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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
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What happened to your other channel?
hi, i am mechanical design engineer. i am working as freelancer since last 4 years. i have done mutliple projects realted to 3d printing also. specially i do reverse engineering of scanned and broken models and also create and repair 3d models for 3d print. so if you need any of my help in any project, please reply me. i will provide you details of my website and my portfolio. Thanks
@@mubsharusman4318 Yeah but your english skills need some improvement lol.
@@Lordoftheflamesissketchy i think i should focus on my 3d skills.
The fact that your so transparent about your business is awesome…unlike some other channels with print farms that won’t even show a close up of the type of printers they use 😂
When you get to this level of operation, showing what you do helps your business more than hurt it. Just buying a 3d printer and trying to make a copy of his product wont even get you anywhere close to affecting his business. The level of detail and the size of his operation takes so much effort most wont take the time to do it. Now if dewalt or these other brands started making better dust collection add-ons, then he may have some competition! But people love to support the smaller guys in comparison.
We probably don't need to mention their name but rhymes with smant tree dee 😂😂
@@collect3d How are you doing? Haven't seen a video from you in a while.
@@edwardmcrichy2985 Ive been really busy lately with running the print farm and a new born that I cant seem to find the time to make content! im sorry about that! I hope to make some more towards the end of the year.
Ever heard of NDA work? Some people *cant* show their work due to contracts
Impressive! From an operational and logistics standpoint, very impressive! Hats off to you!
I'd be interested in seeing a video discussing what is good filament. What is the difference between crappy and good? What signs do you look for to indicate good/bad, etc.....
He seems to be using Prusament from @4:30. Filaments brand is one factor amongs many. Prusament PLA would cost me $43 per spool 🤑
Thank you very much for your videos, they are very helpful. What brand of filament do you use for the bamboo lab?
Great video.. I've been printing for ages but recently developed something which I thought I'd just throw out to see if anyone was interested... The answer was yes and turning into a big yes, so gives me some direction to scale. Already running P1's and already looking to add some more (particularly given they're on special :D.
Loving this channel as well as the Shop Nation channel. Quick question. Why did you choose the Bambu printers over say the Ender K1.
Could you do a vid on starting out
A very informative video with some great tips! I look forward to the course.
That is the one thing I actively try to avoid, NON printed parts. I try and make stuff that needs as little "other" things as possible, as that adds work and more overhead to keep an inventory of. Right now the only things I make that take something else are Keychains, and thankfully those are cheap to get in bulk. So even when things scale up I can at least not drive myself crazy with 9000000000 other parts that don't come from the printers.
It adds value, though. Sure, you can print a thumb screw if you really want.. But it will be weak and probably break, and your product will just look shoddy. 3D printing as a form of manufacturing really shines when you just use it as part of the design process. I've yet to see a purely printed 3D product that didn't look like cheap junk destined for the landfill. There's probably some money in that, don't get me wrong. But there's more to life than money, and I think taking pride in what you make is important. If some screws, some inserts, and a few other bits of 3rd party hardware make your product much better, then just do it imo.
In another video you said that you use Push Plastic filament. Why did you change?
Where can i get your dust collection adapter for my makita?
Currently working on Makita, hopefully soon!
thank you i always wanted to try a farm with just 3 printers and see how it went but dont know what would sale good / as a rv tech i see alot of thing in rv's that could help but dont know what would sale good
Nothing. Theres no money in 3d printing. This guy is full of shite.
You just have to try your luck at things and look for your niche, give it a try.
How do you deal with the air quality? Do you measure VOC/particles/.. in the air?
It's crazy how a single component on a single type of product can support expansion to this scale. Props to you for finding such a niche area ready to be served
America right! you know how bloody big that country is. In the UK You wouldn't have 10 customers a month.
That's what 300 million people with disposable income can do for you, most countries people would rather die of dust inhalation than spend $10 bucks to improve their setup 🤣
@@matthewmanning8413 Lol, that's Brexit for you. You'd have a market larger than the US if you'd still be inside the EU, no customs tax at all and very easy to sell abroad.
@@NikitaKyndt 100% I voted to remain!
Looking forward to your course! I’m a software engineer that always wanted a small manufacturing business. I am praying your course can be the holy grail!
I too am a software engineer that dreams of having a small factory of printers and robots all working autonomously and spitting out useful object. I really don’t even care about what it would make or how much money it could generate - I just want to get to build, design, and play with the machines
same, firmware engineer here, hope one day I also can build a small workshop that can bring idea to a complete product😊
Maybe @PrintFarmAcademy can host a workshop to bring people like us together. Seems like we all have similar goals and backgrounds.
