How I Design Best Selling 3D Printed Products ($10,000/Month on Etsy) - Full Tutorial
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- Опубліковано 5 чер 2024
- In this video I illustrate the workflow I use to design best selling 3D printed products for my Etsy shop. I use one of my latest products, the Santa chimney countdown calendar, as an example. I provide a high level overview of my thought process and the procedures I use to turn an idea into a product using Fusion 360 for 3D modelling.
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Great video and clean tutorial. One suggestion. Place a storage slot on the back of the chimney for the removable day plates.
Great idea! Thank you very much.
i just started out with fusion 360 a month ago never saw so much new learn input about it in one video well done
Really like the idea of stacking the colors for less waste on color changes. That’s a big help and I’ll definitely add that to my arsenal.
i'm a total beginner who just got himself a bambu lab, but I think what you are referring to is called hueforge meshing and there is software to help you with that (correct me if wrong)
@@AM-pq1rqcrality k1 is wonderful should have bought that or the adventurer m5
Yo this is a fantastic walkthrough. I am limping my way through learning fusion 360 and this taught me a few great tools. Subbed!
Thanks a solid, focused video, without over the top bam boom wow thing a lot of people do. It was also inspiring, as I’m just now designing my first few models to try to sell.
Fantastic video thanks so much. I’m new to 3-D printing 13 days and counting your breakdown method just awesome.
Thanks for watching! Welcome to the hobby!
These designs are fun! Santa brought us an A1 mini for Christmas and we are excited to get started! I've subscribed and will check out your other videos to learn more!
Thank you! Enjoy the new printer :)
Always love seeing a new video from you ! Keep it up!
Thank you very much!
Wow, i learned a good bit about fusion watching this video. 👏👏
This year I decided to DIY Christmas presents (and actually have them done in reasonable time. Managed to get some nice results, but designing the piece I printed, though it had its pros and cons, was very satisfying to see come together. The feedback from my friends was a resounding "sell this on etsy", so I might just start it. Thanks for the breakdown of the process, I just installed fusion 360 the other day, so I guess it's time to learn it.
That’s awesome. Designing your own things is one of the most satisfying parts about 3D printing. If you have a knack for it, you should definitely pursue that!
Awesome holiday calendar and the colors looks great. Take my money, I just placed an order on Etsy. Can't wait for it to arrive and display next holiday season.
Haha thank you very much!
Great design.
Good 3D implementation as always
Thanks for sharing your experiences with all of us :-)
Thanks Asger. Much appreciated 😊
I would love to see the Blender workflow. I currently do like you, using Fusion 360 and would love to learn the more artistic side using Blender as Fusion can be really hard for more intricate things at least for me.
Well thought out video, every phrase teaches something important
Hey man, really appreciate the video. It‘s nice to see that there are still creators out there that don‘t edit their videos too overstimulate you to the point of going mental and where you actually get value.
Cheers. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Great video, very detailed oriented thank you so much coming from a newbie to the hobby
Thank you!
Subscribed! Feb 10k on the way - I love the design process as much or more than the printing process. Thanks for the tips!
Cheers. Thanks for watching!
This is awesome man. Great work!
Thank you!
This video is awesome.. I am currently trying to Learn SVG and fusion 360 and Blender.. I use shapr3d and Tinkercad right now.. I have Snapmaker J1 , Bambu A1 mini combo , and Bambu x1c with 4 AMS units.
I am trying to start a small side business with my printers. Customs items only.
One word: INSPIRATIONAL...
Really nice ideas and designs, well done
Thank you very much!
Really helpful video. Thanks!
Great video! Definitely enjoyed it, and my biggest takeaway is that you know your way around Fusion 360 very well, and I would like to know your way too!
Thanks DJ. Much appreciated!
When you do your numbers, instead of mirroring and having the numbers flipped you can use the rotate function with a center line.
Ah, good call! Thanks for the tip.
