Oh No! I reached out the person who uploaded it. *Me: Can I ask why you removed the Spiral Featherboard print?* *Them: Makerworld took it down. Apparently too close to an existing product with a patent* So sorry. If it pops up somewhere else, please let us know so I can update my links
Pretty similar looking one on thingiverse, that's been there for a couple of years.. including .scad file. Just search for spiral featherboard.. Maybe I'm missing someting that makes one superior to the other?
@@peterbrownwastaken Yep, looks like the company that produces a SIMILAR yet different product is trying to claim copyright infringement on people's original similar designs. Scummy behavior, will never buy their products now.
The second you realize you can use a 3d printer to replicate parts, it becomes the most useful tool you have ever had in your workshop. Every little plastic tab, spacer, bracket, fiddly bit, etc can be replicated and fiddled with to make just what you need to fix or upgrade something. They are the most useful tools I own.
I absolutely love tinkering with CAD, slicing software, and seeing the fruits of my labor being printed out. Also, the gratification I get from being able to self-teach with the help of the mounds of information from the online community is amazing. I spent 16 hours learning Onshape enough to design new wheels for my kid's new RC monster truck. My kid thinks I am a magician! Indeed, it's not just a toy.
Try this- put a rectangle in the slicer the size of a pen blank or a handle (you can do that without CAD or anything, you can just click "add shape"). Then, change your settings to zero top and bottom layers, and set the infill to "gyroid". Slice it and you'll see an awesome pattern exposed on two sides that you can fill with resin. You can also try setting the perimeter count to 0 to get *only* the cool infill pattern, but you'll need to put that into a mold. Changing the infill % will change how big the gyrations are so you can get other effects! Actually upon further thought... Just set top layers to 0. Then the bottom will be solid and you can pour in resin from the top to fill it up, then turn away the outside.
I would very, very highly recommend printing the featherboard out of PETG or ASA. They are a bit more of a hassle to print since you need to keep them both dry, and you have to ventilate the area while printing ASA but PLA is quite stiff and brittle (and get's even more brittle over time). If a kickback shoud occur PETG or ASA will not shatter as quickly as PLA which is very important since there is the possibility that with PLA not only the workpiece will come flying at you but sharp fragments of the featherboard too.
I'd personally b concerned with those spray cans right above your electrical panel. After all flammable items should b in a cabinet (maybe even a Flammable cabinet? )
@@pedroaugusto_c137 I started in SketchUp but have been moving away to Fusion360, Its much easier to actually create solid models. Theres a ton of different softwares though, and they all have their pros and cons. If you're into prototyping though, I've been very happy with Fusion360.
My spray paint rack is finally done! Big thanks for sharing this. I made a few tweaks to the design and cranked out 60 of these with my T1 Pro and A1 working together. Now all my cans have a safe home-no more worrying about them getting knocked over!
When I was a kid, in 1980s, we had an animated series in Poland called "Zaczarowany ołówek" (The Magic Pencil), in which the main character could draw anything he needed and it instantly popped out as real. Everyone dreamed to have a pencil like that. And now - look!
Prints that use embedded magnets are my new favorite! Makes lids for boxes much more secure, prop assembly a breeze, and game piece functionality unforgettable.
@@manp1039 just got to be careful that the magnets aren't too powerful that they jump and stick to your hotend as it flys by. It's usually good enough if you make the hole for the magnet a very tight fit
I'm a 3D artist and have been doing that since the early 80s. It still amazes me that what I create on the screen can become a real tangible object. I jumped on the 3D printing during the pandimic. And as much as I'd like to say I did so much art: with it/them, Practical prints are the staple. Welcome aboard. And damn, Makers World is giving a 404 on the feather board.
@@peterbrownwastaken Can do! What's best method? UA-cam tends to eat links like a starving wolverine, after all. Edit: I'll hit you up on twitter with a thread in the replies >.
I've had a 3d printer since 2019 and its my favorite tool I own. I learned fusion 360 in a high school class before I even had a printer and being able to model my own tools/storage/replacement parts/ect. is amazingly useful, not only for myself but also friends and family. Plus the 3d printing community is very welcoming and helpful from my experience.
You didn't take ten years to come around on wanting a 3D printer, 3D printers just took 10 years to meet your minimum standards for acquiring one. Honestly, smart move. They're much faster, cheaper, efficient, and easier to program than way in the beginning. Looking forward to the videos that will come from this adventure!
I've been 3D printing for about 5 years now and got my X1C in August. It's an absolute game changer for both beginners and experienced makers. Prints that took 12 hours on my Ender 3v2 take a little over 3 hours on my X1C, the quality is better, and the only issues I've had are because of my own inexperience with it. Once you realize that you now have the ability to design tools or parts with programs like Tinkercad, Fusion 360, Onshape, or Microsoft 3D Builder and then physically have those one of a kind custom parts in your hands in maybe an hour or two for just 2 or 3 dollars in materials, the world just opens up.
