that! I’m getting ready to start this journey with my brothers.

Hi Joe. I just found your site when I was looking for 3D printer farm videos. I've owned a 3D printer for several years but haven't used it much. Recently I had an idea for making a 3D printed part that maybe others would be interested in. I would be very interested in having a circle of likeminded friends to share information with.

100% Yes!

Yes

If it will be also about business insight sharing I'll be massively interested! Just like how I've always love to see 3D Musketeers' video because they talk about topics of 3D printing as a business.

This sounds awesome! I haven't gone through all the comments, but I saw a few mentioning Discord. This is probably one of the better ways. You can share video, voice chat, etc.

Hi, that is a brilliant idea. First when I found out what is 3D printer I was in high school and I wanted to explore that field because it was new, then I kind of forgot about that. Now I'm in college and I want to buy 3D printer. Over the course of last year i explored bunch of stuff on 3D printers and 3D printing and i got an idea what to do with them but i got no money🤣. It's nice seeing you and others who are exploring 3D printing it makes me happy. Keep going. Soon enough I will join 3D printing community we will grow.

👍 Any old style PHPBB forum will do. Discord sucks as it is a mess and have no memory.

This is such a great idea! You’ve been so inspirational to me through your vids! It would be fantastic to interact with and draw experience from yourself and likeminded folk.

Yes. This is a great idea .. it can be made in so many ways plus we can share ideas and also we can give advice. Not only that but we can even see which region we are. I'm thinking of a website where we can go ahead and have feeds and chats and such, with discord as well and a reddit page. My go to would be the website.

Would be interested! Always learn a lot from watching your videos! 👍👍👍

I would love to be apart of it. I just got my first 3d printer and would love to start a business as i get better at 3d printing and design as well. Would be great to have some people I could talk with and get ideas, help, push in right direction etc.

Yeah! Super great! Love everything about it.

Amazing idea, I would definitely be down to being part of such community ! :D As for the plateform, the most obvious that comes to my mind would be Discord or something like that (that way you could have different organised chats for 3D printing, laser engraving, CNC milling,...)

Interesting

Yes, yes, yes! I am new to 3D printing and I am interested in starting a small business. As far as a platform goes we could use Discord.

I stumbled upon your videos just under a year ago and found them very helpful in the small business realm. I have not pulled the trigger on starting a business yet, but I am close to that decision. A community would be great to bounce ideas off of.

I think it will be great, I also like to star a bussiness I'm in the point to chooce what printer will be my best option for price and quallity. I like to be a part of this community

Personally I'm already a part of many different communities via discord, but it's a super cool concept and directly lets your viewers ask you or other people questions. I say go for it! Discord is an excellent platform to organize this all as well if you're wondering too.

This is a fantastic idea!

Yes, very interested. I’m looking to take up 3D printing as a business before retiring soon as an RN. Will need help along this journey.

keep pushing out videos. i just found your channel and your videos very instructional and interesting. i truly think if you keep pushing them out, this channel will grow.

Absolutely. I have just ordered my first 3-D printer and I am learning fusion 360. I have messed with Sketchup over the years during my time having a remodeling business but I have never been able to spend the time on the computer to be proficient. I had to end my business several years ago because of health reasons. I am going to be turning 50 this next year and being able to have a business creating parts to help others "pain points" as you put it, sounds exciting and rewarding. It's crazy, that you brought this up because I just listened to your video when you were talking about the different roads I've taken a business and to just start to get started. I thought to myself, i'd like to be friends with this guy because I like someone who is willing to be open, transparent, and honest. I know a small, personal business can be very rewarding and yet completely exhausting at the same time. I hope you do get a community started because I would be in.

Sounds good! Count me in. Greets from Germany

Just found your channel and subscribed! I like the idea of a community. I don't know what that community should look like. I'm not sure how active I would be in a community where the interaction is typing based. I belong to a few discord groups and forums. I think they're great for getting answers, but I don't feel like I'm part of a community. I think it needs a different kind of interaction. Maybe if the community did a couple of meet ups (or regular meet ups) to actually get to know people in the community a little better, that would make it more of a community than just a discord group. I feel like I could have made this same video. I recently retired from engineering. I had a product that I invented and had manufactured (injection molds and sheet metal stampings). It was very expensive to produce 1000 units, with no profit in the first batch. After retiring I knew I couldn't afford to product another batch. I then learned about CNC plasma cutters. What I really needed was a CNC laser, but those are far too expensive. I started going through the process of figuring out how redesign my invention to be plasma cut. I bought a 3D printer to make prototypes. As I was making 3D prototypes, my wife asked, "why don't you just 3D print the product?". I'm so glad she suggested that before I purchased a plasma cutter. I'm almost ready to start selling the first 3D printed version of my product. I too found people don't buy from my Shopify store, only Amazon. For my 3D printed version, I got a trademark and will be selling using Amazon's Brand Registry. You seem like you're in a similar position as me (only you started your product at a much younger age than I did). I would like to be part of your community.

I've watched several of your videos. They're very informative and inspiring. I definitely would be interested in joining a community like this.

Yeeees!!!

I'm in!

