How to Make Money 3D Printing | Business TUTORIAL 

Thanks! Really appreciate the feedback

What does you r business print? What product

Thanks for the advice! Yeh fo sure it's worth doing. We have the max at work and I end up using that one more since it's so convenient with auto levelling.

I tried to install one when I got the printer. It never worked and now the printer doesn't level at all. Can't print. It's been sitting in a room for almost a year. I spent about $300 on it for nothing.

@@hazyproduct1692 There are tons of video's and blogs on how to do it and there is a common problem with newer BL-touch's they do not seem to work with the stock mainboards. I changed my mainboard so I did not run in to this problem

Hey man thanks for the comment! Really appreciate you watching and glad it was of help 👍

Thanks mate, appreciate the comment!

Haha it's certainly very rewarding! I've got my last batch to sell on the lead up to Christmas and then it's time to move onto other designs/projects. Wish you all the best when you get started! Would recommend keeping it simple and steering clear of things that require lots of soldering haha.

How did it turn out 8 months down the line? Im going through the wormhole myself right now and waiting on my first creality ender 3 S1...

@@Drawfill same

Thanks, good luck as well if you're also selling!

Thanks! Glad it was of help

Yes I've found mine certainly easier to sell around Christmas too as this is when people look for unique gifts - If that's a continued trend though you can stock up in the off-season months to push sales harder come Christmas

Thanks! Appreciate the comment and glad it was of use

Thanks mate, appreciate you watching!

Thanks hope you consider subscribing! - Got lots of electronic centric videos planned.

@@jcracoustics Already subbed! Looking forward to more great content!

Thanks man, I'm taking a year out to travel at the moment but am hoping to jump back into the audio big time when I return!

hahah thanks man, love your videos!

Thanks for watching!

Thanks man!

Thanks, appreciate the sub and comment!

Haha, unique doesn't mean something totally new, it can be an incremental improvement on something out there, or a personalised design, or just something well marketed. Equally you can't expect to start selling the same as someone else who is established and start seeing sales come your way unless you're significantly cheaper.

Thanks for both! Glad you enjoyed it.

Thanks for watching!

Thanks man! Appreciate the sub

Thanks Paul 👍

Thanks bud, really appreciate the feedback - definitely a good shout on adding time stamps, will look to do it on my next tutorial video like this. If you're subbed you'll see I'm dropping a new video this weekend!

Thanks Jared!

Hey, thanks for the comment and for watching! Check out my updated version of this video. I’ve stopped selling them for now but will give that a go if I start selling again.

@@jcracoustics Awesome! Heading over now. No worries. Would love to hear that you're crushing it with the speakers again!

You can actually do CE/UKCA in house providing you know the relevant directives your product applies to. In some cases you need specific testing to be EMC/Radio compliant but if the off the shelf components you use already have their own declaration you can use this along with supporting evidence of what's called testing in a real world environment (i.e. you've been using one for the past few months with no interference with other electronics). Hope this helps although definitely speak to someone in the CE association if you're unsure!

@@jcracoustics Thanks.

Hey, depends on what you're making. If it's truly unique it may be worth it. For a kit speaker, definitely not worth it as it's nothing novel. Also bare in mind a patent is only as useful as your ability to defend it. If someone rips of your design and refuses to cease and desist then you will have to pay to take them through the courts yourself. There's a great podcast with James Dyson on how I built this where he talks about taking someone to court when they stole his vacuum design. Interesting podcast all round if you're into design!

Thanks for the reply! I appreciate the info alot. I will definitely go check out that podcast! Keep up the great work man. Inspiring

Haha this was my sentiments exactly. Turns out the answer is smash the glass beds and move to the adhesive sandpaper types like you get on the CR10 Max.

These were actually some old JVC bookshelf speakers I made new enclosures for, they're just standard tweeters. Design inspired by Oswald Mill Audio.

Good question and yes I believe so. Whether anyone would pick up on it at low volume is another story. This is one of the reasons though I've always designed my own stuff.

Hey, I just searched for yoga foam block on Amazon and a whole bunch came up

Hey that's a good question and I'm probably not best to answer it. In the UK you can self certify most things and some low power electronics don't require certification - especially if you power it with a power adapter that is already certified. It's worth reading up on but if you are doing low volume I wouldn't stress on it.

That's great to hear, you must be feeling satisfied! You never know a new product might come naturally when you find a need for something in your day to day.

haha, can't beat it!

Thanks man, appreciate it - feel free to sub for more content!

I’m based in the UK so for us it’s UKCA and CE for the equivalent. I get round it because it’s a kit and the end user takes responsibility for it’s safe function. The components I include in the kit are purchased with their own certification (for RF, EMC, etc.) and so that covers my end.

I have not used bambu filaments before so can’t say which is best unfortunately. I think the plastic for the speakers weighed about 200g+ from what I can recall. It depends on your design and infill density.

Thanks man! Still available on my website if you want to build one for yourself.

hahaha I wonder how many there are in the world right now 😂

A mixture of Alibaba, Amazon, Banggood, etc.

