Micronics SLS nylon 3D printer makes electronic circuits

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  • A new desktop SLS nylon 3D printer can make printed electronic circuits with the addition of a powdered catalyst and electroless copper plating bath. The printer is available here: www.kickstarte...
    Applied Science video on SLA printed circuits: • Make plastic printed c...
    Favorite copper plating bath recipe:
    Heat 250ml deionized water to 60*C in a 300ml beaker, stirring at 350 RPM
    Add 2.5g CuSO4*5H2O, wait until dissolved
    Add 4.6g EDTA disodium dihydrate, wait until dissolved
    Add 0.84ml of 1% Triton-X 100 solution in water
    Dissolve 5.8g NaOH in 30ml DI water, stir until clear, then add to bath
    Add 4ml Formaldehyde (37% HCHO)
    Lower stirring to 100 RPM and begin filtration with 0.5 micron syringe filter and peristaltic pump. No intentional oxygenation or bubbling. Filter return is below surface for minimal splashing.
    I experimented a little with PEG and 2 2' Bipyridine, but didn't find them impactful enough to discuss in this video.
    LED rectenna designs:
    josepheoff.git...
    www.nrl.navy.m...
    Electroless copper references:
    www.nmfrc.org/...
    Copper chromite catalyst:
    www.sigmaaldri...
    Possibly available here: www.kremer-pig... It's been backordered for a month, so I wasn't able to test it.
    Open Sauce 2024:
    opensauce.com/
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  • @MCFalkenstein
    @MCFalkenstein 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +76

    Did you see strange parts video about this 3d printer? what is your experience? he had a lot of trouble and in the end said he does not think this printer should be sold as soon as the company wants (iirc)

    • @AppliedScience
      @AppliedScience  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +259

      I just watched it. I can honestly say that I've never had an auger jam, never had any problems with the sd card, and the only time a print failed is when i added 10% chromite catalyst, to test the limits. I've printed a total of 6000 layers and used almost 10 liters of nylon powder. The 3d-printed sifting tub and related parts are not strong enough to be shipped in the final product, and i told Micronics this. I generally don't make product review videos, but i also didn't feel the need to talk about the printer since it just worked so uneventfully. I don't doubt Scotty had problems with his printer, and I think this uncovers a different problem: Micronics should have just sent him another build chamber after hearing about the auger problem. They could have assumed it was damaged in shipping, and given Scotty a fresh second chance with a thoroughly tested replacement. Micronics is a very young company (bootstrapped, not venture backed), and are going to be learning the ins and outs of customer service and product development. They are also a very small company, and do all of the manufacturing domestically in their own shop, which is quite unusual for a product like this. I admit that I want them to succeed because I like their story and the printer, but do not have a financial stake. Overall, i think Scotty just got a lemon since these units are handbuilt, and further problems could have been avoided with more insight into customer service.

    • @jksjrgfpsjgr
      @jksjrgfpsjgr 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

      to be fair, its the EXACT product kickstarter was made for.

    • @RowanHawkins
      @RowanHawkins 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      ​​@@jksjrgfpsjgrKickstarter wants a slice though, and not sure if the contract requires you to sell exclusively through them for the project brought to market that way. This company may have felt going that route compromised some core company value. Maybe they feel they want to get the product deficiencies ironed out before kick-starting it. There just is no way to know for sure. People make decisions for all sorts of reasons. So without knowing those reasons it's not fair to say that they should do it the way you would do it

    • @jksjrgfpsjgr
      @jksjrgfpsjgr 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      @@RowanHawkins why even comment if you dont even know how kickstarter works??? ffs...

    • @BrownMInc
      @BrownMInc 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Was the video removed?

  • @citruscollins
    @citruscollins 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +773

    Ben, I can’t express how much I appreciate you *not* trying to sell me AG1 or Nord VPN.
    Your passion and integrity does not go unnoticed. Than you!

    • @snowballeffect7812
      @snowballeffect7812 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +61

      He does have a patreon and it's definitely worth supporting him, imo. selling ads is simple a means of survival in capitalist economies.

    • @voltare2amstereo
      @voltare2amstereo 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      The SLS printer is a kick starter, iota an ad not ad

    • @Chiberia
      @Chiberia 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      g-g-g-GAMER SUCKS

    • @garytill
      @garytill 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@voltare2amstereo At least its an actually interesting product, that actually works and isn't complete vaporware like most of kickstarter these days. Thats good to see. the printer itself has a way to go before its completely ready, but its a lot further along in development than I though when I first saw their prototype.

