I run a 10 printer garden if you will, most points listed work well. We keep the filament in gallon Ziploc bags with a drying packet. Keep them on the shelf and arms reach is a good point. I find keeping your print farm printers the same brand and electronics saves a lot of time. We use repetier server software through a USB hub to control the printers it’s a timesaver because there’s a gcode database for each printer if you offer multiple types of products like we do with multiple colors. If I had 100 printers I would do things a little differently maintenance wise but with only 10 you get to know the machines really well. Go get them!
I also run a print based business, and a lot of this is great advice. Here are a few more points. The point of a business is to make money... Crazy right. This means you should never overspend. Quality is king in manufacturing, and printing faster can be solved by adding more printers not speeding up prints, and getting lesser quality. You don't need $1000+ Prusas but you also don't want bed spring based garbage like the ender printers. I use Sovol SV06 for all my printer. Store filiment in bags with desiccant or in a closet with a dehumidifier, and most print issues are gone. Wipe down print beads with 90% iso and have fun.
Again, good stuff here. I completely agree with you on time. In my journey running a 3d printing business I started out as an innovative CEO. 6 months later I was full time 3d printer maintenance technician. I felt stuck and was very frustrated for many months because it just felt like another "job" again. I later hired two people to run and maintain my printers for me and I got my time back. I'm right with you man, my time is valuable and I'd rather be bringing new product ideas to market then putting on that hat and maintaining my printers.
Hiring people is the only way when demand skyrockets. and i agreed that time is better invested to make/design new products. You have some niche machinery in your shop! kudos!
Hey great video! As a counter point to not buying ‘different’ printers, I’d say if time and money allows try out a different brand once in a while. I started buying Ender 3’s because it’s what I know and started scaling with that. But I did order and try out a Prusa Mini, which has been working harder and more reliably than the Enders. For what we’re doing it’s gonna be better going forward, so we are starting to scale using those now instead. But I agree, find what works and THEN scale.
Absolutely! using spare cash for a "test printer" is a way to assess if it can be added to the farm. if not, just sell it. if it proves worthy, then you can start scaling with that one. what are you doing with the enders? keeping them or selling them?
@@3DPrintingForMoney we considered selling them, but they are so cheap that I wouldn’t get much back. I figured it’d be better to keep them nearby in case we get a sudden flood of orders or whatever. Plus they are here for the kids to print things, etc.
Point one is good, also that if you know your printers a Prusa isn't better than an ender3, if you know how to quickly repair them or tune them they can make reliable machines, i have three Ender3, a CR10, CR10S, elegoo Mars, Anycubic Mono X and am building my own 1 meter by 500mm printer. And the the Materials, it just isn't worth it saving 1-5€ on cheap filament, i print with Fillamentum ASA and calculate the relatively higher price into the selling price. Only thing I'm missing is dual color printing because i change colors, but right now still do it manually
@@3DPrintingForMoney just starting into the high quantity printing, with few printers the upkeep is crazy, but from another printerfarm video i learned one thing i wont forget, each printer has its kinks, even if identical with others, both ender3 have the same board, nozzle, extruder, one prints great, one prints 90%, just something for anyone to keep in mind
Great content! Really appreciate you putting this together. Super interesting business and I love that you went into details on how you run your own system
How much do you charge for license checks before a print sale? Where do you advise people to upload and license? What site do you use for thing license ownership sales? How much does a ownership sale cost? Any legit farm knows this.
This is my plan and I want to hear your thoughts on it. Due to my situation I have an ender 3 that I've toyed with to learn about 3d printing in general (it's the original one and I got it at the end of november so it's been a ride). I am being gifted the vypber from anycubic sometime in Febuarary. I plan on using the vyper as my actual printing device, use my ender 3 as around the house printing and of course experimenting/backup in case one of the vypers fail or something. I do intend to get reliable prints from the vyper before I even consider selling. If I make enough I will of course get into the resin printers just to have a different angle, but I will of course find a good one and play with it until I understand it well before I do that. I am aware of the dangers and proper disposal of the resin stuff so I'm not risking much on that front.
for my remote software setup I have a camera I can view from anywhere and an apc smart home outlet thing. If I see something wrong I can just turn it off remotely. Due to the situation in my house I don't really have to worry about fires and stuff because I almost always have someone home, and they are cool with keeping an eye on it.