To make the PETG stick to PLA, you have to raise the temperature a lot for the PETG. I print PETG-CF on PLA supports, on the BL A1 and because of the hardened steel nozzle, I needed to raise from 255 to 275 to make it stick clean. I also turned off the fan for the PLA to have a clean layer over the PETG-CF. Hope this helps
Thanks for the tip!
@@ygk3d I don't want to "over advice"
It took me some time to grasp the fact that the first layer infill speed is also the first layer on top of a support, even though the line type says Bottom Layer.
I set mine to 50 mms. Hope this helps also
Huh! That's' the first time I'd heard of using two materials in the same print. Very interesting...
The Santa chimney is such a good product
Good for you! What a great video!!
You got some talent there. The only thing I didn't like about the Santa is the amount of color changes. I know the way you designed it makes it compatible with any printer, but it is far from practical if you don't have an automated filament changer. Specially if you're hustling and can't give full attention to it. It would be nice to see material and high level slicer settings you used (maybe I missed it).
Great work and great video 👌🏾
Thank you!
Excellent information
Impressive Fusion 360 skills!
Thank you!
great stuff.. i will be learning from you my guy!
Cheers. Thanks for watching!
I learned quickly that print-on-demand is not the model for me. Designing your own products is definitely the way. I haven't hit $10,000 in 30 days but I have hit $4,500+. I want to incorporate HueForge paintings into my designs but importing the HueForge mesh into Fusion always brings my computer to a halt and everything becomes unusable. Basically there's just not enough computing power to turn the mesh into a solid body. Your HueForge video still informs me to this day, I'm curious if you have any experience/suggestions for editing a HueForge mesh in F360. Thanks as always for the great content!
$4,500+ is still great. Congratulations!
Fusion 360 really chokes on large meshes. It would be better to keep the HueForge model separate and combine it with the other model as a final step using a program like Meshmixer. Glad to hear that HueForge video was useful for you! Thanks for watching and commenting. Your viewership and engagement keeps me motivated to keep going.
You too brother! You will always be the guy who demystified Slicing Gap Closing Radius for me, lol. Nothing makes me happier right now than 3d printing success stories. I tried the same in Meshmixer with similar results. All I want to do is trim the borders to turn it from a rectangle into something that's not a rectangle, it shouldn't be this hard! LOL@@ygk3d
Or pay a better designer to design for you. My level of skill with Blender didn't come close to the skill needed for some of my products. Make sure to have a solid contract in which you get full rights to all the files used to design, if you do supplement your designs.
Great skills! I've really got to spend a bunch of time on Fusion 360. I'm a novice at best. You say you're not a graphic designer but you look like you are to me.
Thank you!
You make me wanna use Fusion 360
Do you have a temperature/ humidity controlled room? I see all your filament not in bags or boxes. I thought we weren't suppose to expose them to the air. I am new, so I am wondering about that. Thanks
very awesome! Could the fireplace somehow be brought to life by adding space for a tealight and printing the flames with transparent filament? Or one step easier, use fluorescent red/yellow filament so it glows in the dark?
Great idea!
Great video!
Thank you!
Thx so much very inspirational
Glad to hear! Thanks for your comment.
Nice video, subscribed!
Thank you!
Great video, I love adsorbing information from great talents such as yourself! The fire place design is awesome.
Thank you very much!
I like how you layered the Santa colors to make it printable with manual color changes. Can you go over how you do this in more detail? Also it looks like the white and the pink are on the same layer. Are you able to print them without colliding with the previous color?
Thanks. Every color is on its own layer. I usually use 2 layers per color, but sometimes more are required for lighter colors. I basically just import each color as a separate SVG and extrude them to defined thicknesses (ex: 0.6mm - 2 layers at 0.3 mm layer height). I use the extrusion offset parameter so the extrusions don’t all originate from the sketch plane, but rather are stacked.
@@ygk3d so you start with black, then red, then pink then white?
@@PaulMillhouse7 yes, and then back to black. It would honestly be pretty tedious if you’re manually changing the filament. I have the Bambu AMS do it for me so it’s not bad. But this strategy saves time and filament waste versus swapping colors multiple times per layer.