    • @chopper3lw
      @chopper3lw 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Oh come on! Who doesn't want some ground up athletic greens in their sintering?

  • @funnymyth8854
    @funnymyth8854 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +373

    So awesome. Incorporating the pulse laser into the printing process for activation per layer is such a fantastic idea.

    • @helgew9008
      @helgew9008 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      It would probably have been patentable.

    • @hollt693
      @hollt693 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      ​@@helgew9008Heck, if Ben gets it up and running, hawks everywhere will be rushing to patent it and sue him for infringement! 🙃

    • @zsigmondkara
      @zsigmondkara 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      He probably shouldn't have talked about it until having a prototype. He may be patented out of his own idea.

    • @helgew9008
      @helgew9008 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +52

      @@zsigmondkara I think the patent rules require that there no "prior art" published. By publishing this video, Ben is making the idea un-patentable, which ensures that everyone can take advantage of the idea should it turn out to be useful.

    • @NeilSearle
      @NeilSearle 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      @@helgew9008 US patent law 35 U.S.C. Section 102 has a requirement for novelty ie the invention must not already been known to the public (prior art). However there are exceptions, it appears the inventor essentially has a one year grace period to file for a patent. Ben should be able file this if he wished but I reckon he would rather have it available to everyone.

  • @ferriswhitehouse1476
    @ferriswhitehouse1476 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +131

    Dude holy shit. I spent like 6 months trying to come up with an electroless copper recipe because I encountered the same issues of non-specificity on all the information and eventually gave up after smashing my head against the wall with so many failures. You are my hero for posting this. I cant wait to give it a go again. Thank you thank you thank you!

    • @skypatrol716
      @skypatrol716 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Considering that the copper chromite needs to be activated by an pulsed laser, I'm not sure this would work for a dipped part. Unless I missed something?

    • @ferriswhitehouse1476
      @ferriswhitehouse1476 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@skypatrol716 My application will use a different catalyst, nothing to do with circuit boards or laser sintered parts. I was just struggling with making a general electroless copper bath for doing a proof of concept experiment. My understanding is that he wants his catalyst to be inactive, until it gets hit with the laser pulses so that you don't end up with catalyst all over the part plating copper everywhere.

    • @skypatrol716
      @skypatrol716 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@ferriswhitehouse1476 Oh, I understand now. If I'm not wrong I believe Platinum is used as the catalyst in dipped parts. Or is it Palladian 😂

    • @ferriswhitehouse1476
      @ferriswhitehouse1476 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@skypatrol716 I believe its palladium, but I don't know much other than that :)

    • @skypatrol716
      @skypatrol716 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@ferriswhitehouse1476 Well good luck and I wish you success.

  • @JonPMeyer
    @JonPMeyer 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +223

    Focusing a laser projector "by ear"!? That would certainly not have occurred to me, but it makes good sense once you explain it!

    • @dalleth
      @dalleth 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      Surprising, yes. But those of us with galvo lasers do this all the time. Solid way to get you 95%'ish there.

    • @ronnetgrazer362
      @ronnetgrazer362 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Seems like a cheap auto focus method, with some signal conditioning.

    • @AmericanMaking
      @AmericanMaking 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      I thought only meth users could hear light. Guess I was wrong. Lol

    • @NScherdin
      @NScherdin 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@AmericanMaking LSD also lets you hear light. And see sound. :)

    • @mduckernz
      @mduckernz 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@NScherdin Tasting texture was my thing, haha. Smooth is sweet, velvet is citrusy, rough is bitter

  • @mikeselectricstuff
    @mikeselectricstuff 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +199

    See you at Open Sauce - been a long time!

    • @Erhannis
      @Erhannis 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Ditto!

    • @DeathbyKillerBong
      @DeathbyKillerBong 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      getting from here to there but my time is finally near

    • @AppliedScience
      @AppliedScience  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      Glad you can make it! See you there!

    • @jcthe2nd
      @jcthe2nd 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Perfect for your type of work my friend Love your videos mate

    • @gotj
      @gotj 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@AppliedScience The two geekiest TH-cam geeks, in the same place, at the same time? Blimey!