i’m 17 and got my first printer when i was 13 and since then i’ve been trying to build a business but i cant find a way to be able to have enough orders to build a farm. most models people sell are copyrighted and i dont wanna go down that path. any tips? it’s my dream to build my own business and i feel like i’m going nowhere. i was thinking of branching off and designing my own printer so does anyone have any tech they wanna see added to 3d printing?
yeah i was stuck in a similar situation when i started. Things changed when I started to print stuff people wanted. a skill that pays huge dividends in the future is knowing how to design parts. if you are able to design your own products, you don't need to print items covered by IP. Printing random things yields random results. identify a want and develop a hard-proof product. Will designing your own printer bring you more sales?
I'm just starting out. I feel ya. So, I'm designing my own stuff. Look at what others are selling and design your own. Good artists copy, great artists steal.
Great video! Was that a Voron afterburner print head? I am finishing my first Voron 1.8...I totally agree with the one Printer type configuration....I have mostly ender 3's but I am testing the Voron 1.8 style printers I am not a big fan of these I3 style setups for large prints...great channel thanks for the video...
Thanks man! The afterburner is an awesome design, the ones in the video are an iteration of the Banta mount, modified for direct drive applications. Voron is becoming a very reliable printer platform, but the price of an ender 3 is hard to beat!
@@3DPrintingForMoney Yeah I am running these for my farm I have a Voron 2.4 and a Customized Ender 6 with Klipper and linear rails as well but from my experience with an expensive Craftbot 3 back in the day which was a $3k piece of garbage these are 100x better
Lovely video really summed it up!! For softwares are there any professional softwares really reliable, i tried octoprint but it's not the level that we won't
Octoprint has its limitations, like all free software...above 50+ machines i suggest to operate with a custom built sw. i will make a video in the future comparing different sw for operating a 3d printer farm.
If this is still relevant to you, you can check out a software that supports as many printers as you want. It's called SimplyPrint. There are other great softwares as well like astroprint and spaghettidetective. Hope this information is useful If interested, I would like to show you around the SimplyPrint software so you can compare all options? If any questions you can reach me both here and at following Email: Christoffer@simplyprint.io
Great content! Been thinking about making this kind of business, but don't want to be stuck inside having to watch while all the orders finish. Do you talk about automation in your ebook ? I would expect that early on, yes, I would be stuck inside but later on I can automate it by hiring someone to watch it for me throughout the day
Appreciate the feedback! Automation in the 3d printing world is in its early stages. There are some pre-packaged solutions, but as always it depends on the product and the market: they could not be the best for your specific case. I don't really watch my printers. I send print jobs remotely and collect them once finished. During peak season or batch printing I hire someone to deal with the manufacturing/packaging/shipping procedures. Keep an eye out for belt printers. They still have huge problems, but once solved, they will be war machines for production.
Hard to say, there are so many for very different needs! i suggest you to give a look to this video th-cam.com/video/MI8v4Rd-TVg/w-d-xo.html so you can assess which one is the best for you!
@@3DPrintingForMoney Thanks...great printer.....just set up an Ender 3 Pro with continuous printing for my first big order...looking forward to more videos.
Pitty all webites busines services went down over 12 months ago and are yet to resume. Nobody can buy nor sell any 3d print license. In short you cant sell your own business. Poor newbs inventing and uploading but cant sell out.
I run a 10 printer garden if you will, most points listed work well. We keep the filament in gallon Ziploc bags with a drying packet. Keep them on the shelf and arms reach is a good point. I find keeping your print farm printers the same brand and electronics saves a lot of time. We use repetier server software through a USB hub to control the printers it’s a timesaver because there’s a gcode database for each printer if you offer multiple types of products like we do with multiple colors. If I had 100 printers I would do things a little differently maintenance wise but with only 10 you get to know the machines really well. Go get them!
I also run a print based business, and a lot of this is great advice. Here are a few more points. The point of a business is to make money... Crazy right. This means you should never overspend. Quality is king in manufacturing, and printing faster can be solved by adding more printers not speeding up prints, and getting lesser quality. You don't need $1000+ Prusas but you also don't want bed spring based garbage like the ender printers. I use Sovol SV06 for all my printer. Store filiment in bags with desiccant or in a closet with a dehumidifier, and most print issues are gone. Wipe down print beads with 90% iso and have fun.
