What will 2024 bring?

It’s a new month, so Patreon, Thangs, and Printables supporters are getting the Starwing with Anthromedian Lion Pilot playset premium models this month. Thank you all for your support. As we proceed across the boundary from one year to the next, we have an opportunity to look backwards in review, and forwards in hope. For me, this past year saw …

Unhollowing an object for 3D printing using Blender video

Watch on YouTube This video started as a quest for help on the 3D printing Tips and Tricks Google Group run by the guy who has the 3D Printing Today Podcast. What I told the user asking on that post was all they needed to do was: Import the hollowed 3D model into blender. Locate the drip hole, usually a …

Creality K1 Review

Watch on YouTube The Creality K1 really has become a part of the gamily. Honestly, the only thing holding it back from being a contender for a Bambu killer is the fact that it can’t do multi color. But that’s it. I love printing from the app. I love printing from the USB stick (something Bambu could learn from). My …

Why I don’t want to 3D print for you Video

Watch on YouTube Production of this video was an experiment in producing a video at the makerspace and… I don’t know if I’ll do it again. Not just because my phone camera has a bad habit of refocusing frequently, but the sound in the makerspace is really dirty, even when the 3D printers and laser cutters aren’t doing anything there’s …

I was wrong about Bambu AMS dying after only 1 year

Watch on YouTube Let’s see if a video that doesn’t give ammunition to the haters gets as much traction. In the video i say that my Ender criticism was recieved only middling, but that’s compared to the AMS video. Truth is, that video was my best performing video for a while before the AMS criticism video. People like criticism. But …

One weird question is changing my life

Watch on YouTube My last real video about Bambu is pulling some gangbuster numbers, and I don’t get it. I criticize Creality and I get pretty good numbers. I criticize Bambu and my view numbers go up an order of magnitude. I guess Bambu is the one to hate on these days. And I guess if I were a good …

Bambu AMS Upgrade gone wrong

Watch on YouTube I think a lot of people’s expectations for both what Bambu’s printers will do, and what Bambu themselves will do when it breaks down is a little lofty. What I find interesting is on the other side when Ender 3 owners have to be told to contact support. It’s amazing to me the different expectations that come …

October/November Update

This is going to be a big one. I’ve got a lot to talk about. Orange County Maker faire was Awesome Apologizes to those who don’t like shorts, this week my YouTube is going to be a series of short videos from the Orange County Maker Fair, as well as my Instagram and Tiktok. Gotta grind that content. The day …

What’s the Best 3D Printer for Beginners?

Watch on YouTube When I made the X-Maker video a few weeks back, I said that the X-Maker was splitting the vote with the Adventurer 3, but thinking about it more, I feel that the Adventurer 3 and the X-Maker are really made for different audiences altogether. Instead I realized it’s competing more with the ToyBox, and I’m not really …