This is EXCITING!! I just found out that I'm short-listed for Science Creator of the Year!!! 🎉 If you get a minute, you can vote here 😍 awards.rode.com/entry/vote/KKwxxMbM/NmpOAwRw?search=99da32c8ac5d371c-2 And also ... if you live in MELBOURNE, Dave & I are doing a meet-up/authors' talk at Knox Library on Sat Nov 30. It's free but spaces are limited, so jump on & rego here: www.howtocookthat.net/public_html/booking-cook-authors-talk-book-signing/ We'll have my cookbook & Dave's books available there for signing (in time for Christmas). See you there 📖😁🎄
Oh I’d love to be there. I’m in SA so I’ll miss out but if you ever come to SA I’d be there. Thanks for all the great videos, you’re my fav TH-cam creator
''I'm not an engineer''..... proceeds to source, build, troubleshoot, design and print multiple different 3D printers..... this is why we bloody love you Ann!!!!
This video blows me away. She goes from "Oh, I don't know anything about 3D printing" to modding an SV06 with incomplete instructions. And she made stop motion assembly videos. AND she used Blender for the first time and, quite frankly, nailed it.
As someone who works with 3D-printers on a regular basis I am impressed on how much you achieved starting from basically zero. If you keep working with that please be aware that brass nozzles, like you used in your final creations, may contain lead or arsenic. Ensuring food safety with DIY 3D-printers is quite a challenge. This is also one of the reasons why commercially available food printers are usually very expensive. An option for you might be stainless steel nozzles.
@@6226superhurricane yes, it would be negligible, but a stainless nozzle is cheap and food safe so why not? A lot of people are over the top when it comes to food safety certification vs actually being food safe without being certified though, I do admit.
As a "3d printing expert" and engineer, I have to say, Ann you are freaking incredible. You are already way better at this than I am at making a cake look pretty 😆 Finding a random machine online, printing it, and trying to make it work is basically nightmare mode.
I'm an industrial machinery technician and I have to say - you're saying you've never done many of these things before but your troubleshooting and repair/modification skills are literally better that some of the other technicians I work with
Sadly it seems like a lot of people have just become lazy instead of using common sense and experimenting. I know people who will literally struggle with something and I can figure it out faster by simply using the internet for tips and videos.
Kudos to you! I'm a 54 female. I just recently built my own computer from scratch. Didn't have an inkling of computer knowledge, but I figured if the youngun's can did it why couldn't I? Took me a month and I broke two components, but I'm proud to say that I am watching your video on my souped up mega gaming computer. Great job!
as a girl about to turn 20 this is so inspiring :,D I am forever in awe and inspired by other women rejecting societal norms and misogynist/ageist moronic rhetoric. especially after this week, where many americans have decided to show their true colours and intentions. i love love love women!
Ann using Blender to 3d print components for a 3d chocolate printer was not on my 2024 bingo card but I am not surprised!! Your innovation and desire to face challenges has always been so inspiring. We've come a long way since the 3d chocolate cup and saucer video!! (Yup, been watching that long!)
@@HowToCookThat I've grown up with HTCT!! I also won the Wix website competition you held almost a decade ago. HTCT will always hold a special place in my heart. ❤️
My 8 year old son was very invested! When it started printing the 2d Nutella Benchy he cried, "SHE DID IT! SHE DID IT!" He's so proud of you! 🎉 You sure do put yourself through a lot for our education and enjoyment. Thanks for doing the complicated stuff! ❤
Us Adults who have tried what Ann just did are just as proud as your son, 3D modelling took me 4 months to properly learn, and I'm still awful, awful at it.
i love this channel but every time you drop a video like this, my respect and admiration for you grows exponentially. it's so refreshing seeing someone with such a wide array of skills and talent continue to challenge themselves in ways i would've never expected. i started watching this channel about 10 years ago at age 10, and growing up and seeing this channel evolve is so satisfying and fills me with so much joy. it's genuinely so impressive that you tackled something as far out of your comfort zone as blender, a program almost entirely unrelated to cooking/baking. ugh i dont even know how to express how much i love this channel
I used to think there were just biology cooks (ingredient focus) and chemistry cooks (baking esp), but the kitchen engineers are having such a moment. Considering food cooking methods did not change hugely or quickly over human history until very recently, I guess we really are in a great age of culinary tech, and since the early years of this tech were dedicated mostly to factory canning & the production of low nutrient snack food, it’s exciting to see the potential for creativity & customization
Hi Ann, you deserve an honorary IT/Engineering degree for this !! You've done it all: endless troubleshooting, trying to fix it by throwing parts at the problem, persistent failures, integration hell and at the end of all that you have absolutely succeeded !! I'm sure that the 3d printing community are absolutely going to run with this and expect some big improvements soon. An amazing inspiration. While you may not think much of your tech skills you have nailed this and your tech skills are infinitely better than my baking/cooking skills.
Your approach to everything reminds me of my sister. for example she taught herself how to crochet and eventually how to make very complicated shapes. I'm not talking about following an online pattern. She just crocheted something based on sight alone and then reversely figured out the pattern later on. Basically she can invent crochet patterns and to me who doesn't have the patience to do something like that, i find her resolve to spend the time on that very impressive.
My brain is wired the same way, I learned to sew and knit before I went to school (at 7) and Ive taught myself everything from drawing to silversmithing. I guess it’s a mix of creativity and curiosity, or as my husband says: artsy engineering with a side of DIY mentality. I see it only as knowing my materials and how far I can take them, where the absolute limits are. When it comes to less interesting things, the learning gets suddenly much harder :)
As someone who has been watching you for 10+ years now, this video honestly brought me to tears. As a huge 3D printing nerd who recently graduated with an engineering degree and did my two-year capstone project on modding 3D printers in a similar fashion for printing recycled plastic, I am absolutely speechless. Needless to say you deserve a masters degree (if not a PhD) for this video alone. You are a genius. The fact that you condensed what I assume to be at least 1000 hours of time, thought and dedication into a beautiful 18 minute video is mind blowing. You are such an inspiration to the world. I am flabbergasted that you taught yourself blender, advanced 3D printer mechanics, and so many essential engineering techniques for this project. I want to be you when I grow up ❤
As someone who actually HAS a 3d printer and done 3d printer work...this video was so, so unbelievably cool. You took some of the complicated parts about 3d printers and mad eit work with your own perseverance and doing your research. This is really awesome.
doing something complicated like this is one thing, doing it with absolutely no help, guidance AND then have to narrate it all back is another!!! huge kudos Ann!!!
