The ABSOLUTE POWER of functional 3D printing (and CAD)
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- Ever wondered if you can make your own things instead of buying them from a store or the internet? Well, I introduce to you CAD and 3D printing. Watch the video to find out why they are so useful together!
Amazon affiliate links for anyone who wants to get started in 3D printing or wants to upgrade their Ender 3:
1. Ender 3 pro: amzn.to/3Qgwxml
2. Ender 3: amzn.to/3OBwrV3
For the tinkerers!
1. PEI Magnetic Bed (great adhesion when printing, easily removable print when finished printing)
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2. Bi-metal Heat Break (prevents clogs from heat creep, increases print speed, for me up to 2x speed 100 mm/s reliably, 3x speed with boron nitride paste, higher print quality)
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3. Boron Nitride Paste (pairs well with the Bi-metal heat break, but heat break is not required, increases heat conductivity for parts like the nozzle, heatsink, thermistor, heat block, and pretty much anything that needs good heat transfer)
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4. Metal extruder and Capricorn Tubing (for easier and reliable filament movement into the hot end)
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You don’t often see new channels with such good writing, pacing, and editing but you’ve somehow managed to master them so quick! The production quality is already there, just gotta wait for that viral hit. Keep up the good work 🔥
Wow, thank you very much! I am a big movie person, which is why I really want to integrate the story, videography, and editing of movies into my videos, while combining the characteristics of UA-cam videos. Thanks for stopping by! Also, wassup ;). Hopefully you aren't a random dude with a username as someone that I know.
This is crazy, I haven't seen such a perfectly crafted video for a long time! SO underrated.
So proud of my bro!! Thoroughly enjoyed the content 🤩
Don't mind me, just getting in on the ground floor before this youtube channel blows up so I can brag to my friends about how I knew The Tinkering Techie when he was small.
:D That was a very unique way of saying "this is great channel". Thanks, I appreciate it very much! You can now screenshot this incase I blow up (hopefully not from a project, but from UA-cam).
I love the comedy in your videos bro😂 the videos are informative and comedic
Thanks man! I really try to provide as many things as I can!
fun fact: you can make the print time to show up when its printing(where it says bed cool/heating up. It will be in your extensions tab at the top in cura or creality silcer =)
Oh I think it already comes with that on my Ender 3 pro. It always shows time elapsed and time remaining, which is pretty nice!
I liked your use of comedy to get a really great point across. This is something I've been trying to do myself and it's not easy to pull off. Great video about the power of CAD and 3D printing.
Thank you very much for coming by!
please get your self a CR / BL touch asap! seriously, best upgrade ever!!! btw, AWSOME VIDEO!!!! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!!
Awesome! Been looking into getting into 3D printing haha
It's an amazing feeling, being able to design and fabricate what comes to mind!
I've been getting into 3d printing + cad recently and thought this was really well made
Thank you very much! I appreciate it! The next video I am making is actually all about how anyone can CAD, packaged with a tutorial, so stay tuned!
Also, I took a look at your channel, and it seems you use Davinci resolve! Same :D. It's epic.
great video, just shows what you can do with a little old ender 3 and a bit of cad experience
Depending on your state Man #2, that last ask isnt illegal and has a great community behind it!
Ah, makes sense. Where I am, the gun safety laws are stronger.
My friend, I do the same and it is fantastic...
good work, congrats to you and your blessed mind, keep doing, keep learning, and keep living the path of the makers...
cheers from the other side of the world brother!!!
Thanks for stopping by! Creating things is my thing! From videos to robots. I hope you continue to enjoy the maker life as well!
Good video and awesome message! I use my 3D Printer to print full Halo and Starwars cosplay armor
Great video Ryan! It was very entertaining to watch!! Keep up the great work!
Thank you for stopping by!
1:48 that sound clip of the reaction to seeing how long it takes to print, is to real..
Yeah, I hear that in my head every time XD
Try the plasticity trial it’s layout is so much more intuitive than onshape. Not sure if u can test mechanisms like onshape can tho
You linked the heat break three times in the description
Oops, thanks for find that out!
Love the video, keep up the good work! One question: How do you stop parts from warping when printing at the edge of the print bed? I have some problems printing bigger parts.
