quick tip : Dust is your worst enemy when 3d printing. it gets on your filament, and then block the small hole in your hotend and you get a clog, which can be a pain to clean. keep your filament in ziplock bags when not it use, and have it in a seperate room than all the woodworking shenanigans that happens at berm peak ! (don't keep it in an office though. even if it's mostly fine, you don't want to be breathing plastic melting fumes all day long)

Looks great Seth! I do CAD for a living and live 15 minutes away from you. If you want or need to do some more advanced stuff and don't have the time, I'd love to help.

Prusa is phenomenal. We have two at our office and they were bawked at by the naysayers but every print is flawless. Something to keep in mind, be sure that the direction of print is going to be strongest for the application..for example, if you are printing a clamp around a tube, every layer of the print should be the clamp shape that goes around the tube. once something is anchored, its more likely to fail at the bonding of each layer than it would be to rip the single layer apart. Just something to keep in mind when you think about how you're modeling or laying out the orientation of print. You can also remove the need for support structure if you use chamfers or gussets in some cases. 3D printers can incrementally print into unsupported space. For example, you can print a hole in a plate going vertically because you incrementally open and close the gap. You can also to come degree run a tap into parts if your hole has a large enough wall thickness. You could also just buy brass threaded inserts and heat them up with a soldering iron and push them into the plastic.

Oh man, careful so you don’t get too excited about 3dprinting! You’ll end up designing stuff instead of riding 🤪. Love it! You did an amazing job introducing the start/journey most of us have going into 3dprinting. Well done!

i can’t explain how much i love these videos especially when i can’t go on a ride

Super slick!!! If I can get to a point in the future to take on something new, this is definitely top of the list. Thanks for making it feel more approachable 🤘

Absolute perfect video for showcasing the capabilities of home scale 3D printing. Excellent work

I am so glad you got into making your own things right away!!! So excited

Dude- you have a great knack for 3d design. It’s definitely not easier to design than print- you just have a talent.

perfect for RC accessories and custom parts 😉

Wooo! Finally! Another awesome free modeling software is Fusion 360. Way more advanced, allowing you to get into way more detail. But I still use TinkerCAD like 95% of the time, cause that’s all I really need for what I make xD Plus, Autodesk makes both of the two programs! So you can use the same account! (Models are not shared between programs) (Do note that Fusion 360 is only free for hobbyists / personal use. If you’re using it to make money, they have a commercial plan. I would think that if you just mention it and show a bit in a video, that it’s fine. So long as you’re not selling things you design in it. But please read up on that yourself, so you don’t get in trouble with them)

Love 3d printers. And what you are doing is the definition of prototyping. You are using that printer exactly as intended (rapid prototyping) Keep it up. There is so much to learn about 3d printers, even just keeping it limited to the FDM style you have here (and there are so many other types) but keep learning and keep trying stuff!

Love it Seth! As someone with a channel built around 3D printing for bikes I am SO stoked to see you dabbling in this.

I love when my hobbies all seem to collide. Been printing for awhile have a couple Prusa's myself and was happy to see this video. Certainly made a good choice with the MK3s+, the thing is a work horse. Always enjoy the content you make, and interested to see where this takes you.

I’m so happy this day has finally come. I can’t wait to see what you make Seth!

I love that you post this on the main channel

Glad to see you finally bought one! There were so many times on the channel where I knew you'd absolutely love it because of how specific you like things to be. I think it's good that you went with a Prusa, I ended up going the Ender 3 v2 route and spent a good week tinkering things but I was prepared for that, for someone new who wants to figure out the 3d modeling side of things and not the printing side of things, it's definitely the right choice.

It's so cool to see you learning 3D printing! It's one of my favourite hobbies

This is basically the reason I bought a 3D printer. I always followed channels around technology but they made it look so difficult. This was the first video I've seen where the subject (You) started the journey from the absolute beginning and made it look approachable. I did not regret my choice. Thank you Seth!

Haha Seth is slowly combining all my hobbies! Love it, Prusa is great 👍🏻

Thanks Seth! I was on the fence on what printer to get and almost clicked on the Prusa a few days again. Love your videos and will be pulling the mountain bike down for some fall riding up here in WA state! Thanks again for all the great videos.

The printer will come in incredibly useful with experience in use. The quick shot of your little one got a smile from me too

Welcome to the 3D printing club! I've had that printer for several years now and have been very happy with it. Great designs by the way!!

Great vid! Your videographical topic choices are awesome and your insights are inspiring. Thank you Seth! Keep up the great vids!