  • @Beregorn88
    @Beregorn88 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +52

    A couple of points about the dichroic mirror to make your life easier:
    -reflect the shorter wavelength and transmit the longer one (this should be already the default for your set-up)
    -if possible (or economically viable), try to find a 1064 Nd:YAG laser for the activation: it will be hard to find a mirror able to split 447nm from 532nm(I guess that's your green laser) and sustain the two lasers power. Most of the dichroic mirrors on the market are designed for fluorescent microscopy.
    -if possible, use polarised light: p for the one to be reflected, s for the one to be transmitted
    -remember to add an antireflective coating on the back of the mirror, or you will start carving the side of your printer
    Lastly, a plate mirror may introduce beam deviations and a tilt in the focal plane of the activation laser; on the other hand, a cube beamsplitter may interfere with the calibration of the printer laset.

  • @mikeselectricstuff
    @mikeselectricstuff 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +135

    3d printing metal inside structures could be interesting for making weird antennas

    • @ulwur
      @ulwur 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Home made multilayer pcb:s !!

    • @nirodper
      @nirodper 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@ulwur would be very cool but can't plate the inside layers :(

    • @johnperkin3029
      @johnperkin3029 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Very custom battery packs.

    • @Muny
      @Muny 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Check out the antenna that comes on TI's AWR2544LOPEVM

    • @markthompson5983
      @markthompson5983 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@nirodper Why not? SLS printed parts are porous.

  • @HuygensOptics
    @HuygensOptics 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

    Nice! As for printing on 3D surfaces, you might want to look into "aerosol jet printing". This allows the printing on any kind of curved surface with fairly high resolution. BTW, the printing of internal conductive traces is well known in ceramic part manufacture where they generally use silver/ceramic mixtures to create the conductive traces. These parts are then sintered in vacuum. Using this method you can even print passive parts like inductors, resistors and capacitors inside the ceramic.

    • @yagobueno2785
      @yagobueno2785 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That's I was thinking about it, using the process that he suggested, you could basically print capacitors.

  • @Rushil69420
    @Rushil69420 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +133

    Did not expect this channel to be a part of this Micronics embargo that flooded my feed today but couldn’t be more grateful

    • @Defeshh
      @Defeshh 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      lmao same

    • @Ismsanmar
      @Ismsanmar 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The only one that I'm gonna see, because I know for sure that it's gonna be the best of all.
      I wish I could ban all the Linux channels from my feed to not see his and his team disgusting faces.

    • @Rushil69420
      @Rushil69420 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@Ismsanmar actually I think Strange Parts’ second channel (Stranger Parts) had the best video on this machine, as far as actual product reviews go, of the 4-5 I ended up watching lol. I think this video is as much about the actual project as it is about the machine used to make it.

    • @Wassermelonenbaum
      @Wassermelonenbaum 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@IsmsanmarWell, its been the least about this product so far... watch any of the other ones and youll see there is a loooot more to this whole thing

  • @jeremyjedynak
    @jeremyjedynak 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +66

    It would definitely be cool to see a video specifically proving the idea of printing traces in areas that later aren't optically accessible.

    • @leobla744
      @leobla744 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      but the "wires" runing thgroug the part would need to be tubes that need to have the loose material removed, so the copper can "collect" there

    • @clonkex
      @clonkex 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@leobla744 Why tubes? They could be any shape, theoretically.

    • @danielkruyt9475
      @danielkruyt9475 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      @@clonkex The traces at the very least have to run along the inside of some topological hole (e,g, tube) in the printed shape which is connected to the volume of plating fluid. Can't expect to make traces anywhere the fluid can't reach.

    • @heroslippy6666
      @heroslippy6666 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@danielkruyt9475 Could we make the parts porous? The chemical bath would be an all day process as a result, but it could work.

    • @danielkruyt9475
      @danielkruyt9475 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@heroslippy6666 My initial thought about the porous concept is, how do you clean off the dust? Ben mentions it as quite a critical step.

  • @sumguysr
    @sumguysr 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

    This could make some great RF metamaterials.

    • @simontillson482
      @simontillson482 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Yep. Energy harvesting antenna arrays would be a cool application.

    • @Leadvest
      @Leadvest 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Time for someone to start making ebay grade RF spectroscopes in their garage.

  • @eph_kni
    @eph_kni 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +48

    Hey Ben! Glad to see youre still making videos!

  • @bartekwapuski6651
    @bartekwapuski6651 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    I was working on 3D printed electronics in my phd. At the begining I had similar idea that you presented in 16:20, but my problem was achieving copper in the whole sintered layer. Finally I ended up with FDM and precision dispensing with laser curing of MOD ink, which composition I developed myself.