From my experience, it seems that prints warp at the edge due to that part of the bed being at a lower temperature. You can either simply turn up the bed temperature for large prints (5-10 degrees Celsius), or "preheat" the bed at normal temps for a few minutes before pressing print to make sure every part of the bed is hot. I usually had that issue with buildtak or glass beds, then I finally tested PEI, the one in the video, and it worked wonders! (PEI affiliate link in desc. if you want to take a look). Seems like the PEI sheet is really good at conducting heat, as it is mostly metal. Glass takes a long time to heat up, and buildtak is somewhere in the middle. Hope this helps!
Actually totally legal to 3d print a gun. Only stipulation is that you must embed a metal component within it somewhere. The only reason for that law is so that it is still able to set off metal detectors. Great video also, really enjoyed the actual writing and the comedic touches, keep it up, earned my sub.
Just to add a little more to that for those who may not know: Provided you aren't a felon or otherwise barred from owning/purchasing a firearm, then yeah, you're entitled to build your own firearms (3d printed or otherwise). Of course, you still have to follow any laws applicable to you regarding possession/storage/transportation/etc which would also apply to any other firearm that falls under the classification of the built firearm in question. Also important to understand is that you may not legally sell or transfer that firearm to another party unless it has been serialized (pretty sure that applies at the federal level, but if that's state by state, feel free to correct me).
@@aaronjones3181 Thank you very much for adding to that, that is all absolutely necessary information to know before attempting anything like that. I do believe that you are correct with the serialization being at the federal level. Also I believe that the distribution of .stl files of firearms is considered whatever that would be (Selling a non-serialized firearm). So might even be pretty difficult obtaining a printable file in the first place, unless you're designing it yourself, which is incredibly dangerous, but I think that can go without saying. I think I saw that a while back so it could be different now, but definitely lots of research needs to be done before attempting something like that.
As far as functional goes - I've been using 3D printing for organization, using Gridfinity, 3D printed drawers, I've made a stand for vacuum cleaner accessories, my bathroom has a sink with a strange lip thing so I made some shelves with one leg longer than the others for that, I've made a belt holster to hold things I use at work (that took many iterations to get right). You can definitely do a lot with 3D printing. I've seen some people take functional printing even further with bolts, nuts, and other various hardware. It's also great for tabletop games, which often use plastic pieces.
Oh yeah, 3D printing is great! It can be a hobby or a tool, or both! 3D printing does have a stigma in that it only prints weak objects, but from how things have developed, my ender 3 pro with a bi-metal heat break can print polycarbonate, a very strong material. PLA is pretty strong in its own right.
can you 3d print a new 3d printer? and double the printing time efficiency?
Perhaps. Maybe printing the structural parts of the printer, then using stepper motors, a control board, and a power supply to make it work!
I got a returned one for 90 bucks. Nothing wrong with it. Glass bed for 20 bucks. Printed improved cooling vents and a direct drive. 😎
Nice! Creality printers usually work with a bit of patience and care. Nice job!
Love this bro
Thank you very much for stopping by! I appreciate it!
Does your Ender 3 with upgrades beat a Neptune 3 Pro or Neptune 4?...which should I buy as the first printer? or maybe Sovol?
Looking at this Amazon page: amzn.to/43UDuMU (affiliate link), it actually seems like the Neptune 3 pro printer is a beast, for $199 due to a sale. Reading closely, it DOES actually have a PEI bed, which is a GREAT bed type, and is also magnetic. It has a dual gear direct drive extruder, which means that the extruder is right above where the filament melts, meaning it will be more precise when retracting/pulling and extruding the filament (right amount of filament coming out). Dual gear also means it is stronger in pulling the filament. Also has a dual lead screw drive, meaning both sides of the printer have a screw to lift up where the filament comes out when needing to go higher in the print, making it very stable, and can't sag on one side. Finally, auto bed leveling which is very nice. My ender 3 pro with upgrades actually is around $300, but I enjoyed the "fixer upper experience". If I remember correctly, the Neptune series was more expensive, so I didn't buy them. Now I am very tempted to buy a Neptune 3 pro. Some reviews say it is a great first printer for beginners, and other say it isn't. It may depend on the person using it (as with anything), but from my perspective, it already has amazing upgrades and would work well out of the box, all for $199. Hope this helps!
