If you don't have anything to print, put your printer in a cardboard box and store it in a storage room. I bet you will want to print something in less than a week
I bought a 3d printer a few months ago (Elegoo Neptune 3 Pro), and to be honest, all I printed were bits and pieces from Thingiverse etc, even though I really wanted to make ‘useful’ things with it. Part of the problem was that I was scared of learning to model in software, even though I did have some experience in 3ds Max from years ago. But then I needed to make a custom sized, simple box for a project and I thought ‘ok, let’s do this’ and got Blender going, watched a few tutorials and after not that long, made exactly what I needed. It was such a good feeling to finally be in control of this amazing tool, and not just printing other people’s stuff for the hell of it.
Ender 3 bought over 6 yrs ago and it's one of the most useful tools in my shed, countless bespoke, practical things have been designed in CAD and printed on it. The latest piece was a door knob 😁
When ever my child has a school project I take it as a challenge to take my kids ideas and make them extra with my designs. I have also sent "treasure" boxes that are filled with coins that have jokes on them, pictures of them being happy, funny little toy figures, or fidget toys and puzzles that the Teacher can give them when they are having a bad day.
@@MakersMuse Yeah, I just had wood working and small motors in my school as a kid. Still came in handy for summer jobs, but nowhere near the speed of prototyping/testing CNC brings.
Designing and printing simple replacement parts or solutions for around the house is still one of the most satisfying things I do with my printers. It's nice when your kids look at you like a hero because you printed a part for a broken toy and fixed it, or quickly designed and printed that little extra piece that they mentioned, in passing, that would be neat to have.
Also, we have a great relationship with our younger daughters' school staff and I pop into the office sometimes just to see if the school needs anything that I can print. They have a little store where the kids can trade points (earned by academic achievements, good citizenship, etc) for various treats and small toys. I enjoy printing some of the little toys for the store.
I've fixed so many broken and missing parts with my printer. My dad once lost one of a pair of really weirdly shaped round washer spacer thingimajigs with square holes for a door, so I asked for the last one and handed him a replacement 15 minutes later. Felt awesome, because replacement parts simply weren't available.
@@CtrlAltCanc00 I started with Fusion360, which suites me and my functional, less artistic designs. For more organic modeling or sculpting Tinkercad or Blender are good choices. There are tons of other options also. Whatever you choose, there will be tons of tutorials on TH-cam to get you started and give you some inspiration. It's a steep learning curve, but you can do it.
@@CtrlAltCanc00 my original reply disappeared, but I started with Fusion360. It's not as intuitive as some other options, but it suits me and my functional, less artistic designs. For more organic shapes or sculpting Tinkercad or Blender are good choices. Maker's Muse actually did a great review of free options just a couple months ago. Check his channel for the video "BEST FREE CAD / 3D Modelling software 2024". Regardless of which you choose the learning curve can be steep. There are tons of great tutorials on TH-cam though.
Nice video. Totally agree learning a CAD releases the real potential of a 3D printer. It's so rewarding designing stuff that solves a problem so quickly. Mahalo for sharing!
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I'm not bored, i'm burnt out from fighting my ender for 3+ years. It was never worth my time so it's finally going and being replaced with a bambu x1c.
I still remember when I got my first printer like... dang... like, 10 years ago now? That strange feeling of kind of reprogramming my brain from thinking, "I need to go buy thing X" or "I sure wish there was a thing that did Y" to, "oh, I could just print one!". Was such a cool experience constantly realizing just how much fun and useful stuff I could print! It pretty quickly became just a normal part of everyday life. When I tell someone about something I printed, or they see something and are like "whoaaa, that's 3D printed?!" I forget that it's not something everyone's familiar with. haha.
I put off buying a 3D printer for a long time. I really liked the idea of it, but I was afraid I'd drop hundreds of dollars on one then get bored with it in less than a year. (I've done that a lot over the years.) But I finally gave in and bought one, and haven't regretted it a bit. The more I use it, the more ways I can think of to use it.
@@daveh7720 That's awesome! I have had some friends that got printers then stopped using them shortly after, but that was usually because something broke or went wrong. I think once you "get" it, they become a tool that's hard to live without. :D
Mam dokładnie tak samo. Wydrukowanie części do kuchni, czy innej rzeczy która pękła jest dla mnie teraz normalne jak padający deszcz za oknem. Nie myślę, że coś muszę kupić, bo się zepsuło, tylko czy mogę to wydrukować 😀 Ostatnia rzecz to była uszczelka do zmywarki naczyń. Nowa kosztuje 10$ i trzeba czekać na kuriera. Żona mówi- dasz radę to dzisiaj naprawić, masz przecież drukarkę i TPU! Tak zrobiłem, w 30 minut. ;-)
I also printed a door catch to replace one that had broken also. Just so handy to have a 3D printer. I also printed a bag full of those weak plastic push clips that are used to secure finishes and panels in car interiors/exteriors. The ones that always deform or break when you have to pull off an interior door panel etc, etc. Printed them in PLA+. These alone were worth the expense of my Ender 3 Pro
I've been modelling and printing parts for my camper van for a year. Bezels, mounts, shelves, enclosures, clips, cup holders. There's always something.