  • @proluxelectronics7419
    @proluxelectronics7419 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    I used to run a Shipley 3000 PTH line, and we were adding a 500-1000ml of formaldehyde to the electroless (150 litre) bath every 3-4 hours to keep the plating thickness uniform throughout a production day.

    • @KallePihlajasaari
      @KallePihlajasaari 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you for sharing arcane lore.

  • @TimLF
    @TimLF 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +165

    A company that just sells the product instead of requiring client interrogation first is indeed rare.

    • @spankyjeffro5320
      @spankyjeffro5320 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      It's pretty telling if you don't understand why such "interrogation" is necessary for many products.

    • @HigherOrigins
      @HigherOrigins 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

      "I'm a mad scientist and my money is green" should be an acceptable answer when queried by a sales rep. Also acceptable are "because I think it's neat" and "what are you, a cop?"

    • @lasskinn474
      @lasskinn474 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@spankyjeffro5320 it's pretty telling if you don't understand that "ask for pricing" flexes based on how much your organization appears to have money.
      sure you can wrap it around as being necessary for knowing what the support costs will be and if the client understands how much running the device will cost and so forth, but ultimately it really is just about gauging how much their tender offer could have on it, relatedly you should make them and someone else compete for the contract, not act like you NEED their product because you know what happens with the pricing then..

    • @Mr_ToR
      @Mr_ToR 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@HigherOriginsThe issue is that companies producing such specific devices can produce only so many devices. They have to consider for weirdos buying due to it being neat and doing nothing significant with it. Logically they want to sell to customers who would make an impact so more people would want the device which might result in more adoption which would result in more production etc. Our Ben Krasnow here is a person who such a company would just send the device to without even asking money for it. Unfortunately this approach applies to every aspect of limited availability "thing" such as specific schools or specific products etc. If you're a genius, the school would be like "please come for free, we'll give you the best room" etc. It's a limited availability issue. It's not that Ben is a genius and you're not ;-)

    • @Ismsanmar
      @Ismsanmar 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@spankyjeffro5320 Poor poor corpo.... Are you crying? Why do you cry?

  • @UpLateGeek
    @UpLateGeek 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Dude, if you could patent that idea of using a dichroic mirror to activate the catalyst as it prints, I bet you'd make a small fortune! You'd be a thousandaire in no time!

    • @optikon2222
      @optikon2222 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      now that the information is public domain, no chance of a patent.

  • @naibaf710
    @naibaf710 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Was a pleasure meeting you at OpenSauce. Your approach to reproducing and improving these science and engineering results is second to none.

  • @LtJerryRigg
    @LtJerryRigg 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    This is fascinating. I like how you blend technologies in novel ways

  • @friskydingo5370
    @friskydingo5370 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Home-made laser lithography is highly impressive. 👍

  • @HigherOrigins
    @HigherOrigins 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    With that fancy dual laser setup you can even print the pads and stuff for components recessed, so you can more easily locate them for easier soldering, and also more easily pot everything in place to have a totally flat PCB with multiple planar layers, basically inlaying SMC's, really good for vibration damping because your whole board is monolithic.

  • @StepDub
    @StepDub 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    I was a chrome plater. No one will help you learn. If you read the published manuals they just describe the process, little else. We carry our secrets to the grave. Congratulations, you are now one of us.

    • @thesquirrel082190
      @thesquirrel082190 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      knowledge is for the people

  • @BrainSlugs83
    @BrainSlugs83 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    If you could 3D print the traces layer by layer, you could make your own tranformers to any ratio, and even motors. You don't actually need permenant magnets for motors, you can absolutely use electromagnets for stator and rotor, it results in a really powerful motor actually...

    • @kenmercer2721
      @kenmercer2721 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      He's not printing the layers, just an activating surface which copper plates to. So where copper is wanted fluid must have access. Impressive all the same.

    • @BrainSlugs83
      @BrainSlugs83 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@kenmercer2721 He said himself he could activate it layer by layer towards the end which surprised me. I assume he's just putting a hollow cavity though, either way, it could still work. We print motor windings on transformers on 2D PCBs today anyway, think of what you could do with 5 or 6 of those with just some cavities so that the doping could still work.

  • @bslayerw
    @bslayerw 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow, I just watched a really helpful video about transistor switching circuits from 11 years ago. I was curious if you're still around, and I'm glad you are!