Great to see! Started with an Ender 3 V2 my self about 6 months ago and used a course for learning Fusion, it sure is helpful around the house and garage! I’m in the process of designing and printing missing parts for my Weber IDF carburettor and I am always amazed what the printer can do. Great video and welcome over to the productive side of 3d printing! 🙌🏻
I've been designing and printing 3D tools and objects for almost a decade, and the fact I have never seen/thought about that micro screwdriver actually upsets me. I have had to replace assemblies in my car that felt like they were specifically designed with inaccessible screws in mind, and never thought about printing my own tiny screwdriver. I just bought the smallest one I could find and got mad that it was still too big. Gonna design a little case to hold it and the bits and make a bunch as stocking stuffers for family this year. Great video!
It's fun how Bambu Labs has become the new Sawstop. Almost every DIY/Maker creator I follow on youtube have received one of their printers in the past year, and they have started to feature more and more 3d printing in their projects/videos. I am not complaining or anything, I just find it interesting.
Still don't like all the proprietary stuff they shurn out... It's like the next apple... We came a long way from all the proprietary companies in the 3D printing realm and now everyone embraces the new kid who starts to behave like apple every day a bit more. The slippery slope is slippery!
In fairness, ten years ago was an eternity in terms of their development for home/small shop use. You had a valid point. I only have considered one recently because of John Heisz (sp?) using printed parts on his bandsaw.
Congrats on joining the cool kidz club! 🍻 I love my bambu printers. Speed is nice, but the main selling point for me, coming from an ender 3 pro, is reliability and print quality. Bambu really brought 3D printing to the masses. My wife had never printed before I got her an A1 mini and she probably prints more than I do now.
You’re AWESOME! I’ve had a touch of Printer’s Block, but you’ve reenergized me! Gonna print the bit holder right after family time on Christmas. Merry Christmas!
@6:32 - it’s not just about cost - you’re being environmentally friendly too! No shipping, etc and no other packaging waste! At first I was put off by long print times… but as you said, it’s actually exciting to start it before i go to bed and wake up with my print! Faster than amazon! @7:32 - you can actually daisy chain the AMS unit and have up to 16 colors!! Lastly, I agree - Bambu labs makes the most entry friendly printers to get started. Very reliable and easy to use. From the cost perspective, you can’t beat the P1S… but when you’re ready to upgrade or want the best, the X1 is awesome!
I’m currently using my Bambu lab p1s to print the windows for an advent calendar that is based off of the one on Christmas Vacation for my in laws. We watch that movie every year and they have always wanted one.
Just got my Bambu Labs A1 with AMS. Bambu makes it so easy to get started! These 5 tools are great ideas for the shop. Thanks for the inspiration! That spray can handle thingy looks like the perfect thing to solve a real problem I have with rattle cans. Thanks again!!!
With the spray can storage, you could print half of the holders with a longer base to offset the back row cans so you can see the cap color without having to awkwardly look over the side of the cabinet to see all your options
Welcome to the club! You'll really want to get at least PETG for your garage items. PLA gets soft in the heat. I love printing with ASA for outdoor items. I've had a 3D printer for a long time, but just got the Bambu Lab A1 it's been the easiest click and print experience I've ever had!
Started with 3D printing 12 years ago. Have a had a "few" over that timespan. I only have Bambulab X1C with an AMS now. The rest is sold. This is the first 3D printer, that is a tool for my other hobbies, without being a hobby in it self :)
LOL Been following you for years... just got a Bambu X1C Combo the other week and I'm equally obsessed. I love printing functional tools and prints! Thanks!
I'm glad you finally got past 3d printer disdain. As someone who's been printing workshop stuff for years i would 100% consider printing Gridfinity organizer stuff or some sort of organizer equipment for tool drawers/collet drawers.
I'm so excited for 3D Printing Peter! I feel like you'll come up with some incredible projects! Would also love to see more of the practical/tool prints that you come across or decide to make yourself.
The 2 things I like the most are the spray can handle and the idea of printing something part way, then inserting a nut or pressure fit threaded inserts! I would have not thought of that. What a brilliant idea. I must try that! Come to think of it, I need to design a new bezel for a Nextion display and instead of using a soldering iron to insert the nut insert, I could do the pause thing as shown here. Thanks for that!
These last couple years have been huge for 3d printing. It went from a dedicated hobby to something anyone can do and it just works. Flexibals have also gotten wonderful. 100% layer adhesion is a game changer.
The best thing about a 3D printer is not that you can make custom parts but that you can make specific sections of the parts to test the fit, a single dimension or how the shape you designed looks and works in real life. I've designed several components (and quite large, too, that means hours of printing) and very often "sliced" them to quickly check if a specific feature was working in the intended way. You'll put this printer to good use, I am sure!
