I did not know this one! I appreciate a more seasoned outlook on 3D printing, it is a new love of mine and its just amazing what we can create out of spools of filament 😍 I will be giving this trick a try for sure! Have a great day 👋
I never really comment on youtube but I just wanted to let you know that this channel is great. As a beginner in 3d printing (just started 2 weeks ago) I am really loving the value of this channel. I think a video along the lines of "tools / things you might want to have for 3d printing" would be great (covering things like tools commonly used for post processing, gluesticks, etc. Another awesome video would be "things you can print FOR your 3d printer". Both of these topics could probably be combined into 1 ~20 minute video and would be awesome for the 3d printing community. Thanks for the efforts and keep up the great work.
Hey, thank you SO much for this reply. I was feeling kind of "down" about this video, like it wasn't good enough, and your comment really lifted me up. I will do that video for you, 100% - I just started writing it. Make sure you're subbed with notifications on so you don't miss it :)
Thank you for explaining this. It gave me an idea on how to make some display stands I'd been designing more interesting and use less filament a the same time. Great video and very helpful.
Question: Does removing the top/bottom/both layers change the end Z Height of the print? In other words, does removing a solid layer mean the model is that many layers shorter? Same question for removing the walls: Does it change the width/length or diameter of a part?
Hi, great video regarding the topic! Just a suggestion for the video side, maybe turn off Auto focus/ CAF for the talking head shot? The AF seems to be pulsing quite a few times in the talking head section.
Thanks for this comment, it finally pushed me "over the edge" to splurge and buy a LUMIX GH6. I have the GH5, and the autofocus on it is notoriously bad. Time to upgrade!
Glad it was helpful! And thanks for the comment. I wasn't sure how people would react, so I'm glad it was positive! And yep, keep sending requests, I'll keep making the vids!
Once again a good video, thank you! This is a 'trick' I half discovered by accident - moved a print just below the ground plane in the slicer. . . Hehehehe... After that I figured the trick out and made a fan grille. Coasters and trays are a great idea, I think they'll be a project very soon now. Thanks for the inspiration!
This was a while back, and I think I'd just started using the slicer. Back then I was a rank newbie so I had pretty much every slicer sw before I settled on Cura mainly, Prusa secondary. I just remember this as a lightbulb moment.
we use that technique when making protective matts for our larger batteries. we make vary large lithium-ion batteries, and using TPU we make matd that we can tape onto the bottom to keep them from getting damaged while we move them from station to station.
Hi is it possible to print part covered infill and exposed infill in the same print For example the phone cases, the outside area of 20mm all round is top and bottom skin with infill, but the middle section is just infill?
I actually just did this with a sample spool I found in printables! The original model had a honeycomb pattern built in, but it took forever to print and the honeycomb walls were only a single layer thick so it was really flimsy. Removing the honeycomb from the model and adding it in the slicer made the print stronger and reduced print time dramatically!
Thank you for the video. One interesting idea would be a pros/cons of all different filaments and answering common questions such as if it is possible to print Aba/abs without an enclosure
When I'm using PrusaSlicer, instead of the infill being the only thing on the bottom layer, there is a layer of solid infill in between the phone and the gyroid infill (which is the only infill i want) How do i fix this?
Hi. Just checking if you really read every single comment ;-) Awesome video! As much as I enjoy longer videos about projects, I also love short vids about tips'n'tricks that I can use in my own 3d printing.
I've always used this trick to save time both designing and printing vases/pots. Just design the solid shape, then slice with bottom layers and perimeters only, 0 top layers, 0% infill.
That is exactly what I was looking for my soap. Thanks. BTW good job as a RU-vidr. You started clean with good video editing at your first video, inspired by all of those you admired. Great dedication (going to formNext), keep it up, curious to see YOUR Voron.
Also, I would love a beginners guide to octoprint, I am going to use an android phone I have extra and I am just at a loss of how to start. I have an ender 3 S1 pro and a FLSun SR. I think I may need to flash the firmware on the SR? I don't want to mess up any software. Just updateing the Ender software was an adventure I don't need an encore for lol
Hey, how about making a video on how you do your multi-color prints. Do you use the MMU? I tried getting my MMU to print, but it's nothing but headaches, so I'm removing it and going back to a single extruder (until I can spend more time tweaking the MMU).
I've heard that a lot about the MMU, and it's the reason I didn't get one in the end. I can show a video on a "multicolor" trick, though ;) Also, some of the stuff I show is printed in parts :)
creating a honeycomb pattern is really easy in fusion 360. i did it in 5 minutes. made one polygon and then use the grid pattern to extend it in one direction perfectly spaced. joined them all together. copied the structure, lined it up perfectly with the original and joined them, then did another pattern extension in the vertical direction and joined them all up. used the containing box to cut the honeycomb structure and highlight and delete the scrap bodies. bing battta boom blim blamo alakazam its done. you could make a parametric sketch but that takes more time than im willing to spend.
How do you do the edges and other parts of the print too ? e.g. I have a fan filter, I want the edge bits to be regular 3d printing to mount to the fan, so need to have top and bottom layers there, but the inside of the fan I want that bit to be the mesh. How do I make 'part' of my model like that and not all of it ? Thank you EDIT: Found my answer in this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6PVeh43Or-g.html
I love my Ender 3 and would absolutely recommend it. First, it's a mid-size printer--not too small, not too large. Second, there is a huge support community because it is a popular model, which means lots of tutorials, upgrades, and fixes are readily available.
Creality's quality control is a bit inconsistent so you might get a perfect one or you might get one that needs a bit of tinkering, but you can definitely wind up with a great printer either way. Check out Scott Yu-Jan's Ender 3 upgrade series, you don't NEED to do any of these but there are a bunch of cool ideas: Part 1: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kG_YKeJDaX8.html Part 2: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uBfMoOqCgPc.html Part 3: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4jk6kZIwsQA.html
I actually already covered this :) In my Gridfinity tips, I show a bunch of purple stuff / failed bins, where I basically wasted an entire roll of "tough PLA" filament b/c I didn't do tests first, and assumed it would print the same as the normal brand PLA from the same manufacturer. BIG mistake!