Have you taken courses in the past if you don‘t me asking? Just curious.
@@abhijeetsharma7571 i have the same exact goal as well ! as automated as possible, however my background is medicine does not help me in this aspect but hey everything is possible if you put enough time to learn it, count me in if the workshop ever happen
Wow. Congratulations on the success! The farm has grown a ton! Looking forward to more from ya
The way you isolate the printer vibrations with the shelf panel squares and padding and the UPSs is very intriguing, can't wait for the video on that. love your channel
So great to see this! I've been running a print farm for a couple years now with 18 printers, and I'm really curious to see what your regular maintenance routine is, like what things you check on what schedule, what parts you replace at what interval, etc. Hopefully enough other farmers would agree to make it worth your while to produce such a video (which I know is a ton of work, having been in video & film production since college). Thanks again!
Can I ask how much did it take you to grow so much? I'm just starting and took me months to get 3 printers :(
@@VictorMartinez-ss3ff you mean how much money or how much time? I’ll assume time, and it’s been about 4 years. I happened to have a product that took off online and I turned all that money back into more printers over the following year or two. Once that initial product died down, I started running ads trying to target more commercial clients. I found it easier to go after prototyping and custom cad design. I gradually got more and larger gigs/clients. At this point I have a mix of fairly regular clients who sometimes need individual pieces made with full finish work and others that need 1000 of some industrial part. I just try to do the best work I can and provide the best communication I can. I’ve actually gotten work over other local competitors because of the way I responded to their emails!
I would love to hear you discuss why you chose 3d printing over injection moulding especially once you standardized parts.
He wants to easily add more products to his lineup, without having to make a ton of molds. 3d printing is just a better option for his business. He's also not selling enough for it to be financially feasible.
Injection molding is for mass quantity. These are one off niche products that will soon lose there momentum. No point in investing a ton of money into a very fluid product sales. Unless he moves into something else, he will be out of the market soon, with nothing of value to sell.
@@user-it7kg3pm4q lol injection molding and mass production in china doesn't cost anything near that. He wouldn't do injection molding becasue there is no real money to be made making dust chutes. Everyone and their mom makes dust chutes. It's a saturated market
@@LilApe for a good mold (one, so just a single product) you would be looking around 100k in China for the mold and about 1 run, and there's a VERY good chance that your product gets stolen and sold on any one of the Chinese temu like places
@@chomp7927 Obviously china will steal it. They're the IP theft capitol of the world. Just look at all chinese made printers. All they do is copy and steal. Look at all the stuff bambu lab has blatantly copied. from prusa and voron.
Really love how organized everything is
Great setup, just two cents regarding the UPS battery. I have a background in IT Datacenter and depending on the size of your operation you should get some quotes for a larger UPS system for the whole room instead of deploying for each printer. It will save you money with a larger fleet and maintenance cost can be reduced.
Agreed. Each one of the UPSs needs to be managed. That means an application that connects to it to check battery and power output. Batteries need to be replaced on a routine basis. At a minimum, each UPS should have a date installed and a battery replacement date on the front. Also, a specific name on the front of each UPS so your support team identify them. Swapping out all that with a single large UPS is a big help in the reduction of UPS management and monitoring.
And consider Lithium batteries. I just replaced a pair with LI for the first time....was only $10 more but should have years longer life
@@loopie007 how many years would the battery last you till you have to replace one? also what ups would you recommend to run 3 A1 combos with the ams lite? also the 1500 va ups or less? Thanks in advance!
Ive used Kanban system in my shop for several years. Works great and makes material logistics easier.
I'd like to know what type of ventilation is used in the print room. Is the air quality adversely affected by the printing process?
superb
Tell me please that all that farm is not ONLY for miter Saw exhaust systems! I cannot believe the business of that to be so big! (Not criticizing just find it astonishing)
I’m always amazed at what some 3D printing businesses do and how specific the need is. It’s a big world out there
@@PrintFarmAcademy thanks for the answer, looking forward to what comes next in your channel
Cмотрю это видео из Росиии, и прямо сейчас печетаю корпус для акумулятора=) у нас пластик стоит 5,5 $ за килограмм petg
In terms of inventory, how do you determine how many printed parts to keep on hand?
It’s a constant struggle as things change, just takes practice!