Tip for the can holders - you can fill the bed with them, and manually move them in the slicer so they touch or overlap by just a hair along the straight sides. Then you'll have a single piece that you can hang with 3 or 4 screws total. Less modular, but if you know you have a certain area of vertical space you want to fill with them, you can save a bunch of time and screws (and holes in whatever you're screwing them to, should you remove them from that space later). No CAD required. Use the move tool in the toolbar, which gives you handles to move them in 1 direction at a time. Place one, select it, ctrl-c ctrl-v, move the copy in one axis only, and it will be perfectly lined up with the original in the other axis. Start in one corner, and add them 1 at a time along one side where the flats line up. Look at how far you moved it, then for the rest just copy paste the last one and move it exactly that far. Then go back to the original and stack them along the other side - it will take some time to place the first one and get the offset right so it looks good, then you can reuse those movement numbers as you make the back and forth column. Then repeat the technique from the first row to fill out the rest of the rows. 'Save project as' and save a 3MF file of the plate with the bed filled and touching each other, so you can print that, or delete a few to make a smaller raft of them (or a single row, or whatever) with the exact same spacing.
I was just thinking about watching you and this video popped up. So glad to see another convert. Good luck with all your endeavors! You got a great machine as your first one!
I had a P1S that was a lemon. I upgraded it to an X1C it's been incredible. I feel for anyone that has a Bambu printer that needs support, it is the only bad part about Bambu unless you get one for free from Bambu as a promo or review then you have a special support channel! Trust me I've been Beta testing for over a decade for companies much larger than Bambu. I've never seen anything like bambu civilian support. Hopefully they put as much time and effort into their support as they did the printers soon it could be the only thing that brings them down. Their support is atrocious at best. I was told days after getting my P1S it's my fault I didn't buy extra printers when the one I had was just days old and broken. They shift blame while they delayed accepting the printer was bad. I only purchased the X1C because I knew they were Great reliable printers the chances of getting a second Lemon was slim.
Wow great place to store flammable material. Right next to the high-voltage electrical box. Excellent. Make sure to have surveillance camera recording every moment of it. That will make great content in the future.
Top uses for my Ender have been printing templates, replacement cut plates and the biggest....hose fitting adapters. A buck of PLA vs sometimes 10 bucks for a retail version. So worth it.
Hey Peter! I'm so glad you're on the 3D printing bandwagon too! I just got the X1C a month or two ago and it's honestly amazing, I agree! Good luck with your 3D making!
The little knob that holds the bit is genius. I was installing a new dishwasher in my house literally 2 days ago and that would have saved a bunch of time and frustration. I had to adjust 2 of the legs in place and the only thing i could go was pop a bit in because nothing I own would fit except that and feel around with a pair of plyers to turn it less than 1/4 at a time. It took forever and have the barked knuckles to prove it sucked lol.
This company was SO SAVVY with choosing Peter as the guy to sponsor; he’s got a giant army of nerds who are now SO FULL OF IDEAS they just have to make now 😄!
I always called the paint handle a "Finger saver" since my spray can finger isn't all sore and crampy after painting. Good Video and, yes, the Carbon as a first printer is almost cheating at 3d printing.
excellent, I have a CNC machine since 2008 and a co2 laser a few years after that, I haven't bit the bullet on a 3d printer but I'm looking at the bamboo labs lineup. the video provides compelling info for me to get one myself. Thanks. Wonder if you can make a ratcheting screw driver that small, that would be something people would need that need a screw driver that small. great work keep it up.
I love my bambu x1, it’s standard issue in my opinion, I’ve only had three failures because i didn’t have support and the other was because i didn’t have glue on the build plate. But is so turn key it’s amazing
Yeah. I bought my first printer because I'm a geek and never met a gadget that I didn't like. I had absolutely NO idea what I would do with it - but I wanted one. Since then the ability to sketch up a tool or widget that I needed and have it in my hands within minutes has me absolutely gobsmacked. I just added an X1 Carbon to the fleet which joins a Prusa Mk4s and an FLSun Super Racer (there's that geek gene showing through). All of my printers are networked - Octoprint running on Raspberry Pis for the first two and the Bambu is a thing unto itself. I do wish that the Bambu had ethernet, though.
As an engineer I’ll say: looks like you have seen the light. A large portion of the 3d printing community just makes phallic objects, yes, but 3d prints - when designed properly - are legitimate usable parts which often can’t be replicated with traditional workmanship, at least not easily in many cases. It is fairly recent that a consumer level printer existed that didn’t need a printing nerd to get it working properly.
2:51 OMG! I need one of those for when I am working on my haunted house security cameras. This is the only thing I would have a use for from a 3D PRINTER.
Okay, as someone who watches other people make stuff, this was cool. And showed me nifty gadgets I can buy. 😄I'd love to see you print some silly, 'useless', fun stuff. (the end of the video cracked me up)
Nice video. For your mini screwdriver, a square handle with fillets on the edges for comfort would give you more torque with less finger strength required.
Honestly Peter you've dodged a bullet holding out until now. I've had a wanhao duplicator v2, a flashforge adv3, and finally upgraded to a bambulab p1s... it just works. The difference in modern 3d printers now ahead of what was only a few years ago is immense. The bambu p1s has been ridiculously hassle free.