@@ygk3d understood, thanks for the detailed responses. Yeah I still need to get a machine with an automatic filament change system.
how do you get your prints to be so clean
you absolutely Earned my sub.
I appreciate that!
@@ygk3d your content is absolutely some of the very best. I just got my ender 3 v3 ke a few weeks ago. I'm already in love with this hobby and the possibilities of 3D printing. So much so that I ordered 2 Bambu land x1 carbon printers. I do not plan on making a business out of 3D printing, but more for fixing and solving problems at home and prototyping stuff :) thanks for being such a good inspiration!
Curious that you use different heights for material changes. I'm assuming you then use the flood fill to paint them in Bambu Studio?
What I've been doing is in Fusion, creating different Bodies for each thing that needs a material change. Then I export each body as its own STL. In Bambu Studio I then load all the STLs are once, which makes them sub objects. I can then simply select the material change for each sub object.
That said, while this works a charm in Bambu Studio it is VERY messy and hard to manage sometimes in Fusion. Even worse things like text for personalization, ends up with a body for every letter :(
I export as separate STLs. Group the bodies into components and export each one. Don’t export each body individually.
about had a stroke watching you design that haha WAY above my level xD im still using tinkercad. i dont see how you can even remember what all those functions do let alone use them.
wait.. you mean I don't have to delete what i just did because I forgot that one feature 3 things back in the timeline? UGH I had no idea you could just roll back the timeline like that, this is gonna save me a lot of time and headache now thanks!
I was waiting for the CN Tower model talk point hahaha
Haha that’s just a little easter egg for the Canadians in the crowd 😄
Do you think saving each colour in svg and importing individually more easier than importing the whole image directly? How do align it?
It’s necessary to do it this way in order to be able to isolate each colour and extrude to different depths. There wouldn’t be any interior lines if you just converted the entire image. It would be one big blob.
would be nice to add a compartment on the back of the fireplace to store the steps!
tnx bro
What website did you use to design it?
Do you print with PLA or PETG? I find PETG very hard to print on my X1C. Also shipping PLA in the hotter months will deform/melt? If you can share your PETG profile if you use one, that would be much appreciated
For products like this I would use PLA. I’m not too concerned about them deforming in shipping. It’s never happened before.
I use PETG for other products. In that case I just use the default profiles. Not all PETG is created equal. I’ve used some that has been nothing but a headache. You may need to try a different brand.
What about the CN Tower?? I wanted to know about that!
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Great video, hiw is the troodon 2.0 holding up nowadays? I want one just want to know the reliability of the machine lol.
Thank you! My Klipper Troodon is really solid. The RepRap one has a broken cable, but that’s a known issue and Formbot has sent out a replacement. Overall, they’re great machines. They’re best as a platform for upgrading. From factory they’re not quite as good as say, the Qidi X-Max 3. Mainly because they don’t have a high flow hotend. But if you want to get into the Voron ecosystem it’s a great entry point.
@ygk3d thanks I have the qidi, I was going to order from a site that upgrades the hotend and pre-installed klipper and a few other upgrades. I didnt even know about them until you posted I have been following them ever since.
What brand of filament do you like the most for PLA regardless of the price?
Since I print for profit, I tend to just buy whatever is most cost effective. I have a local supplier I generally use.
Now Im watching you carefully. I just reworked my printer and ready to go.
Hi, i'm curious to how you got into 3D CAD, Is it related to something you've gone to school for?
I have an engineer education. I was first introduced to CAD in university. Fusion 360 isn’t something we used, so that part is self taught, but most of the skills are transferable.
The one thing missing is storage of the removed slats. I would totally lose those lol
nice
Sooo using Fusion 360 Free version for commercial use?
F360 is too expensive for a small business (+ they raise price all the time) better to buy a perpetual licence cad like plasticity or a similar software and forget the subscription based ones
@@xeraoh yeah I know, I just mean that he is using the Free Version but commercially. Honestly would do the same, but dont post that lmao
@@xeraohthe point went sky high of your stupid brain
Dont they offer free version for makers still?