You should really look into Filaments, depending on which one you use for a specific application it could be quite dangerous. PLA for example is great for prototyping, its cheap, easy to print and environmentally friendly. But its bad with heat, sun rays and pressure. could lead a stem spacer for example to slowly compress unter the tension from the stemcap and lead to a quite dangerous, unstable bike. You might want to use ABS or PETG for that then. Keep up the great content, loving the newer stuff :)

Love that you jumped straight into CAD modeling. Me? I spent weeks printing plastic boats and knick-knacks. Fusion 360 is a big boy CAD software that has free a "hobby" license so you could look into that if Tinkercad isn't cutting it anymore.

Top tip, on Tinker CAD there’s a setting to adjust the smoothness of the curve on the circle, makes it look less like an octagon! 😉

The Prusa is a good choice. A bit pricey but really user friendly. While I prefer the cheaper options like the Ender 3, you can't beat the Prusa in reliability. I love tinkering and 'improving' my cheaper printer though.

welcome to the 3D printing club! the Prusa is awesome, been loving mine ever since i got it in 2019!

As someone who has co-run a 3d printing business.. i am so glad you went with a prusa. Top choice!

Solid choice! Look forward to more prints on your channel!

Congrats on your new bundle of joy!

Bro Finally!!! Great Seth!!! Congrats on your new equipment!

Hey, So happy to see one of my favortie channels getting into another favorite hobby of mine, I always loved your videos, and now i like them even more! Also you got the same printer that i have. You wennt the easy way and got it pre built lol. I had to build it myself. But it's a great printer, and you made a good choice. I hope to see more videos about it in the future.

Love this! Thanks so much for showing us the process!

I’ve had the same printer for 2 years and absolutely love it. It’s been dead on reliable say for some adhesion issues with PLA but I almost always use PETG so it doesn’t really matter. Your cad program of choice will be open on your computer for the next 6 months as every problem you encounter will be solved with 3d printing.

Hi Seth, I was actually super excited to watch this video when I found out you got a Prusa 3D printer. I actually have 5 of these exact same printers and I can tell you that you aren't going to find ones any better for that price. These printers work amazing and I'm super happy you chose Prusa because their customer service is great too. A couple of few for you, if you plan on making parts that are actually going to live on the bike, I REALLY recommend using ASB filament. It's just a little bit harder to print, but it's way stronger. Also, when printing towers like the original CO2 holder, you should use a ~2mm brim instead of supports, and that will prevent your tower from falling over. Also, TinkerCAD is a great software for making 3D models, especially when you're new to it, but to prevent the jagged edges on all of the cylinders you created, you can go to the options once you drop in your cylinder, and increase the number of sides to make it much smoother and closer to an actual cylinder. Anyway, glad you bought a Prusa 3D printer and I hope you have a lot of fun with it!

Great Job Seth!!! More Fun projects to come!!!

We just got a similar one in school last thursday. Cant wait to use it

Super cool vid! Keen to get one and try some stuff out!

Couple of tips, I've been 3d printing for a while. Tinkercads great, but as you get better, making complex designs takes dramatically longer. Try onshape, it's a new and very different approach to design, but for your applications it's definitely worth it. Onshapes free, and browser based just like tinkercad. You can also eliminate the polygon like patter or cylindrical objects. If your not Interested that's completely fine. Last tip is with cylindrical objects in tinkercad, you can eliminate the polygon like pattern by increasing the amount of segments you have. You will find this in the same tab as group and ungroup. Have fun!

Extremely clever ideas seth!

Here are some tips for 3d printing. Different filament types: Different materials print differently and are stronger/weaker. PLA is the most common and best for most things. It's strong enough but not that heat resistant. PETG is like PLA, a little harder to print well, but has a higher heat tolerance and is stronger. TPU is flexible 3d print filament. It I heard it is harder to print but I have no experience with it. ABS is very heat resistant and strong, but you need an exclosure to print it and it is very hard to print. Temperatures: The bed temperature is really important and changes based on the filament. The bed temp affects how well the prints stick to the plate that it prints on. 40-60 degrees is normal for PLA, but ABS and PETG can be around 80. The nozzle temperature is super important too. Too low and the filament won't go out, but too high and there will be stringing (when there are thin pieces of filament across points where the nozzle travels across) Retraction: The retraction setting helps improve the stringing. Retraction pulls the filament back during travels so it doesn't leak out of the nozzle and make thin pieces of plastic. A good retraction setting varies a lot based on the printer, temperature its being printed at, the material, and more. Fiddle with this setting to find a good one for what you are doing. Inkfill: Inkfill is what is in between the walls. You can change the percent to change how dense it is. The default inkfill shape is probably lines, but octet or cubic is best for durable builds with a infill percent around 40-80%. Layer hight: Layer hight changes the width of each layer. A 0.2mm layer hight is normal, with .16 being better for prints with more detail. Walls: Walls change the amount of outer layers that are solid on the print. 2 is normal but something around 4 is better for builds that need to be more durable. I hope you read this I spent like 20 min writing it.