  • @Scrogan
    @Scrogan 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Sounds incredible. I bet microwave engineers would love the ability to put conductive surfaces arbitrarily throughout 3D space, feels like another metamaterials video is just around the corner.

  • @jonathanberman681
    @jonathanberman681 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I've tried to find a working electroless copper plating solution recipe before without like. Tried this today and I accidentally copper costed my thermocouple! I'm excited to have a working solution

  • @richardjones38
    @richardjones38 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    As usual, what Ben manages to achieve is amazing. These Micronics SLS printers look like they'll turn into a very good product, but I'd have been impressed if the video was just that he'd worked out DIY electroless copper plating, as someone who has wished he could do it before now. A more detailed video showing exactly how to do DIY electroless copper plating would be very nice! The fact that before anyone even has a Micronics SLS printer via the Kickstarter, Ben has already worked out how to hack one to make it print 3d circuit boards within prints is awesome.

  • @dirkwalther2354
    @dirkwalther2354 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Ganz herzlichen Dank, dass Sie nach langer Zeit wieder ein neues Video gemacht haben! :) Mit "SLS" hatte ich schon vor weit über 20 Jahren beruflich zu tun, dabei habe ich mich etwas in den "3D-Druck" verliebt. :) Die im Video vorgestellte Technologie ist sehr interessant!
    Beste Grüße aus Deutschland :)

  • @additivealex4566
    @additivealex4566 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The brief tangent about chat GPT is something I've encountered before from asking language models questions about my projects. Even if I know pretty well what I'm doing, the way you can get it to break down and explain individual steps and their purpose has helped me learn new things that weren't immediately apparent on numerous occasions.
    great video as always!

  • @Padyatra
    @Padyatra 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    YT is weirdly interesting place. Not sure how did I ended up here, because this is not really field of my interests, but I found it fascinating. Not just the scientific part of it, but also the passion and creativity. People really have extremely wide range of hobbies. :)

  • @chasevogt2090
    @chasevogt2090 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Dude that bit at the end is mind blowing

  • @drhxa
    @drhxa 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Amazing Ben! Exciting work! Thanks for sharing

  • @CraigHollabaugh
    @CraigHollabaugh 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is why I'm a Patreon supporter. Thanks!

  • @RainOrigami
    @RainOrigami 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I feel like the failure rate will be astronomical if they are used in a structural way. A big advantage of having a separate PCB is the mechanical de-coupling from the structure so that stresses do not affect the traces as much.

    • @heroslippy6666
      @heroslippy6666 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You could mechanically decouple in this scenario too.I don't know if its possible to do print in place joints with SLS but you can make separate parts that snap together in some way.

  • @noodleinspace
    @noodleinspace 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Yes! 3d-printed parts with embedded circuits is something I have been dreaming about since I started my EE in undergad (over 10 years ago). The ability to 3d print some mechanical structure with circuits designed into the part opens up so many possibilities in robototics - which is what first got me thinking on this topic - but I bet there are a lot of applications that haven't even been dreamt of yet. Thank you so much for you content! I love your videos.

  • @a_bar8579
    @a_bar8579 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    All this with individual effort and an enlightened mind. You are amazing

  • @torridice
    @torridice 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This sounds amazing. Circuits inside a 3D printed part! I could see so many uses for that.

  • @removechan10298
    @removechan10298 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    ANOTHER APPLIED SCIENCE VIDEO!
    YES! THANK YOU!

  • @joeofloath
    @joeofloath 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    With regards to your final point about "who would want to use this", I work in testing in consumer product R&D and the ability to integrate sensors, control, and wiring directly into the weird 3D printed jigs and prototypes I'm provided by various project teams would be a game changer. At the very least it would cut down on the wire and kapton spaghetti that everything seems to turn into the moment you start to assemble it.

  • @diecyde
    @diecyde 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    An cool idea with the integrated pulsed laser inside the Micronics would be to do multilayer boards.
    You could make hollow "arteries" to pump the copper liquid through for the copper deposit on the activated layer.
    This project is so cool!

  • @MrMartinSchou
    @MrMartinSchou 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    That dichroic mirror idea sounds AWESOME!
    Think of it as the Bambu Lab Automatic Material System - an add-on that will improve the capabilities of your printer. It'd need software support, but that could be a really awesome, albeit niche, addition to the printer, and move it into a realm that no-one else has gone.