My wife recently bought a second hand sylvanian house. Lots of accessories missing like ladder, balcony rails, veranda steps and rails, broken windows. All replaced with 3D prints. Next up is the lamps for the doorway and DIY lighting kit battery boxes. She loves it and I get to practice my CAD to furnish her with the items.
ngl this quickfire round of "here's a thing you can do" is refreshing in a way, I wouldn't mind seeing more showcases of models and ideas for models. that brief showing of the battery holder caught my eye big time, never occurred to me to store them like that, but I know I will now
Never did find a 3d solution for minis I actually liked. Two options I try and thought were pretty good was printing off a storage setup for an old empty spool. And the other option I still am using is reusing a box that the spool came in, and another box that I cut strips put of to make little compartment slots for my minis and some other gear I use to fit into. In the end, Ive actually bought a hard plastic case with foam that can be customized inside of it. Ill likely 3d print some bits and bobs for it along the way, but I havent had a moment to circle back around to that project yet.
I sort of took the opposite approach when I hit that "now what?" wall. I'd started with an Ender-5 and fought and fought and fought with that damn thing to make it work. Then I was a very early adopter of the X1C and blew through my backlog of things I *needed* to 3D print in about a month and a half, and then all the things that I *could* 3D print but was trying not to (so I didn't have to deal with that gorram Ender-5) in another month. And then I was all "now what?" It took a while, but at this point I use the 3D printer when there's a thing I need to make. And when there isn't a thing I need to make (or at least, not out of plastic) I'm okay with just turning the printer off. I don't run drill or my ratchet set 24/7, I use them when they're the right tool. Same with the 3D printer. So this is a great video for the person who is "I want to run the printer but I don't know what to make!" But another thing to consider is "maybe turn it off for now, you'll have an idea soon enough."
"Hoopin TPU Cable Tie", one of a few designs I created out of necessity that turned out to be quite popular. I put the design out there along with its core components for people to remix into their own designs. Printed at 150% scale it was easily carrying 12kg..
NEVER EVER am I bored! I don't print dust collectors, every one of my prints has been useful! I've printed everything from O'rings in TPU & re-usable zip ties to parts holders for my lathe, to cup holders in my 4wd, brackets for holding things, tape dispensers & zip tie holders in my workshop, the list is endless! #D printing has opened up a whole new world for me. I'm a fabricator, with a workshop full of welders & some very unique equipment like an English wheel, stretchers & shrinkers etc but 3D printing has opened up a whole new world for me! I'm NEVER bored!!
I had a TPU cable tie in my hand as I was reading this, they are amazing! Mine are printed with a 1mm nozzle, they only take 1 minute to print, 1 gram of filament, and are extremely strong for only being one layer thick. Just had a project last night where I needed about 20 of them. Set the slicer to print 1 at a time, and pulled them off as I needed them. Worked out so perfectly! By the time I was ready for the next one it was already done printing. When I take it down eventually, I will be able to reuse all of those as well.
Ayy! Its Friday and Angus posted a new video! I want to say thanks for getting my son interested in 3d printing! We ordered the sv08 and he's actually excited to help me put it together and print video game props haha. Powering creativity through technology!
I had some 3d printed brush holders that sat on my desk back when I regularly wore makeup, it was one of my earliest projects. Thank you for reminding me of it.
I wasn't bored but I recently printed a replacement for my kitchen sink faucet handle. I 3D scanned the old one, fixed the broken part in 3D, then printed the replacement. It works great.
After printing some widgets and toys with my 3D printer, I then started using it to create replacement parts for my dishwasher, refrigerator, cabinet latches, etc. Then I started printing a lot of jigs for woodworking (Kreg jigs, alignment dowels, trammel points, etc.). Then functional things like ports for my dust collection, etc. Tool cases, taps and die organization, and so many more. The printer is not a toy, it's a meta-tool. Oh, and altimeter and nosecone bays for high powered rocketry....:)
One of my early 3D printed items was something I call "Pancake vase". My wife needed a container for mixing a very runny dough for polish pancakes, that will work with hand mixer while keeping it from flying out. So I designed a vase-shaped container that had a narrow opening on top, rounded bottom and wide base for stability. It took ~20 hours to print, but it's still in use after over a year...
I totally agree with people learning CAD if they have a 3D printer. I used to make all of my models in Blender or Z Brush, but they were mostly organic/character based models. I have made some mechanical things in Blender, but the more I "get used to" Fusion 360, the more fun the process gets. Making parts that need to interact being designed parametrically is such a more pleasant workflow when it comes to making adjustments and iterations or variations of designs. I still use Blender almost every day for some of it, but haven't opened Zbrush in years.
I've done a few small boards around my desk and printer, but I'm about to move to a new house and the garage is getting a giant Multiboard tool wall. Can't wait!
I recently got a 1mm nozzle and holy smokes is it fun! Those thicc layers are so satisfying! If you can 3d model or want to learn/practice, then go around your home and find one of your most popular items or tools or whatever. Identify a problem with it, and invent a solution for that problem. For example, let's say you have an iphone and the charging cable doesn't stay plugged into it. Hop in CAD and design a retaining device for it. It may take a long time and many iterations, but once you have a product pop it up onto ebay or something. I did this for something else and have made $845 in the last 90 days on ebay with just 1 product. A lot of that is further spent on filament and maintenance and electricity and shipping materials but any profits go right back into the hobby to keep me from boredom. I am not a success story where I don't need a day job, but I am having a lot of fun with it and the hobby is paying for itself!
Recently, I have adapted 3D printing tech to my woodworking project, they're simple plates to just hide my imperfections tbh and I thought it is brilliant! Can't wait to adapt 3D Printing to my next woodworking projects!