Damn Seth your content just keeps improving! Great job with your development and work, a friend and a fan from Mexico

It's entertaining to watch you, Seth, learn about 3d printing and CAD

I have been studying 3d design in school for a couple of years now and still for 2 more, really love this field of study

The 2 things I love the most in one Video: Bikes and 3d printing :D

I'm really impressed you did so well so fast. CAD, 3DP, and 3D Scanning is my career.

This is literally the best KZfaq channel ever, watch it since I was a child

I recommend making a 3d printer enclosure if you plan on printing filaments like nylon or abs etc. The enclosure will stop slight gusts of air from tampering with the part and looks cool. I recommend the ikea lack table enclosure. Also for print settings, I like using the honeycomb or 3d honeycomb.

Hi Seth, Love your videos! And love that you are already enjoying your printer! It looks like your parts might benefit from refining the angular tolerance when you export them (presumably to stl files?). Essentially your cylinders look like they have facets rather than being round. I'd even guess they have 36 faces because your CAD software is probably placing a corner after every 10 degrees of curvature on the round surfaces. Fixing this may help with things like the fit around your CO2 canister. Depending on the CAD software you're using, there's probably a box in the export window. You can set and forget this at 1 degree, your parts will be super round forever! Looking forward to seeing the next creations!

This video was actually really cool, It's so cool how much Berm Peak (Seth's Bike Hacks) has grown!

Congrats Seth!

Great video! Most of my experience with a 3D printer is using one at work as a mechanical engineer. So I haven't used Kindercad or whatever. But I can tell you if I had one at home I'd probably be doing just what you're doing. Make a low-res proof of concept, then make a nice one. (PS you can literally bondo/sand/paint prints if you want a smooth surface). An area we used them a lot for at work was jigs an fixtures, which I could see being beneficial for you. For instance, you can make a hexagonal recess! Basically impossible to machine... but we would make a base with a couple holes in it and hex recesses on the back. Shove a nut in the recess, and bolt a toggle clamp or something to the top thru the holes. Done. Perfect fixture for drilling or milling a part or whatever. You could make some sweet tools with it as well as parts!

This rekindled my interest in 3D printers. I'm sure I can find many uses around the house, car, and photography bag.

I'm stoked to see what the 3d printer brings for the rc content!

This is awesome! I designed and printed my grips from flexible material with internal ventilation/moisture channels. They are great and highly durable! Oh, and props for the steep learning curve! TinkerCad is awesome and you can also use it for your crawlers

Prusa was a very good choice! More printing less careing! Nice to see ideas for bikes 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Wow another banger. Keep the good work up Seth.

Dude your video content is always on another level. Well done

This is amazing. I'm impressed with you! Keep it up!

That's a game changer tools for evryday day tinkering. It boosted creativity for lot's of us. Love your video.

You said it was the closest thing to prototyping, but we call that rapid prototyping where you just quikcly and cheaply manufacture parts to see if the concept works before spending money on the full build, awesome stuff!

Man, welcome to the club! It definitely is addictive to start making your own things, haha 3D printers are amazing at solving those very specific problems that you can't find in forums. Whip up a part, wait a few hours, and you're happy! Prusas are truly amazing workhorses. You won't be disappointed!

Hey Seth! I just wanted to give you a tip that you shouldn't be using PLA for most bike parts. The orange spool you got is PETG and that's perfect. There are two reasons for PLA not being ideal for bikes, and that PETG works much better for. 1. It deforms during constant stress. If you imagine a shelf L bracket, that would sag over time with PLA. Same goes for things that are clamped on or especially friction fit. After a while they'll stretch and no longer fit. 2. It becomes soft in high heats. On a hot summer day, your PLA parts will bend and deform before your bike makes it to the trail head. Around 60-70 degrees Celsius is where it becomes really soft, which the surface on a bike in the sun might hit. PETG is difficult to print with, though you have a great printer for it. The default PETG profile is probably fine but print slow, print hot, and don't use the cooling fan. PETG is thick and viscous compared to the silver PLA you've been printing with. You might get a lot of stringing but you can do some pathing changes like avoiding perimeters on retraction to reduce it. Happy printing!

welcome to the 3D club! awesome to see tinker cad, i love using that for quick simple designs!