I really admire your dedication. Being able to make a functional chocolate 3D printer with zero prior experience in 3D printing or in 3D modeling is really impressive, loved it Ann, you never fail to amaze me with each video ❤️
Meanwhile I can’t even get micro tempering right (why oh why did I decide to order extremely expensive, niche “real” chocolate to learn on????), I’m eye of the tigering in the kitchen just to make ruby chocolate pretzels 😂
As an engineer who recently designed and built via own CNC, I think you might make an engineer yet. You did an excellent job. Not just in the results, but the entire process.
1:47 If it was Nile Red: "This machine is extremely expensive and wouldn't be worth buying an 8000 dollars printer for a video. And for that reason I decided to buy one."
I've got zero 3d-printing knowledge, and barely any cooking knowledge, but it's very inspiring to see someone poke at an overwhelming problem, and then poke, and then poke and then poke, and finally push through and accomplish something. Gives me hope for my "in the clouds" project ideas.
The fact that you managed to do this all by yourself, figuring it out, researching, building, designing, printing, fixing, modelling, programming.... And yet found time to also make the stepmotion parts of the video. The amount of work you put in your videos it's just outstanding. Thanks so much for doing what you do, Ann!
I love how you bluntly talked about how long it took to get where you are, and then the slightly wobbly H2CT logo at the end! After so many TH-cam videos where people make it look like it's easy, your honesty is refreshing!
Coming from someone with experience in the 3D printing world, this is honestly extremely impressive. Your methodology is flawless, and your first blender models beat many things you can find online!
Ann, I have been 3D printing for close to half a decade at this point, and I'm pretty sure your skills in 3D modelling and design are far more impressive than anything I have ever done.
I love this channel. I am not a huge baker or anything but I am a huge fan of the scientific method and Ann is always just nailing it, every single time. What a journey on this one, from not having a 3D printer to modelling and printing out your own designs is just mind blowing. Top notch content, probably my fave science creator on the platform.
Hey Ann! 3D printing expert here! I really admire your work. If you ever want or need to tune your 3D printer I would be happy to assist you! For a newbie, you did a great job! Using technical terms and understand 3D modeling is no easy feat! It even took me quite a long time. Your blender skills are very impressive. It took my years using blender and free cad to get where I am and you learnt it in a few weeks. You are truly incredible!
Did not expect a Zack Freedman reference and blender modelling in one of Anne's videos. As a 3D designer this made my week. Also designing precise parts in blender is not easy and I can't believe it still printed plastic so beautifully after being taken apart so many times. So good!!!
I caught this video with “no views - 51 seconds ago” but didn’t realise til I watched the whole thing. I’m super impressed by you! You’re always going above and beyond for us.
@@HowToCookThat You did a seriously impressive bit of engineering here! Let alone for someone without any experience in this kind of thing! A good tip for better modelling: Solid modeling software (i.e.: SolidWorks, Inventor) is designed to allow you to easily position features and adjust them on the fly without breaking your model, and is easier to use for engineering applications than a mesh modeler like Blender. And they'll turn your models into STL meshes for you. Fusion360, TinkerCAD, and OnShape are all good free examples, and given how many youtubers have OnShape sponsorships, they'd probably sponsor some videos if you continue this project.
@@HowToCookThat haha. Now treat yourself by watching a video by @StuffMadeHere and laugh and appreciate your shared suffering as he covers weeks of "integration hell" in a 15 second montage. Low key excellent editing on this video as deciding what and how much to show would have been brutal.
Oh my goodness I am blown away! The perseverance, the problem solving, the beautiful stop motion shots of all the individual parts of your build! All so wonderfully done as a beginner. I can't imagine the initial learning curve to all this! I'm learning a lot of these topics in my apprenticeship, the g code, and 3d modelling - mostly for cnc milling, but I've been interested in 3d printing as well, and this video is honestly quite inspiring to give it a try!
Ann! This video is incredible. I am floored. My mother said it best when we were watching this video together? "Is she a genius?" I had to chuckle and just say "Yes." This is incredibly impressive and I'm looking forward to the things that come next. You are incredibly inspiring. Thank you!
You are my role model with your perseverance and kindness. I love how when you want something you do everything in your power to figure it out and not give up even when it's really difficult. I love that when you find a new challenge you go on ahead (like having to 3D model)!
@@HowToCookThat I think without this optimism you would have never started this project. And now you've come so far! Underestimating the difficulty but then persevering is a really great combination of traits. I admire it so much!
As someone who does DIY, electronics and 3D printing, this is the most wholesome video about the hobby I have ever seen! It just reminded me about the excitement off getting a project done and seeing the final result.
It is amazing how fast Ann can pick something up and learn it. She was designing latches and holders for syringes as an intro project to 3D printing. Huge kudos! I hope your 3D printing endeavor continues and you become the master of chocolate printing
I always tell new programmers that the most important skills are problem solving and perseverance. they're the foundation of all the other technical skills you learn along the way. it's so cool to watch someone learn something outside of their comfort zone to build something that they're passionate about. thank you Ann and team! 💖
as a regular viewer and also 3d printing guy I'm really impressed by how much progress you made starting from square one! looking forward to seeing your upgrade to actively heat the syringe. one suggestion I might make is that instead of a single 1:8 gear, you might want to use a two-gear train (maybe 1:3:9, so you only have to model a single 1:3 compound gear, then mount a pair of them so the input gear drives the small side of the first gear, then the large side of the first gear drives the small side of the output gear) which will be more compact on the print head, assuming you can get the gears to not have an unacceptable amount of backlash.
I think she's hoping other people will take her ideas and upgrade them, just as you're describing. Then share it back to the community so everyone can start printing chocolate ❤
Long time listener, first time caller... I don't have any background in 3D printing or anything close to this and I found this one of the most inspiring and brilliant videos you've ever made. It was so impressive.
I love Anne's perseverance - it shines through not just in this experiment, but in her experiments with old recipes, elaborate cakes, cake rescues, etc. It proves that thought creativity is vital for both art and science, a willingness to keep trying in the face of many failures is just as important! ❤
Good morning from the USA! At the end you said you'd throw your "terrible" models on the website, but I've gotta point out that yours were the only ones to finally work! That makes them good in my opinion!