  • @ГуглГовно-м7н
    @ГуглГовно-м7н 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    That 3D printer augmentation idea sounds extremely cool. I hope you can make this work.

  • @anconaesselmann
    @anconaesselmann 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Another amazing video project-writeup. Thank you so much. I genuinely get very excited whenever I see your channel has a new upload.

  • @Wheezs
    @Wheezs 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This is a crazy cool technique that basically lets you do dual density parts and create electrical paths between them for creating wearables it basically means that you have a 3D printer but double and I think that's going to create some really interesting part

  • @OnnieKoski
    @OnnieKoski 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Being able to print circuits through the body of a solid object could revolutionize circuit design.

  • @ArticIceWolf
    @ArticIceWolf 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Glad to see you posting videos again. I missed learning new things and trying projects.

  • @bfayer
    @bfayer 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love how it solves the focal plane issue AND opens up the capability to print through. Brilliant, thanks for sharing!

  • @paualdinicola
    @paualdinicola 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Yes! Always a good day when you post bro!

  • @MichaelBlock-sv8yr
    @MichaelBlock-sv8yr 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Bless you... it had been so long I saw suffering withdrawal.
    Thank you for being.

  • @aplavins
    @aplavins 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This idea of printing the circuitry within the structural parts was one of the fundamental ideas behind a 100% reprap machine, or a Von Neumann device. I'm very interested to see more.

  • @your_utube
    @your_utube 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm just interested in science in general and find this man to be an utter hero despite the world of intellectual gatekeeping around. A genius that needs to be recognized. Thanks for amazing videos over the years!

  • @perfectlycontent64
    @perfectlycontent64 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Really enjoyed watching this. I love how you clearly identified and explained the major issues you encountered.
    One thing i didnt understand is how you can plate an internal trace even if you activate it with a pulsed laser during printing.

  • @jamiejoker118
    @jamiejoker118 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Not very often I'm truly amazed with videos this guy blown me away
    FANTASTIC WORK
    👏 👏 👏

  • @olevo1676
    @olevo1676 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I came across a similar problem of a lack of specific information when building a zinc plating setup. It's not quite as finicky but getting good information was really difficult. I have scanned through quite a lot of available studies, footnotes, took notes from YT videos etc and even stumbled across a good book from 1900 (exact year) that helped me piece together a suitable solution. Turns out that the companies (doing electroplating) guard their exact mixture of bath, current and temperature fairly closely.

    • @KallePihlajasaari
      @KallePihlajasaari 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Well done, if you are able write up your findings and share the arcane lore with humanity.

  • @Neptunium
    @Neptunium 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ah! Finally another video from Applied Science! Long time in the making ! Thank you sir!

  • @AndrewMorris-wz1vq
    @AndrewMorris-wz1vq 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love the idea of wire harness/circut as part of the structure of an object. Car and ebikes come to mind as a super useful place for this, where aero dynamic, weight, aesthetic and manufacturing constraints really limit what can be done!

  • @ss316eater
    @ss316eater 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Back in 2010 I had been messing with a bunch of .5 mm LED lights and trying to get the soldering, wires and all the parts to be small and customizable enough to meet my needs. Maybe after seeing this some of the steps you are doing will make this project doable again.

  • @tspis
    @tspis 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Dude this sounds amazing. This is the kind of enabling step that can open an exponential number of doors.

  • @ken830
    @ken830 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The Micronics SLS printer is soooo tempting, but I will wait....... yeah...

    • @alingupta2809
      @alingupta2809 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You're stronger than me - I caved

  • @Basement-Science
    @Basement-Science 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I think something like a Roomba might be a product that could make good use of a technique like this, which is normally built with a whole bunch of small pcbs all over the device which all need to be mounted and connected with wires currently. If you could just stick the traces for that to the outside case and solder sensors to it, that might actually end up cheaper at some point, saving on a lot of assembly steps and parts.

  • @OnceinaSixSide
    @OnceinaSixSide 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Incredible! Hope to see the mod you discussed at the end.