Congrats - 3D printing is the gift that keeps on giving.

Awesome video. Would like to see more of your tinkering with it.

This is so cool mate!

Hey man, just wanted to say thanks for your content. I've watched so many videos in the last two weeks, it's great. You're a large part of why im getting into mountain biking now at 28, husband and father to two kids. I rode Park when I was younger, had a S&M LTF with all the goodies. Got the mountain biking idea from coworkers at my new job, in a new state I moved to. Researched and ended up watching a few of your videos, thought about getting the Trouvelle* off your recommendation. Ended up finding a 2021 GT Avalanche Black Edition(I think its called) With some work, nice bars, grips, saddle. Looking for a bike for my wife now too, so we can ride the trails together on weekends. So anyway, now that I wrote a story, thank you for helping inspire us. I cant wait to save money and upgrade little by little. Dropper post and 1× conversion going to be the first things.

That's a great machine. It is a work horse! Give it love and it will treat you right!. Nice job

Fun to watch! Hope you’ve got a good recycle plan for all the non-usable parts😉♻️

Great choice Seth! I love mine.

Man, that’s so dope! 🔥

Woah! I’ve been wanting a 3d printer for years and finally bought one last week and now you have one too! Coincidence? I think not! ❤

omg yes! so much cool things to print for a bike! on of the first things i printed was a mudflap & wheel air cap's

Lovin the fabricobbeling.

Welcome to the community Seth like to see what you do with the printer.

Love the video man, your content is always good stuff.

You made a great choice for your printer. People give Prusa crap about the higher cost for an older design, but the fact of the matter is that they just work, and work well right out of the box with about as minimal tinkering as possible (for a 3D printer). My first printer was one of the cheaper ones that was given to me as a Bday gift from my wife. Awesome gift, but the problem was that I spent more time tinkering with and tuning the printer than actually printing stuff...and the print quality was still mediocre at best. Picked up an older Prusa MK2S used and it's been SO much better. Better quality, better speed, and it just plain works. Loved the video though, and definitely looking forward to seeing what else you use it to make in the future...

Really cool video man!

Allways a great day when Seth uploads

Heh, I work at Prusa, I asked for them to give one to Seth. Nobody responded. He bought one anyway. Task failed successfully 😁

Seeing the successful Czech company on your channel warms my heart.

Super cool! More like this!!!

I've been 3d printing for 2 years and can say it's more complicated than it looks but when you get the hang of it, It's the best. I use cura 5 for all my prints and it's 100% my favorite slicer I've ever used

Lol it's fun to watch new people get into 3D printing. Been into the hobby for a few years now. Have some Prusas and Enders. Looking into getting a good resin printer now.

Finally one of us, Mountainbikes and 3D Printers, perfect combination!

Congrats 🎉🎊

Can’t wait to see what you do with it

Glad you bought a Prusa! I use 5 for my small business.

Excellent! I’ve got 4 Prusa Minis (and some other printers). Prusa slicer is simply the easiest and best slicer I’ve used. Couple tips: 1. Higher resolution doesn’t usually mean stronger prints. The thicker the layer, the fewer layers there are reducing the adhesion failure rate. Also, thicker layers squish and adhere better. 2. I’m impressed you picked up tinker cad so quickly. There is a free version of fusion 360. Follow Lars Christiansons 3 part beginner series and you’ll be off and running with a better software. 3. You’re killing it! You’re getting into all my hobbies and I love it!!! RC and 3D product design and printing!

So much fun to see some one else experience that progressions of "Neat I can make a thing. I wonder if it was different... Oh I can make it different!"

Love it!! Great video and can’t wait for more

Cool projects hope they work out good

So glad you finally got on the 3D printer train! It's a wild ride for sure and a great match with mountain biking. And when you do outgrow tinkercad, Fusion 360 is the next big jump (with an associated learning curve!) It's free for personal use but they make it seem like it's only free for 1 year. It's not, they just don't tell you how to renew the free plan.

I would recommend making an enclosure for your printer. It keeps it dust free, and really helps with heat retention during the print. I think ones made of clear plastic look pretty good

Tip. In thinkercad you can increase the cylinder resolution to get smooth round cylinder when printing.

Glad to welcome you to the 3d printing community :)

i'm impressed that 3d printers have enough resolution that you can actually thread something on. i've always wanted to 3d print a mount for my phone. i sit in traffic a lot on my commute, and want to put my phone in the gap above my steering wheel so i can scrub through a video. i'm mainly just listening to the audio but i use the visual to know what part i'm scrubbing to