Haha that’d be some advanced stuff. Would be cool to see it!

I made the project open source after selling them for a period of about 2 years. Now that I've moved onto other projects I happily made it open source so people could still make them! Also there's always people out there who prefer kits over sourcing everything themselves.

I don't know, what should I make?

@@antfish6761 haha, anything you can think of?

@@jcracoustics but I can't think of anything

@@antfish6761 slipper?

I like that you created a kit. Sets you apart from the 3D printer farm crowd. And it’s harder to copy.

To be honest it sounds like you’re already doing the right thing! RU-vid is the best source in my opinion for learning, that and general googling. I always enjoy watching greatscott and eevblog.

You either need to design something yourself or pay someone on something like Fiverr to design something you want for you. Otherwise you won't have ownership.

Hahaha, glad you're looking into something like this. I tend to use the whole build plate to do multiple parts at a time. Saves time swapping prints over. Any printer with a more abrasive print bed (preferably a flexible one) is ideal. I kept having issues with warping on glass. I've now swapped my bed to have a flexible metal plate with an abrasive pad and don't have these issues anymore. As for the kit, keep it simple! My kits had lots of electronic parts. Ideally something that's ready to go off the build plate is best. Good luck to you!

@@jcracoustics Thanks for the advice and quick reply, much appreciated. Yes I have several ideas actually, one has no electronics the others do... I can imagine the assembly of electronics is time-consuming. For one of the project ideas, it's a purely functional device where size/design is not going to be the main requirement (it's not something in plain sight day to day) so I'm thinking of trying to design using off-the-shelf Arduino componenets with Grove connectors, so no soldering needed. Not sure if it will work yet, have to get into prototyping to figure it out... but the other idea would probably need custom PCBs, which seems a lot more work. Good to know re print beds, I was wondering about that. I'm probably going to go for a Prusa Mini+ to start with, which has this type of bed (and they're swappable) so that's good. I was looking into Voron printers, for their printing speed, but they're a DIY build and I don't yet have enough experience to know what exactly I want. So prefer to spend my time on design rather than building printers right now.

@@jcracoustics BTW, take your point about keep it simple: I think that's really key for all design work. I was watching part of the livestream about Voron's founder on Nero3D, and that was a theme in their discussion of the product development... they always start out over-engineered, and then have to figure out how to simplify. Hats off to you, your products look simple.

@@neurojitsu Thanks again! By the way I saw your comment on another video but RU-vid sometimes doesn't let me see the comments. It only appears as a notification. A common problem apparently!

I started with an Ender 3. After a bite got a Prusa Mini. Then, sold the Ender and put that money towards a Mini+ as they are little work horses. I buy them with both texture and smooth sheets. Oh, just ordered a 3rd Mini as my "business" is growing.

Hey, thanks for getting in touch! If you go to the about page on my website there is an email address there you can contact me through.

Not something I've done before I'm afraid! Lots of info out here on YT or Facebook 3-D printing forums though.

Hi bud, because of a new position within my day-to-day job and a push to do better RU-vid content as well as larger projects this has taken a bit of a back burner for me. I'm now focusing on the large Fidelity speaker you can see on my website. Without getting into specific figures it's early days for me and something I'm looking to develop more over the next year as time permits. Thanks for watching!

It depends if you want to get into it as a hobby haha - personally I think it would make sense to experiment and make some of your own designs for fun so you can get acquainted with 3-D printing and how it works. You may even find that you get some good ideas for manufacture from this

@@jcracoustics got a couple ideas in my head just need to get familiar with the modelling software, cheers

@@peter9011 did you get familiar with software yet?

Hi, it's a CR-10. The link is in the description as the cost always changes.

You can pick up a CR-10s for around £350-£400. Mine is quite an old version though with some mods which brings it up to date with the current.

Hey thanks for watching! Sounds like it may be a bit more intense in Belgium. You do need to file taxes but in the UK you're actually allowed a trading allowance up to £1000 before you have to declare anything as a way to help people get started as a sole trader. So to be honest for most, the tax doesn't become an issue if it's a small side hustle. Equally in the UK the first £12,570 (22/23) you earn is tax free so if this is your only income again its unlikely to be an issue for people in the first months/years of selling. But either way self assessment tax returns are relatively simple these days and platforms like etsy/woocommerce make it easy to track sales/revenue. Hope this helps!

Not one I'd thought of before but anything that you can print quickly that has a big market is ideal so definitely worth a go.

@@jcracoustics I had no idea how.... dedicated the communities has become. I thought I was going to have to print giant helmets and bastard swords for cosplay nerds but those airsoft and nerf guys are endlessly trying to outcustom the next person.

@@polydynamix7521 that dude Outofdarts is doing great.

te dije que yo probé todo haha

That's frustrating, can't say I use eBay much - can you set up with a bank account?

Haha I’ve bought one and a 4K camera since!

Haha, wouldn't be much of a 3-D printing business if you couldn't make any product! From my experience failed prints from poor bed levelling meant for a lot of product I couldn't sell which essentially became waste and so unnecessary expenditure on the balance sheet. Key to reduce that in any business!