I think this video speaks to a long running problem with 3D printing: most of the prints that earn its place in the hearts of us enthusiasts are all so small and unnoticed that it's hard to even think of mentioning them when someone asks what a printer is USEFUL for.
Those are all great tools. The spray can trigger is especially useful when painting a large surface, as the finger runs out of juice! The holders are awesome too. I don't have a need for one, but if I did, this is the first one I've seen, that I would actually buy... Looks very user friendly... Great video.
As soon as I saw that featherboard I wanted to print it. The file is gone now and can't even find it to buy it. Feel like sharing so a fellow woodworker can print it out.
The paint can holders are brilliant - I'd go modular and print them in 6 packs. Those sheet holders are a bit of a pain - if you know how to pick up a sheet properly, there's no need for another tool - if you can handle the weight, carry 2 sheets. ***The spray can trigger! Brilliant again - never seen one.
Awesome project! For the spray can handle, maybe add a stud behind the grip that will let you put a small spring on it so it isn't just flopping around when trying to put it on a can.
In begining of this year i purchased the BambuLab P1S and ever since ive been hooked. The printer has such a high succesrate and everything is well documented for the newbies in the bambu wiki. Ive been really curious about the woodfilements. Maken banks with a 3D printer doesnt really make sense but maybe you could test it out and see if it could have any use in woodworking. Also, incorporating marble fillament in a woodturning or ressin project could be fun!
I have felt the exact same as you with 3d printers. I own a CNC and a laser and figured those are tools for specific projects, but now seeing some of the stuff you made and all the stuff out there....I might have to rethink.
I bought a Bambu A1-Mini without AMS with my own money. I've printed feather boards, and runners for my Shopsmith (a weird size), some accessories for my tracksaw, and bench dogs for my Bora MFT type top. My top is the Euro standard 20mmx96 spacing. Accessories in that size are still tricky to find in the US but not any more, I just make my own. The next fun is to dive into design.
Only nine day after you posted this video and the spiral featherboard model has been removed from MakerWorld. 😞
Oh No! I reached out the person who uploaded it.
*Me: Can I ask why you removed the Spiral Featherboard print?*
*Them: Makerworld took it down. Apparently too close to an existing product with a patent*
So sorry. If it pops up somewhere else, please let us know so I can update my links
😪
Pretty similar looking one on thingiverse, that's been there for a couple of years.. including .scad file. Just search for spiral featherboard.. Maybe I'm missing someting that makes one superior to the other?
@@peterbrownwastaken Yep, looks like the company that produces a SIMILAR yet different product is trying to claim copyright infringement on people's original similar designs. Scummy behavior, will never buy their products now.
Any possibility your have the files and would/could share them?
The second you realize you can use a 3d printer to replicate parts, it becomes the most useful tool you have ever had in your workshop. Every little plastic tab, spacer, bracket, fiddly bit, etc can be replicated and fiddled with to make just what you need to fix or upgrade something. They are the most useful tools I own.
And it'll pay for itself in no time, I fixed two shark navigator vacuums, and been selling a ton of prints at work lol
I absolutely love tinkering with CAD, slicing software, and seeing the fruits of my labor being printed out. Also, the gratification I get from being able to self-teach with the help of the mounds of information from the online community is amazing. I spent 16 hours learning Onshape enough to design new wheels for my kid's new RC monster truck. My kid thinks I am a magician! Indeed, it's not just a toy.
Try this- put a rectangle in the slicer the size of a pen blank or a handle (you can do that without CAD or anything, you can just click "add shape"). Then, change your settings to zero top and bottom layers, and set the infill to "gyroid". Slice it and you'll see an awesome pattern exposed on two sides that you can fill with resin. You can also try setting the perimeter count to 0 to get *only* the cool infill pattern, but you'll need to put that into a mold. Changing the infill % will change how big the gyrations are so you can get other effects! Actually upon further thought... Just set top layers to 0. Then the bottom will be solid and you can pour in resin from the top to fill it up, then turn away the outside.
Holy shit. This is genius
How is your comment 8 hours old on a video that got posted an hour ago
@@solondarville1020 Patrons get early access :)
Yeah dude that's awesome. Try using sparkling pla while you're at it
I would seal the print first. Wouldn't trust layer lines to be water -or resin tight. Really interesting idea though.
I would very, very highly recommend printing the featherboard out of PETG or ASA. They are a bit more of a hassle to print since you need to keep them both dry, and you have to ventilate the area while printing ASA but PLA is quite stiff and brittle (and get's even more brittle over time). If a kickback shoud occur PETG or ASA will not shatter as quickly as PLA which is very important since there is the possibility that with PLA not only the workpiece will come flying at you but sharp fragments of the featherboard too.
PLA+ is also an option. Not quite as strong as PETG but it's less brittle than base PLA without being any fussier to print
Or even a hard TPU. Do some research on how to avoid it jamming mid print, and you'll have a part that's super impact resistant
I use polycarbonate for all my functional pieces. X1C prints it without any trouble.