@@andreyansimov5442 yeah, where you can have a maximum of 10 projects. You can still use pretty much every feature, except for a few
And you can't use the free, maker version for commercial use. So just for your hobby
so, I want to do the exact same thing ever since I got into 3d printing is to make my own models and I've tried blender but love the layout of fusion 360 and is so much easier to maneuver around in the program, but I don't have the money to spend $70 a month for the commercial license. How am I able to use the free personal license for this situation.
I believe you can use the free license up until a certain revenue threshold. So that should get you started. After that, it’s just the cost of doing business.
@ygk3d Oh that's awesome I thought before hand when it said non commercial use I was pretty bummed because I love fusion more than blender then I was like I guess I have to learn how to use blender since it's commercial but seeing this is great. Jsut wodner what that limit is. I also saw you csn only have 10 models/ product designs too is there a way to get around having more than 10?
@@HosaBosa Unless something changed recently you can only have 10 "active" at the same time, basically you archive some and draw out others... imagine having 10 on your desktop the rest are saved in a folder somewhere, you can only have 10 at a time ready for easy swaps. Thats how it used to work at least a few months ago, probably still the same.
They really need to come out with a ~15 a month tier that bridges between the cut down free version and all the fancy features most makers wouldn't need, I'd love to pay if it wasn't so expensive for 90% of things I'll never even know how to find in the menus lol
@chomp7927 oh ok that's nice then how do you archive the projects so that you can edit them later in the future. Yeah I wouldn't mind I love the layout of fusion I just want to learn how to make more complex things and be able to get a imagine from online and turn it into a 3d model
@@HosaBosa it's been a few months since I whipped anything up, I normally do more stuff around summer months, so I couldn't tell you off the top of my head. Honestly it's free so you could try it out yourself, it was fairly straightforward last time I tried, or you could just see if someone else has videos on YT about the hobby license
Are you satisfied with the quality of the prints? - for instance the underside of the bricks? also does the bridged hooking feature sag? Not asking to be a d***, but I'm afraid my customers will think less of my products if a bridged strand breaks loose... Or if there are any aspects that are less aesthetic than other manufacturing methods. Having a tough time drawing the line between quality, R&D time, and just "good enough is perfect" mindset.
I made a few refinements to the design after this first round of tests to improve on some of those aspects. I made the brick pattern less deep and added more curvature to the top of the fireplace where the stockings hang. The end result is good. 3D printed products will almost always have some aesthetic flaws. I have a tolerance I will accept, otherwise the print gets rejected. I try to design my models to give the highest quality with the least amount of post processing.
If you can tolerate skin that isn't perfectly smooth (non riding surfaces), fuzzy skin can add a subtle texture that makes prints look powder coated and camouflage layer lines.
Use some of that 10 000$ for when you get sued for not having the right Fusion licence 🎉
I am a SolidWorks and Catia designer with 15 years of experience. I think the biggest issue for me is getting people to buy my designs since I feel that the market is flooded. Am I wrong? Is it not too late to start?
Definitely not too late. Just remember, a 3D printer is a “make anything machine”. There will always be a market for “anything”. You just need the right idea. Some sub-markets are saturated (e.g. crystal dragons - way over done), but others are ripe for innovation.
how long did it take to develop this idea ?
It stewed in my brain for a few days before I implemented it. The actual design was done in one sessions. A few hours maybe.
10000 CAD revenue although is important, but more important is how much of it is your win
How do you get sales when there are tons of other people doing the same thing?
Make good products. There will always be a market for that. Find something that nobody else is doing. Or find a way to do it better.
What’s kept me from doing a side hustle like this is honestly the hassle of doing taxes.
That’s fair. I do it full time so the taxes are inevitable.
Uh, yeah youre wife was right about the fire, definitely looks good, but at the same time it sort of makes it look like a torture machine / deathtrap for santa haha. At least the fire is removable tho so when he starts getting down there you can take it out before the kids start getting worried or something lol
hahaha yes, definitely important to make it removable 🤣
How much did you sell this model for?
I have this product listed for around $35 USD.
