One thing about owning your own 3D printer is that it opens up your creativity. I suppose there are a lot of people out there that don't know what they would ever do with one. Once you have one, all of a sudden you see things you can make yourself. My brother wanted me to 3D print a vacuum adapter for his sander. I designed one and had it in the slicer in five minutes and it was printing ten minutes later. I have Creality K1 (that thing is smoking fast). It took maybe thirty minutes to print the adapter. Look, I start my eighth decade on this planet next month. If I can figure out how to do all this, anyone with two working brain cells can figure it out. Get one and have some fun making stuff.
People criticize 3D printers as being useless toys, and that is probably true if they're only used to download baby Yoda files and print them. A 3D printer is half a solution. 3D CAD is the other half. Once both complementary skills are acquired, it seems that *anything* is possible. I built a shop full of CNC tools that I now almost never use. It's so much faster and easier to draw whatever I need in FreeCAD and 3D print it. You don't need to get an associate's degree in CAD. Sam is designing parts in TinkerCAD and selling them. If you want to get started in FreeCAD, you can create surprisingly complicated parts using the 3D primitives (cube, sphere, cylinder, cone...) and adding them to each other or subtracting them from each other, then chamferring and/or filleting the part. This is basically using FreeCAD in TinkerCAD mode. As you need to create more complex geometries you can draw arbitrary 2D shapes and loft them or revolve them, and learn to use the full power of parametric 3D CAD.
A few months ago I saw an AnkerMake printer on Amazon for $200, and said, that is so cheap, I am sure I will find a use for it... It already has MANY MANY hours of print time!
THIS!!! i always thought it would be great to have one. as you stated the ideas come mostly when the Machine is standing right there. my wife did not quite see the possibilities at first. since convincing my wife (which is by the way the hardest step for most of us married man XD) i had a kobra 2 pro and now an A1 i came up with many many practical solutions for all sorts of problems in and around our house. sprinkled with some nice decorations for the happy wife happy life situation.
what is described here and on many other places is what many of "us" have experienced. First thinking its nonsense, but after the first design-to-print process there is no way back. Although I tend to design the cute stuff, it is what I do for almost 3 decades now: Designing cute stuff (rubber stamps for the decoartive papercraft industry). Since I saw some of my ideas becoming 3D I am addicted. PLUS I even made some technical items I needed for me and others, so I am on the other side of the road now, and no way of going back. This journey is repeating all over the planet, and I am abolutely sure every household will have 2-3 printers in 10 years time. Less ordering stuff online, more printing it!!! Farms like Sams still will make sense OR he will turn into a designer offering his designs, getting paid accordingly, like he said, a lot of time went into developing his special products.
I was going to comment on slant3d as well. They are focussed on b2b fulfillment, so if Sam were to have a product really take off that exceeds his print capacity, it might make sense to offload that item to a shop like slant3d.
@@thumperthoughts I'd imagine it's really good for overflow products that you don't have the capacity to print enough of to keep up with the demand, but I also imagine you'd still be paying some sort of premium for that or else the business wouldn't make sense for Slant. It'd still cheaper to build your own manufacturing network and using an overflow service like that on occasion than it is to rely on outsourcing completely.
Slant also ties in with Etsy so you never have to touch a product or deal with shipping. If you like to hand off everything other than design and your listings, barring problems, slant seems like a great idea.
This. He’s right those services aren’t great for a production run. They’re for one and done. Slant3d doing printing AND fulfillment to the customer is a totally different scenario. Also with the ones he looked at, should have looked at a quantity equivalent to 1kg of filliment. Deliver 30 pieces home to reship when orders come in. Sam hope you update this, super helpful data.
My local library has a 3D printer. You upload your STL and they print the model, charging 10 cents per gram for the completed model. They use PLA exclusively.
Even if you’re not selling … it’s so nice to be able to make just about anything you can 3D model to solve problems. I consider my 3D printer a tool … one of my most useful tools. Once I have the printer I can make most things I can imagine and a bunch that others did for a few bucks.
I almost never use the CNC tools in my machine shop now that I have reliable 3D printers. Once you can CAD and 3D print, you can do so much you couldn't previously do. It's such a powerful tool for anyone who actually does stuff that I can't imagine not being able to 3D print custom parts at home. I can quickly make exactly what I want without compromise, but even if what I want is cheap on Amazon, I'll often spend five minutes to CAD it and I'll print it in an hour or two for 50 cents while I'm off doing something else. CAD and a 3D printer results in nearly immediate gratification.
There is one thing you missed for your comparison vs the big companies. There are tons of independent small businesses out there that will charge 0.15 to 0.20 per gram for printing basic PLA and PETG. If its someone in your own town, they'll likely be happy for the work and unlikely to steal your IP. Pending your settings, a 100g item would be around $15 to $20 with out a bulk discount, etc. Far as IP with 3d printing, thats another mess, but there is no protection for functional items (a jig could be considered functional). Therefore without a patent, one could literally 3d scan or recreate your hard work and you wouldn't be able to do much of anything about it. Which is pretty messed up, but happens daily. Another pointer for those looking into starting a print farm, don't jump in with 20 printers try and run the minimum amount you need. Demand can drop off at anytime, and a fleet of printers collecting dust is a horrible thing. Not to mention that the technology is drastically improving about every 6-12 months. The machines I had before Bambu are rarely turned on now, and for single color prints I'm finding myself going away from Bambu for the newer Flsun T1 pro which is stupid fast. Oh yeah, and Sam you should really give Plasticity a try, much better than tinkercad.
These outsource companies' prices get cheaper per part with the increased number of parts being ordered. Also, I know at least one of them also offers injection molding services, so when your volumes get high enough, you can look at costs of factions of dollars with a lot less production time (but there are upfront costs for mould prep and longer lead times.) But I agree the retention of IP being an important concern.
Biggest advantage of being in charge of your own services is that the models can be changed at a whim to meet customer needs and unforeseen improvements.