Learning CAD is one of the best things you can do for your 3D printer. There are so many CAD options out there, but my favorite is Alibre because it's a one time payment
Angus, I need that door catch, and for your target audience too! That's right, my cats, by the way as soon as they appeared on screen I thought, that's the solution for our shared bathroom!
Most 3D printer owners find themselves deeply bored, to the extent that they continuously print useless trinkets or equally questionable pseudo-improvements for a mediocre printer. Thank you for demonstrating that 3D printing can, above all, be a fantastic production tool for useful projects and accessories, provided that the user understands that the machine is merely a means to an end and not the hobby itself...
Inspired!! Thanks for the tap on the shoulder, I need to revisit this. Have a wonderful little 3D printer on my desk I've not touched in months. Need to change that
My 3D printer is not a toy to get bored of! It's a tool and a great one at that. I fix at least one thing around the house every month. Last month was the shower handle. It was made of acrylic and cracked from thermal expansion/contractions. Printed one out of PETG and replaced the original. Looks even better cuz it's my own design. This month will be the top of the bird feeder and probably other stuff...
Printing things for other people is great, too! People are genuinely impressed and grateful when you can solve that one problem that's been bugging them with a quick print.
Now after like 2 years of tinkering and majorly modifying 2 different I'm printing other stuff. My wife is like wow this stuff is impressive. It feels so good to be at this point of printing stuff from others or things I design.
That was a great video. My old printer is mostly used to make replacement parts or something small and custom, but you laid out some good things to try again. I will get back into some Fusion 360 learn to make something more complex... Thanks Angus! You're the best keep up the good work!
I maybe use the printer once or twice every year now, I know that isnt much but when I want to make something it just works as it is supposed to. yay Aldi
I always start printing when bored. It will fill up your whole day 😂. All of a sudden no bed adhesion or a different challenge and it takes you on a youtube trip and you learn a few new settings. After that i put it away for a couple of weeks and then start over again.
especially if you live with your parents, there will be a lot of decorative things you are going to print and lot of things to fix in the house. i originally bought mine as a tool so i can R&D easily at home. but probably the things that i printed for my parents already paid printers cost for it :)
Don't underestimate the power of pausing a print and dropping something in a hole. I realized I could do that a few months ago, and it sparked a whole new way of thinking about designing prints. First, it was just magnets. Then it was LED strips. Now I'm wondering how I could take advantage of it to print different parts of a model in different orientations without having to connect them post-print.
I've been printing stuff fairly regularly the last few months, and it seems like the more stuff I print the more stuff I find or get requested to print.. glad I have a KE to try to keep up with all of the projects now.. now I just need to get my E3Pro up and running again so I can have that capacity as well (it's kind of bin going over a massive road bump, and one of the bearings to the new extruder falling and evaporating definitely hasn't helped BigBrother)
4:40 spotted the Spots board game. We recently picked that up. But now I'm curious about the Knuckle Bones game. Never heard of it. Do you have a collection of board games? Bohnanza is a classic!
I do, mostly, functional prints. A couple examples. I have video surveillance camera. One of the mounts broke. Of course you can't just buy the mount. I took the broken one and modelled it. Very fast design as, you can imagine, was not a complicated geometry. Our RV gate one of the wood planks had cracked at the bottom. Easy fix with just a rectangle with a hole for the bolt. Etc. I have a variety of printers, my favorites being a Voron and just grabbed an Ankermake M5 which is cooler than I expected for a bed slinger.
I saved almost $1000 worth of stuff around the house by 3D modelling parts. Now designing terrain for tabletop gaming, so not likely ever be bored with it.
Re: mechanisms: I would love a collab between you and the guy that 3d printed a working internal combustion engine. I would for some reason love a miniature engine that would work with lighter fluid sitting on my desk
Hah i thought this was actually one of the reasons to have a 3D Printer. I used mine to print new brackets for my roller blind. Old one broke so i made a set of new ones that are better suited for the window. Also some trays for some boxes. But having some fun with it as well
I’m 3d printing catan, every tree, every sheep, mountain, everything in their own color on my Enders, it’s hard but it’s looking awesome. However, my PETG doesn’t seem to be sticking to my PLA
You showed a book about mechanisms. Which books would you say are most relevant to get inspiration and information on this topic? Would love to get better at this
In my experience, as soon as people learn they can print their own (generally incredibly powerful) nerf blasters on their printers, their printer never stops running after that.
Suggestion... I really enjoy the channel and the content. So many TH-camrs have nice intros but don't provide outros. I'm sure there are many people like me that enjoy the content and don't remember to leave a like during the video. So people like me that like to show our appreciation have to go back into the video to leave a like. I'd bet many people don't bother so I'd like to suggest an outro and reminder to leave likes. Looking forward to the next video!
@MakersMuse as an owner of 10 little beauties, 5 midi controllers, and 2 3d printers... I can totally agree 😓 At least one of us is making videos and some money of it 😉 As always, great job! ❤️
Yo, I got the clearance castle and it printed great. It was awesome trying to figure out the thread pattern. Can I upgrade the board in my base ender 3 and use a sonic pad?
ngl i kinda got bored of printing after i did some big projects but only because of the time and how much i had to mess around with the settings and the printer to print stuff right. but now i have a bambu A1 coming and i cannot wait to be able to toss stuff onto it and not need to manually adjust or check everything, that and my ender is an OLD one and im sure the A1 is vastly superior so ill also get better quality prints faster.
