So awesome. I had a 3d printer for Christmas and would like to make some artwork and decorations for my house so this has given me some real good inspiration even if it will take me months on one machine!! Found your content and am really enjoying watching. Thank you.
a little tip macy, at 03:50 when selecting filament, you can just mark the part as you do, and then press the number key for the filament, so like 4 for that bambu pla matte you selected with the drop menu :) love your videos, im doing the same thing myself, just getting started and i love seeing how you do it also if you need help or a second pair of eyes with 3d modeling, im a CAD designer by trade
Not sure if this would make things easier or not, but you can import SVG files directly into Bambu Studio. If you do that it will also preserve the layer structure within illustrator if you wanted to do a single depth multi-material print you could. In this case it could have skipped the tinkercad step. I do really like that you're approaching your machines in such a different way, almost the way you use a vinyl cutter. Also, love to see you diving into Onshape, once you learn the CAD side its like a super power. Great work!
I've had mixed results importing svgs into Studio. Sometimes they load perfectly and sometimes there are parts missing. I have also had limited success using the MakerWorld designer thing. Between those 2 and Inkscape/TinkerCad I can USUALLY get what I need done. Sometimes it's a struggle but every now and then everything just works. LOL
@@Dave_D. Weird, I've not had any missing parts, I wonder if its in the layer structure from your vector software. I'm using illustrator with no issues.
@@WeekendBuilds I'd imagine it has something to do w/ the structure. I can load the same svg into Inkscape and it seems fine. I usually user vectorizer...didn't want to pay for it but it seems to do the best job of anything I could find.
I’ve also had an issue with more complex svgs. I had to use an online svg to stl converter and then import that into studio. Had perfect results that way. I haven’t needed to do so with simpler svgs
@@muchoman90 I think I've had trouble w/ simple ones too. If I recall, one was the old Buffalo Bills logo...a simple white circle as a background and a red standing buffalo. When I loaded into Studio, I just had a background w/ a void in the shape of the buffalo....I don't know where it went. LOL
While I don’t really print decorations I really enjoy your videos. Keep up the good work and congrats on modeling. I have been messing with tinkercad and it has been fun making something you design come to life.
Thanks! I've always been a tinkercad fan but finally starting to branch out and try some more advanced things. Still super basic but excited to be learning.
Maybe time to add a Laser cutter to your business. Desktop diode and even CO2 lasers are pretty affordable. Then you can cut it out from coloured acrylic
@@macymakes3d very much appreciated. I always look forward to your videos. I find them very accessible and it is a pleasure to watch them. I used to be an entrepreneur and now that I have time for other things, 3d printing has become my thing. I now have six machines and it has become my daily activity. Your videos give a nice view of 3d printing and I find that much more fun than all those reviews that we are bombarded with... so here is a little support. much success and keep up the good work...
Great job Macy. For the 4 piece design it would be cool to lock them together. Maybe if you designed it as one piece with the face having a .2mm split. Then the back is solid. So now when you split it in Bambi Studio it would only put the dovetails on the back side? Might be worth a shot.
Gorilla glue! I linked to it in the description if you want to see which kind specifically. The link is for the small pack but I used the same kind in the video but the large tube.
Great video. The large wreath looks awesome. I have been making these type of items but smaller versions. I’d love to print them larger, but I am to impatient
Thank You all you do and show. I would like to ask, how did you use the dove tail? Can you show how to use it? if you don't mind. I am new and trying to search online how to use the dove tail but haven't have any luck.
MACY!!!!!!!!!!!! I've never printed a 'stacked' svg as separate pieces. I have separated them and then stacked them back up in TinkerCad to print as 1 piece, which I think you did w/ your logo a while back. They all came out really good! When you change colors of parts in Studio, if you just highlight the part and then hit the # of the AMS slot, it will change it...just saves a cpl mouse clicks vs the way you showed. Not sure what happens if you have more than 10 colors in the AMS though. I use Onshape, it's pretty powerful for free. My brother uses CAD professionally to design multi million dollar machinery and when I have a problem and ask him, what he shows me in his high dollar programs looks very similar to what's in Onshape. The only downside is all of your drawings are public, if someone really wanted to find them. I believe you can subscribe for a private account. As always, another great video. Your production just keeps getting better (background music etc). Pretty soon you could just hang up selling prints and make more from YT! LOL
Thank you :) Trying to get better with each video! I didn't know that about switching colors, I'll try that next time. And I'm super excited to be learning some CAD. I'll probably upgrade my Onshape account once I get a little better because I definitely don't want everything public. Right now I'm not doing anything too intense though so free will suffice. UA-cam is definitely getting bigger, so we'll see what happens to the selling side of things ;) I still like being able to produce things but it does take up a lot of time that I could be using to make better videos. We'll see lol.
