This is like those youtube videos that attempt to show a tutorial on how to easily do a task, skip the important parts, and then fast forward to the end product. There's so much time and effort conveniently omitted from these utility prints, including the cost of the printer and materials, the infrastructure needed to print safely, the risks of handling toxic resins, setup and cleanup times, and toxin disposal. Someone new to 3d printing who saw this and purchased the product would have a real shock at learning what is actually involved to get those prints.
@@3DPrintingNerd one thing i designed in the past for myself: basement key with built in bottle opener and my initials in it using shapeways bronze metal material (had to outsource this to a company due to the rigidity needed). another nice one i like is that i 3d printed 4 small rotatable nylon mounts so i can custom mount some DIY dolby atmos / auro3d speakers on-ceiling speakers. a nice use for the plant clips early in the video: cable clips to group cables together.i love practical 3d printing
I'd love an update on the longevity of these prints. I printed feet for furniture that was delivered without them (how does that even happen) and rather than wait weeks for replacements I opened Tinkercad and designed my own. 4 years later and they are all as good as new. Even my most durable resin (Blu mixed with Tenacious) doesn't stand up to abuse. It's great for filter holders in my telescope because I can print fine threads, but not things that get beat up.
Looks like Gary is a fellow Lotus Elise owner. I lost one of the pieces that one of the soft top struts inserts in to on mine, and printed a replacement. Practical 3D printing to the rescue!
Will the UV resin not over-cure and degrade/ weaken? When using them around vegetables, would you be concerned about microplastics or chemicals leeching when in a wet environment?
Overcuring degradation is really dependent on the type of resin. That said we’ve seen customers use our resins for replacement parts on construction equipment that has extreme outdoor exposure
Love it, one of the most exciting things (not downloaded models), was when I printed a replacement bathroom lock-piece. haha Feels so much better if you design yourself.
Qi’s there any concern with the cured print holding water or plants with water and soil. Wouldn’t that leach into the dirt and then the plant and if your growing herb’s would that then be editable?
It's hard to talk about practical resin prints without talking about the resins themselves. The majority of resins are really only useful for decorative prints, with a much more limited pool of engineering resins that approach (and very occasionally match/exceed) the material properties you can get from more common filaments. It'd be great to see this discussed a little more when resin printing comes up.
What wasn't shown was the 10 interations of each 3D print to get them to fit, and the hours of time in CAD designing them! The he didnt'; show the 3 failed prints and having to take everything apart to clean and adjust something.................
This was, Nexa3D loaned us the printer to get these done. I checked a box on RU-vid saying it was sponsored - maybe it didn’t save? I’ll check again when at my computer.
This feels like a paid advertisement for Nexa3D. I have both resin and FDM 3D printers. Standard resin is a terrible choice for these kinds of prints because like all the comments say, resin is notoriously brittle. Screw it in too tight? It shatters. Hit it with a hammer? Shatters. Drop it from waist height onto a hard surface? Shatters. A series like this is GENIUS - keep making these! - but please talk about the material choices and considerations to make for different kinds of practical prints (abrasion, impact, etc) and please disclose any paid (or unpaid!) advertisements so we know whats up.
This was made in collaboration with Nexa3D, so I checked the "sponsored video" checkbox just in case. Plus, I used their xABS because, yes resin is usually brittle, but this wasn't and I did hit it with a hammer :)
@@canadiangemstones7636 Well, I Modified a Webcam Mount stl in OnShape as part of my CAD learning process then printed it. So I can see the appeal of useful stl's but that spike was ridiculous. 🙂
Practical prints justify spending a lot of money on 3D printers! (sarcasm) I've made several oil caps for our pole chain saw and made end caps for some outdoor tables. Being able to use Fusion 360 to design the parts has also been very helpful. The true list of practical prints is actually quite long, many ibeing unique items that aren't available to purchase.
Ok ... so you randomly came across the missing cap for the chainsaw....... you didn't find a file on thingiverse. How did you go about making one that fit that specific opening and threads. Thats the million dollar youtube video right there.
100% about practical printing. I wouldnt let myself buy a printer until I could convince myself that it would improve my life. I wanted to avoid printing trinkets as I have too many silly things that I dont need anyway.
A lot of these things are solutions in search of a problem. Watering little plants? Use a measuring cup. Training branches? String. That's not to say there aren't practical uses, but it's a case of the 3d printer being a hammer and everything looking like a nail
Is the oil cap resistant to chemicals because I know your video on the 500c printing there are plastics that are better and I don't want our friend without an oil cap in 2 months
$8000 US to be able to print items you can buy online! This printer is only worth it's money when you use it to print really hard to get items or to print prototypes of items not already on the market. In any other case you are wasting money and materials and you should buy something else.
I hope that wideo was a joking one) Its not really practical examples as far as everything that he made can be make with tape rope and single use cup. no way its gonna be more practical at 1000x prise and 100x time spent to get the same resoult))