I'm disabled and can't afford these print files... I love 3D printing and just got into it but I had no idea everyone sells so much. I'll have to learn how to model again. I used to use CAD in high school but that was long ago lol. I'm glad that 3D printers have become affordable but I feel youtube should make content creators place the AD tag in their video if they're trying to sell you something.
I've got a whole playlist to get you started in Fusion, they have a free license so you should be able to use it to make all kinds of things :) th-cam.com/play/PLTCCNNvHC8PC40tcEqaJcgUMb97LNkLIn.html
@@MakersMuse Thank you but I still feel youtube should require people to mark these as an ad as you're just making the video to sell us a product, just like ads on youtube. It's fair that you sell stuff, you gotta make money somehow.
I must be really dense in trying to learn how to CAD. I have watched so many videos here from yours to other 3D Printing TH-camrs and I can't even figure out how to put a hole in a shape. The same goes for my 20+ years effort to try to learn C++. Can't even understand the basic "Hello World" code. I can put together a PC in my sleep yet can't understand how to put a hole in a shape in CAD. LOL.
a screw fell out of drywall the other day. Needed a drywall screw anchor, Took me longer than I'd want to admit that i remembered I had a 3d printer. Problem solved!
I just got my first 3d printer in an effort to improve my cad skill. Any recommendations on where to start outside of printing calibration test pieces? I use Inventor Professional and am hoping I wont need to get another program lol
Not sure if this is what you're asking but when I want to practice my CAD skills, I just replicate the shapes of things around me. The variety of shapes makes for great practice. There is also a wide range in difficulty. Some things like a comb can be easy and quick to model where as other things like a pringle will be harder.
Are those door latches for your cats? I had to put latches to hold the door open on my doors because my cat liked to play behind the doors and I’d come home from work to find him very upset because he had closed the door and trapped himself in a bedroom all day! I tried some like those but finally had to go to metal industrial style ones that were adjustable to take a lot of force to unlatch because my stupid cat seemed to take it as a challenge to get the door unlatched! If it moved even a tiny bit he’d work at it till he forced it to unlatch!
It seems silly to use a printer to just churn out storage stuff. Yet it is one of the greatest things to use a printer for. As it can save decent money and scale extremely well. I own a legion of electronics components, but buying storage for that is expensive and a hassle. Now i am designing my own tray system with drawers that can hold components/SMD-boxes that would cost a fraction of the price of a professional system, which i can scale as needed for any kind of area. Even exploring the idea of integrating some little magnets in the corners so the drawers anchor themselves to the cabinet a little for easier handling of the entire system without everything flying out. After that. Off to design parts for my big projects. One being Animatronic in nature, the other more like an attempt at toy-making.
If you don't have anything to print, put your printer in a cardboard box and store it in a storage room. I bet you will want to print something in less than a week
Wrong
you will never have more brilliant printing ideas than when youre away from your printer or its not working
Buddy try to ruin the mood
Sounds like a good idea, but I’m sure if I did that my other half would turn my 3D printing space into a laundry drying room
I ordered a new one lmaoooo
I bought a 3d printer a few months ago (Elegoo Neptune 3 Pro), and to be honest, all I printed were bits and pieces from Thingiverse etc, even though I really wanted to make ‘useful’ things with it. Part of the problem was that I was scared of learning to model in software, even though I did have some experience in 3ds Max from years ago.
But then I needed to make a custom sized, simple box for a project and I thought ‘ok, let’s do this’ and got Blender going, watched a few tutorials and after not that long, made exactly what I needed. It was such a good feeling to finally be in control of this amazing tool, and not just printing other people’s stuff for the hell of it.
Ender 3 bought over 6 yrs ago and it's one of the most useful tools in my shed, countless bespoke, practical things have been designed in CAD and printed on it. The latest piece was a door knob 😁
When ever my child has a school project I take it as a challenge to take my kids ideas and make them extra with my designs. I have also sent "treasure" boxes that are filled with coins that have jokes on them, pictures of them being happy, funny little toy figures, or fidget toys and puzzles that the Teacher can give them when they are having a bad day.
heh sounds like a lot of fun! Wish this kind of stuff was available when I was back in school.
@@MakersMuse Yeah, I just had wood working and small motors in my school as a kid. Still came in handy for summer jobs, but nowhere near the speed of prototyping/testing CNC brings.
Designing and printing simple replacement parts or solutions for around the house is still one of the most satisfying things I do with my printers. It's nice when your kids look at you like a hero because you printed a part for a broken toy and fixed it, or quickly designed and printed that little extra piece that they mentioned, in passing, that would be neat to have.
Also, we have a great relationship with our younger daughters' school staff and I pop into the office sometimes just to see if the school needs anything that I can print. They have a little store where the kids can trade points (earned by academic achievements, good citizenship, etc) for various treats and small toys. I enjoy printing some of the little toys for the store.
I've fixed so many broken and missing parts with my printer. My dad once lost one of a pair of really weirdly shaped round washer spacer thingimajigs with square holes for a door, so I asked for the last one and handed him a replacement 15 minutes later. Felt awesome, because replacement parts simply weren't available.
Do you have any suggestion on how to start designing? I would like to learn but don't know where to start!
@@CtrlAltCanc00 I started with Fusion360, which suites me and my functional, less artistic designs. For more organic modeling or sculpting Tinkercad or Blender are good choices. There are tons of other options also.