Again, good stuff here. I completely agree with you on time. In my journey running a 3d printing business I started out as an innovative CEO. 6 months later I was full time 3d printer maintenance technician. I felt stuck and was very frustrated for many months because it just felt like another "job" again. I later hired two people to run and maintain my printers for me and I got my time back. I'm right with you man, my time is valuable and I'd rather be bringing new product ideas to market then putting on that hat and maintaining my printers.
Hiring people is the only way when demand skyrockets. and i agreed that time is better invested to make/design new products. You have some niche machinery in your shop! kudos!
Hey great video!
As a counter point to not buying ‘different’ printers, I’d say if time and money allows try out a different brand once in a while. I started buying Ender 3’s because it’s what I know and started scaling with that. But I did order and try out a Prusa Mini, which has been working harder and more reliably than the Enders. For what we’re doing it’s gonna be better going forward, so we are starting to scale using those now instead.
But I agree, find what works and THEN scale.
Absolutely! using spare cash for a "test printer" is a way to assess if it can be added to the farm. if not, just sell it. if it proves worthy, then you can start scaling with that one. what are you doing with the enders? keeping them or selling them?
@@3DPrintingForMoney we considered selling them, but they are so cheap that I wouldn’t get much back. I figured it’d be better to keep them nearby in case we get a sudden flood of orders or whatever. Plus they are here for the kids to print things, etc.
good decision!
I completely agree with value of time with self vs. machine.
Yeah! Like all machinery they can pirate your time very quickly!
Point one is good, also that if you know your printers a Prusa isn't better than an ender3, if you know how to quickly repair them or tune them they can make reliable machines, i have three Ender3, a CR10, CR10S, elegoo Mars, Anycubic Mono X and am building my own 1 meter by 500mm printer. And the the Materials, it just isn't worth it saving 1-5€ on cheap filament, i print with Fillamentum ASA and calculate the relatively higher price into the selling price. Only thing I'm missing is dual color printing because i change colors, but right now still do it manually
Seems you are keeping up well! Awesome!
@@3DPrintingForMoney just starting into the high quantity printing, with few printers the upkeep is crazy, but from another printerfarm video i learned one thing i wont forget, each printer has its kinks, even if identical with others, both ender3 have the same board, nozzle, extruder, one prints great, one prints 90%, just something for anyone to keep in mind
Great content! Really appreciate you putting this together. Super interesting business and I love that you went into details on how you run your own system
Thanks for the feedback, here to help! I'll post more videos on the topic this month.
How much do you charge for license checks before a print sale?
Where do you advise people to upload and license?
What site do you use for thing license ownership sales?
How much does a ownership sale cost?
Any legit farm knows this.
This is my plan and I want to hear your thoughts on it. Due to my situation I have an ender 3 that I've toyed with to learn about 3d printing in general (it's the original one and I got it at the end of november so it's been a ride). I am being gifted the vypber from anycubic sometime in Febuarary. I plan on using the vyper as my actual printing device, use my ender 3 as around the house printing and of course experimenting/backup in case one of the vypers fail or something. I do intend to get reliable prints from the vyper before I even consider selling. If I make enough I will of course get into the resin printers just to have a different angle, but I will of course find a good one and play with it until I understand it well before I do that. I am aware of the dangers and proper disposal of the resin stuff so I'm not risking much on that front.
Also I know life will interfere with this plan at some point so I have backups in case this fails.
for my remote software setup I have a camera I can view from anywhere and an apc smart home outlet thing. If I see something wrong I can just turn it off remotely. Due to the situation in my house I don't really have to worry about fires and stuff because I almost always have someone home, and they are cool with keeping an eye on it.
Looking to start my own farm and this video is super helpful! You got another subscriber here. Now I gotta watch all your other videos.
Thanks Charles, appreciate the feedback!
i’m 17 and got my first printer when i was 13 and since then i’ve been trying to build a business but i cant find a way to be able to have enough orders to build a farm. most models people sell are copyrighted and i dont wanna go down that path. any tips? it’s my dream to build my own business and i feel like i’m going nowhere. i was thinking of branching off and designing my own printer so does anyone have any tech they wanna see added to 3d printing?
yeah i was stuck in a similar situation when i started. Things changed when I started to print stuff people wanted. a skill that pays huge dividends in the future is knowing how to design parts. if you are able to design your own products, you don't need to print items covered by IP.