Our business has been picking up on the printed things we sell, so we decided to pick up another multi-color printer during the Black Friday sales.. I figured I'd try one of the new kids to the color scene, especially since it's significantly cheaper than the A1 Combo (Anycubic Kobra 3 Combo). I'd done just the bare-minimum of research on it, but figured it'd be similar to the P1S as far as waste and all is concerned (I mean, how many different ways is there to purge the old color out and flow the new, right?). I was VERY wrong in that assumption, lol. For one print we do, it uses 165g for the print, 13 for the purge tower, and flushes 195g. We account for that in the cost of the print.. The Anycubic doesn't estimate the flushed amount, so you don't know until AFTER you print, but it used 166g for the print, 33 for the flush tower and 560g purge... Absolutely crazy the amount used. I'm used to just looking at bottom line on the necessary filament amounts in the slicer, giving myself a bit of padding and pulling a roll with enough to do the job (I track all my spools with Spoolman). BIG mistake on that print, lol. I will say that the Anycubic was faster by about an hour (I'm assuming since it's filament changes take less time), but there's too much waste... That's something to consider when you're purchasing something that'll do multi-color for sure, waste amounts. If one of your viewers is wanting to print things with multiple colors, they'd definitely be better served with one of the Bambu series (A1's will do nicely if they are maxing out at 4 colors), unless they're wanting near zero waste and go with one of those new Prusa machines (MUCH more expensive). At any rate, I'm going to have the wife give this video a watch when she gets off tonight, to show her in a simpler way why doing it ourselves and not outsourcing is the way to go, especially since you have a knack for making the whys and wherefores much easier to understand than I do (as evidenced by the books I normally write in replies, LOL).
@@heffe2001 That sounds like something that could be fixed in the settings. Have you talked to their customer support about this? Surely, they’re not purposely purging half a spool for a 165g print. 😅
@pophid they control purge settings on the printer, not in software for now. You can adjust it, but you may have color bleed if you lower it too much. Bambu has the software tuned for their own use, and you can control the amounts in software for different color combos, it knows red needs more purge if white is next and vice versa for example. They'll get there eventually hopefully but right now they are just more wasteful. Even if you use the purge to infill or purge objects, it still generates more than Bambu with my testing, since the printer does it and not the software.
I just placed an order with Cloudcraft after watching your video. It is a material I am unable to print. The cost was reasonable; it was manufactured in Germany and shipped to Mexico. The shipping cost was over 60% of the total cost.
Quality control is in your hands with onsite. One off part ain t fair comparison,print farms like running multiple of same parts, but again slightly concerned at quality control.
The one that is MJF is a technology by HP which is typically powdered nylon. One of the other ones on your list was quoted as SLS which is similar, but stands for selective laser sintering and also typically powder. Most of those printing services are for high end materials. Something more like a shop like yours that doesn't want to do the printing would benefit from would be Slant3D which ties into etsy, shopify, amazon, etc and when someone buys it, they print pack and ship it. Keep up the good videos.
I am a 3D farmer myself. For me not only the model is my IP but, even more importantly, the material and printer settings, which are very dialed in to the model and can't be transferred to a 3d party manufacturer. Love your videos ❤
Great discussion and insightful. I’d like to recommend to all viewers in this small business niche, please reach-out to your local public schools and find STEM educators to mentor or assist. Our kids need to be inspired and learn this tech. You might also find an outlet for your older printers where you can sell them or get a tax deduction for any donation. Best of luck to all!!
There is one big mistake in your calculation. You only asked for 1 print. Try again and ask for 10, 50 and 100 prints and you will notice that the price will decrease big time. One piece can cost $100 if you only order 1. But if you order 100 pieces the price per piece might drop to $20 or less. The real benefit of using a print hub, like PCBway, HUBS or whatever is in the big numbers. Please try again and make a follow up video, will be interesting 😊
Makers gona Make! Keep on makin man! Good job presenting the info in a video format and some of the behind the scenes. From my exp running a print farm in 21-22, eventually you will clean and re-lube the Z-axis lead screws due to dust and plastic particles, tighten the belts, the filament knife, the ptfe tubes wear down, maybe some of the ptfe tube connectors, maybe a stepper motor or two, build plate replacements, new nozzles as they wear or clog, maybe a fan or two due to bearing wear and they screech. These are all relatively easy to do. On creality/clone machines i could get one back up and running in 30 to 60 mins depending on the problem.
Young man you sure have a AWESOME beard started there. It well be great to see it as it grows out more. I'm so proud of every thing you've accomplished. It's been great watching the many ways God has blessed you and your family. You are blessed to have a awesome wife that stands behind you in all your adventures. My prayer is that God will continue blessing y'all above and beyond your wildest dreams.... Much love...BBE..
You commitment to quality and customer service is apparent. Thank you for the comparison of DIY vs farming out the process. One other thing (unless I missed it) is the material cost per product. I see Bambu sells a 1 kg (2.2 pounds) roll for $20 but in quantity it can be significantly less $13 or even less. What I don't know is how many products you can create from 1 roll. For example, how many business card jigs can you produce from 1 roll? Or what does each business card jig weigh?
I'm strongly in favor of printing products internally, but this comparison is heavily biased in that direction. The print services chosen were almost all prototyping services. There are print farms such as Slant 3D that will have a much lower cost, suitable to an externalized print farm. They specialize in 3D printing designs for online businesses. The sample part in this video would probably cost around $10. They not only manage the 3D printers, they also ship directly to your customer. It's not my cup of tea, but many people are designing products and listing them on Shopify, Etsy, eBay, et cetera, and having a commercial print service 3D print the products and do all of the order fulfillment. Slant 3D has an API to make it easy to integrate with online businesses. Often, someone will have one 3D printer to develop the products. They focus on product development and marketing, and outsource the manufacturing and order fulfillment. I still prefer doing it all but some people prefer to spend their time growing their business by creating new products and expanding their online presence rather than managing a print farm and shipping orders.
I had no idea about Slant3D and they never came up in my searches and use of ChatGPT for preparing for this video, so it wasn't intentional. I'll add this to my next video where bulk ordering pricing is also discussed (that seems to be a popular request from this one, too). Thanks!
These prices are shocking to me for those who may want to have something they designed printed you might try your public library. The library where I live will basically print it at cost of materials used for printing.
Great video Sam. I’m not interested in a print farm but I love my A1 printer from Bambu I’ve been making tool holder for my tools in my woodworking shop and things around the house and I feel like my printer has already paid for it self in just a couple of months. And I’m hoping to start learning how to make my own ideas and to be able to print them. Thanks for sharing your experience with us
Always love your videos Sam, they are definitely my favourite of all I'm subscribed to and you just say it as it is. The fact that you can run a business from Tinkercat shows everyone you don't have to buy big fancy Cad software to be successful.
I think the biggest concern besides cost, is quality control. With services like that of Slant3d’s print on demand service API, time is certainly returned to you to operate and expand the business, but how do you know that your products are being shipped at the quality you would expect from your own in-house print farm? The only way to know is to wait for the reviews and RMAs. I definitely think, however, that anyone who would go the route of outsourcing production, should have at least one high quality printer for prototyping. It would in no way be cost or time effective to outsource prototyping. I would only order “test prints” to ensure the third party print farm could print the product to my standard. All that being said, it is contingent on cost being equal to or less than your in-house cost. It would be essential to factor cost of materials, maintenance, up front cost of printer, cost of your labor, and shipping and handling. It would take quite a bit of research and analysis to make the decision to outsource.
