My whole house is full of 3D printed items. I like the process and having things just the way I want them. No going back now! Thanks for sharing!

Need a "you are here" map for that shop! 😀😎👍👍 Awesome!

Welcome to the 3D printing and CAD community. It's so rewarding being able to create my own designs to fix stuff around the house.

At least you got into it with a good printer. I spent 6 years fighting with different ender3s. Its, only been recently that 3d printing has been about making stuff and not just diagnosing why the machine isn't working. Ever since I got my P1S I haven't turned on either of my enders.

3D printers have advanced a lot in the last few years. Becoming easier to learn how to use & maintain. You can buy a fairly easy to use & maintain for as low as $300 or $1500+ going down as low as $100 that require some skill to maintain & use. What you can make is largely limited by your imagination. I've enjoyed making things and learning how the process works & making improvements on my machine.

man.... that shop is HEAVEN !!!

3d printers, CNC's, and proper software give anyone the ability to be a manufacturer. It's pretty cool.

They are even more fun if you design stuff. I lost track of my totality of 3D printed designs years ago. Gizmos for the security industry, maths art containers, makita battery holders, hydrofoil models for moulds for carbon fibre hydrofoils, flexible vacuum nozzle for vehicle cleaning, fan covers, custom resin infusion cores, that's some of my categories.

I bought a ender 3 v3 just before Christmas 2023, I have a bigger one coming on Friday. I didn't "need" one, now I am going to have two.

so cool to see your 3d printing adventure. if you wanna continue organizing all of the things, I'd suggest looking up the Gridfinity system, for drawers and boxes and such it's super cool storage

I have a resin 3d printer. I use it often to make one, to two time use custom leather stamps. For example if someone wants a name, or simple design, on a leather wallet or sheath, it's easy to print one off and stamp it.

I started with Creality Ender 3's and those were fun to learn on. 3D printers, and specifically the Bambu Lab machines have come so much close to being appliances that just work out of the box. I have do so many functional prints for my home workshop and my commercial brewery that it makes life so much better for both. They can be great for trinkets if that's what you want, but functional items can make life so much better in very little time or money. I use TinkerCAD for much of my design work. It is basic, but has the ability to import existing STL's for modification, which is my current favorite use.

Never wanted one. Refused, even! Don’t want to fool with something else to maintain! Within 6 months I accumulated 3 of them and have had a fun time just printing upgrades and changing firmwares just to to make them print faster.

Yup i got into 3d printing during covid lockdown i originally got it for making cosplay stuff and lately ive been using to solve problems in my own shop... cheers

sheet metal stamping dies are the good use of 3d printed parts too. you gotta try that out :)

As someone who recently got into 3d printing, let me add this... If you want 3d prints to be the hobby, and not the printer itself, buy the Bambu labs printers.

just started selling a product i invented and had to pick up another printer to keep up, my first printer finally paid itself off after a few years of hobby printing. i'll probably have a dozen of these some day.

Don't forget about organizing drawers, bits, pens, hardware, etc. Small to medium learning curve for design. If you have a kid in high school or university you can get enhanced fusion 360 for free for each year of edu.

You don't "need" a 3D printer. Until you get one... and find out you can use it for. So. Many. Things!! ;-)

Are you sharing the sanding block file?

Totally agree that 3D Printing is usefull and isn't just for useless toys like benchy's and the like. I got my first 3D Printer mid 2016 and have enjoyed designing and using the machine ever since. About a year ago I asked my nephew if he wanted one of my old 3D printers, and he said yes. He seemed to be very interested in it, and due to the machine having some issues I decided to buy him a new 3D printer, which ended up being his birthday present as it was close to his birthday at the time. He has since payed for the machine by printing out items and selling them, mainly being the shopping troller tokens and letters that you put on your key chain.

Welcome to the community. 3D Printing prototypes has come a long way in the last few years. It is preferred before spending money and wait time for injection molding only to find out you need to revise and start the process again. Lots of time and money saved for mass manufacturing. Also companies like Slant 3D will manufacturer anything 3D printed in smaller scale, from a few to thousands of parts.

Yes I do. Just can't decide which one to get.

On the 3d printed Belt clip. I think you printed it on the wrong Axis. Print it on its side so the strands build up around the rounded par. It looked like you printed it flat the way it looked broken...

I've been thinking about getting myself one as well. What is a decent quality level to start with? What do I need to run it? Laptop etc? What features should one offer in relation to the knife maker?

I'm a maker and RC car hobby and both hobbies could use a good 3D printer.

Are there different formulae of filament? How well do 3D printed objects do in direct sunlight over time? I am thinking boat fittings. Stainless steel is not the right stuff for a lot of things... Of course that comes with the next question of how strong is this stuff? does it compare to machinable nylon (not sure what the right name is for the stuff) or even fibre glass objects? How good compared to aluminum.

There are filaments resistant to chemicals ex petg, no need to reprint funnels. Just use proper plastic.

For the spout (and many other 3D printed devices made for chemicals) it can be pretty easy to just assume they'll all melt eventually, however the resistance to the chemicals is all dependent on what solvent and plastic you are using. Acetone for instance will completely dissolve ABS and will make other's like PLA and PETG soft and gummy so you want to use a different material that isn't adversely affected by that solvent. For acetone you would ideally want to use polyethylene, polypropylene, or fluoroplastics (Teflon, Tefzel, etc.) however these aren't at all common printing materials so the next best one would be Nylon since it is fairly resistant to most solvents including acetone. Generally just do a bit of research on what plastics are resistant to the solvent you want to design for, find the best one that is printable, and make stuff to your hearts content!

Well let me just say since I found your design for the sanding block I had made my own 3d file but i never got it right. Please post it forsale on cults 3d I would gladly pay for the stl file!

Started about 8moths ago. Loooot of small things printed around the house. The a complete 3M versflo and conections to other masks. Just that made the the investment of the printer pay it self back. Now a Im also printing parts for Ukraine!

Uh, do you need to eat donuts? Yes!

who is stephanie?

Dam you to h**l. I have been trying to convince myself I do not need or want that bambu labs 3d printer and along comes your video with a 1000 reasons why I need to bust out the master card and order the dam thing.

"need"? Of course not. Do I enjoy fooling with mine? sure, most of the time.

I'm always taken aback when I see a maker/craftsman using an iPad. It's an overpriced, handholding walled garden.