Polymaker PLA PRO is also a good option. somewhere in the middle of the PLA+ and PETG qualities.
Polymers asa has no smell. Eryone's on the other hand was worse than abs.
Admit it! You have a new toy and you're trying to convince your wife it's "actually essential " 😅
Haha! She's already had me make stuff for her escape rooms parties. I've got her hooked. :)
@@peterbrownwastaken I imagine the multicolor prints AMS can do are great for that.
I'd personally b concerned with those spray cans right above your electrical panel. After all flammable items should b in a cabinet (maybe even a Flammable cabinet? )
When I got mine I immediately started printing baking tools and house decor. She letting me get my third printer now a year later. 😂
@@peterbrownwastaken Now I want to see what sort of stuff you've printed for your wife's parties.
Wait until you learn CAD and start making your own custom tool, that's when the superpower of printing for the workshop really happens.
What's the next progression from Tinkercad.
which CAD you'd recommend for a begginer to prototype?
@@andyflans9966 Theres a lot of great softwares out there, I've gone down the path of Fusion360 and its really opened the world of 3d printing for me.
@@pedroaugusto_c137 I started in SketchUp but have been moving away to Fusion360, Its much easier to actually create solid models. Theres a ton of different softwares though, and they all have their pros and cons. If you're into prototyping though, I've been very happy with Fusion360.
Solid works is what I have moved to from tinker cad tinker cad is a great free beginner program don’t sleep on it
My spray paint rack is finally done! Big thanks for sharing this. I made a few tweaks to the design and cranked out 60 of these with my T1 Pro and A1 working together. Now all my cans have a safe home-no more worrying about them getting knocked over!
Welcome to the world of 3D Printing. Glad you finally joined us. It’s so fun and as you’ve found, very useful.
When I was a kid, in 1980s, we had an animated series in Poland called "Zaczarowany ołówek" (The Magic Pencil), in which the main character could draw anything he needed and it instantly popped out as real. Everyone dreamed to have a pencil like that.
And now - look!
Prints that use embedded magnets are my new favorite! Makes lids for boxes much more secure, prop assembly a breeze, and game piece functionality unforgettable.
i like the idea of embedding nuts and magnets. I need to figure out how to buy the right size nuts and magnets for the prin.
@@manp1039 just got to be careful that the magnets aren't too powerful that they jump and stick to your hotend as it flys by. It's usually good enough if you make the hole for the magnet a very tight fit
@@ecliptix1or glue them in
@@ecliptix1 super glue
I'm a 3D artist and have been doing that since the early 80s. It still amazes me that what I create on the screen can become a real tangible object.
I jumped on the 3D printing during the pandimic. And as much as I'd like to say I did so much art: with it/them, Practical prints are the staple.
Welcome aboard.
And damn, Makers World is giving a 404 on the feather board.
oh man - if I had known this was coming I would've given you a list of even more tools to try out.
Hit me up! I would love to have more models to tryout!
@@peterbrownwastaken Can do!
What's best method? UA-cam tends to eat links like a starving wolverine, after all.
Edit: I'll hit you up on twitter with a thread in the replies >.
Give us the list without the links? Pretty please?
You should do your own video… or at least put a page together somewhere.
@thatrobhuman, Just add them all here in a comment or, as Peter mentioned, do a video of them.
I've had a 3d printer since 2019 and its my favorite tool I own. I learned fusion 360 in a high school class before I even had a printer and being able to model my own tools/storage/replacement parts/ect. is amazingly useful, not only for myself but also friends and family. Plus the 3d printing community is very welcoming and helpful from my experience.
You didn't take ten years to come around on wanting a 3D printer, 3D printers just took 10 years to meet your minimum standards for acquiring one. Honestly, smart move. They're much faster, cheaper, efficient, and easier to program than way in the beginning. Looking forward to the videos that will come from this adventure!
I've been 3D printing for about 5 years now and got my X1C in August. It's an absolute game changer for both beginners and experienced makers. Prints that took 12 hours on my Ender 3v2 take a little over 3 hours on my X1C, the quality is better, and the only issues I've had are because of my own inexperience with it.
Once you realize that you now have the ability to design tools or parts with programs like Tinkercad, Fusion 360, Onshape, or Microsoft 3D Builder and then physically have those one of a kind custom parts in your hands in maybe an hour or two for just 2 or 3 dollars in materials, the world just opens up.
Great to see! Started with an Ender 3 V2 my self about 6 months ago and used a course for learning Fusion, it sure is helpful around the house and garage!
I’m in the process of designing and printing missing parts for my Weber IDF carburettor and I am always amazed what the printer can do.
Great video and welcome over to the productive side of 3d printing! 🙌🏻
I've got the A1 with probably 1700 hours in less than a year. It's an absolute gem of a printer.