I think using a company to print may be a good starting point for someone with a few product ideas to get started and test the market before investing in their own manufacturing. You can fill orders for a few months to see if the market increases and might be sustainable before taking the deep dive.
I really liked the video, it was great to see you break everything down. It was really surprised how much other companies charge. On another note, I saw in your last video that you have a video coming up about air quality with 3D printing and I'm definitely looking forward to watching it. My spouse and I have been interested in getting a 3d printer for a while now, my only hang up is the VOCs and UFPs even from PLA. We don't have a separate workshop space to put it, just an office, so I'm unsure with children nearby if it's safe.
A comment about the printing technologies. I've worked with additive manufacturing for a good 10years and know most if not all technologies to some degree. The Shapeways quote says SLS(Nylon12) which is the most common bread and butter laser powderbased polymer process. A common system is eos p396 but many others exist today. The i,materialize quote for MJF is also a powderbed based technology but with some binder and heat instead of laser(s). It is Hewlett Packard's (HP) technology. It is a competitor to SLS due to mainly higher productivity and less complex systems, but I have found it also more challenging with powder removal for complex parts (internal cavities). Why xeometry is so expensive being FDM I can only speculate, but probably using some expensive industrial system for that asa/abs and the hourly rate is high.
@@markah910 You won't regret the A1 OR the P1 series, it really just depends on your use-case, and what materials you want to print. If you need stronger prints using more advanced filaments (IE: ASA/ABS, PC, etc), the P1S is a good starting point as it's fully enclosed, making printing those engineering-grade filaments easier. If PLA & PETG are going to be your main focus (PETG is more heat-tolerant than PLA for things like parts your going to use in your car, etc), the A1 series is a no-brainer. I've mainly been using the P1 series printers for around the last 2 years, and have finally gotten to a point where I need another multi-color capable printer, so I gave the A1 a shot. I'll definitely be getting more of these as business grows. Hopefully one day I'll have a wall like Sam's, but right now it's a hodge-podge of various brands for the single-color stuff, and a couple Bambu's for multi...
@@heffe2001 I figure since I'm going to be new to this the A1 is a decent place to start and if I like it and get better at it I can always go and get a P1 series and if I don't like it or I suck at it really bad then it wasn't that bad of an investment to begin with.
@@markah910 the Bambu printers are as near to hit print and go as I've had, they usually don't have many problems. It really depends on what your going to be printing, but I'd hazard a guess that you'll end up finding a ton of things you hadn't thought about being able to make that you do end up printing.. I do a ton of functional stuff for around the house, and sometimes it sure beats having to go to the hardware store lol.
I had no idea about Slant3D and they never came up in my searches and use of ChatGPT for preparing for this video, so it wasn't intentional. I'll add this to my next video where bulk ordering pricing is also discussed (that seems to be a popular request from this one, too). Thanks!
If you sell the physical item that you print the files itself doesn't mean anything because they can easily copy the physical object or 3D scan it if they really wanted to copy what you're doing, not only that a really good 3D modeler could just copy it from I if it's a stencil
As mentioned by someone else, it would be interesting to see what Slant 3D would quote for a large run of parts vs just one. But you also 💯 need your own printer(s) to prototype. I think a mix of both might be the way to go.
I had no idea about Slant3D and they never came up in my searches and use of ChatGPT for preparing for this video, so it wasn't intentional. I'll add this to my next video where bulk ordering pricing is also discussed (that seems to be a popular request from this one, too). Thanks!
Sam, love your videos. I wood work and laser engrave, thought about getting a 3 D printer but not sure what I would use it for. I enjoy watching you grow your business, been following you since you were making utensils. Keep up the great work.
I just started using my first 3D printer the other day. I went with a P1S, i already want to buy another one. Problem is that i dont yet know what to design and sell.
How do you manage sending all the jobs to each printer? Are they all generally printing the same thing, or do you have to clear the slicer for each printer as you get them all ready? Could be an interesting video if your open to walking through your workflow with orcaslicer. Thanks
This video is incredibly flawed for a variety of reasons but the one most important to you as a business owner is that some of these services will also do fulfilment kind of a print on demand service. which frees up your time and resources for other things.
Hi great video as always. I have a question I use Bambu labs filament as it's coded for this A1 machine however Bambu Labs takes forever to ship or has no stock in inventory but other brands of filament spool will not fit the A1 without printing an adapter. Do you know of any brands that will fit the A1 or any recommendations of brands to substitute or the Bambu labs filament? THANKS
Just curious as to how many misprints or failures you have a day or week with that many printers, I have one A1 printer and have only had two failures, and that was due to filament getting caught on the spool and one was my fault for not having a clean build plate. I absolutely love my A1 since I bought it in October this year. I really enjoy your video's, thanks for sharing your journey with us.
Hi, I see you print a lot of items that take up a good amount of space on your build plates. I also run the A1 printers. My question is, how do you keep the prints from warping on the bottom and/ or corners? Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks for all the videos! Keep up the good work!
You're doing a fantastic job! Just a quick off-topic question: I have a SafePal wallet with USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). How can I transfer them to Binance?
If you live near Microcenter get 5% off when using a Microcenter credit card. Almost pays for my MD taxes when buying some Bambu printers. Make sure you payoff the CC at the end of each month.
Great information, it helps me make a decision on what I want to do. I also like the idea that it is useful for personal items as well. Thanks for sharing
Buuuuut Sam! What about the print files that you send to your printers through WiFi, doesn’t it go through Bambu servers and you are giving it away??? Haha great video! Never used those 3d print services, didn’t realize how expensive those are! Glad to have my own 3d printer even more!
Well done Sam however…..overhead, labor, are two huge components. But, doing yourself comes with responsibilities along with a manufacturing job to supplement your design job. Granted simple numbers get a simple comparison however tax consequences along a lot of other factors definitely weigh in. All that to say I wholeheartedly agree IP is an unknown but is president in your mode. Again, thanks for bridging the topic. Personally I build custom furniture and I’d be scared to run the cost I have invested. Ha
Interesting, didn't expect such high prices. I wonder if you went more than 1 if that would make a difference, I know when I get PCB's it basically the same price for 1 as it is 5 and only goes up a little for more since the setup is the expensive part. Is 3d printing the same, if you did a 10 quantity would the price per unit go down a bunch?