Whatever you choose, there will be tons of tutorials on TH-cam to get you started and give you some inspiration. It's a steep learning curve, but you can do it.
@@CtrlAltCanc00 my original reply disappeared, but I started with Fusion360. It's not as intuitive as some other options, but it suits me and my functional, less artistic designs. For more organic shapes or sculpting Tinkercad or Blender are good choices.
Maker's Muse actually did a great review of free options just a couple months ago. Check his channel for the video "BEST FREE CAD / 3D Modelling software 2024".
Regardless of which you choose the learning curve can be steep. There are tons of great tutorials on TH-cam though.
Nice video. Totally agree learning a CAD releases the real potential of a 3D printer. It's so rewarding designing stuff that solves a problem so quickly. Mahalo for sharing!
I'm not bored, i'm burnt out from fighting my ender for 3+ years. It was never worth my time so it's finally going and being replaced with a bambu x1c.
I just need to say that your channel is the best, no nonsense, get to the point, don't waste anyone's time 3D printing channel on TH-cam. Thank you.
I still remember when I got my first printer like... dang... like, 10 years ago now? That strange feeling of kind of reprogramming my brain from thinking, "I need to go buy thing X" or "I sure wish there was a thing that did Y" to, "oh, I could just print one!". Was such a cool experience constantly realizing just how much fun and useful stuff I could print! It pretty quickly became just a normal part of everyday life. When I tell someone about something I printed, or they see something and are like "whoaaa, that's 3D printed?!" I forget that it's not something everyone's familiar with. haha.
I put off buying a 3D printer for a long time. I really liked the idea of it, but I was afraid I'd drop hundreds of dollars on one then get bored with it in less than a year. (I've done that a lot over the years.) But I finally gave in and bought one, and haven't regretted it a bit. The more I use it, the more ways I can think of to use it.
@@daveh7720 That's awesome! I have had some friends that got printers then stopped using them shortly after, but that was usually because something broke or went wrong. I think once you "get" it, they become a tool that's hard to live without. :D
Mam dokładnie tak samo.
Wydrukowanie części do kuchni, czy innej rzeczy która pękła jest dla mnie teraz normalne jak padający deszcz za oknem.
Nie myślę, że coś muszę kupić, bo się zepsuło, tylko czy mogę to wydrukować 😀
Ostatnia rzecz to była uszczelka do zmywarki naczyń. Nowa kosztuje 10$ i trzeba czekać na kuriera.
Żona mówi- dasz radę to dzisiaj naprawić, masz przecież drukarkę i TPU! Tak zrobiłem, w 30 minut. ;-)
I also printed a door catch to replace one that had broken also. Just so handy to have a 3D printer.
I also printed a bag full of those weak plastic push clips that are used to secure finishes and panels in car interiors/exteriors. The ones that always deform or break when you have to pull off an interior door panel etc, etc. Printed them in PLA+. These alone were worth the expense of my Ender 3 Pro
I've been modelling and printing parts for my camper van for a year. Bezels, mounts, shelves, enclosures, clips, cup holders. There's always something.
My wife recently bought a second hand sylvanian house. Lots of accessories missing like ladder, balcony rails, veranda steps and rails, broken windows. All replaced with 3D prints. Next up is the lamps for the doorway and DIY lighting kit battery boxes. She loves it and I get to practice my CAD to furnish her with the items.
Ladder??
ngl this quickfire round of "here's a thing you can do" is refreshing in a way, I wouldn't mind seeing more showcases of models and ideas for models. that brief showing of the battery holder caught my eye big time, never occurred to me to store them like that, but I know I will now
Agreed, would love to see more models showed off in future videos
Took the plunge and started printing a multiboard a week or two ago, my cluttered project desk is finally starting to look somewhat organized!
Never did find a 3d solution for minis I actually liked. Two options I try and thought were pretty good was printing off a storage setup for an old empty spool. And the other option I still am using is reusing a box that the spool came in, and another box that I cut strips put of to make little compartment slots for my minis and some other gear I use to fit into. In the end, Ive actually bought a hard plastic case with foam that can be customized inside of it. Ill likely 3d print some bits and bobs for it along the way, but I havent had a moment to circle back around to that project yet.
I sort of took the opposite approach when I hit that "now what?" wall. I'd started with an Ender-5 and fought and fought and fought with that damn thing to make it work. Then I was a very early adopter of the X1C and blew through my backlog of things I *needed* to 3D print in about a month and a half, and then all the things that I *could* 3D print but was trying not to (so I didn't have to deal with that gorram Ender-5) in another month. And then I was all "now what?"
It took a while, but at this point I use the 3D printer when there's a thing I need to make. And when there isn't a thing I need to make (or at least, not out of plastic) I'm okay with just turning the printer off. I don't run drill or my ratchet set 24/7, I use them when they're the right tool. Same with the 3D printer.
So this is a great video for the person who is "I want to run the printer but I don't know what to make!" But another thing to consider is "maybe turn it off for now, you'll have an idea soon enough."
"Hoopin TPU Cable Tie", one of a few designs I created out of necessity that turned out to be quite popular.
I put the design out there along with its core components for people to remix into their own designs.
Printed at 150% scale it was easily carrying 12kg..