Hi Macy, great video. I find this so interesting I didn't realize a near 18 minute video was over. Did you ever figure out the bowing problem on the box piece? Curious what the fix was.
@@macymakes3d Thanks, it really looks 100% smooth on cam. I'm always worried about selling my prints, because I think customers will complain about the little imperfections and texture that comes with 3d printing. Do you have customers complaining about that?
I am very curious how you go about matching the colors in AI with the colors you actually have. Do you eyeball it, or do you have RGB/HTML color information for your spools? I know Polymaker lists HTML values for some of their colors, but not all of them.
Totally just eyeballing it. I get it close enough in the computer and then hope it comes together in the end. If it's filaments I've used before I kinda know how they'll print so usually it works out okay.
@@macymakes3d I figured that was mostly what you were doing. I do know that some of Polymaker's products on their store site (US). Show hex codes for some of their colors. I've used those for the custom colors in Orca Slicer (Bambu Studio doesn't remember them for some reason). Otherwise I just eyeball it. This video has inspired me to try something similar as to what you're doing here and I appreciate that!
@@macymakes3d I was also wondering why you didn't just stack all of the many plate you have into a single plate, then you can print the 4 colors you have loaded in the AMS.....put a pause, then load up 4 different colors and run those. It could save you a lot of time. It may be worth figuring out a workflow like that if you do a lot of them. Otherwise, I can respect a desire for putting hands on the items more to have more of a hand-made legacy. Thanks for the vids.
Thanks! I use Adobe Illustrator. It's a digital art software, but Adobe has lots of other programs too. It's a bit pricey but I use it for literally everything and think it's worth the spend.
The other colors I would need were being used in other printers. It wouldn't be efficient to keep the unused colors in the ams when they could be printing elsewhere.
@@macymakes3d Oh, so you only have 4 colors then 😀 I didn't mean it badly, but you have 4 slots in AMS, and silica gel in it. Why don't you keep the filaments there? They would still be in a dry environment (that is, unless you store them differently). You fill the AMS with filaments and just choose which color to print. If you have several printers and you distribute the colors sensibly, you don't need to rearrange the filaments (you just remove the printing plate and put another one).
So awesome. I had a 3d printer for Christmas and would like to make some artwork and decorations for my house so this has given me some real good inspiration even if it will take me months on one machine!! Found your content and am really enjoying watching. Thank you.
This channel is criminally under subscribed! Excellent video as always!
Haha thank you! Glad you're here :)
You did Macy fine. Thanks again. I will try this also
a little tip macy, at 03:50 when selecting filament, you can just mark the part as you do, and then press the number key for the filament, so like 4 for that bambu pla matte you selected with the drop menu :)
love your videos, im doing the same thing myself, just getting started and i love seeing how you do it
also if you need help or a second pair of eyes with 3d modeling, im a CAD designer by trade
Awesome! Thanks for the offer :) I'll reach out if I'm ever struggling!
Not sure if this would make things easier or not, but you can import SVG files directly into Bambu Studio. If you do that it will also preserve the layer structure within illustrator if you wanted to do a single depth multi-material print you could. In this case it could have skipped the tinkercad step. I do really like that you're approaching your machines in such a different way, almost the way you use a vinyl cutter. Also, love to see you diving into Onshape, once you learn the CAD side its like a super power. Great work!
I've had mixed results importing svgs into Studio. Sometimes they load perfectly and sometimes there are parts missing. I have also had limited success using the MakerWorld designer thing. Between those 2 and Inkscape/TinkerCad I can USUALLY get what I need done. Sometimes it's a struggle but every now and then everything just works. LOL
@@Dave_D. Weird, I've not had any missing parts, I wonder if its in the layer structure from your vector software. I'm using illustrator with no issues.
@@WeekendBuilds I'd imagine it has something to do w/ the structure. I can load the same svg into Inkscape and it seems fine. I usually user vectorizer...didn't want to pay for it but it seems to do the best job of anything I could find.
I’ve also had an issue with more complex svgs. I had to use an online svg to stl converter and then import that into studio. Had perfect results that way. I haven’t needed to do so with simpler svgs
@@muchoman90 I think I've had trouble w/ simple ones too. If I recall, one was the old Buffalo Bills logo...a simple white circle as a background and a red standing buffalo. When I loaded into Studio, I just had a background w/ a void in the shape of the buffalo....I don't know where it went. LOL
As always I am blown away by your beautiful work!