  • @TheElectronicDilettante
    @TheElectronicDilettante หลายเดือนก่อน

    Your videos are, without question, some of the best around. Regardless topic, subject, genre or target demographics.
    If you haven’t heard of this, don’t know how that would be, a nice gentleman released an open source SLS 3D printer.
    His project is called SLS4All. I thought that would be an awesome way of realizing your dichroic mirror idea without having to do a ground up design.
    I’ve been wanting to launch my channel with a project that kind of stands out and the SLS4All build is what I’m going to attempt. Because I want to see this project succeed, I hope content creators with the resources and experience, like yourself, take on the Sls4All project too. And , like I said, it would be a great way to integrate your 3D copper trace idea. Thanks for your time- Jason Burchell

  • @jacobcdefg
    @jacobcdefg 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    SO glad you're back :)

  • @ChrisB257
    @ChrisB257 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Fascinating Ben - I remember when you started your channel and it's good to see you again. I envy your tech abilities :)

  • @josecanedo007
    @josecanedo007 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    BTW, every time you release one video like this in sandy or rocky terrain, like desert, first thing I do is go and buy some cold beer, sit in the couch and enjoy your videos, nice and relaxing ❤.

  • @Error404pgNotFound
    @Error404pgNotFound 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The amount of information per minute in this video is just great, so much to digest

  • @ferencszabo3504
    @ferencszabo3504 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This project could be one of those game changer ones!

  • @10bokaj
    @10bokaj 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    legit some of the best videos on youtube!

  • @darrensworkshop6783
    @darrensworkshop6783 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    One of the very few educational channels - Advert free - Thanks Ben.

  • @kd5crw
    @kd5crw 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm subscribed with bell on and haven't seen one of your videos in months until I searched for your channel.

  • @jonidimo
    @jonidimo 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    It's incredible how patents hinder progress across all areas. In the case of 3D printers, the delay was also because there were closed patents that were renewed for decades, until the companies eventually gave up as they couldn't find a viable business model. Once those patents were released, homemade 3D printers began to emerge worldwide. I didn't know that even chemical formulas were patented ... basically, we're in a dark age where large monopolies have appropriated all knowledge and technological development.
    I had proposed developing a system of Cooperative Patents, along the lines of GPL licenses and open-source software, at a university in Argentina. But I didn't receive any support. On the internet, I saw that there's another person (Frederik Questioner) who tried to propose something similar with the Open Patent Office, but it didn't gain much traction either.
    Excellent video sharing your insights.

    • @KallePihlajasaari
      @KallePihlajasaari 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I would support the initiative. Very little from google except a LinkedIn user account.

    • @jonidimo
      @jonidimo 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@KallePihlajasaari What do you mean by 'support the initiative'? And what things couldn't you find on Google? Was it about Frederik Questioner or about my proposal?

    • @KallePihlajasaari
      @KallePihlajasaari 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jonidimo I am in favour of placing as many 'patents' as possible into the public domain. Specifically I would like to see unused patents be easier to licence or forced into the public domain. I would also like patents from companies that become insolvent or close down move into the public domain. Having a national patent pool that provides free or very cheap access to patents from any academic work or the above groups would increase the chance of small startups getting started and the more small business we have the less globalist monopolies we have. One provides resilience the other slavery.
      I think I went looking for Frederic because you mentioned him. However you are just a random userid so there is no way to find what you have been working on so no point in spending too much time guessing.

  • @Alfred-Neuman
    @Alfred-Neuman 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    OMG! YES!
    A new Applied Science video!!
    🎆🥳🎉🎆

  • @matthewjohnstone7324
    @matthewjohnstone7324 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Every new video Ben releases makes me rethink spending more time on projects. Amazing as always!

  • @byronwatkins2565
    @byronwatkins2565 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You can vary the distance between the ball lens and the collimating optic to change your focal distance. For concave surfaces make the focal distance about the same as the mean radius of curvature.

  • @michellefranklin3182
    @michellefranklin3182 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Ben, glad to see you back. You make great videos.

  • @Rinzlov
    @Rinzlov 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was hyped up to see a new video come up! I always get multiple cool ideas / pieces of info / new ways to think about stuff from your videos!

  • @das250250
    @das250250 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I think your solution for dynamic track creation is extremely worth pursuing and developing for commercial sale

  • @flomojo2u
    @flomojo2u 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Another amazing project, thanks for taking all the time to develop and document this!

  • @iteerrex8166
    @iteerrex8166 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Hey Ben, nice to hear from you 👍

  • @lelandbatey
    @lelandbatey 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wires INSIDE of a solid part is the space age future I want, can't wait to hear more!

  • @android01978
    @android01978 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That’s really cool. You could have thick solid parts with 3D printed wires going through them. I guess they would have to actually be hollow pipes for the copper solution to get to. You’d probably also have to pump the solution through while plating to get proper coverage. Would love to see how far you could push that.