Wow ann, you did amazing! I've been 3d printing for about 5 years and never decided to touch chocolate because it seems like a huge pain to set up. I'm curious how long it actually took you to get to this point, this is extremely impressive.
I ordered all the parts and had them sitting in a box. Once they'd all arrived I had 2 weeks to film, and one week to edit that into a concise video for you. I definitely wished that I could spend more time on it, but I had to move on to filming the next episode.
@@HowToCookThat 2 weeks to get into 3d printing, wow! I suppose you did it full time, but still, with filming that is nuts! My first benchies certainly didn't look like that!
Incredible, I think I just witnessed you learn about 20 new skills in 20 minutes. 3D printing has come a long way, but you get a lot more out of it if you learn some modelling and have a working understanding of settings and how they work. Getting into it can be a bit daunting, but you clearly decided that wasn't hard enough, lol. Fantastic video and congratulation on not letting it beat you. You're amazing
Ann Reardon continues to amaze me even after 4 years of following her channel. ❤️ Assembling a 3D printer with no previous experience and obtaining satisfactory results within a relatively short amount of time. I couldn’t even assemble my own computer. 😅 She is simply wonderful! 🤩🎉❤️
You are blowing my mind. I’m a woman in my thirties and am an event host in a big makerspace. I don’t think you quite admit how skilled you are. I teach several machines in our space. Most people come through our makerspace would pass on such an advanced project. Food printing is seen as «unattainable» I feel. Maybe your inexperience was your advantage because you only half predicted how painful it would be, but your perseverance is off the charts. Only a few % of users can mod their own machine, and in such an underexplored field as chocolate printing, I would have given up the moment the thought entered my head. If you improve and release your design, I think chocolate printing will become more mainstream. And stop saying you’re not an engineer, you literally engineered this 😆 Hey, i think like 80% of our members don’t even bother with blender because it’s still got a reputation as too hard to learn! The sheer speed at which you pulled off this project is incredible! I wish you hailed to our makerspace!
3d printing is such a cool tech, its still in its infancy when it comes to the home tech. Ive had some experience with troubleshooting them before mine just completely crapped out on me. The fact you managed to do ALL OF THIS and fight through all the issues is a testament to patience and your beyond incredible skill. I would have given up ages ago if i even knew where to start.
Yesss to the chocolate Moo Deng 🤣❤️ I love 3D printing! This tech has come so far and it has so much potential with continued evolution, including continuing to make 3D printing more affordable. You did great for being a beginner!
Hi there, in all honesty, I am a IT manager and I have a skill in everything tech. Listening to this video and what you want to do. It all sounds so daunting, especially looking at your specialty. I am at 10:55 in the video and your intelligence astonished me. WOW, WOW AND WOW. Props to you.
Ann, I truly admire your perseverance and level-headedness. I would have given up after the first three attempts and had fantasies of smashing the printer to bits. You are a true role model, not only in regards to cooking, but also basically any other aspect of life there is.
Being able to watch this video (and all your other videos) with my 7 year old son and not wonder about unpleasant surprises (language, content, etc) is a huge blessing. But this video went beyond that and gave me a wonderful example of perseverance to share with him. I hope he remembers how hard you worked on this and takes much inspiration from you. (And I hope I do too! 😁) Thanks, Ann. I love your channel.
12:39 I don’t think anybody is ever going to judge you! You started from the food science background and yet you taught yourself how to do 3D model and assembled the working food 3D printer by yourself. That’s a huge achievement!
Almost 4 AM in the US right now, but just wanted to say wow! The amount of time and effort you put into this was incredible. I'm glad that you kept pushing through and iterating on your needs and mistakes! Hope there's a part 2 to this eventually
I had to comment and say how blown away I am by your ingenuity and creativity. I can’t imagine picking up 3D printing from absolute scratch and not only making an existing product work, but actually tinkering with the designs and settings and tailoring it for your own particular vision. This is a really incredible video and I would love to see more of these attempts, especially if perhaps there are 3D printing experts watching who may want to collaborate. Such a cool video, thank you so much for sharing!
As a blenderer I can say we are just ecstatic to see people using the program for all sorts of stuff, jumping in as a total novice with a goal in mind. That's how I got into it, had a need and blender could do it.
This is an awesome video. I think it takes an incredibly intelligent and patient person to work through so many challenges and not give up. You are an inspiration to everyone, not just in the culinary world where this channel started. Thank you for providing such high quality entertainment.
You really did persevere. As a computer scientist I have an idea of how annoying and frustrating this whole process must have been. You even learned blender to adjust the design and gear sizes. Hats off to you. Amazing job! Thank you so much for sharing this project and those pitfalls and adjustments with us. So interesting to see.
I've had a 3d printer since 2020 and i have never learned to use Blender Anne, the fact that you were making models that had great fit and looked so clean is incredible, VERY well done!
hilarious video to watch as an artist who opens up blender, clicks around, gets confused and closes it out, has an idea, repeat. excellent work as always, i really admire your dedication
I’ve never been so invested in watching a video about a concept I completely don’t understand. The time and dedication not just to doing all this, but getting all the film shots, the stop motion footage etc. Incredible!!
@@HowToCookThat ...except that Teleporters, if they existed, would destroy YOU and then make a perfect replica of you somewhere else, that believes itself to be you. I think I'll pass...
@@plainswell If you have su!cidal ideation, it would kind of be a win-win situation. You get to peace-out of this life, but also live on in that copy. 👀
Ann, I feel like I've been in that situation a few times with projects that I was dedicated to doing: where one thing goes wrong, then another then you can't figure out what's wrong, then it was actually something small, but then there's something else too, etc. I have NEVER EVER EVER made it as far as you did. I think I can only imagine a fraction of the patience and frustration you went through, but you must have been pretty darn proud once you figured it out, and you should be!!! What you accomplished from knowing, as you said, nothing about 3D printers... To paraphrase you at the end of the video, it's amazing what hard work and perseverance can get you!!! Thank you for illustrating this point so well and inspiring so many people to see what they're capable of and keep going when the going gets tough! Love your channel, Ann!!! 🤗🩷🎉
Hi Ann! I have been following your content since the past 8 years now and I absolutely LOVE your chocolate creations! ❤ I was a student then and now I have a 9-5 job. Your content is like a comfort blanket for me especially on Friday after a whole week of hard work in the office. Thank you so much ❤
You're a genius Ann. It's remarkably fascinating how perfectly you did all that, with no knowledge about Food Printers and 3D Modelling. It's seriously crazy! ❤ And yes, I voted for you in the Science Creator category, you DESERVE to win this, especially after this video.