Good luck but I will be shocked to see if you ever turn a profit at scale, no such thing as commercial 3d printing on consumer products especially considering places like jlpcb can do metal 3d printing and use much nicer exotic machines at such a good price. There have been many companies such as yours that close up shop and go bust. I'm sure it could work but you would need to have machines the typical schmuck doesn't have access to, say that a full color J55 Stratasys 3d printer.
Also anyone doing mass 3d printing and not getting it injection molded is a clown waiting to be fired.
If you don't already have a black belt in six sigma, it looks like you could easily use your farm/business as a final masters project to get your black belt. That being said, wow! It looks amazing and I'm sure you'll have great success for many years with your current set up on top of any iterative improvements you'll implement in the years to come.
Why would a small business owner want/need six sigma certification?
@@BillyCoover the certification wouldn't be useful immediately, but the knowledge from the course may be critical. Six sigma principles on waste reduction and improved efficiency can be useful for anyone looking to improve their business process flows. It might be useful for DPM analysis down the road, or any of a number of tools that are worked on during the course. As I mentioned though, it looks like he runs a very tight ship. I believe he would pick up things from a course, but the fundamentals look solid already.
I absolutely love your farm, but there’s one thing that I am really curious about, the fumes, 3d printers release toxic fumes that when breathed regularly can cause health problems, they need to be in a very well ventilated area, how do you ventilate these rooms?
How do you actually send files to the printers? I assume that manually starting a print job on every single printer would take quite a while.
This is great content man! Could you do an explainer on your printer maintenance, what you need to check/when, how you can tell something needs to be changed? 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
I just scanned the QR code and ordered him 1000 screws
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂wild AF
Do you clean the air in the room? Or is it okay to be in the same room while the printers are running?
where do you get the 3 KG Filament Spools here?
Can't wait for the video showing how you set the printers up for print farm life.
I love the transparency as well about the farm. There is a crap ton of videos out there but none delve into like you. The one item I am eager to learn about is the software side of things. I can see when you’re small starting out but when you get to this level and managing all of it is my biggest question. Or even the steps from growing from small to medium and then full blown farm. I am also looking to offer laser cutting/engraving and cnc work. I look forward to class as well, keep on with your “greatness”.
I would like to see some nice montages of you working around and fixing up printers and just the 24 hour life of how you manage it
Hey, what black shelves are you using for your printers?
My little etsy shop has blown up recently and I am struggling to keep up. I think I want to expand and switch my business over to shopify. Looking forward to the course.
what's the shelf connected to the back of your white Yukon toolbox, I have a red Yukon and would like one of those shelfs?
Legit one of the better videos I’ve seen covering things 3D. Relatively new channel, keep it coming. Subscribed
how do you deal with moisture with your petg or is that an issue at all?
i think the massive air conditioner in the room would help reduce the total moisture.
Really interesting! I'm starting to sell a few things here and there & hope it might turn into a side business, now i have a good idea on what it could look like if it does!
God bless all of you and remember God loves you all, and so do I may God be with you all. Jesus is coming soon. God bless repent
at what point should you be moving to injection molding and outsourcing the production?
I've always pronounced "Kanban" as "Can" "Ban". Haven't heard it pronounced as you do. This was a really great and informative video. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience.
Yeah, commonly called "can-ban" here in the states but proper pronunciation is "Kahn-bahn". I made the same initial mistake too!
Bubble wrap protects it🥰
At what speed do you use your p1s curious to see if it is the full speed or something in between standard and ludicrous.
Full speed. Send itttttt
Love the new channel! I’m in Ohio, where did you happen to source your shelving units from?
Menard’s!
Bambu lab has trustpilot rating of 2.6 with 123 reviews. 54% 1 star ratings. Mostly regarding terrible customer service and terrible reliability/QC
Prusa has a trustpilot rating of 4.6 with 7k+ reviews. 85% 5 star reviews and 3% 1 star.
*I think I'll stick with prusa*
Bambu lab also only offer 3 years of software support for their printers after launch. Those P1S's will lose all software support and updates in 2026. The X1C loses support next year.
Prusa still supports their MK3 7+ years after launch.
Well said....
Tbf, bambulab users seem to be some of the most entitled pricks around (and I say that as a bambulab user).. Their subreddit is full of ridiculous whining over minor stuff. I think this is just what you get when you take 3D printing from hobbyist, to consumers. On the subreddit there is regularly people complaining they ordered a printer 3 weeks ago for full price, and now there's a sale on and they want a refund of the sale price. People tell them to put in support tickets asking for the difference refunded, and often bambu actually does it. It's barmy. I don't know any other company that is held to that kind of standard..