Board pricing is what it is due to them making them on a single piece of pcboard material. 3d printing needs a dedicated printer and x amount of time to make each item, and every item adds the same amount of time to the process. Not much of a way for them to combine the costs. At least with FDM printing anyway. If you're doing things that can fit multiples on a bed and using resin printing, they could more easily make the costs lower per unit (it's just in the way the technology works).
You know what I’ll be honest cause I do the same thing. I’ll just leave it as that in the long run longevity finally stuff out right it’s the way to do it. You might take a hit buying everything upfront or what you can afford at once but overtime, why are you gonna pay someone else to make things You? I can understand you get a huge order and you need to outsource cause you only have a dozen printers overtime just buy your own stuff
I had no idea about Slant3D and they never came up in my searches and use of ChatGPT for preparing for this video, so it wasn't intentional. I'll add this to my next video where bulk ordering pricing is also discussed (that seems to be a popular request from this one, too). Thanks!
Sam without a Hat - looking good Sam :) Love the vlogging, feels like the old days when you went over the cost benefit analysis of ordering slate coasters directly from china.
Did he ever say the price of the filament used? Owning a 3d printer that's already a sunk cost. Just curious of how the print farm aligns to the actual filament cost.
There is one cost you did not touch on. The computer. I know the computer I have now would not be able to handle a drafting program to design the printables. I don't even think it has the ability to interface with the printers. (it barely handles me getting on YT) If I were to pursue this, I would need to upgrade my computer. What sort of cost would that be? $500? $600? $800? $1,000 or more?
I recently purchase an all in one computer to run my laser and it was $199 on amazon with windows 11 pre-installed. You can also get something used online.
nice videos, but just a moment, did you compare the prices of the product if you order only one item from a printing farm? Try the prices for, say, 100 pieces - they’re much cheaper than what you had before. Of course, one piece is expensive because the setup is a very costly process, and companies need to charge for it.”
Idk how many hours per day his machines are printing… but 12h, at 10 cents per hour (85W). I’d figure $1-3 per day per machine… assuming you’re printing multiple copies of something sellable that’s trivial.
I had no idea about Slant3D and they never came up in my searches and use of ChatGPT for preparing for this video, so it wasn't intentional. I'll add this to my next video where bulk ordering pricing is also discussed (that seems to be a popular request from this one, too). Thanks!
@ nice! I'm looking forward to watching that video as well. Generally I think the video was interesting and I think maybe you need to trust yourself a bit more that you're smart and knowledgeable about this stuff I think some people may feel it discredits a bit when chatgpt is pulled out.
Your use of the term IP is not accurate. Unless you have filed an invention disclosure with the USPTO for a design patent. After showing how your design is “new and novel” you might get issued a patent. Then, you get the task of policing your patent for infringement over the years covered by the patent. Given that I don’t believe you are a patent attorney be prepared to spend $$$ to a lawyer to get your design(s) patented. Until then, the best you can do is hope nobody buys one of you products and 3d scans it in around 10 minutes to create their own print file.
"Intellectual property rights include patents, copyright, industrial design rights, trademarks, plant variety rights, trade dress, geographical indications, and in some jurisdictions trade secrets."
@@UnCoolDad you are correct but for his purpose all he needs to know is that his “IP” is not what he thinks it is. The longest time it took to have one of my patents issued is three years. Seemed like the teachings were really to “teach” the patent examiners. IYKYK.
3:40 - Sam expresses intellectual property concern for commercial 3D print service having the STL files for his products but uses a print farm full of Bambu Lab printers when they are notorious for ignoring and abusing intellectual property. On the plus side, he's apparently not using the Bambu cloud print server to manage the print farm. 11:15 - Holy cow. Sam *IS* printing his proprietary files through the Bambu Lab Chinese server... and trusting that they are protecting his IP. Wow. Just, wow.
@@canadiangemstones7636 - I didn't upload my files to a Chinese print server, so you have no idea how valuable my IP is. 🙂 I converted the products for my home based business to 3D printing several years ago and that's continued to be my sole source of income since then. It's paying the bills. I should spend less time watching UA-cam videos and replying to UA-cam comments and more time designing and manufacturing new products. I suspect anyone telling an engineer that their IP isn't of value isn't leading an entrepreneurial lifestyle and is probably working for someone else... not that there's anything wrong with that. Entrepreneurs often need to hire employees.
As someone who deals with Chinese corporation in a production capacity on a daily basis… you IP is not yours anymore homie. That belongs to Xi Jinping now. Hahahahahah
id rather buy the printer and learn myself instead pay someone to print stuff for me. Knowledge is worth SO much more.
One thing about owning your own 3D printer is that it opens up your creativity. I suppose there are a lot of people out there that don't know what they would ever do with one. Once you have one, all of a sudden you see things you can make yourself. My brother wanted me to 3D print a vacuum adapter for his sander. I designed one and had it in the slicer in five minutes and it was printing ten minutes later. I have Creality K1 (that thing is smoking fast). It took maybe thirty minutes to print the adapter. Look, I start my eighth decade on this planet next month. If I can figure out how to do all this, anyone with two working brain cells can figure it out. Get one and have some fun making stuff.
You've made an excellent point - it's amazing how many different things you can create with a 3D printer once you get started.
People criticize 3D printers as being useless toys, and that is probably true if they're only used to download baby Yoda files and print them. A 3D printer is half a solution. 3D CAD is the other half. Once both complementary skills are acquired, it seems that *anything* is possible.
I built a shop full of CNC tools that I now almost never use. It's so much faster and easier to draw whatever I need in FreeCAD and 3D print it. You don't need to get an associate's degree in CAD. Sam is designing parts in TinkerCAD and selling them. If you want to get started in FreeCAD, you can create surprisingly complicated parts using the 3D primitives (cube, sphere, cylinder, cone...) and adding them to each other or subtracting them from each other, then chamferring and/or filleting the part. This is basically using FreeCAD in TinkerCAD mode. As you need to create more complex geometries you can draw arbitrary 2D shapes and loft them or revolve them, and learn to use the full power of parametric 3D CAD.
A few months ago I saw an AnkerMake printer on Amazon for $200, and said, that is so cheap, I am sure I will find a use for it... It already has MANY MANY hours of print time!