I'm assuming you were printing these out and selling them, but my issue with selling 3d prints even if you design them has always been they take so long to print out. For example a fireplace that size might take 18 hours on a Creality. Assuming you split this and had 3 printers...... 1 for the fireplace 1, for the "logs", and 1 for Santa, this would still only be one fireplace printed a day. Thats not a lot of income per day right, even if everything sells immediately.
How are you getting around this, just having hordes of printers? And is there a lot of wear and tear on the machines, running them 18 hours for every print.
So, you from Kingston?
Indeed!
This seems weird. It says $10,000/Month on Etsy but there are no etsy links.
Etsy links? My audience is people who are interested in 3D printing. I wouldn’t expect them to purchase from my Etsy shop, so no use in putting the link in the description. I show a screenshot of my etsy statistics in the video. This is a tutorial for how I design products for my etsy shop, so others can do the same for their own shops.
started my 3d printing business in 2015 think my best month was 4k I would love to scale to make 10k a month. I have one product that makes me around 2k a month. But I dont have much luck on etsy been on there for yrs and barley make money there. I make more on ebay and local I made 2500 my first month on ebay.
Good call on eBay. I've been meaning to port my listings over there as well. As for Etsy, you may just need to divide and conquer. Add more listings, or multiple versions of the same listing with different photos. Sometimes just getting more traffic to your store can be what you need to kickstart sales.
@@ygk3d I get a few sales a month on Etsy but that's about it. I have about 30 items on Etsy but yeah maybe I should list more. But the one item on Ebay sells so much its keeping me busy. So lately I have been just trying to scale that item.
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After fees taxes supplies like 2k still a cool gig tho
Everything you showed here which is "freat in fusin" like jumping to an other timeline thickening surface etc, it´s not Fusion inherit it´s simply CAD, almost any CAD software can do that, so don´t get yourselves confused, almost all those things apply to any CAD software.
I wasn’t meaning to imply that these functions were unique to fusion. I was simply highlighting some of the conveniences of using a CAD software such as this. But I could see how it might come across that way.
@@ygk3d Yeah, that´s fine, I am sure you did, just wanted to point that out to noobs who maybe want to start but don´t know which software to choose etc.
Fusion is not bad functionality wise either, it´s just no unique in this regard.
Santa slowly falling to a fiery doom 😢
Haha I made the fire removable for that exact reason 😅
😂😂😂@@ygk3d
it's nice to see one of these "3D printing businesses" actually do the work, appreciate your video.
as someone who has actually built a business, i honestly despise how many makers have started to act like they're business owners, while all they do is use other peoples 3d models, and other peoples store fronts, and other peoples logistics, it's just lazy.
at best they're wannabe manufacturers.
IMO they should just stick with youtube.
Thanks for watching! It’s an interesting time we live in. It’s never been easier to start generating revenue from the comfort of your own home. The problem in the 3D printing space is that the market quickly becomes saturated with identical offerings. There’s nothing wrong with licensing someone else’s catalog, but as your skills progress, it’s nice to start designing your own products as well. I personally find that much more fulfilling.
Although I agree I'm not impressed with creators who don't make their own designs, I have to push back a little on the lazy claim. It's not laziness to take advantage of a platform that does so much of the necessary functions of a business which have nothing to do with the designing and creating that made you want to start a business in the first place. It's actually very smart. No creator starts a business because they love having to get good with website maintenance or payroll or packaging or shipping or tax reporting or....you get the idea. I get so much more design done as a result, which is the part of the business that's actually fun & rewarding. And necessary for the business to grow
Coming from solid works, I despise fusion 360. They simplified the modeling process to appeal to hobbyist. In the process everything seems less modular. Good for individual small projects
That’s an interesting perspective. There’s obviously a reason the serious engineering firms still use SolidWorks. Fusion 360 seems more like a gateway into the AutoDesk software suite. They’re trying to get you hooked so you eventually graduate to AutoCAD.
Should have a container in the back for the removed planks.
Also, if you're selling these things you might want to be careful of saying things like "I found this image online" as it suggests you just copied someone's artwork without credit, attribution or permission. Not saying that's what you've done, just that it didn't sound good.