Thank you for sharing it all with us.
I look forward to your videos when you release them!
Thank you so much! I'm glad you're here :)
Really like you showing us the process. Thanks Macy keep up the great work!
Thank you :)
Well done! I love the way all the art pieces look!
Thank you :)
Wow, that was a task! Well done
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Interesting.
Thank you for sharing!
Very nice. I loved the Halloween picture! Great job!
Great work. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you :) Glad you're here!
While I don’t really print decorations I really enjoy your videos. Keep up the good work and congrats on modeling. I have been messing with tinkercad and it has been fun making something you design come to life.
Thanks! I've always been a tinkercad fan but finally starting to branch out and try some more advanced things. Still super basic but excited to be learning.
@@macymakes3dwhat do you recommend as a good next step from tinkercad?
Maybe time to add a Laser cutter to your business. Desktop diode and even CO2 lasers are pretty affordable. Then you can cut it out from coloured acrylic
Hopefully one day!
Shrek green, rs. Great video
Great video as always. 😃 Well done. 👍🏻
Thank you! Glad you're here :)
Bedankt
Thank you so much!
@@macymakes3d very much appreciated. I always look forward to your videos. I find them very accessible and it is a pleasure to watch them. I used to be an entrepreneur and now that I have time for other things, 3d printing has become my thing. I now have six machines and it has become my daily activity. Your videos give a nice view of 3d printing and I find that much more fun than all those reviews that we are bombarded with... so here is a little support. much success and keep up the good work...
really nice , thanks
Good Stuff Macy :)
Thanks Jake :)
Why did you print the box standing up? Just wondered.
Well done
looks amazing!
Great job Macy. For the 4 piece design it would be cool to lock them together. Maybe if you designed it as one piece with the face having a .2mm split. Then the back is solid. So now when you split it in Bambi Studio it would only put the dovetails on the back side? Might be worth a shot.
Yeah definitely worth trying! I'm excited to keep learning and designing more things. Hopefully I'll get better with each one :)
Great inspiring video again, thank you! What type of glue did you use?
Gorilla glue! I linked to it in the description if you want to see which kind specifically. The link is for the small pack but I used the same kind in the video but the large tube.
Great video. The large wreath looks awesome. I have been making these type of items but smaller versions. I’d love to print them larger, but I am to impatient
Go larger! It was so much fun. But you're right, it took a very long time haha
Hello , you use a blow torch in your videos, what kind is it and does it work well?
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It works super well. I've used this same one the whole time and never had any issues.
Thank You all you do and show. I would like to ask, how did you use the dove tail? Can you show how to use it? if you don't mind. I am new and trying to search online how to use the dove tail but haven't have any luck.
I cut it out in bambu studio. It took some trial and error for sure. I'll try to make a quick video showing my full process one day!
@macymakes3d Thank you
MACY!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've never printed a 'stacked' svg as separate pieces. I have separated them and then stacked them back up in TinkerCad to print as 1 piece, which I think you did w/ your logo a while back. They all came out really good!
When you change colors of parts in Studio, if you just highlight the part and then hit the # of the AMS slot, it will change it...just saves a cpl mouse clicks vs the way you showed. Not sure what happens if you have more than 10 colors in the AMS though.
I use Onshape, it's pretty powerful for free. My brother uses CAD professionally to design multi million dollar machinery and when I have a problem and ask him, what he shows me in his high dollar programs looks very similar to what's in Onshape. The only downside is all of your drawings are public, if someone really wanted to find them. I believe you can subscribe for a private account.
As always, another great video. Your production just keeps getting better (background music etc). Pretty soon you could just hang up selling prints and make more from YT! LOL
Thank you :) Trying to get better with each video! I didn't know that about switching colors, I'll try that next time. And I'm super excited to be learning some CAD. I'll probably upgrade my Onshape account once I get a little better because I definitely don't want everything public. Right now I'm not doing anything too intense though so free will suffice.
UA-cam is definitely getting bigger, so we'll see what happens to the selling side of things ;) I still like being able to produce things but it does take up a lot of time that I could be using to make better videos. We'll see lol.
how do you get the layers so smooth ? i never can get them that smooth when i print with my X1C . i always see lines
I have lines too, they just may not show on camera.
will the wreath files be up? id like to print it that size definately
Yes! They're in the google drive under "Fall '24 shadow box video" I think. There are 2 separate studio files for the large wreath.