THIS!!! i always thought it would be great to have one. as you stated the ideas come mostly when the Machine is standing right there. my wife did not quite see the possibilities at first. since convincing my wife (which is by the way the hardest step for most of us married man XD) i had a kobra 2 pro and now an A1 i came up with many many practical solutions for all sorts of problems in and around our house. sprinkled with some nice decorations for the happy wife happy life situation.
what is described here and on many other places is what many of "us" have experienced. First thinking its nonsense, but after the first design-to-print process there is no way back. Although I tend to design the cute stuff, it is what I do for almost 3 decades now: Designing cute stuff (rubber stamps for the decoartive papercraft industry). Since I saw some of my ideas becoming 3D I am addicted. PLUS I even made some technical items I needed for me and others, so I am on the other side of the road now, and no way of going back.
This journey is repeating all over the planet, and I am abolutely sure every household will have 2-3 printers in 10 years time. Less ordering stuff online, more printing it!!!
Farms like Sams still will make sense OR he will turn into a designer offering his designs, getting paid accordingly, like he said, a lot of time went into developing his special products.
I'd be interested to see what Slant3D would charge you for the same model.
I was going to comment on slant3d as well. They are focussed on b2b fulfillment, so if Sam were to have a product really take off that exceeds his print capacity, it might make sense to offload that item to a shop like slant3d.
@@thumperthoughts I'd imagine it's really good for overflow products that you don't have the capacity to print enough of to keep up with the demand, but I also imagine you'd still be paying some sort of premium for that or else the business wouldn't make sense for Slant. It'd still cheaper to build your own manufacturing network and using an overflow service like that on occasion than it is to rely on outsourcing completely.
@Slant3D
Slant also ties in with Etsy so you never have to touch a product or deal with shipping. If you like to hand off everything other than design and your listings, barring problems, slant seems like a great idea.
This. He’s right those services aren’t great for a production run. They’re for one and done. Slant3d doing printing AND fulfillment to the customer is a totally different scenario.
Also with the ones he looked at, should have looked at a quantity equivalent to 1kg of filliment. Deliver 30 pieces home to reship when orders come in. Sam hope you update this, super helpful data.
My local library has a 3D printer. You upload your STL and they print the model, charging 10 cents per gram for the completed model. They use PLA exclusively.
If you had your own printer it would cost you about $0.02 per gram.
Even if you’re not selling … it’s so nice to be able to make just about anything you can 3D model to solve problems. I consider my 3D printer a tool … one of my most useful tools. Once I have the printer I can make most things I can imagine and a bunch that others did for a few bucks.
I almost never use the CNC tools in my machine shop now that I have reliable 3D printers. Once you can CAD and 3D print, you can do so much you couldn't previously do. It's such a powerful tool for anyone who actually does stuff that I can't imagine not being able to 3D print custom parts at home. I can quickly make exactly what I want without compromise, but even if what I want is cheap on Amazon, I'll often spend five minutes to CAD it and I'll print it in an hour or two for 50 cents while I'm off doing something else. CAD and a 3D printer results in nearly immediate gratification.
There is one thing you missed for your comparison vs the big companies. There are tons of independent small businesses out there that will charge 0.15 to 0.20 per gram for printing basic PLA and PETG. If its someone in your own town, they'll likely be happy for the work and unlikely to steal your IP. Pending your settings, a 100g item would be around $15 to $20 with out a bulk discount, etc. Far as IP with 3d printing, thats another mess, but there is no protection for functional items (a jig could be considered functional). Therefore without a patent, one could literally 3d scan or recreate your hard work and you wouldn't be able to do much of anything about it. Which is pretty messed up, but happens daily. Another pointer for those looking into starting a print farm, don't jump in with 20 printers try and run the minimum amount you need. Demand can drop off at anytime, and a fleet of printers collecting dust is a horrible thing. Not to mention that the technology is drastically improving about every 6-12 months. The machines I had before Bambu are rarely turned on now, and for single color prints I'm finding myself going away from Bambu for the newer Flsun T1 pro which is stupid fast. Oh yeah, and Sam you should really give Plasticity a try, much better than tinkercad.
These outsource companies' prices get cheaper per part with the increased number of parts being ordered. Also, I know at least one of them also offers injection molding services, so when your volumes get high enough, you can look at costs of factions of dollars with a lot less production time (but there are upfront costs for mould prep and longer lead times.) But I agree the retention of IP being an important concern.
@@gman9543 That might be the most cost effective route, but that kills the joy of 3D printing. And no one wants to kill that!
Biggest advantage of being in charge of your own services is that the models can be changed at a whim to meet customer needs and unforeseen improvements.
Our business has been picking up on the printed things we sell, so we decided to pick up another multi-color printer during the Black Friday sales.. I figured I'd try one of the new kids to the color scene, especially since it's significantly cheaper than the A1 Combo (Anycubic Kobra 3 Combo). I'd done just the bare-minimum of research on it, but figured it'd be similar to the P1S as far as waste and all is concerned (I mean, how many different ways is there to purge the old color out and flow the new, right?). I was VERY wrong in that assumption, lol. For one print we do, it uses 165g for the print, 13 for the purge tower, and flushes 195g. We account for that in the cost of the print.. The Anycubic doesn't estimate the flushed amount, so you don't know until AFTER you print, but it used 166g for the print, 33 for the flush tower and 560g purge... Absolutely crazy the amount used. I'm used to just looking at bottom line on the necessary filament amounts in the slicer, giving myself a bit of padding and pulling a roll with enough to do the job (I track all my spools with Spoolman). BIG mistake on that print, lol. I will say that the Anycubic was faster by about an hour (I'm assuming since it's filament changes take less time), but there's too much waste... That's something to consider when you're purchasing something that'll do multi-color for sure, waste amounts. If one of your viewers is wanting to print things with multiple colors, they'd definitely be better served with one of the Bambu series (A1's will do nicely if they are maxing out at 4 colors), unless they're wanting near zero waste and go with one of those new Prusa machines (MUCH more expensive). At any rate, I'm going to have the wife give this video a watch when she gets off tonight, to show her in a simpler way why doing it ourselves and not outsourcing is the way to go, especially since you have a knack for making the whys and wherefores much easier to understand than I do (as evidenced by the books I normally write in replies, LOL).
@@heffe2001 That sounds like something that could be fixed in the settings. Have you talked to their customer support about this? Surely, they’re not purposely purging half a spool for a 165g print. 😅
@pophid they control purge settings on the printer, not in software for now. You can adjust it, but you may have color bleed if you lower it too much. Bambu has the software tuned for their own use, and you can control the amounts in software for different color combos, it knows red needs more purge if white is next and vice versa for example. They'll get there eventually hopefully but right now they are just more wasteful. Even if you use the purge to infill or purge objects, it still generates more than Bambu with my testing, since the printer does it and not the software.