NEVER EVER am I bored! I don't print dust collectors, every one of my prints has been useful! I've printed everything from O'rings in TPU & re-usable zip ties to parts holders for my lathe, to cup holders in my 4wd, brackets for holding things, tape dispensers & zip tie holders in my workshop, the list is endless! #D printing has opened up a whole new world for me. I'm a fabricator, with a workshop full of welders & some very unique equipment like an English wheel, stretchers & shrinkers etc but 3D printing has opened up a whole new world for me! I'm NEVER bored!!
I had a TPU cable tie in my hand as I was reading this, they are amazing! Mine are printed with a 1mm nozzle, they only take 1 minute to print, 1 gram of filament, and are extremely strong for only being one layer thick. Just had a project last night where I needed about 20 of them. Set the slicer to print 1 at a time, and pulled them off as I needed them. Worked out so perfectly! By the time I was ready for the next one it was already done printing. When I take it down eventually, I will be able to reuse all of those as well.
1:02 the cat checks it still works 😂
Are we convinced it's a cat? I mean, they've had a year and haven't disassembled/conquered it yet.
The proper term is Cat Scan.
Ayy! Its Friday and Angus posted a new video! I want to say thanks for getting my son interested in 3d printing! We ordered the sv08 and he's actually excited to help me put it together and print video game props haha. Powering creativity through technology!
Awesome, thanks for sharing! I'll be testing the SV08 soon myself.
I 3D printed a toolbox for all my makeup :) it was quite a fun project
That's so cool! Perfect use case for 3d printing :)
I had some 3d printed brush holders that sat on my desk back when I regularly wore makeup, it was one of my earliest projects. Thank you for reminding me of it.
3d printing is so useful for organization, I bought some IKEA skadis boards and I legit feel like they designed them with 3d printing in mind
I wasn't bored but I recently printed a replacement for my kitchen sink faucet handle. I 3D scanned the old one, fixed the broken part in 3D, then printed the replacement. It works great.
What 3D scanner do you use? I'm looking at getting one
After printing some widgets and toys with my 3D printer, I then started using it to create replacement parts for my dishwasher, refrigerator, cabinet latches, etc. Then I started printing a lot of jigs for woodworking (Kreg jigs, alignment dowels, trammel points, etc.). Then functional things like ports for my dust collection, etc. Tool cases, taps and die organization, and so many more. The printer is not a toy, it's a meta-tool. Oh, and altimeter and nosecone bays for high powered rocketry....:)
Oh hey nice job updating the knucklebones game! I was impatient and made my own version, it ended up looking a lot like your updated one ;)
One of my early 3D printed items was something I call "Pancake vase". My wife needed a container for mixing a very runny dough for polish pancakes, that will work with hand mixer while keeping it from flying out. So I designed a vase-shaped container that had a narrow opening on top, rounded bottom and wide base for stability. It took ~20 hours to print, but it's still in use after over a year...
I totally agree with people learning CAD if they have a 3D printer. I used to make all of my models in Blender or Z Brush, but they were mostly organic/character based models. I have made some mechanical things in Blender, but the more I "get used to" Fusion 360, the more fun the process gets.
Making parts that need to interact being designed parametrically is such a more pleasant workflow when it comes to making adjustments and iterations or variations of designs.
I still use Blender almost every day for some of it, but haven't opened Zbrush in years.
Multiboard is the handiest thing I’ve made lately. Definitely worth checking out.
Oh wow that does look handy! Noted, thanks
I've done a few small boards around my desk and printer, but I'm about to move to a new house and the garage is getting a giant Multiboard tool wall. Can't wait!
Glad to see our favorite ageless Australia is back making content again.
I recently got a 1mm nozzle and holy smokes is it fun! Those thicc layers are so satisfying!
If you can 3d model or want to learn/practice, then go around your home and find one of your most popular items or tools or whatever. Identify a problem with it, and invent a solution for that problem.
For example, let's say you have an iphone and the charging cable doesn't stay plugged into it. Hop in CAD and design a retaining device for it. It may take a long time and many iterations, but once you have a product pop it up onto ebay or something.
I did this for something else and have made $845 in the last 90 days on ebay with just 1 product. A lot of that is further spent on filament and maintenance and electricity and shipping materials but any profits go right back into the hobby to keep me from boredom. I am not a success story where I don't need a day job, but I am having a lot of fun with it and the hobby is paying for itself!
Recently, I have adapted 3D printing tech to my woodworking project, they're simple plates to just hide my imperfections tbh and I thought it is brilliant! Can't wait to adapt 3D Printing to my next woodworking projects!
Learning CAD is one of the best things you can do for your 3D printer. There are so many CAD options out there, but my favorite is Alibre because it's a one time payment
Angus, I need that door catch, and for your target audience too! That's right, my cats, by the way as soon as they appeared on screen I thought, that's the solution for our shared bathroom!
Most 3D printer owners find themselves deeply bored, to the extent that they continuously print useless trinkets or equally questionable pseudo-improvements for a mediocre printer. Thank you for demonstrating that 3D printing can, above all, be a fantastic production tool for useful projects and accessories, provided that the user understands that the machine is merely a means to an end and not the hobby itself...
Inspired!! Thanks for the tap on the shoulder, I need to revisit this. Have a wonderful little 3D printer on my desk I've not touched in months. Need to change that
Awesome! hope you print something cool on it
My 3D printer is not a toy to get bored of!
It's a tool and a great one at that.
I fix at least one thing around the house every month.
Last month was the shower handle. It was made of acrylic and cracked from thermal expansion/contractions. Printed one out of PETG and replaced the original.
Looks even better cuz it's my own design.