@@macymakes3d ty awesome
What is the glue in the silver tube you're using? It looks different than the link.
Looks great!
It’s the same glue, the link is just the smaller size. I’ll see if I can add the large size too.
Hi ! cool projects for sure, gonna get my first AMS super soon... so how's the filaments battle doing? Polymaker vs Overture vs Sunlu ?
Still undecided. I like them all for different purposes.
@@macymakes3dand esun? I get that off amazon. Pretty cheap and does a good job imo
Hi Macy, great video. I find this so interesting I didn't realize a near 18 minute video was over. Did you ever figure out the bowing problem on the box piece? Curious what the fix was.
Thank you so much! I didn't figure it out, but I assume it's just too thin to be printed standing tall. Something to learn from for my next project!
How do your prints come out so nicely and smooth? I always get some sort of texture/lines with my bambu printer
Try the iron setting
The texture is there for me too. It just may not show on camera.
@@macymakes3d Thanks, it really looks 100% smooth on cam. I'm always worried about selling my prints, because I think customers will complain about the little imperfections and texture that comes with 3d printing. Do you have customers complaining about that?
I am very curious how you go about matching the colors in AI with the colors you actually have. Do you eyeball it, or do you have RGB/HTML color information for your spools? I know Polymaker lists HTML values for some of their colors, but not all of them.
Totally just eyeballing it. I get it close enough in the computer and then hope it comes together in the end. If it's filaments I've used before I kinda know how they'll print so usually it works out okay.
@@macymakes3d I figured that was mostly what you were doing. I do know that some of Polymaker's products on their store site (US). Show hex codes for some of their colors. I've used those for the custom colors in Orca Slicer (Bambu Studio doesn't remember them for some reason). Otherwise I just eyeball it.
This video has inspired me to try something similar as to what you're doing here and I appreciate that!
I’m a Mrs. Hicks 😊
Print the boxes flat… large thin vertical walls will warp like that.
Yeah I figured that was why, I just wasn't sure how to handle the supports if I printed it flat.
Very good work I enjoy looking at your content. I have a question. Do you Dry your filament and what do you use to dry them?
Thanks! I don’t dry PLA unless I have printing issues.
@@macymakes3d OK thank you for the speedy reply. Happy printing.
Honest question, wouldnt it be better to use Hue Forge and not have to glue all these together afterwards?
The layers were already separated into colors and it was just easier to print them individually.
@@macymakes3d I was also wondering why you didn't just stack all of the many plate you have into a single plate, then you can print the 4 colors you have loaded in the AMS.....put a pause, then load up 4 different colors and run those. It could save you a lot of time. It may be worth figuring out a workflow like that if you do a lot of them. Otherwise, I can respect a desire for putting hands on the items more to have more of a hand-made legacy.
Thanks for the vids.
Where do you get your music from?
Artilist
@@macymakes3d Much appreciated, keep up the great work
You mentioned using illustrator in your video, could you give more info on it ? (Maker of it ), Really like your videos, always do a great job
Thanks! I use Adobe Illustrator. It's a digital art software, but Adobe has lots of other programs too. It's a bit pricey but I use it for literally everything and think it's worth the spend.
Nice work, but....
Why do you change one color in AMS when you can have 4 filaments in it? I don't understand.
The other colors I would need were being used in other printers. It wouldn't be efficient to keep the unused colors in the ams when they could be printing elsewhere.
@@macymakes3d Oh, so you only have 4 colors then 😀
I didn't mean it badly, but you have 4 slots in AMS, and silica gel in it. Why don't you keep the filaments there? They would still be in a dry environment (that is, unless you store them differently).
You fill the AMS with filaments and just choose which color to print. If you have several printers and you distribute the colors sensibly, you don't need to rearrange the filaments (you just remove the printing plate and put another one).
super!
Death Whistle
How did u figure out the upscaling for the pieces cuz you wanted 18inch and scaled to 188% how you figure that out sorry I'm still learing
I converted 18in to mm and then scaled one piece to be the correct size. Then used those x and y values to scale the rest.
@@macymakes3d thank you 😊
this is my model in maker world you can try filaments on !!! HALLOWEEN SKULL MASK
The video quality drop at 3:30 is really unfortunate timing. I thought you were blurring the video to censor something, at first.
I kinda was... My camera froze so I needed to zoom in and hide the fact that I was sitting in the corner frozen lol. Always something haha.