You should connect with makersmuse or teachingtech as they are both Australian 3d printing channels. I also believe both have tried food priting before
the fact that you went through all of this with zero prior experience has inspired me to try again to figure out how to use my resin 3d printer. I got it thinking I understood what I was getting into, but had lots of trouble figuring out the nuances even with researching. But I want to make it work because I have so many ideas. (ideas that I would also need to figure out how to use blender as well)
I am a mechanical engineer who works with 3D printers all the time. I don't think I could have figured this out the way you did. I am so very impressed. It's videos like that that keep making me come back to see what other amazing things you do.
you should maybe get a teflon coated nozzle(or a stainless steel one). random nozzles from aliexpress they don't tell you which brass alloy it is made from and some brass alloys contain lead(to make it more machinable and improve other qualities like that). not a much, and not much of it can leech into the food but still. how much would leech also would depend heavily on what the food is. nice build. don't forget you can use the basic same setup to print silicone gaskets and even pottery. edit: a lot of stepper motor drivers die if you disconnect motor while powered up.
Yes I wrote that on the blog post to buy a stainless teel one if you're using it for food production for that exact reason. As I was not sure if I'd be able to get it to work I went for the cheapest option.
@@HowToCookThat I've broken a fair amount of them messing with for no good reason, yes. and got printing nice again only to repeat the loop. doesn't help that I buy only cheapest of the cheapest china parts. it's the sickness known as printer of theseus. edit: I did start out with a printer that cost over 2000 dollars back in the day, a makerbot replicator 1 dual. it was supposed to be a turn key printer but haha was anything but.
I'm incredibly impressed you managed to pull off something like this from basically zero. The amount of hard work you put into your videos is always so inspiring!
I've been watching you for years, I also just got into 3D printing myself and I can't even put into words how impressed I am you managed to tackle and overcome all of that. 3D printing really is just one issue happening after the next so it can be frustrating. (Especially when just 5 letters stand between you and the solution lol) Amazing work, I can't wait to see what the future of food printing brings us! With love from Canada as always!
Holy wow Ann! You started from absolutely zero to buying one, learning it , learning 3D modelling, engineering, and thought how to do it without wasting the technology on just chocolate so you can still do 3D stuff. That's so inspiring!
I'm a huge fan of 3D printing and your channel. This video was an absolute blast to watch. You are utterly amazing to go from this is my first 3D printer to converting it to a food printer in one project. Great job!!!!!
I just want to say you are an inspiration to young women like me. One fine day you just decide you want to print chocolate and by the next day you’re troubleshooting the 3D printer you made from scratch. And you make it look easy lol. It’s a privilege to be able to watch a creator who is as talented and tenacious as you. Keep up the great work!!
Excellent work! Some random Ideas I had while watching the video: * Add a helix angle to the gears to prevent having position where turning them requires more force. * Consider buying a gearbox. You can get much better ratios without adding as much friction as you would with printed parts. * Use a thinner syringe for a better rotation to pressure ratio. * Use a lead screw with a lower pitch for a better rotation to pressure ratio.
This is EXCITING!! I just found out that I'm short-listed for Science Creator of the Year!!! 🎉 If you get a minute, you can vote here 😍 awards.rode.com/entry/vote/KKwxxMbM/NmpOAwRw?search=99da32c8ac5d371c-2
And also ... if you live in MELBOURNE, Dave & I are doing a meet-up/authors' talk at Knox Library on Sat Nov 30. It's free but spaces are limited, so jump on & rego here: www.howtocookthat.net/public_html/booking-cook-authors-talk-book-signing/ We'll have my cookbook & Dave's books available there for signing (in time for Christmas). See you there 📖😁🎄
Aw no I wanna come but that's my nephews 2nd birthday 😭😭
Oh I’d love to be there. I’m in SA so I’ll miss out but if you ever come to SA I’d be there. Thanks for all the great videos, you’re my fav TH-cam creator
@@froppygirl994 happy birthday to your nephew
I voted for you in the competition Ann ❤
@@chewbacca7189 thank you!!!
''I'm not an engineer''..... proceeds to source, build, troubleshoot, design and print multiple different 3D printers..... this is why we bloody love you Ann!!!!
"I'm Not an Engineer" *Proceeds to Engineer a thing*
This video blows me away. She goes from "Oh, I don't know anything about 3D printing" to modding an SV06 with incomplete instructions. And she made stop motion assembly videos. AND she used Blender for the first time and, quite frankly, nailed it.
By the way, your Blender model was fine, but it looked funny because of something BLender calls "Smooth Shading". You want it to be flat shaded.
To me this proves that a scientist is a scientist- the qualities that make her a good food scientist translate across all fields
Professor Approved :P
I'm not surprised. Ann is a beast.
Amazing work I would say I can't believe that you did it but I am not surprised.lol just brilliant
As someone who works with 3D-printers on a regular basis I am impressed on how much you achieved starting from basically zero. If you keep working with that please be aware that brass nozzles, like you used in your final creations, may contain lead or arsenic. Ensuring food safety with DIY 3D-printers is quite a challenge. This is also one of the reasons why commercially available food printers are usually very expensive. An option for you might be stainless steel nozzles.
in such minute amounts it would be irrelevant.
@@6226superhurricane there is no safe amount for lead
@@6226superhurricane yes, it would be negligible, but a stainless nozzle is cheap and food safe so why not? A lot of people are over the top when it comes to food safety certification vs actually being food safe without being certified though, I do admit.
@@6226superhurricane Why take a gamble if it can be easily avoided without sacrificing any functionality?
Cant be easily avoided if its expencive
This channel is unironically the best thing that's happened to science communication in decades.
Ann: I have no experience with that
Also Ann: is literally doing master engineering
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As a "3d printing expert" and engineer, I have to say, Ann you are freaking incredible. You are already way better at this than I am at making a cake look pretty 😆
Finding a random machine online, printing it, and trying to make it work is basically nightmare mode.
I have a PhD in robotics and I think I would have given up long before you did. This video is amazing!
This!
This should be in a review. 😂
I'm a professional engineer and I'd never get close to what Ann did here. I'm blown away.