I've been designing and printing 3D tools and objects for almost a decade, and the fact I have never seen/thought about that micro screwdriver actually upsets me. I have had to replace assemblies in my car that felt like they were specifically designed with inaccessible screws in mind, and never thought about printing my own tiny screwdriver. I just bought the smallest one I could find and got mad that it was still too big. Gonna design a little case to hold it and the bits and make a bunch as stocking stuffers for family this year. Great video!
That's a great idea, would love to see a link to that case when you're done!
If you want to get extra fancy: Embed a magnet in one end to help retain the bit.
@@ThatRobHuman that was my first thought. I love when the handle has a magnet for the bit, it is a nice touch.
It's fun how Bambu Labs has become the new Sawstop. Almost every DIY/Maker creator I follow on youtube have received one of their printers in the past year, and they have started to feature more and more 3d printing in their projects/videos. I am not complaining or anything, I just find it interesting.
Still don't like all the proprietary stuff they shurn out... It's like the next apple... We came a long way from all the proprietary companies in the 3D printing realm and now everyone embraces the new kid who starts to behave like apple every day a bit more. The slippery slope is slippery!
In fairness, ten years ago was an eternity in terms of their development for home/small shop use. You had a valid point. I only have considered one recently because of John Heisz (sp?) using printed parts on his bandsaw.
I think it was really up to the person printing. 10 years ago I remember printing inserts for my vintage band saw it was like a lightbulb going off!
Congrats on joining the cool kidz club! 🍻
I love my bambu printers. Speed is nice, but the main selling point for me, coming from an ender 3 pro, is reliability and print quality.
Bambu really brought 3D printing to the masses. My wife had never printed before I got her an A1 mini and she probably prints more than I do now.
You’re AWESOME! I’ve had a touch of Printer’s Block, but you’ve reenergized me! Gonna print the bit holder right after family time on Christmas. Merry Christmas!
Do you still have the STL file for the Spiral Rotating Featherboard? Can you share it?
Yes - this would be appreciated!
@6:32 - it’s not just about cost - you’re being environmentally friendly too! No shipping, etc and no other packaging waste! At first I was put off by long print times… but as you said, it’s actually exciting to start it before i go to bed and wake up with my print! Faster than amazon! @7:32 - you can actually daisy chain the AMS unit and have up to 16 colors!! Lastly, I agree - Bambu labs makes the most entry friendly printers to get started. Very reliable and easy to use. From the cost perspective, you can’t beat the P1S… but when you’re ready to upgrade or want the best, the X1 is awesome!
I’m currently using my Bambu lab p1s to print the windows for an advent calendar that is based off of the one on Christmas Vacation for my in laws. We watch that movie every year and they have always wanted one.
Just got my Bambu Labs A1 with AMS. Bambu makes it so easy to get started! These 5 tools are great ideas for the shop. Thanks for the inspiration! That spray can handle thingy looks like the perfect thing to solve a real problem I have with rattle cans. Thanks again!!!
With the spray can storage, you could print half of the holders with a longer base to offset the back row cans so you can see the cap color without having to awkwardly look over the side of the cabinet to see all your options
Welcome to the club! You'll really want to get at least PETG for your garage items. PLA gets soft in the heat. I love printing with ASA for outdoor items. I've had a 3D printer for a long time, but just got the Bambu Lab A1 it's been the easiest click and print experience I've ever had!
Agree, use PETG to be stronger and flex without breaking.
Started with 3D printing 12 years ago. Have a had a "few" over that timespan. I only have Bambulab X1C with an AMS now. The rest is sold.
This is the first 3D printer, that is a tool for my other hobbies, without being a hobby in it self :)
I really like functional prints. Bambu has converted a lot of people to makers.
LOL Been following you for years... just got a Bambu X1C Combo the other week and I'm equally obsessed. I love printing functional tools and prints! Thanks!
I'm glad you finally got past 3d printer disdain. As someone who's been printing workshop stuff for years i would 100% consider printing Gridfinity organizer stuff or some sort of organizer equipment for tool drawers/collet drawers.
never stop learning, Peter and never limit your imagination. cool prints.
Fascinating. The spray paint handle intrigued rome because it had that moving part.
I'm currently printing my boy stuff for a busy board... it definitely does more then just trinkets.
I'm so excited for 3D Printing Peter! I feel like you'll come up with some incredible projects! Would also love to see more of the practical/tool prints that you come across or decide to make yourself.
The 2 things I like the most are the spray can handle and the idea of printing something part way, then inserting a nut or pressure fit threaded inserts!
I would have not thought of that. What a brilliant idea. I must try that!
Come to think of it, I need to design a new bezel for a Nextion display and instead of using a soldering iron to insert the nut insert, I could do the pause thing as shown here.
Thanks for that!
I felt the same way about 3d printing. I just recently purchased one and didn’t realize how obsessed I would be with it!
These last couple years have been huge for 3d printing. It went from a dedicated hobby to something anyone can do and it just works. Flexibals have also gotten wonderful. 100% layer adhesion is a game changer.