Great video. Thanks for the all of the info. As the proud owner of a brand new P1S (which I love), I'm stoked to learn more about how to take care of it and do maintenance. Subscribed!
Nice set up. I call mine " the little factory" and slowly growing 1 product at a time :)
Travis, that is a lot of Shop Awesomeness! Greatness is kind of understated. Great job on the space and processes! Cheers
The video was excellent, with a smooth flow and transparent information. It was entertaining and easy to understand. I possess a modest UA-cam channel and have been a member of the working dead in a factory for 12+ years, with little to show for my efforts. My wife and I just got our first printer, the Bambu P1S. We are now spreading the word about it and attracting local customers. After watching your video, my wife and I feel confident we could start our own business. Thank you for the video. You just gained two subscribers!
Great video! I would love to hear more about what print management software you use, especially for the Bambu's.
I'm excited they are releasing more support for multi-print within Bambu Studio, but most of the other farm software's I've looked at (SimplyPrint, 3DQue, etc) are all in Beta and have been for a while.
Where do you sell your prints ?
Thank you for the video 😉
Wow! amazing setup and organization! The content is great also, quality and transparent bunch of interesting information! thanks a lot for your time! I have one question, how are you dealing with moisture in the filaments? especially for this quantity of rolls. I saw also at your other youtube channel, that you always have all the PETG rolls at open room air and no closed dry boxes or dryers. Best Regards!
Are you still planning on starting on the new shop at your home?
Yes! It’s slightly delayed but going to happen
Hats off to you dude. Seriously. The planning and execution looks seriously good and professional af. Well done!
I do love a good Kanban implementation ! Will you be looking at the two bin system as well?
What are the shelves you’re using??
What is "good filament"? Also, how do you control all the printers and send jobs to them? Individually via SD card, or using some networking?
this is the best youtube channel I ever seen in my life it has everything and more to build my dream 3d printer business
Hello Travis. How often do you have service on your Bambu Lab P1S printers. How many print hours between each service? 😎
Thank you for the valuable content! I'm 19 years old and recently purchased my first 3D printer to start my own business. While I've made a few sales, I’m eager to expand but struggling to find products that sell well. I’m very interested in learning how you discover your successful product ideas and how you effectively market them. Any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated!
Love the video! Great for a recently started 3d-printing business to get an inside look into your business, greatly appreciated!
I would love to see the digital side of handling the 3D-printers, how do you set up and manage all the files, how do you send them to the printer, how do you monitor everything and do you have any cool automations set up that you recommend?
Topic suggestions for future content:
When do you service your machines
How do you keep track of each machine’s production hours
What and how do you actually service your machines
Love seeing the Kanbans. I’ve spent 15 years working in Japanese manufacturing. Love your lean setup!
Great video, I also replaced 8 Prusa printers with 4 Bambulabs printers, I used Prusa for 5 years, but time to move on to better and faster!
Great video!!! Been dieing to see your setup since you originally moved into this space. Cant wait to hear more. Ive signed up for your course be interested in that. Im at a point now i almost feel like i need to move to a space myself to be able to continue to grow. Id be interested in hearing more about your employees as well. At what point did you realize you needed someone to help?
Great looking farm! I was recently watching one of the videos on Stephen Hawes' channel (self-titled) and in his shop tour he showed a machine that could take a spool of something (I think he was using it for rubber belts for servo motors), cut the spool to specific lengths, and spit them out into a bin. Seeing your manual cutting process for the dust collector shrouds made me think of that machine and wonder if it might serve you well.
Beautifully thought out and detailed video! I’m getting into 3D printing as I’m a fanatic for organization and just love all business related topics, I love how everything was broken down and am stoaked to do some research on the Arda Kanban organization system!
Keep up the great work, positivity and I wish you nothing but success!
You will likely start having UPS battery failures after a few years. I suggest moving to a LIFEPO4 UPS solution from Bluetti or Ecoflow, these should last closer to 20 years.
Awsome video! Question: What racks are you using for your printers and how are you stablizing them ontop of the wire shelving?
Now that you have niche products, a customer base, and a system down... Why continue 3D printing them versus manufacturing them? You would think at that point it would be cheaper.
Hierarchy of a manufacturer. Industrial engineering 'old term' is the science of managing and maintaining any business. Staging Departments as necessary and in advance. Amazon, Ebay Intel, Tesla, all had to do this and many have used outsourcing but fear the possible creation of a competitor. Liken to any astute employee becoming even better; drive a Lucid Mr. Musk?. Nothing in general is proprietary because it uses historic processes and the point of so much transparency..................... Shoipify ...... Really? Never seen it coming. Is this one more new breed of an affiliate commercial?