@@kielba5awhat if original mortor with original spin thingy but slower flow rate ?
She's definitely selling herself short.
I'm an industrial machinery technician and I have to say - you're saying you've never done many of these things before but your troubleshooting and repair/modification skills are literally better that some of the other technicians I work with
Sadly it seems like a lot of people have just become lazy instead of using common sense and experimenting. I know people who will literally struggle with something and I can figure it out faster by simply using the internet for tips and videos.
Kudos to you! I'm a 54 female. I just recently built my own computer from scratch. Didn't have an inkling of computer knowledge, but I figured if the youngun's can did it why couldn't I? Took me a month and I broke two components, but I'm proud to say that I am watching your video on my souped up mega gaming computer. Great job!
as a girl about to turn 20 this is so inspiring :,D I am forever in awe and inspired by other women rejecting societal norms and misogynist/ageist moronic rhetoric. especially after this week, where many americans have decided to show their true colours and intentions. i love love love women!
Nice
I love hearing stuff like this :)
that's awesome 😊
how difficult was it to mine all the rare earth metals that go in to making a CPU?
ann might be the smartest person i have seen on youtube.
Ann using Blender to 3d print components for a 3d chocolate printer was not on my 2024 bingo card but I am not surprised!! Your innovation and desire to face challenges has always been so inspiring. We've come a long way since the 3d chocolate cup and saucer video!! (Yup, been watching that long!)
Wow that is a long time ago [🏆loyal subscriber award ] I'd love to 3d print a tea cup.
@@HowToCookThat I've grown up with HTCT!! I also won the Wix website competition you held almost a decade ago. HTCT will always hold a special place in my heart. ❤️
That was a good video.
@@HowToCookThatgood job I’ve been using cad for 3d models for about 2 years and still can’t use blender your models were amazing 😊
Now all that's left is for Ann to 3d print a default cube and a Blender tutorial doughnut! 😉
My 8 year old son was very invested! When it started printing the 2d Nutella Benchy he cried, "SHE DID IT! SHE DID IT!" He's so proud of you! 🎉
You sure do put yourself through a lot for our education and enjoyment. Thanks for doing the complicated stuff! ❤
Us Adults who have tried what Ann just did are just as proud as your son, 3D modelling took me 4 months to properly learn, and I'm still awful, awful at it.
food scientist, mom, debunker, youtuber, cake rescue, history food maker and now 3D printer this lady is amazing!!
Food historian😎
“3-D printer lady” doesn’t begin to do justice to her incredible feats of engineering! 🤯
don't forget conservator and engineer!
Cook, Educator, did you see the Tiny kitchen vid's? that is amazing design and engineering... food designer, and the list goes on and on 😍
Polymath.
i love this channel but every time you drop a video like this, my respect and admiration for you grows exponentially. it's so refreshing seeing someone with such a wide array of skills and talent continue to challenge themselves in ways i would've never expected. i started watching this channel about 10 years ago at age 10, and growing up and seeing this channel evolve is so satisfying and fills me with so much joy. it's genuinely so impressive that you tackled something as far out of your comfort zone as blender, a program almost entirely unrelated to cooking/baking. ugh i dont even know how to express how much i love this channel
She really is so cool!
I did not expect a cooking channel to be so good at engineering.
No kidding! I'm so impressed
How to cook that is soooo much more than a cooking channel - where to start. Ann is legend
I used to think there were just biology cooks (ingredient focus) and chemistry cooks (baking esp), but the kitchen engineers are having such a moment. Considering food cooking methods did not change hugely or quickly over human history until very recently, I guess we really are in a great age of culinary tech, and since the early years of this tech were dedicated mostly to factory canning & the production of low nutrient snack food, it’s exciting to see the potential for creativity & customization
Well she already was engineering cakes
Cooking is basically chemical engineering
Hi Ann, you deserve an honorary IT/Engineering degree for this !! You've done it all: endless troubleshooting, trying to fix it by throwing parts at the problem, persistent failures, integration hell and at the end of all that you have absolutely succeeded !! I'm sure that the 3d printing community are absolutely going to run with this and expect some big improvements soon. An amazing inspiration.
While you may not think much of your tech skills you have nailed this and your tech skills are infinitely better than my baking/cooking skills.
Your approach to everything reminds me of my sister.
for example she taught herself how to crochet and eventually how to make very complicated shapes. I'm not talking about following an online pattern. She just crocheted something based on sight alone and then reversely figured out the pattern later on. Basically she can invent crochet patterns and to me who doesn't have the patience to do something like that, i find her resolve to spend the time on that very impressive.
That does sound very impressive.
My daughter did the same a couple of years ago.
My brain is wired the same way, I learned to sew and knit before I went to school (at 7) and Ive taught myself everything from drawing to silversmithing. I guess it’s a mix of creativity and curiosity, or as my husband says: artsy engineering with a side of DIY mentality. I see it only as knowing my materials and how far I can take them, where the absolute limits are. When it comes to less interesting things, the learning gets suddenly much harder :)
As someone who has been watching you for 10+ years now, this video honestly brought me to tears. As a huge 3D printing nerd who recently graduated with an engineering degree and did my two-year capstone project on modding 3D printers in a similar fashion for printing recycled plastic, I am absolutely speechless. Needless to say you deserve a masters degree (if not a PhD) for this video alone. You are a genius. The fact that you condensed what I assume to be at least 1000 hours of time, thought and dedication into a beautiful 18 minute video is mind blowing. You are such an inspiration to the world. I am flabbergasted that you taught yourself blender, advanced 3D printer mechanics, and so many essential engineering techniques for this project. I want to be you when I grow up ❤
As someone who actually HAS a 3d printer and done 3d printer work...this video was so, so unbelievably cool. You took some of the complicated parts about 3d printers and mad eit work with your own perseverance and doing your research. This is really awesome.
doing something complicated like this is one thing, doing it with absolutely no help, guidance AND then have to narrate it all back is another!!! huge kudos Ann!!!
I was thinking that too, the narrating the journey while she’s *on* the journey. Ann is a legend!