The best thing about a 3D printer is not that you can make custom parts but that you can make specific sections of the parts to test the fit, a single dimension or how the shape you designed looks and works in real life. I've designed several components (and quite large, too, that means hours of printing) and very often "sliced" them to quickly check if a specific feature was working in the intended way. You'll put this printer to good use, I am sure!
Tip for the can holders - you can fill the bed with them, and manually move them in the slicer so they touch or overlap by just a hair along the straight sides. Then you'll have a single piece that you can hang with 3 or 4 screws total. Less modular, but if you know you have a certain area of vertical space you want to fill with them, you can save a bunch of time and screws (and holes in whatever you're screwing them to, should you remove them from that space later). No CAD required. Use the move tool in the toolbar, which gives you handles to move them in 1 direction at a time. Place one, select it, ctrl-c ctrl-v, move the copy in one axis only, and it will be perfectly lined up with the original in the other axis. Start in one corner, and add them 1 at a time along one side where the flats line up. Look at how far you moved it, then for the rest just copy paste the last one and move it exactly that far. Then go back to the original and stack them along the other side - it will take some time to place the first one and get the offset right so it looks good, then you can reuse those movement numbers as you make the back and forth column. Then repeat the technique from the first row to fill out the rest of the rows. 'Save project as' and save a 3MF file of the plate with the bed filled and touching each other, so you can print that, or delete a few to make a smaller raft of them (or a single row, or whatever) with the exact same spacing.
I was just thinking about watching you and this video popped up. So glad to see another convert. Good luck with all your endeavors! You got a great machine as your first one!
The spray can holders will be a game changer for me I have so many laying around
Wow it's wonderful to see that you have access to this expanded level of thinking of creations.
Can't wait to see some interesting projects done with the 3d printer! I got the same one last week so maybe I can follow along one day!! :D
Thank you. Some great tools to print.
I got a Bambu Lab two weeks ago and I'm hooked!!
Love seeing how 3D printers change how we do things. I've used mine for little things that are great quality of life improvements.
I had a P1S that was a lemon. I upgraded it to an X1C it's been incredible. I feel for anyone that has a Bambu printer that needs support, it is the only bad part about Bambu unless you get one for free from Bambu as a promo or review then you have a special support channel! Trust me I've been Beta testing for over a decade for companies much larger than Bambu. I've never seen anything like bambu civilian support. Hopefully they put as much time and effort into their support as they did the printers soon it could be the only thing that brings them down. Their support is atrocious at best. I was told days after getting my P1S it's my fault I didn't buy extra printers when the one I had was just days old and broken. They shift blame while they delayed accepting the printer was bad. I only purchased the X1C because I knew they were Great reliable printers the chances of getting a second Lemon was slim.
Love those embedded nuts lol beautifully done.
Wow great place to store flammable material. Right next to the high-voltage electrical box. Excellent. Make sure to have surveillance camera recording every moment of it. That will make great content in the future.
Top uses for my Ender have been printing templates, replacement cut plates and the biggest....hose fitting adapters. A buck of PLA vs sometimes 10 bucks for a retail version. So worth it.
Hey Peter! I'm so glad you're on the 3D printing bandwagon too! I just got the X1C a month or two ago and it's honestly amazing, I agree! Good luck with your 3D making!
The little knob that holds the bit is genius. I was installing a new dishwasher in my house literally 2 days ago and that would have saved a bunch of time and frustration. I had to adjust 2 of the legs in place and the only thing i could go was pop a bit in because nothing I own would fit except that and feel around with a pair of plyers to turn it less than 1/4 at a time. It took forever and have the barked knuckles to prove it sucked lol.
Quality products sir. UK 🇬🇧 watcher 👀
For prints you want to have some flex, use PETG, it's more flexible and less stiff than PLA.
I think I has a spool that I haven't used yet. I'll check it out.
@@peterbrownwastaken You have a whole rabbit hole of different plastics to go down now.
This company was SO SAVVY with choosing Peter as the guy to sponsor; he’s got a giant army of nerds who are now SO FULL OF IDEAS they just have to make now 😄!
They’ve taken down the feather board, does anyone have the files so they could send to me please?
Thank you Peter, I always enjoy your videos,
I always called the paint handle a "Finger saver" since my spray can finger isn't all sore and crampy after painting. Good Video and, yes, the Carbon as a first printer is almost cheating at 3d printing.
excellent, I have a CNC machine since 2008 and a co2 laser a few years after that, I haven't bit the bullet on a 3d printer but I'm looking at the bamboo labs lineup. the video provides compelling info for me to get one myself. Thanks. Wonder if you can make a ratcheting screw driver that small, that would be something people would need that need a screw driver that small. great work keep it up.
Great video. Well done.
I love my bambu x1, it’s standard issue in my opinion, I’ve only had three failures because i didn’t have support and the other was because i didn’t have glue on the build plate. But is so turn key it’s amazing
0:55 the real challenge was printing out the screws and nuts!
Finally, the man wized up!
That spray can mount is genius. 3D printers are amazing tools :)
Great interesting and informative video, thank you.