This month will be the top of the bird feeder and probably other stuff...
Printing things for other people is great, too! People are genuinely impressed and grateful when you can solve that one problem that's been bugging them with a quick print.
NO ONE. No one can be bored with the happiness of Angus and his cockatoos
Wow, you can actually print something with these things? Amazing!
At least until they destroy themselves again, but they're getting better :)
Now after like 2 years of tinkering and majorly modifying 2 different I'm printing other stuff. My wife is like wow this stuff is impressive. It feels so good to be at this point of printing stuff from others or things I design.
Organization and 3D printers are such a fun deadly combo lol. Specially if you have a pegboard!
That's mad - I also designed an under desk drawer for myself a while ago and coincidentally the design is almost identical to yours! haha
That was a great video. My old printer is mostly used to make replacement parts or something small and custom, but you laid out some good things to try again. I will get back into some Fusion 360 learn to make something more complex... Thanks Angus! You're the best keep up the good work!
I maybe use the printer once or twice every year now, I know that isnt much but when I want to make something it just works as it is supposed to. yay Aldi
Thank you so much for updating the knucklebones game!
I always start printing when bored. It will fill up your whole day 😂. All of a sudden no bed adhesion or a different challenge and it takes you on a youtube trip and you learn a few new settings. After that i put it away for a couple of weeks and then start over again.
"When all you have is a 3D printer, everything looks like a hammer" or something like that.
You're doing your prints wrong.
especially if you live with your parents, there will be a lot of decorative things you are going to print and lot of things to fix in the house. i originally bought mine as a tool so i can R&D easily at home. but probably the things that i printed for my parents already paid printers cost for it :)
BTW, thank you!!! You made me buy my first 3D printer before I ever learned 3D Modelling.
Don't underestimate the power of pausing a print and dropping something in a hole. I realized I could do that a few months ago, and it sparked a whole new way of thinking about designing prints.
First, it was just magnets. Then it was LED strips. Now I'm wondering how I could take advantage of it to print different parts of a model in different orientations without having to connect them post-print.
Love your videos. I like both your projects and your positive style.
Can you please tell me what book you showed in the middle of the video?
I've been printing stuff fairly regularly the last few months, and it seems like the more stuff I print the more stuff I find or get requested to print.. glad I have a KE to try to keep up with all of the projects now.. now I just need to get my E3Pro up and running again so I can have that capacity as well (it's kind of bin going over a massive road bump, and one of the bearings to the new extruder falling and evaporating definitely hasn't helped BigBrother)
A beacon of light in a world of darkness. You rock.
I used Fusion 360 to design various custom things for around the house. Making my own stuff is much more fun than printing someone else's.
4:40 spotted the Spots board game. We recently picked that up. But now I'm curious about the Knuckle Bones game. Never heard of it. Do you have a collection of board games? Bohnanza is a classic!
I do, mostly, functional prints. A couple examples. I have video surveillance camera. One of the mounts broke. Of course you can't just buy the mount. I took the broken one and modelled it. Very fast design as, you can imagine, was not a complicated geometry. Our RV gate one of the wood planks had cracked at the bottom. Easy fix with just a rectangle with a hole for the bolt. Etc. I have a variety of printers, my favorites being a Voron and just grabbed an Ankermake M5 which is cooler than I expected for a bed slinger.
I saved almost $1000 worth of stuff around the house by 3D modelling parts. Now designing terrain for tabletop gaming, so not likely ever be bored with it.
I bought my 3d printer just for fixing stuff around the house lol. its been super useful!
Dude's still rocking the OG G502 💪respeeeect
One issue: time. But the video is good in the sense of thinking beyond the actual act of 3D printing. Thank you!
Re: mechanisms: I would love a collab between you and the guy that 3d printed a working internal combustion engine. I would for some reason love a miniature engine that would work with lighter fluid sitting on my desk
Hey Angus! What's that book you showed around 3:58? It looks amazing.
I started making shelves that slip over my bed’s headboard. Super handy.
Thank you. I got so bored. I needed this.
You talked about boredom busting and then went straight into household stuff and organisation. Classic 😅
I have 3d printed a few other things. Lithophanes, tool holders/ tool, bic lighter covers. desk tool racks
Hah i thought this was actually one of the reasons to have a 3D Printer. I used mine to print new brackets for my roller blind. Old one broke so i made a set of new ones that are better suited for the window. Also some trays for some boxes. But having some fun with it as well
Love the video, but how do you get bored with a 3d printer?
I’m 3d printing catan, every tree, every sheep, mountain, everything in their own color on my Enders, it’s hard but it’s looking awesome. However, my PETG doesn’t seem to be sticking to my PLA
You showed a book about mechanisms. Which books would you say are most relevant to get inspiration and information on this topic? Would love to get better at this
Great vid. I’m watching this even though I don’t even own a 3d printer yet. Do you have any recommendations for a decent beginner friendly printer?
Yesss of its not too late the bambu a1 is great and for more the p1s
In my experience, as soon as people learn they can print their own (generally incredibly powerful) nerf blasters on their printers, their printer never stops running after that.
Can you do another video on FR4/G10 but with some of the newer PETG mixed filaments. to determine whether its still worth it to get a G10/FR4 Bed
What was that book you were looking at?
He answered in another comment. It's called "The Engineers' Illustrated Thesaurus".