Printing random things yields random results. identify a want and develop a hard-proof product. Will designing your own printer bring you more sales?
I'm just starting out. I feel ya. So, I'm designing my own stuff. Look at what others are selling and design your own. Good artists copy, great artists steal.
read some books about industrial design, they have some creative techniques to come up with new products
Great video! Was that a Voron afterburner print head? I am finishing my first Voron 1.8...I totally agree with the one Printer type configuration....I have mostly ender 3's but I am testing the Voron 1.8 style printers I am not a big fan of these I3 style setups for large prints...great channel thanks for the video...
Thanks man! The afterburner is an awesome design, the ones in the video are an iteration of the Banta mount, modified for direct drive applications. Voron is becoming a very reliable printer platform, but the price of an ender 3 is hard to beat!
I think the sidewinders and geniuses are the best with very little mods
Those are viable entry level cartesian printers when starting out!
@@3DPrintingForMoney Yeah I am running these for my farm I have a Voron 2.4 and a Customized Ender 6 with Klipper and linear rails as well but from my experience with an expensive Craftbot 3 back in the day which was a $3k piece of garbage these are 100x better
I'm thinking of building 3d printer
Man-tanence !
Tante grazie!
Lovely video really summed it up!!
For softwares are there any professional softwares really reliable, i tried octoprint but it's not the level that we won't
Octoprint has its limitations, like all free software...above 50+ machines i suggest to operate with a custom built sw. i will make a video in the future comparing different sw for operating a 3d printer farm.
If this is still relevant to you, you can check out a software that supports as many printers as you want. It's called SimplyPrint.
There are other great softwares as well like astroprint and spaghettidetective. Hope this information is useful
If interested, I would like to show you around the SimplyPrint software so you can compare all options?
If any questions you can reach me both here and at following Email: Christoffer@simplyprint.io
Great content! Been thinking about making this kind of business, but don't want to be stuck inside having to watch while all the orders finish. Do you talk about automation in your ebook ? I would expect that early on, yes, I would be stuck inside but later on I can automate it by hiring someone to watch it for me throughout the day
Appreciate the feedback! Automation in the 3d printing world is in its early stages. There are some pre-packaged solutions, but as always it depends on the product and the market: they could not be the best for your specific case. I don't really watch my printers. I send print jobs remotely and collect them once finished. During peak season or batch printing I hire someone to deal with the manufacturing/packaging/shipping procedures. Keep an eye out for belt printers. They still have huge problems, but once solved, they will be war machines for production.
@@3DPrintingForMoney thanks for quick reply. Buying your ebook right now!
Thanks for the support! If you need help just dm on Instagram or Facebook!
Great vid, I'm looking to move to Russia with my wife and build a 3d printing farm. So this is very helpful.
Hi Vinnie! Appreciate it, thank you for the feedback! Let me know how your 3d printer farm goes!
This is the way. And not the way
You have spoken.
Thanks sharing bro
My duty!
Im your new fans from Malaysia 😍😍 Good vids from U
Thanks man, appreciate the feedback!
great channel
Thanks man, appreciate the feedback!
What printer u recommend
Hard to say, there are so many for very different needs! i suggest you to give a look to this video th-cam.com/video/MI8v4Rd-TVg/w-d-xo.html so you can assess which one is the best for you!
Great Video...subbed
Apprecciate man, your Voron is lit!
@@3DPrintingForMoney Thanks...great printer.....just set up an Ender 3 Pro with continuous printing for my first big order...looking forward to more videos.
Awesome! Many of us are waiting for belt printers..we will see how they handle production. Next vid will be out on Saturday!
@@3DPrintingForMoney You should show us your farm..
@@fish3dp372 absolutely! i will do a "factory tour video" in the future
how does this businessman know how to 3D printing? /s Great content jk
hahaha because my business is around 3D Printing stuff! Thanks for the feedback, appreciate it ;)
dude,if you think businessman can’t reach some knowledge for what he sell or build then you can’t have your own business.
Your intro was way too loud! 🙈 thanks for the tips tho
Sorry man, i'll tune it down a little in the next vid. If i broke your eardrums i'll 3d print you new ones! haha
Pitty all webites busines services went down over 12 months ago and are yet to resume. Nobody can buy nor sell any 3d print license.
In short you cant sell your own business. Poor newbs inventing and uploading but cant sell out.
;)