I just placed an order with Cloudcraft after watching your video. It is a material I am unable to print. The cost was reasonable; it was manufactured in Germany and shipped to Mexico. The shipping cost was over 60% of the total cost.
Quality control is in your hands with onsite. One off part ain t fair comparison,print farms like running multiple of same parts, but again slightly concerned at quality control.
The one that is MJF is a technology by HP which is typically powdered nylon. One of the other ones on your list was quoted as SLS which is similar, but stands for selective laser sintering and also typically powder. Most of those printing services are for high end materials.
Something more like a shop like yours that doesn't want to do the printing would benefit from would be Slant3D which ties into etsy, shopify, amazon, etc and when someone buys it, they print pack and ship it. Keep up the good videos.
I am a 3D farmer myself. For me not only the model is my IP but, even more importantly, the material and printer settings, which are very dialed in to the model and can't be transferred to a 3d party manufacturer. Love your videos ❤
Thank you for rambling on, personally you have convinced me to buy if or when I plan to DIY.
Great discussion and insightful. I’d like to recommend to all viewers in this small business niche, please reach-out to your local public schools and find STEM educators to mentor or assist. Our kids need to be inspired and learn this tech. You might also find an outlet for your older printers where you can sell them or get a tax deduction for any donation. Best of luck to all!!
There is one big mistake in your calculation. You only asked for 1 print. Try again and ask for 10, 50 and 100 prints and you will notice that the price will decrease big time.
One piece can cost $100 if you only order 1. But if you order 100 pieces the price per piece might drop to $20 or less.
The real benefit of using a print hub, like PCBway, HUBS or whatever is in the big numbers.
Please try again and make a follow up video, will be interesting 😊
Makers gona Make! Keep on makin man! Good job presenting the info in a video format and some of the behind the scenes. From my exp running a print farm in 21-22, eventually you will clean and re-lube the Z-axis lead screws due to dust and plastic particles, tighten the belts, the filament knife, the ptfe tubes wear down, maybe some of the ptfe tube connectors, maybe a stepper motor or two, build plate replacements, new nozzles as they wear or clog, maybe a fan or two due to bearing wear and they screech. These are all relatively easy to do. On creality/clone machines i could get one back up and running in 30 to 60 mins depending on the problem.
Young man you sure have a AWESOME beard started there. It well be great to see it as it grows out more. I'm so proud of every thing you've accomplished.
It's been great watching the many ways God has blessed you and your family. You are blessed to have a awesome wife that stands behind you in all your adventures.
My prayer is that God will continue blessing y'all above and beyond your wildest dreams.... Much love...BBE..
You commitment to quality and customer service is apparent. Thank you for the comparison of DIY vs farming out the process. One other thing (unless I missed it) is the material cost per product. I see Bambu sells a 1 kg (2.2 pounds) roll for $20 but in quantity it can be significantly less $13 or even less. What I don't know is how many products you can create from 1 roll. For example, how many business card jigs can you produce from 1 roll? Or what does each business card jig weigh?
Those are great questions! I'll add them to my video list to make. :)
I'm strongly in favor of printing products internally, but this comparison is heavily biased in that direction. The print services chosen were almost all prototyping services. There are print farms such as Slant 3D that will have a much lower cost, suitable to an externalized print farm. They specialize in 3D printing designs for online businesses. The sample part in this video would probably cost around $10. They not only manage the 3D printers, they also ship directly to your customer. It's not my cup of tea, but many people are designing products and listing them on Shopify, Etsy, eBay, et cetera, and having a commercial print service 3D print the products and do all of the order fulfillment. Slant 3D has an API to make it easy to integrate with online businesses. Often, someone will have one 3D printer to develop the products. They focus on product development and marketing, and outsource the manufacturing and order fulfillment. I still prefer doing it all but some people prefer to spend their time growing their business by creating new products and expanding their online presence rather than managing a print farm and shipping orders.
I had no idea about Slant3D and they never came up in my searches and use of ChatGPT for preparing for this video, so it wasn't intentional. I'll add this to my next video where bulk ordering pricing is also discussed (that seems to be a popular request from this one, too). Thanks!
FYI the shapeways one was SLS
Just wanted to say this was my favorite video of yours so far. Thanks for the info!
Wow, thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!
These prices are shocking to me for those who may want to have something they designed printed you might try your public library. The library where I live will basically print it at cost of materials used for printing.
Mine charges 10 cents per gram. Not bad, but my cost to print at home is 2 cents per gram, or less.
Great video Sam. I’m not interested in a print farm but I love my A1 printer from Bambu I’ve been making tool holder for my tools in my woodworking shop and things around the house and I feel like my printer has already paid for it self in just a couple of months. And I’m hoping to start learning how to make my own ideas and to be able to print them. Thanks for sharing your experience with us
Always love your videos Sam, they are definitely my favourite of all I'm subscribed to and you just say it as it is. The fact that you can run a business from Tinkercat shows everyone you don't have to buy big fancy Cad software to be successful.
I think the biggest concern besides cost, is quality control. With services like that of Slant3d’s print on demand service API, time is certainly returned to you to operate and expand the business, but how do you know that your products are being shipped at the quality you would expect from your own in-house print farm? The only way to know is to wait for the reviews and RMAs. I definitely think, however, that anyone who would go the route of outsourcing production, should have at least one high quality printer for prototyping. It would in no way be cost or time effective to outsource prototyping. I would only order “test prints” to ensure the third party print farm could print the product to my standard. All that being said, it is contingent on cost being equal to or less than your in-house cost. It would be essential to factor cost of materials, maintenance, up front cost of printer, cost of your labor, and shipping and handling. It would take quite a bit of research and analysis to make the decision to outsource.
Sam just amazing seeing all the stuff you have accomplished with your new 3D printing business well done 👍
Thank you, I appreciate it!
You could set a side hustle to your current print business, as a print service supplier too.
I think using a company to print may be a good starting point for someone with a few product ideas to get started and test the market before investing in their own manufacturing. You can fill orders for a few months to see if the market increases and might be sustainable before taking the deep dive.
I really liked the video, it was great to see you break everything down. It was really surprised how much other companies charge. On another note, I saw in your last video that you have a video coming up about air quality with 3D printing and I'm definitely looking forward to watching it. My spouse and I have been interested in getting a 3d printer for a while now, my only hang up is the VOCs and UFPs even from PLA. We don't have a separate workshop space to put it, just an office, so I'm unsure with children nearby if it's safe.
Yay New Video. Thanks For Helping For many people Your A Great man
Thanks for the info Sam.