I'm so jealous. If only I could just go from the slicer to the printer. Every printer I use is a piece of crap. The crealities the k1 and the bamboo lab p1s. The only way I can get anything to print is to go in and modify the G-Code from the slicer that I use. That involves M220 to slow or speed up the print. M140 to change the bed temperature so I can pull a print off without ruining it. To manually adjust each layer z height. Thank God there's only six layers. They all have about a 50% print failure. I have taken apart extruders and hot ends so much that I can do bamboo lab p1s and the cruelty Max neo in my sleep. Until I find a reliable 3D printer that doesn't screw up every other print I'm basically screwed in my business.
You’ve done a great job with your business expansion and the warehouse set up is a serves as an example to us all👌 . I am curious Q1: have you considered buying the Bambu Lab A1 printers instead of P1P/P1S and Q2: why choose the P1P/P1S over A1 series, would love to see a video on the topic. thanks so much for your insights and I wish you a great weekend
Curious on the 3kg spools. You don't have them in any kind of dry box. Since you are printing with PETG, can you talk about how you're able to maximize the quality of the prints without having to dry the PETG. I figure the whole office might have the required temp and humidity control since you mentioned that it was previously used by another 3D printing company, but I wanted to see if there was anything specific you were doing.
Great video! I’m curious, is the annual turnover 100 000$? What is the profit margin like? Thank you! 🙏
This is super cool and would be something I'd love to do... I just ordered my 3rd printer but trying to find something that people would actually WANT to buy is tricky. Is your company actually profitable? How do you figure out something that people want? I really want to get out of the rat race. I'm tired of working for the man and making other people wealthier while I'm struggling to get by.
Please, brother, help me have a 3D printer and make something. I like 3D designing and printing, even though I haven't touched a 3D printer with my own hands yet. So please, my brother, change my life. If you have old or broken.
Lots of cool stuff and good information. Out of all of it, I have to admit I am curious about the tape machine.
In the production room, What brand are the racks you are using?
I’m starting a small 3D print farm, found a place, still figuring out the layout. I’m interested in what is your solution for the ventilation. I was thinking on incorporating a recuperator + AC and dehumidifier. Can you give some advice on this aspect? And thank you for the great work!
I kind of got dragged into starting a 3d-printing business. I started posting some things I was making on a local product support group and they begged me to sell them. So I started with my single P1S in my office, and in just a couple weeks, I needed another.. and then yet another. It's only been a couple months, and I think I can get by stashing more printers around the house for awhile, but I will have to sneak the next one into the house when the wife isn't looking.
At what point do you decide to move into injection molding? It looks like you’re selling a lot of the same product. Injection molding would be the next step yeah?
Great video! I’m struck by what an indictment of prusa this is. The numbers don’t lie.
Your strategic approach to scaling, especially the use of the system for inventory management, highlights the importance of organization in maximizing productivity and ensuring smooth operations. 🏢
Epic rundown! As a growing "farmer" myself, I will be following your content closely! 🖖
Another amazing video!
Why is it that everyone and their dog has a "I made a 3D print farm" video, but not a single one addresses possibly the most important part, the 3D print farm management software. How does one automate and organize 70 printers without some kind of centralized software to help keep track of things and delegate tasks?
That's so cool. I'm on my first printer still, it's hard getting started without someone stealing designs and undercutting me.
with those giant exposed filament reels, how are you mitigating humidity degradation of the filament? I notice a difference in quality within a week of my filament being exposed.
Before you were made to order and now you’re a just in time business as you don’t have much stock and are producing just the right amount as a buffer. Don’t go to a big warehouse with stock as most companies have died. Apple for example uses just in time stock.
My guess... you got in over your head with this pipe dream, business slowed, you panicked and turned to starting a guru channel. It works cause you actually had a real business with an office and a bunch of printers, all visual proof of success so we know youre not just a course guy, but really if we saw your sales, that would explain exactly why you're turning to a "i did it you can too" channel
Very big setup, what I can't get to understand is why didn't you choose to run a continuous print setup? Like in many other print farms
That would have freed up even more time from your employees and not making a whole print fail but just the one printing
Amazing what you have done in this short amount of time! What are you doing with the left over of the filament? You don't have AMS's so...
It's a really nice setup, I'm surprised only using petg vs abs and ASA, considering higher heat scenarios and petg having a tendency to shatter at it's break point.