  • @kagu
    @kagu 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    As an electronics engineer, I'm really looking forward to technology enabling fully 3D PCB. This will completely change the way traces are laid out and will make designing electronics so much more fun!

  • @k.bellingham8335
    @k.bellingham8335 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It's great to see you back with a new video. Whatever subject you choose is fine with me. Thanks Ben.

  • @Krmpfpks
    @Krmpfpks 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I think there is good use to print parts with electronic circuits on them. From antennas integrated into cases to miniaturization by just getting rid of a pcb entirely and integrate everything into a case.
    However, for mass production we also need a plastic that can cope with the heat of smd soldering.

  • @edwynstapel3033
    @edwynstapel3033 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I’ve truely enjoyed this super informative video!!! Learned allot and got inspired!! You rock!

  • @resipsaloquitur13
    @resipsaloquitur13 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You do some amaiz'n stuff man. Love this channel. 1st class content right here. Thanks!

  • @iamnotpresent
    @iamnotpresent 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You are amazing!!! For someone like myself, yours is the very best content on the web.

  • @beautifulsmall
    @beautifulsmall 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Super Fascinating as always. Sizzle focusing. That was some bowing with the hot air gun. 1n5711, what a great circuit. If only I was in a startup instead of an overgrown elephant of a tech company where security and H&S crush inovation this is just the channel to find those techniques that really work. Inspiring. Much appreciated Ben.

  • @TheDanyschannel
    @TheDanyschannel 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Fantastic as always Ben! I've had really bad experiences with chatgpt and technical questions (fea solver cards for example), so be careful! LLMs seen to be super confident even when they are blatantly wrong. Keep up the amazing projects!

  • @MindaugasMacijauskas
    @MindaugasMacijauskas 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Glad that you're okay! Your videos are sought-after gems for many of us here.

  • @joshuameldru4004
    @joshuameldru4004 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You Sir are impressive,
    I would recommend that you reach out to the company that gave you the tool that you’re working with in the video. I believe they would sponsor all of your needs in attempting the experimental idea you shared towards the end of the video. They as a company would find lucrative use for what you are freely sharing, still share it but have them provide everything you need in order to vet out the operational possibility and issues as you work through devising the final parts.
    Very impressive

  • @CaptainHookNumber1
    @CaptainHookNumber1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This video made want an SLS printer more than any normal review.
    I think you are on to an incredibly useful technique we will see a lot in the future especially when it comes to failure detection/prevention such as formation of cracks (or maybe even strain - at least over bigger surfaces)!
    Either as a continuity measurement or via monitoring the resistivity!

  • @maxgindt
    @maxgindt 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video, so much work going into this, you saying "see you next time. bye" is iconic!

  • @hardcorey
    @hardcorey 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It was a pleasure speaking to you at open sauce. My suggestion to explore further and achieve 3d conductive paths on a ceramic medium would be a checkmate for diy pcbs. Imagine a fully routed qfp 44 MC the size of a poker chip! Show us the way Mr. Wizard!

  • @ChicknNudleSoup
    @ChicknNudleSoup 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So cool to see you posting videos again! Your videos have always been so informative and interesting.

  • @marcmarc172
    @marcmarc172 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    These video journals somehow get better and better

  • @DadofScience
    @DadofScience 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is fascinating concept, Ben. What you're describing is a way to build structural components with inbuilt wires and circuitry, thus building parts for a robot, say, that are multifunctional. Mind blown!

  • @MrJimmyjammmy
    @MrJimmyjammmy 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It was only yesterday I was thinking we haven’t seen Ben for a while. And Today he appears. I think he’s built some kind of mind reading device.

  • @JosephCoco
    @JosephCoco 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm always impressed with curved circuit board manufacturer. I have a 900R monitor and am using a Kinesis Advantage2 keyboard. I didn't realize antennas were created in this form inside electronics though. And yeah, we all have used LLMs for something technical that seems astounding.

  • @baguazhang2
    @baguazhang2 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It's amazing to see how quickly new 3D printing technology gets into the home. By the way, I built a two-photon lithography tool from scratch that prints < 100 nm lines. 🤓

    • @KallePihlajasaari
      @KallePihlajasaari 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Please share the details with humanity if you are able. Innovation shared breeds more innovation.

    • @KentoCommenT
      @KentoCommenT 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Also interested in details.