I really admire your dedication. Being able to make a functional chocolate 3D printer with zero prior experience in 3D printing or in 3D modeling is really impressive, loved it Ann, you never fail to amaze me with each video ❤️
Meanwhile I can’t even get micro tempering right (why oh why did I decide to order extremely expensive, niche “real” chocolate to learn on????), I’m eye of the tigering in the kitchen just to make ruby chocolate pretzels 😂
I quite like the Raihan pfp you have~ 😏
@@Magixis hehe, thanks 😏
@@boredrandomartist9523 Raihannnn
As an engineer who recently designed and built via own CNC, I think you might make an engineer yet. You did an excellent job. Not just in the results, but the entire process.
1:47 If it was Nile Red: "This machine is extremely expensive and wouldn't be worth buying an 8000 dollars printer for a video. And for that reason I decided to buy one."
I've got zero 3d-printing knowledge, and barely any cooking knowledge, but it's very inspiring to see someone poke at an overwhelming problem, and then poke, and then poke and then poke, and finally push through and accomplish something. Gives me hope for my "in the clouds" project ideas.
So beautiful😎
The fact that you managed to do this all by yourself, figuring it out, researching, building, designing, printing, fixing, modelling, programming.... And yet found time to also make the stepmotion parts of the video. The amount of work you put in your videos it's just outstanding. Thanks so much for doing what you do, Ann!
I love how you bluntly talked about how long it took to get where you are, and then the slightly wobbly H2CT logo at the end! After so many TH-cam videos where people make it look like it's easy, your honesty is refreshing!
Your dedication is admirable Ann!! This was no easy task
At one point Dave did say to me - do you ever think some things may just be too hard? 😂
@@HowToCookThat😂
@@HowToCookThatI am also way too curious and driven for my own good and I also have a long suffering husband….. my answer to this is always NO
Modeling hinges that work that well is incredibly hard, and also 3D printing in general is pretty difficult. You knocked both out of the park.
Coming from someone with experience in the 3D printing world, this is honestly extremely impressive. Your methodology is flawless, and your first blender models beat many things you can find online!
Such a cool project!
Ann, I have been 3D printing for close to half a decade at this point, and I'm pretty sure your skills in 3D modelling and design are far more impressive than anything I have ever done.
I love this channel. I am not a huge baker or anything but I am a huge fan of the scientific method and Ann is always just nailing it, every single time. What a journey on this one, from not having a 3D printer to modelling and printing out your own designs is just mind blowing. Top notch content, probably my fave science creator on the platform.
Hey Ann! 3D printing expert here! I really admire your work. If you ever want or need to tune your 3D printer I would be happy to assist you! For a newbie, you did a great job! Using technical terms and understand 3D modeling is no easy feat! It even took me quite a long time. Your blender skills are very impressive. It took my years using blender and free cad to get where I am and you learnt it in a few weeks. You are truly incredible!
Did not expect a Zack Freedman reference and blender modelling in one of Anne's videos. As a 3D designer this made my week. Also designing precise parts in blender is not easy and I can't believe it still printed plastic so beautifully after being taken apart so many times. So good!!!
I caught this video with “no views - 51 seconds ago” but didn’t realise til I watched the whole thing.
I’m super impressed by you! You’re always going above and beyond for us.
thanks so much. This one was big ... mainly because I started out with zero experience in 3D printing.
@@HowToCookThatyour voice at times sounded terrified but you bullied through. I was terrified watching this.
@@HowToCookThat You did a seriously impressive bit of engineering here! Let alone for someone without any experience in this kind of thing!
A good tip for better modelling: Solid modeling software (i.e.: SolidWorks, Inventor) is designed to allow you to easily position features and adjust them on the fly without breaking your model, and is easier to use for engineering applications than a mesh modeler like Blender. And they'll turn your models into STL meshes for you. Fusion360, TinkerCAD, and OnShape are all good free examples, and given how many youtubers have OnShape sponsorships, they'd probably sponsor some videos if you continue this project.
@@HowToCookThat haha. Now treat yourself by watching a video by @StuffMadeHere and laugh and appreciate your shared suffering as he covers weeks of "integration hell" in a 15 second montage. Low key excellent editing on this video as deciding what and how much to show would have been brutal.
Oh my goodness I am blown away! The perseverance, the problem solving, the beautiful stop motion shots of all the individual parts of your build! All so wonderfully done as a beginner. I can't imagine the initial learning curve to all this! I'm learning a lot of these topics in my apprenticeship, the g code, and 3d modelling - mostly for cnc milling, but I've been interested in 3d printing as well, and this video is honestly quite inspiring to give it a try!
And THIS is why when I list my favourite science channels How To Cook That is always on top. Ann, you're an absolute gem!!
Ann! This video is incredible. I am floored. My mother said it best when we were watching this video together? "Is she a genius?" I had to chuckle and just say "Yes." This is incredibly impressive and I'm looking forward to the things that come next. You are incredibly inspiring. Thank you!
You are my role model with your perseverance and kindness. I love how when you want something you do everything in your power to figure it out and not give up even when it's really difficult. I love that when you find a new challenge you go on ahead (like having to 3D model)!
I do love a challenge. But this one was a much bigger stretch than i imagined it would be
@@HowToCookThat You are an excellent role model in many different ways.
@@HowToCookThat I think without this optimism you would have never started this project. And now you've come so far! Underestimating the difficulty but then persevering is a really great combination of traits. I admire it so much!
15:36 "my 3d modeling skills have much to be desired" SHUT UPPPPP YOU DID BEAUTIFULLY
As someone who does DIY, electronics and 3D printing, this is the most wholesome video about the hobby I have ever seen! It just reminded me about the excitement off getting a project done and seeing the final result.
It is amazing how fast Ann can pick something up and learn it. She was designing latches and holders for syringes as an intro project to 3D printing. Huge kudos! I hope your 3D printing endeavor continues and you become the master of chocolate printing
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This video was crazy. I would have given up when I saw there were no instructions with the first 3d print head. You are an inspiration
I always tell new programmers that the most important skills are problem solving and perseverance. they're the foundation of all the other technical skills you learn along the way. it's so cool to watch someone learn something outside of their comfort zone to build something that they're passionate about. thank you Ann and team! 💖
as a regular viewer and also 3d printing guy I'm really impressed by how much progress you made starting from square one! looking forward to seeing your upgrade to actively heat the syringe.
one suggestion I might make is that instead of a single 1:8 gear, you might want to use a two-gear train (maybe 1:3:9, so you only have to model a single 1:3 compound gear, then mount a pair of them so the input gear drives the small side of the first gear, then the large side of the first gear drives the small side of the output gear) which will be more compact on the print head, assuming you can get the gears to not have an unacceptable amount of backlash.