@@TheTinkeringTechie Thank you for such a detailed response, this is the problem watch 2 videos and they will have differing opinions which is why I want easy parts & upgrades so I can do it myself. ( yes I always use Affiliate links as why not when help is given ...)
Glad to help!
Fusion 360 is also free with the Hobbist option, and there’s way more how to content available
So good
Im shocked you doing have more followers. This was a great video
You can also print guns.. The fgc9 is a thing
Yeah, I have seen videos of that open-source gun to fight gun control. Very interesting. The naming is creative :P
Autocad is free?
Nice!
this video should be tiitled how useful 3d printing is lol nice video btw!!!
Hi again! Yeah, it is more on the 3D printing side, but I wanted to include CAD as well as sort of an intro to the next video. Thanks for stopping by!
The title could lean more into the 3D printing side, so I'll change it and see what happens!
@@TheTinkeringTechie your welcome keep growing!!!
hmm 🤔 this guy is super smart good things will be found here
Nice video! I hate my ender 3 with a passion especially after using anycubic printers. My ender 3 has issues everytime I print with it, and it has gotten me so annoyed. Yes, I like tinkering, but I want to be able to use my printer lol. I ordered an elegoo neptune 4, as it is the cheapest printer with klipper that seems pretty good, and from previous reviews about elegoo, its out of box experience should be much better than what I had with my ender.
Thank you for stopping by! I must've just been lucky with my Ender 3 pro. I did see reviews saying that the Ender 3 is not very beginner friendly, but the pro version is, which is why I got it. It started having issues a couple months in, and that is when I decided to fix it, and ended up upgrading it to where it performs tremendously. Took a lot of trial and error tho. But I agree, Creality ender 3s are for mega tinkerers. The more expensive printers are tools, and the cheaper ones are projects and tools.
pls get an auto leveling kit it's giving me flashbacks 😭
PAPER FOREVER! Jk, would be cool to get one. The PEI sheet is very good, to the point where I only need to level the bed in one go every 3 prints.
@@TheTinkeringTechie I'd definitely say that the PEI sheet is a good first upgrade, I've printed many prints on mine without problems. If you ever plan on printing PETG, get some glue stick to put on the surface, as PETG hates to come off.
Pretty nice
Thank you! I appreciate it!
Use Solid Edge 2023 Community Edition as a professional CAD System for modeling. Its free and its not forcing you to put your data where you dont want it. I ordered myself the qidi tech x-max 3, its a fully enclosed printer, very fast and can print the most complicated high temperature filaments very fast in a heated chamber, but it has klipper, i prefer open source OS.
im learning it but is alot more confusing than fusion 360
Interesting, never knew about Solid Edge Community Edition until now. Sounds interesting, and also has simulation/animation capabilities! Great for project videos for extra production value! I'll look into it. As for my Ender 3 pro, it was affordable for me, and got the job done. With the right upgrades however, I am able to print PLA at 150mm/s reliably (and allow me to print exotic filaments like polycarbonate) and am able to do 200 mm/s (max mechanical printer speed) but I am not sure exactly how long it can go for as I haven't tried it yet.
@@stanleyhoptroff You wont regret learning it, because long time its much better. Its a real professional cad system, i know what i am talking about, i am using this CAD Software from day 1 and i know other like catia, nx, solidworks etc..
There's also $100 dollar ender 3 pro for first time microcenter buyers if you live near one.
That is true! I've heard of that before. I wish I lived near a Microcenter :(
I would like a more dramatic and evil split personality for comedy purposes or just say anything that sound like anime villain😂that way u got more reason to play with some sussy anime sound effect
Now you’re talking !
OK
please make something unique, something so different and useful that when people see it they can only blame you
good soup
Why does everyone think just because there’s a camera pointed at them they feel the need to act? Just do it as an instruction video, takes no acting at all
As a new channel, I need to try different things to see what works, and so for this video, I wanted to make a story, so I practiced my showing rather than telling, in this case, showcasing how 3D printing can have many uses. I am also a big movie person, so I like to incorporate story elements into my videos :D. Also, a story is just more engaging to most people, as I can see with this video as it is #1 on my channel. I will be doing 2 instructional type videos (CAD, and how to start w/ 3D printing) with elements to keep it interesting, but without acting and see how they do.
P r o m o S M 🤗