A comment about the printing technologies. I've worked with additive manufacturing for a good 10years and know most if not all technologies to some degree. The Shapeways quote says SLS(Nylon12) which is the most common bread and butter laser powderbased polymer process. A common system is eos p396 but many others exist today. The i,materialize quote for MJF is also a powderbed based technology but with some binder and heat instead of laser(s). It is Hewlett Packard's (HP) technology. It is a competitor to SLS due to mainly higher productivity and less complex systems, but I have found it also more challenging with powder removal for complex parts (internal cavities). Why xeometry is so expensive being FDM I can only speculate, but probably using some expensive industrial system for that asa/abs and the hourly rate is high.
I've been on the fence... this definitely helped to push me over it, towards purchasing a printer.
Thank you
I'm happy to have been of help!
@Samcraftcom just bought the A1.... been looking at it and the P1 one for couple months.
Now, how do I tell the wife? Lol
@@markah910 You won't regret the A1 OR the P1 series, it really just depends on your use-case, and what materials you want to print. If you need stronger prints using more advanced filaments (IE: ASA/ABS, PC, etc), the P1S is a good starting point as it's fully enclosed, making printing those engineering-grade filaments easier. If PLA & PETG are going to be your main focus (PETG is more heat-tolerant than PLA for things like parts your going to use in your car, etc), the A1 series is a no-brainer. I've mainly been using the P1 series printers for around the last 2 years, and have finally gotten to a point where I need another multi-color capable printer, so I gave the A1 a shot. I'll definitely be getting more of these as business grows. Hopefully one day I'll have a wall like Sam's, but right now it's a hodge-podge of various brands for the single-color stuff, and a couple Bambu's for multi...
@@heffe2001 I figure since I'm going to be new to this the A1 is a decent place to start and if I like it and get better at it I can always go and get a P1 series and if I don't like it or I suck at it really bad then it wasn't that bad of an investment to begin with.
@@markah910 the Bambu printers are as near to hit print and go as I've had, they usually don't have many problems. It really depends on what your going to be printing, but I'd hazard a guess that you'll end up finding a ton of things you hadn't thought about being able to make that you do end up printing.. I do a ton of functional stuff for around the house, and sometimes it sure beats having to go to the hardware store lol.
Thanks for sharing! Would be interesting to see what Slant3D would charge.
I had no idea about Slant3D and they never came up in my searches and use of ChatGPT for preparing for this video, so it wasn't intentional. I'll add this to my next video where bulk ordering pricing is also discussed (that seems to be a popular request from this one, too). Thanks!
Amazing information! Thanks for sharing!
If you sell the physical item that you print the files itself doesn't mean anything because they can easily copy the physical object or 3D scan it if they really wanted to copy what you're doing, not only that a really good 3D modeler could just copy it from I if it's a stencil
May the lord bless and protect you and your family and your business.
As mentioned by someone else, it would be interesting to see what Slant 3D would quote for a large run of parts vs just one. But you also 💯 need your own printer(s) to prototype. I think a mix of both might be the way to go.
I had no idea about Slant3D and they never came up in my searches and use of ChatGPT for preparing for this video, so it wasn't intentional. I'll add this to my next video where bulk ordering pricing is also discussed (that seems to be a popular request from this one, too). Thanks!
Sam, love your videos. I wood work and laser engrave, thought about getting a 3 D printer but not sure what I would use it for. I enjoy watching you grow your business, been following you since you were making utensils. Keep up the great work.
I just started using my first 3D printer the other day. I went with a P1S, i already want to buy another one. Problem is that i dont yet know what to design and sell.
AWESOME THANK YOU SAM!
How do you manage sending all the jobs to each printer? Are they all generally printing the same thing, or do you have to clear the slicer for each printer as you get them all ready?
Could be an interesting video if your open to walking through your workflow with orcaslicer. Thanks
This video is incredibly flawed for a variety of reasons but the one most important to you as a business owner is that some of these services will also do fulfilment kind of a print on demand service. which frees up your time and resources for other things.
Hey Sam hows the reliability of the A1 printers after running them 24-7
I have no interest starting a print farm but I found your video interesting and entertaining.
Hi great video as always. I have a question I use Bambu labs filament as it's coded for this A1 machine however Bambu Labs takes forever to ship or has no stock in inventory but other brands of filament spool will not fit the A1 without printing an adapter. Do you know of any brands that will fit the A1 or any recommendations of brands to substitute or the Bambu labs filament?
THANKS
Shapeways quote was for SLS not FDM as well
are you going to add to your solar farm considering with all the new machines?
It's time to make your own 3d printing service:) LETS GO:D
Just curious as to how many misprints or failures you have a day or week with that many printers, I have one A1 printer and have only had two failures, and that was due to filament getting caught on the spool and one was my fault for not having a clean build plate. I absolutely love my A1 since I bought it in October this year. I really enjoy your video's, thanks for sharing your journey with us.
Hi, I see you print a lot of items that take up a good amount of space on your build plates. I also run the A1 printers. My question is, how do you keep the prints from warping on the bottom and/ or corners? Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks for all the videos! Keep up the good work!
Getting 'one of' is generally most expensive. Be interesting to see comparison of ordering 25 items.
Like the new haircut Sam.
Invest in a good non disclosure agreement. The power varies by state.
You're doing a fantastic job! Just a quick off-topic question: I have a SafePal wallet with USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). How can I transfer them to Binance?
MJF is "Multi-Jet Fusion" - HPs name for nylon powder sintering
If you live near Microcenter get 5% off when using a Microcenter credit card. Almost pays for my MD taxes when buying some Bambu printers. Make sure you payoff the CC at the end of each month.
Great information, it helps me make a decision on what I want to do. I also like the idea that it is useful for personal items as well. Thanks for sharing
I'm glad the video was helpful!
Buuuuut Sam! What about the print files that you send to your printers through WiFi, doesn’t it go through Bambu servers and you are giving it away??? Haha great video! Never used those 3d print services, didn’t realize how expensive those are! Glad to have my own 3d printer even more!
Well done Sam however…..overhead, labor, are two huge components. But, doing yourself comes with responsibilities along with a manufacturing job to supplement your design job. Granted simple numbers get a simple comparison however tax consequences along a lot of other factors definitely weigh in. All that to say I wholeheartedly agree IP is an unknown but is president in your mode. Again, thanks for bridging the topic. Personally I build custom furniture and I’d be scared to run the cost I have invested. Ha
What do you do with the empty spool wheels from the filament ,
They're used again. Bambu sells refill spools.