I just came here to say this!
I think she's hoping other people will take her ideas and upgrade them, just as you're describing. Then share it back to the community so everyone can start printing chocolate ❤
I can’t comprehend how much you’ve worked for this. You have my respect ann.
Long time listener, first time caller... I don't have any background in 3D printing or anything close to this and I found this one of the most inspiring and brilliant videos you've ever made. It was so impressive.
I love Anne's perseverance - it shines through not just in this experiment, but in her experiments with old recipes, elaborate cakes, cake rescues, etc. It proves that thought creativity is vital for both art and science, a willingness to keep trying in the face of many failures is just as important! ❤
Good morning from the USA! At the end you said you'd throw your "terrible" models on the website, but I've gotta point out that yours were the only ones to finally work! That makes them good in my opinion!
11:36 This is the experience of being a computer programmer
A collab between Ann and Amaury Guichon would be absolutely epic.
I was just thinking that!
Yaaas
I love how Ann keeps putting down her skills when the stuff looks practically perfect. Very skilled woman.
Why is nobody commenting on how ingenious this is?? You’re absolutely amazing!
Yes! I'm so impressed!!
Moo Deng in chocolate is an excellent choice.
Wow ann, you did amazing! I've been 3d printing for about 5 years and never decided to touch chocolate because it seems like a huge pain to set up. I'm curious how long it actually took you to get to this point, this is extremely impressive.
I ordered all the parts and had them sitting in a box. Once they'd all arrived I had 2 weeks to film, and one week to edit that into a concise video for you. I definitely wished that I could spend more time on it, but I had to move on to filming the next episode.
@@HowToCookThat 2 weeks to get into 3d printing, wow! I suppose you did it full time, but still, with filming that is nuts! My first benchies certainly didn't look like that!
@@HowToCookThat you did this in *two weeks*?!
Holy moly that's incredibly impressive
Incredible, I think I just witnessed you learn about 20 new skills in 20 minutes. 3D printing has come a long way, but you get a lot more out of it if you learn some modelling and have a working understanding of settings and how they work. Getting into it can be a bit daunting, but you clearly decided that wasn't hard enough, lol. Fantastic video and congratulation on not letting it beat you. You're amazing
Ann Reardon continues to amaze me even after 4 years of following her channel. ❤️ Assembling a 3D printer with no previous experience and obtaining satisfactory results within a relatively short amount of time. I couldn’t even assemble my own computer. 😅 She is simply wonderful! 🤩🎉❤️
You are blowing my mind. I’m a woman in my thirties and am an event host in a big makerspace. I don’t think you quite admit how skilled you are. I teach several machines in our space. Most people come through our makerspace would pass on such an advanced project. Food printing is seen as «unattainable» I feel. Maybe your inexperience was your advantage because you only half predicted how painful it would be, but your perseverance is off the charts. Only a few % of users can mod their own machine, and in such an underexplored field as chocolate printing, I would have given up the moment the thought entered my head. If you improve and release your design, I think chocolate printing will become more mainstream.
And stop saying you’re not an engineer, you literally engineered this 😆
Hey, i think like 80% of our members don’t even bother with blender because it’s still got a reputation as too hard to learn! The sheer speed at which you pulled off this project is incredible!
I wish you hailed to our makerspace!
I can't believe you pulled this off - that's amazing! ...BUT, you can't stop now - you're SO CLOSE! I feel like there has to be a follow up episode!
@banosja I second your motion!
3d printing is such a cool tech, its still in its infancy when it comes to the home tech. Ive had some experience with troubleshooting them before mine just completely crapped out on me. The fact you managed to do ALL OF THIS and fight through all the issues is a testament to patience and your beyond incredible skill. I would have given up ages ago if i even knew where to start.
Yesss to the chocolate Moo Deng 🤣❤️
I love 3D printing! This tech has come so far and it has so much potential with continued evolution, including continuing to make 3D printing more affordable. You did great for being a beginner!
Hi there, in all honesty, I am a IT manager and I have a skill in everything tech. Listening to this video and what you want to do. It all sounds so daunting, especially looking at your specialty. I am at 10:55 in the video and your intelligence astonished me. WOW, WOW AND WOW. Props to you.
a nice day to have a cuppa tea and watch a new h2ct episode. ❤
Dave loves tea! He's making one right now ☕
Thank you so much Ann for all that you do on this channel!!!
Ann, I truly admire your perseverance and level-headedness. I would have given up after the first three attempts and had fantasies of smashing the printer to bits. You are a true role model, not only in regards to cooking, but also basically any other aspect of life there is.
Being able to watch this video (and all your other videos) with my 7 year old son and not wonder about unpleasant surprises (language, content, etc) is a huge blessing. But this video went beyond that and gave me a wonderful example of perseverance to share with him. I hope he remembers how hard you worked on this and takes much inspiration from you. (And I hope I do too! 😁) Thanks, Ann. I love your channel.
12:39 I don’t think anybody is ever going to judge you! You started from the food science background and yet you taught yourself how to do 3D model and assembled the working food 3D printer by yourself. That’s a huge achievement!
Loved this video! Really amazed you were able to get so much information packed into less than 19 minutes!
Almost 4 AM in the US right now, but just wanted to say wow! The amount of time and effort you put into this was incredible. I'm glad that you kept pushing through and iterating on your needs and mistakes! Hope there's a part 2 to this eventually
I had to comment and say how blown away I am by your ingenuity and creativity. I can’t imagine picking up 3D printing from absolute scratch and not only making an existing product work, but actually tinkering with the designs and settings and tailoring it for your own particular vision. This is a really incredible video and I would love to see more of these attempts, especially if perhaps there are 3D printing experts watching who may want to collaborate. Such a cool video, thank you so much for sharing!
Whenever Ann does videos like this, I am awed by her intelligence. She really knows her stuff!
As a blenderer I can say we are just ecstatic to see people using the program for all sorts of stuff, jumping in as a total novice with a goal in mind. That's how I got into it, had a need and blender could do it.
You are truly amazing Ann you never cease to amaze me with your talent I wish I could was as clever as you.😔🥰
This video definitely made my brain strain.
@@HowToCookThatThe brain straining is brain training!
This video is so impressive and motivating! ❤
This is an awesome video. I think it takes an incredibly intelligent and patient person to work through so many challenges and not give up. You are an inspiration to everyone, not just in the culinary world where this channel started. Thank you for providing such high quality entertainment.