Organizing: if your printer has time to lean, it has time to clean 🤣 if it's idle, it can always print more Gridfinity bins
What was that book you had at 3:58? I've been looking for a good resource for different mechanisms to look through to add to my designs.
He answered in another comment. It's called "The Engineers' Illustrated Thesaurus".
Thank you for a awesome video!
thanks!
Suggestion...
I really enjoy the channel and the content. So many TH-camrs have nice intros but don't provide outros. I'm sure there are many people like me that enjoy the content and don't remember to leave a like during the video. So people like me that like to show our appreciation have to go back into the video to leave a like. I'd bet many people don't bother so I'd like to suggest an outro and reminder to leave likes.
Looking forward to the next video!
3:04
**cries in ender 3**
I really can't imagine owning a 3D printer and not learning even basic CAD
Not trying to peddle my designs, but if you like fun mechanical designs, there's a whole series of printed in place locks on Cults 3d...
3d printing and synths? Man, it seems we have the same hobbies
Yeah, expensive ones! 😂😭
@MakersMuse as an owner of 10 little beauties, 5 midi controllers, and 2 3d printers... I can totally agree 😓
At least one of us is making videos and some money of it 😉
As always, great job! ❤️
Thank you elliot 😂
If i close my eyes, i can ear elliot ❤
great video as always ❤👍
You modeled that in 10 minutes? Jesus. I'd probably take ten times that long, at least.
Yo, I got the clearance castle and it printed great. It was awesome trying to figure out the thread pattern. Can I upgrade the board in my base ender 3 and use a sonic pad?
ngl i kinda got bored of printing after i did some big projects but only because of the time and how much i had to mess around with the settings and the printer to print stuff right. but now i have a bambu A1 coming and i cannot wait to be able to toss stuff onto it and not need to manually adjust or check everything, that and my ender is an OLD one and im sure the A1 is vastly superior so ill also get better quality prints faster.
I'm disabled and can't afford these print files... I love 3D printing and just got into it but I had no idea everyone sells so much. I'll have to learn how to model again. I used to use CAD in high school but that was long ago lol. I'm glad that 3D printers have become affordable but I feel youtube should make content creators place the AD tag in their video if they're trying to sell you something.
I've got a whole playlist to get you started in Fusion, they have a free license so you should be able to use it to make all kinds of things :) th-cam.com/play/PLTCCNNvHC8PC40tcEqaJcgUMb97LNkLIn.html
@@MakersMuse Thank you but I still feel youtube should require people to mark these as an ad as you're just making the video to sell us a product, just like ads on youtube. It's fair that you sell stuff, you gotta make money somehow.
What was that lovely old engineering book?
"The Engineers' Illustrated Thesaurus"
I must be really dense in trying to learn how to CAD. I have watched so many videos here from yours to other 3D Printing TH-camrs and I can't even figure out how to put a hole in a shape. The same goes for my 20+ years effort to try to learn C++. Can't even understand the basic "Hello World" code. I can put together a PC in my sleep yet can't understand how to put a hole in a shape in CAD. LOL.
a screw fell out of drywall the other day. Needed a drywall screw anchor, Took me longer than I'd want to admit that i remembered I had a 3d printer. Problem solved!
SUPER! Myślałem, że tylko ja jestem już znudzony drukiem 3D.
Wypaliły mi się pomysły, nastał marazm....To jednak zdarza się innym.
I just got my first 3d printer in an effort to improve my cad skill. Any recommendations on where to start outside of printing calibration test pieces? I use Inventor Professional and am hoping I wont need to get another program lol
Inventor will work great! Just export your designs as .stl or .3mf and use the slicing program provided with your printer
@@MakersMuse awesome! Thanks for replying! :) ill be watching a lot more of your content
Not sure if this is what you're asking but when I want to practice my CAD skills, I just replicate the shapes of things around me. The variety of shapes makes for great practice. There is also a wide range in difficulty. Some things like a comb can be easy and quick to model where as other things like a pringle will be harder.
Knowing which filament to choose is difficult for me to pick for certain types of prints is important to know.
Are those door latches for your cats?
I had to put latches to hold the door open on my doors because my cat liked to play behind the doors and I’d come home from work to find him very upset because he had closed the door and trapped himself in a bedroom all day! I tried some like those but finally had to go to metal industrial style ones that were adjustable to take a lot of force to unlatch because my stupid cat seemed to take it as a challenge to get the door unlatched! If it moved even a tiny bit he’d work at it till he forced it to unlatch!
Hey Angus, what’s the name of that book? Thank you.
the engineers illustrated thesaurus
@@najgel3732 Thanks amigo 👍
All great ideas indeed
Yeah there's some stuff I need to print that's practical instead of cosplay oriented.
Cosplay is still useful and a great hobby! Some of the designs I've seen made are incredibly complex.
It seems silly to use a printer to just churn out storage stuff. Yet it is one of the greatest things to use a printer for. As it can save decent money and scale extremely well.
I own a legion of electronics components, but buying storage for that is expensive and a hassle. Now i am designing my own tray system with drawers that can hold components/SMD-boxes that would cost a fraction of the price of a professional system, which i can scale as needed for any kind of area. Even exploring the idea of integrating some little magnets in the corners so the drawers anchor themselves to the cabinet a little for easier handling of the entire system without everything flying out.
After that. Off to design parts for my big projects. One being Animatronic in nature, the other more like an attempt at toy-making.
Great video! May I ask which is the book you showed at 3:59?
+1
the engineers illustrated thesaurus