100% in on this! I have multiple businesses that utilize 3D printing for fast prototyping and repair and have started makerspaces in the past.

Definitely! Sharing experiences on sources, materials, laser, slicer settings, bits, etc. Would be great! I am in.

I just got a really interesting idea for this actually. Going to keep it to myself for now because I might do it lol

yes you should and i’m currently in another group on discord it’s super easy to use and it is great to chat with other members who are in the same boat as you.

Intrested

Echoing some sentiments here discord would really be perfect for this. I am a part of a cybersecurity based discord community in addition to having just started a 3d printing company and I would be happy to help with any setup and moderation!

This is a great idea. I'm not super familiar with discord, but I would definitely want to be a part of it. I started my business about 5 months ago, I think this could be an awesome idea.

Thats such a great idea. There is a way to do live panels with up to 12 people or more maybe and could do Q&A all about 3d printing. You have a great idea tho

I'm starting out in the custom gifts working with 3d printing sublimation and laser work has well has maybe more, so count me in.

There's plenty of them already, but they are all different to some extent. There's massive facebook groups for 3d printing, and for specific printers even. Probably several discords as well. Go for it though. I thought about it as well, would be fun. You can make it more specific to how you want it, in case the other ones aren't the same.

Discord community seems like the best option, I'd join that.

Sounds like a great idea. Forum depends on what type of size you're looking for, I listen to some e-commerce podcasts and they reference mastermind groups which are a little more personal at 12 or so people if that's the scale you're looking at. Could also be a Facebook group or discord if you're looking for something a little bigger.

Discord community for sure!

Tremendous, Reddit would be canny!

I think that would be a great idea, but it would be a lot of work to organize and put together. I think putting together a small group together and develop a brain trust of creators with similar goals but everyone brings a different experience to the mix. Larry

Ofcourse go ahead

Hey Joe! Long time viewer, first time commenter here. Safe to say I think this is an amazing idea and I’d be excited to join a community like the one you’re describing! I am just getting an Etsy shop off the ground (40 sales so far) and I definitely agree with the “Lone Ranger” feeling you described. In terms of format, maybe discord or slack could be a good place to host a community?

I am up for it. I have two 3D printers that are sitting collecting dust most of the time. I am also getting Onefinity CNC machine to start doing some engraving stuff and start selling. Let me know how we can start communicating

I like the idea! I think discord could be a good choice for the platform…

I’d be interested in could really help new 3d printer/engravers users to learn how to get better!

Yes, would be interested. Although I am interested to see what others are using as their printers. For me the perfect business printer has reliable uptime and print quality and is easily serviceable with minimum downtime. Parts are readily available, and aren't unreasonably expensive. So far, I don't think I've found the ideal printer yet.

Great Idea, but the critical issue is creating a system/platform that serves all levels of engagement from novice to expert. As a long time car forum user, I've always seen this as fine line to walk. The ultimate goal would be to share the information easily to all users, the problem becomes organizational fairly quickly. For example, constant reposting of the same questions by novice users because it is too difficult to find what most would consider FAQ's. This will annoy everyone as it floods the info stream with repetitive questions which have been answered over and over by those willing to lend their expertise. So for in summary. I love the idea as a relative novice and as long as it implemented with a level of designed architecture to prevent it from becoming a complete disorganize mess like the top of my work bench, I think it could be a wonderful resource!

yes, make a subreddit

A Discord would be great! If really need a sounding board for ideas, I'm just getting started with 3d printing and I have no idea what I'm doing. Did you end up creating this?

Yea I'm down. Try mighty networks

Twitter and discord are how we connect over social media :)

I'd be in! I think all the cool kids use discord now adays, otherwise a reddit community or slack, or matrix would probably work!

I'd join a discord group if you made one

RU-vid is great for building an audience. But discord and perhaps RU-vid or twitch livestreams would be good to build community

I'm in! Would Discord be a good platform or is there better out there? A while ago, I did archive some community platform links. I remember that there are a few...

I’d suggest define well the audiences… job shops, product companies, etc. Slack is a fantastic platform for these kinds of interactions and theaded conversations because it works a lot like group SMS but with an app that allows you to quote, link to comments, search, @ reply people, etc.

What tool would you use do to engravings in prints pla after they are printed?

Hi I am a small business owner and this sounds like a great idea. Please let me know if there is any plan for this currently?

Hey, any updates on a 3d printing community?

I connect with other creators on tiktok. Some of them use Discord.

Sign me up. Discord is a platform that can be used.

Discord Server

Id suggest using matrix. It being relatively new is irrelevant when the bar should be slightly higher anyway for this kind of community. I'd definitely join but I'm mostly a lurker until I have valuable input on the 3d printing things. If you're looking for examples of good and serious communities look at bitcoin's plebnet and their resources.

Sorry, tardy to the party, but I agree with what most are saying that discord would work best because you can have voice channels and threads with different topics. I'm just starting my business with 3D printing.

surely, such tribe wouldbe interesting ))) have you figured out if there are such groups on fb? W/A may support grour chat, but still there should be some sort of site. I'm not aware of all multitude of fb rivals , may be there are some vitual places less poisonous / toxic compared to fb...

You could use discord Or Facebook. Maybe Reddit to