I’m amazed by your curiosity and grit! The world’s mom!
You really did persevere. As a computer scientist I have an idea of how annoying and frustrating this whole process must have been. You even learned blender to adjust the design and gear sizes. Hats off to you. Amazing job!
Thank you so much for sharing this project and those pitfalls and adjustments with us. So interesting to see.
Holy crap, what?! That's amazing!! Was not expecting this
I've had a 3d printer since 2020 and i have never learned to use Blender
Anne, the fact that you were making models that had great fit and looked so clean is incredible, VERY well done!
hilarious video to watch as an artist who opens up blender, clicks around, gets confused and closes it out, has an idea, repeat. excellent work as always, i really admire your dedication
I’ve never been so invested in watching a video about a concept I completely don’t understand. The time and dedication not just to doing all this, but getting all the film shots, the stop motion footage etc. Incredible!!
5:30 two things my Mum always hopes will become reality, food replicators and teleporters 😆
teleporters would make living in a far remote beautiful location achievable
@@HowToCookThat ...except that Teleporters, if they existed, would destroy YOU and then make a perfect replica of you somewhere else, that believes itself to be you. I think I'll pass...
@@plainswell If you have su!cidal ideation, it would kind of be a win-win situation. You get to peace-out of this life, but also live on in that copy. 👀
@@HowToCookThat perhaps we should aim for short range stargates. 🤔
@@KathrynElizabethJanewayagreed. Good idea, Captain.
Ann, I feel like I've been in that situation a few times with projects that I was dedicated to doing: where one thing goes wrong, then another then you can't figure out what's wrong, then it was actually something small, but then there's something else too, etc. I have NEVER EVER EVER made it as far as you did. I think I can only imagine a fraction of the patience and frustration you went through, but you must have been pretty darn proud once you figured it out, and you should be!!! What you accomplished from knowing, as you said, nothing about 3D printers... To paraphrase you at the end of the video, it's amazing what hard work and perseverance can get you!!! Thank you for illustrating this point so well and inspiring so many people to see what they're capable of and keep going when the going gets tough! Love your channel, Ann!!! 🤗🩷🎉
Hi Ann! I have been following your content since the past 8 years now and I absolutely LOVE your chocolate creations! ❤ I was a student then and now I have a 9-5 job. Your content is like a comfort blanket for me especially on Friday after a whole week of hard work in the office. Thank you so much ❤
Hi shikhamallick, thanks for watching all these years [Loyal subscriber award 🏆] and congrats your job.
You're a genius Ann. It's remarkably fascinating how perfectly you did all that, with no knowledge about Food Printers and 3D Modelling. It's seriously crazy! ❤
And yes, I voted for you in the Science Creator category, you DESERVE to win this, especially after this video.
You should connect with makersmuse or teachingtech as they are both Australian 3d printing channels. I also believe both have tried food priting before
totally agree @makersmuse would be a great person to get involved, although australia is huge
the fact that you went through all of this with zero prior experience has inspired me to try again to figure out how to use my resin 3d printer. I got it thinking I understood what I was getting into, but had lots of trouble figuring out the nuances even with researching. But I want to make it work because I have so many ideas. (ideas that I would also need to figure out how to use blender as well)
Have a great weekend Ann❤❤❤❤
you too kathleen
I am a mechanical engineer who works with 3D printers all the time. I don't think I could have figured this out the way you did. I am so very impressed. It's videos like that that keep making me come back to see what other amazing things you do.
you should maybe get a teflon coated nozzle(or a stainless steel one).
random nozzles from aliexpress they don't tell you which brass alloy it is made from and some brass alloys contain lead(to make it more machinable and improve other qualities like that). not a much, and not much of it can leech into the food but still. how much would leech also would depend heavily on what the food is.
nice build. don't forget you can use the basic same setup to print silicone gaskets and even pottery.
edit: a lot of stepper motor drivers die if you disconnect motor while powered up.
Yes I wrote that on the blog post to buy a stainless teel one if you're using it for food production for that exact reason. As I was not sure if I'd be able to get it to work I went for the cheapest option.
It sounds like you know a lot about 3d printing - I could have done with your help 😀
@@HowToCookThat I've broken a fair amount of them messing with for no good reason, yes.
and got printing nice again only to repeat the loop. doesn't help that I buy only cheapest of the cheapest china parts. it's the sickness known as printer of theseus.
edit: I did start out with a printer that cost over 2000 dollars back in the day, a makerbot replicator 1 dual. it was supposed to be a turn key printer but haha was anything but.
I'm incredibly impressed you managed to pull off something like this from basically zero. The amount of hard work you put into your videos is always so inspiring!
I'm sorry but that first attempt was just the funniest thing I've seen all day 🤣
I've been watching you for years, I also just got into 3D printing myself and I can't even put into words how impressed I am you managed to tackle and overcome all of that. 3D printing really is just one issue happening after the next so it can be frustrating. (Especially when just 5 letters stand between you and the solution lol) Amazing work, I can't wait to see what the future of food printing brings us! With love from Canada as always!
Don't mind me, just commenting for the algorithm. You do amazing work!!
Holy wow Ann! You started from absolutely zero to buying one, learning it , learning 3D modelling, engineering, and thought how to do it without wasting the technology on just chocolate so you can still do 3D stuff. That's so inspiring!
I'm a huge fan of 3D printing and your channel. This video was an absolute blast to watch. You are utterly amazing to go from this is my first 3D printer to converting it to a food printer in one project. Great job!!!!!
I just want to say you are an inspiration to young women like me. One fine day you just decide you want to print chocolate and by the next day you’re troubleshooting the 3D printer you made from scratch. And you make it look easy lol. It’s a privilege to be able to watch a creator who is as talented and tenacious as you. Keep up the great work!!
This video proves that if you put your mind to something, anything is possible.
Excellent work! Some random Ideas I had while watching the video:
* Add a helix angle to the gears to prevent having position where turning them requires more force.
* Consider buying a gearbox. You can get much better ratios without adding as much friction as you would with printed parts.
* Use a thinner syringe for a better rotation to pressure ratio.
* Use a lead screw with a lower pitch for a better rotation to pressure ratio.
Great video that I've watched all the way through!
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
@HowToCookThat I always enjoy your videos. They're so creative, thorough and grounded.