Did the Xometry cost include the shipping? It looked like you could choose 3 day, 6 day or overnight and you had selected 3 day.
Interesting, didn't expect such high prices. I wonder if you went more than 1 if that would make a difference, I know when I get PCB's it basically the same price for 1 as it is 5 and only goes up a little for more since the setup is the expensive part. Is 3d printing the same, if you did a 10 quantity would the price per unit go down a bunch?
Board pricing is what it is due to them making them on a single piece of pcboard material. 3d printing needs a dedicated printer and x amount of time to make each item, and every item adds the same amount of time to the process. Not much of a way for them to combine the costs. At least with FDM printing anyway. If you're doing things that can fit multiples on a bed and using resin printing, they could more easily make the costs lower per unit (it's just in the way the technology works).
Shapeways was also not FMD, it stated SLS. Understandably more expensivenot filam
Thanks
you said in the last video that you were going to talk about VOC's can you go over that cause im wondering and all with a printer in my work area
You know what I’ll be honest cause I do the same thing. I’ll just leave it as that in the long run longevity finally stuff out right it’s the way to do it. You might take a hit buying everything upfront or what you can afford at once but overtime, why are you gonna pay someone else to make things You? I can understand you get a huge order and you need to outsource cause you only have a dozen printers overtime just buy your own stuff
Slant3d would like a word
I had no idea about Slant3D and they never came up in my searches and use of ChatGPT for preparing for this video, so it wasn't intentional. I'll add this to my next video where bulk ordering pricing is also discussed (that seems to be a popular request from this one, too). Thanks!
Great video Sam 👍
Thanks! I appreciate you letting me know!
Merry Christmas Sam & Family! Blessings!✝🕊🌟💚🎄💗
Merry Christmas to you and yours as well! 🎄
Sam without a Hat - looking good Sam :) Love the vlogging, feels like the old days when you went over the cost benefit analysis of ordering slate coasters directly from china.
I am just curious; did you shut down the embroidery portion of your business?
Did he ever say the price of the filament used? Owning a 3d printer that's already a sunk cost. Just curious of how the print farm aligns to the actual filament cost.
There is one cost you did not touch on. The computer. I know the computer I have now would not be able to handle a drafting program to design the printables. I don't even think it has the ability to interface with the printers. (it barely handles me getting on YT) If I were to pursue this, I would need to upgrade my computer. What sort of cost would that be? $500? $600? $800? $1,000 or more?
I recently purchase an all in one computer to run my laser and it was $199 on amazon with windows 11 pre-installed. You can also get something used online.
Tinkercad, it's browser based, run on anything just about
Thanks for sharing you have a blessed day
Thank you, you too!
Are you concerned at all about air quality with all of those printers? Do you spend a lot of time in that room?
Sadly I canlt get an A1 right now, they are on pre order or something :( great vid :)
Great content!
I appreciate you checking out the video!
nice videos, but just a moment, did you compare the prices of the product if you order only one item from a printing farm? Try the prices for, say, 100 pieces - they’re much cheaper than what you had before. Of course, one piece is expensive because the setup is a very costly process, and companies need to charge for it.”
With an A1 mini, it pays its way in 9 jobs.
You can set up print to your LAN, so no need to use bambu cloud.
No hat! You look years younger tonight 👀
> Should You Build a Print Farm or Hire a Company?
Yes, you should.
Thanks Sam! Where is Angela?
Merry Christmas. Ho Ho Ho.
Intellectual property? Really? Today? I just ordered one and copy it. It's that simple today. Isn't, that what bamboo labs Does Best?
your electric bill has to be insane
Idk how many hours per day his machines are printing… but 12h, at 10 cents per hour (85W). I’d figure $1-3 per day per machine… assuming you’re printing multiple copies of something sellable that’s trivial.
Sam . . . where’s your hat? 😮
This was at the end of a long day. LOL The hat was missing. Hahaha
I think not having Slant3D in this video is a disappointment :/ Reckon they'd be the most competitive option.
I had no idea about Slant3D and they never came up in my searches and use of ChatGPT for preparing for this video, so it wasn't intentional. I'll add this to my next video where bulk ordering pricing is also discussed (that seems to be a popular request from this one, too). Thanks!
@ nice! I'm looking forward to watching that video as well. Generally I think the video was interesting and I think maybe you need to trust yourself a bit more that you're smart and knowledgeable about this stuff I think some people may feel it discredits a bit when chatgpt is pulled out.
Doesn't make a lot of sense. Apples and oranges comparisons.
Your use of the term IP is not accurate. Unless you have filed an invention disclosure with the USPTO for a design patent. After showing how your design is “new and novel” you might get issued a patent. Then, you get the task of policing your patent for infringement over the years covered by the patent. Given that I don’t believe you are a patent attorney be prepared to spend $$$ to a lawyer to get your design(s) patented. Until then, the best you can do is hope nobody buys one of you products and 3d scans it in around 10 minutes to create their own print file.
"Intellectual property rights include patents, copyright, industrial design rights, trademarks, plant variety rights, trade dress, geographical indications, and in some jurisdictions trade secrets."
@@UnCoolDad you are correct but for his purpose all he needs to know is that his “IP” is not what he thinks it is. The longest time it took to have one of my patents issued is three years. Seemed like the teachings were really to “teach” the patent examiners. IYKYK.
3:40 - Sam expresses intellectual property concern for commercial 3D print service having the STL files for his products but uses a print farm full of Bambu Lab printers when they are notorious for ignoring and abusing intellectual property. On the plus side, he's apparently not using the Bambu cloud print server to manage the print farm.
11:15 - Holy cow. Sam *IS* printing his proprietary files through the Bambu Lab Chinese server... and trusting that they are protecting his IP. Wow. Just, wow.
Bro. Your IP isn’t of value. Get over yourself.
@@canadiangemstones7636 - I didn't upload my files to a Chinese print server, so you have no idea how valuable my IP is. 🙂
I converted the products for my home based business to 3D printing several years ago and that's continued to be my sole source of income since then. It's paying the bills. I should spend less time watching UA-cam videos and replying to UA-cam comments and more time designing and manufacturing new products.
I suspect anyone telling an engineer that their IP isn't of value isn't leading an entrepreneurial lifestyle and is probably working for someone else... not that there's anything wrong with that. Entrepreneurs often need to hire employees.
You really need to stop referring yourself in the third person.
Sam doesn't know what you are talking about. We don't see a problem here.
@ unfortunately
As someone who deals with Chinese corporation in a production capacity on a daily basis… you IP is not yours anymore homie. That belongs to Xi Jinping now. Hahahahahah
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