One caveat. Don't just grab a picture of the internet and use it w/o checking the licensing first. Some Etsy makers have been shut down due to this, or being sued.
For sure! Definitely important to ensure it is royalty free or buy a license to the file.
Design and printing is easy, how do you sell that crap? Selling at Etsy is hard as is, how do you rise above other trinkets and doodads?
But Fusion 360 is very expensive
How to create originals designs:
Step 1: Take all the concept from already existing object.
Step 2: Add extra details (make sure to take them from internet for free)
Step 3: Call it Original Design
I explicitly acknowledged that the concept wasn’t original. Not all ideas need to be revolutionary. Sometimes it’s enough to improve on an existing concept.
Just some friendly advice: In a video where you talk about earning money on designs (well done, BTW), you should probably be careful to not show that you are using the free version of Fusion 360 (read the terms carefully, and you'll see what I mean).
What does Autodesk say about you running a business here with a private license. Doesn't it cost $5000 per object created
Furthermore, it is ridiculous to make people believe that it would be so easy to achieve these sales, anyone who knows anything about CAD knows that a lot of know-how goes into achieving something useful. The whole thing is just clickbait but let's see what Autodesk does
The title of the video does not match its content. This is more a Fusion 360 tutorial.
I tried to make it more valuable than just a basic fusion 360 tutorial. The first few minutes discuss product idea generation and what makes a good 3D printed product. I then do a speed run of the design and discus some of the conveniences of the software, in addition to some important considerations for designing products for 3D printing. I think a lot of people would gloss over this video, myself included, if it were a straight fusion 360 tutorial, so I didn’t think it should be titled as such.
According to 0:18, you made $6.8K the month prior, which is nothing to sneeze at. However, you might want to be more sincere with your sales figures.
I did say “in the last 30 days”. Sales are always higher for every business this time of year (Christmas). Not trying to misrepresent, but a round number makes for a catchier title.
@@ygk3d It says $10K/month in the title.
@@bernardtarver titles need to be short and sweet. Adding “ in one” makes it unnecessarily long. We have months that are that high. Others are lower. But that’s all besides the point. This is a tutorial to show how to design things in order to achieve that volume of sales.
@@ygk3d I get it, embellishment for clicks.
Wow $10k im doing something wrong lol
It will come with time and dedication. It took me a while to get to this point.
This is just an ad.
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Most 3d printed stuff is just junk, dollar store clutter
You’re not wrong, but this doesn’t have to be the case. I try to incorporate some aspect of functionality into my designs. I’m not a fan of trinkets either.
If you were that successful selling 3d prints, you wouldn't be making these videos.
On the contrary: I’ve been successful enough that I can afford to spend time doing what I enjoy more, which is sharing my knowledge and making videos for you to enjoy. These videos don’t serve a financial goal. UA-cam ad revenue is peanuts compared to what I could be earning if I spent that time designing new products instead. just like being a content creator.
@@ygk3d OK
This was a huge letdown. Based on the title and introduction, I was hoping to hear more about product research and generating ideas. Instead we get a tutorial on how to use Fusion 360 to make a knockoff model.
Sorry to disappoint. I’ll keep those suggestions in mind for next time. I did title this “how I *design*…” not “how I generate ideas”. Despite that, I also included some insights into how to generate ideas worth pursuing, and considerations for manufacturing using 3D printing which are highly valuable. It’s not just about the software.
Has to stop when you said blender.
PLEASE tell me that the prints you show in your video are NOT what you sell on Etsy… Most of your prints, like this chimney print are RIDDLED with VFAs. The prints are utterly horrible and should of never be sold.. Do you do any QUALITY prints?
I’m curious what the motivation is behind a comment like this. You could have phrased this in a much more polite and constructive way. The prints of the fireplace were prototypes. I made some adjustments afterwards to improve on a few aspects. In general, my prints are of more than adequate quality for both myself and my customers to be satisfied, but thanks for your concern.
10k a month and begs for Patreon???