Congrats, Peter! That's a fantastic tool indeed! 😃
And wait until you discover 3d printing for rc stuff! 😂
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
I printed nearly two dozen of those spray can holders in the same orange pla! Those things are great!
Yeah. I bought my first printer because I'm a geek and never met a gadget that I didn't like.
I had absolutely NO idea what I would do with it - but I wanted one.
Since then the ability to sketch up a tool or widget that I needed and have it in my hands within minutes has me absolutely gobsmacked. I just added an X1 Carbon to the fleet which joins a Prusa Mk4s and an FLSun Super Racer (there's that geek gene showing through). All of my printers are networked - Octoprint running on Raspberry Pis for the first two and the Bambu is a thing unto itself. I do wish that the Bambu had ethernet, though.
As an engineer I’ll say: looks like you have seen the light.
A large portion of the 3d printing community just makes phallic objects, yes, but 3d prints - when designed properly - are legitimate usable parts which often can’t be replicated with traditional workmanship, at least not easily in many cases.
It is fairly recent that a consumer level printer existed that didn’t need a printing nerd to get it working properly.
2:51 OMG! I need one of those for when I am working on my haunted house security cameras. This is the only thing I would have a use for from a 3D PRINTER.
I have 2 bambu's and i love them! I'm so glad you joined us! Lol
Okay, as someone who watches other people make stuff, this was cool. And showed me nifty gadgets I can buy. 😄I'd love to see you print some silly, 'useless', fun stuff. (the end of the video cracked me up)
Nice video. For your mini screwdriver, a square handle with fillets on the edges for comfort would give you more torque with less finger strength required.
Grey is looking good on you!
Honestly Peter you've dodged a bullet holding out until now. I've had a wanhao duplicator v2, a flashforge adv3, and finally upgraded to a bambulab p1s... it just works.
The difference in modern 3d printers now ahead of what was only a few years ago is immense. The bambu p1s has been ridiculously hassle free.
I think this video speaks to a long running problem with 3D printing: most of the prints that earn its place in the hearts of us enthusiasts are all so small and unnoticed that it's hard to even think of mentioning them when someone asks what a printer is USEFUL for.
So glad you got one! I just got the Carbon too and the AMS is on the way!
Great video. Thanks.
I've designed and printed a _ton_ of tool holders and organizational items for my shop and French cleats!
Those are all great tools. The spray can trigger is especially useful when painting a large surface, as the finger runs out of juice! The holders are awesome too.
I don't have a need for one, but if I did, this is the first one I've seen, that I would actually buy...
Looks very user friendly...
Great video.
As soon as I saw that featherboard I wanted to print it. The file is gone now and can't even find it to buy it. Feel like sharing so a fellow woodworker can print it out.
Que the millions of "don't use PLA for functional parts" comments. ;) Happy to see another maker discover how useful 3D printing really is.
Did the spiral featherboard get taken down??
The paint can holders are brilliant - I'd go modular and print them in 6 packs. Those sheet holders are a bit of a pain - if you know how to pick up a sheet properly, there's no need for another tool - if you can handle the weight, carry 2 sheets. ***The spray can trigger! Brilliant again - never seen one.
Awesome project! For the spray can handle, maybe add a stud behind the grip that will let you put a small spring on it so it isn't just flopping around when trying to put it on a can.
How did that print with no supports?
You are the one person I have been excited about getting a 3D printer!
Soon to come, Bambu Poop Resin Projects..
In begining of this year i purchased the BambuLab P1S and ever since ive been hooked. The printer has such a high succesrate and everything is well documented for the newbies in the bambu wiki.
Ive been really curious about the woodfilements. Maken banks with a 3D printer doesnt really make sense but maybe you could test it out and see if it could have any use in woodworking.
Also, incorporating marble fillament in a woodturning or ressin project could be fun!
Fatastically useful, Peter! Please show us more items.
I have felt the exact same as you with 3d printers. I own a CNC and a laser and figured those are tools for specific projects, but now seeing some of the stuff you made and all the stuff out there....I might have to rethink.
I bought a Bambu A1-Mini without AMS with my own money. I've printed feather boards, and runners for my Shopsmith (a weird size), some accessories for my tracksaw, and bench dogs for my Bora MFT type top. My top is the Euro standard 20mmx96 spacing. Accessories in that size are still tricky to find in the US but not any more, I just make my own. The next fun is to dive into design.
Those little knurled bit handles are awesome. I think I've printed at least 2 dozen of them because I keep giving them to people.
3:09 Man, that PZ bit is toast!
2:50 when I need to get into very tight spaces, i use a drill and/or a saw until the space is no longer tight :)
Wasn't aware your table saw actually worked :D I make all sorts of tools for my shop, mostly pegboard accessories.
Getting this printer as your first printer is like giving someone a tesla as their first car. It's definitely on my list if printers to buy
What was it that made you breakdown and try 3D printing?
I felt like I was being obstinate without ground.