It's Finally Time To Put A 3D Printer In Your Garage

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[joelmiley]

That oversize coin was totally ridiculous. Love it.

[namenamename]

I think that was the highest amount of emotion Matt has ever shown on camera

[RonaldFinger]

I’ve without a doubt poured well over $1000 into the first printer I got in 2013. It’s got to the point where there’s 2% of the original left. Oh and it still barely works 😅

[mr_voron]

Proud 3D printing nerd here, I’m glad people can finally use this tech us nerds have been enjoying and slowly improving for years without rat holing into yet another hobby.

[kylethatcher]

The first minute and a half spoke to my soul. I’ve been saying it for years, ever since I got my first printer. 3d printing IS the hobby. People 3D print shit because they like playing with 3d printers. I got my printer to print useful things to support my other hobbies, not to be the main hobby. I’m so happy to see the industry finally moving in a meaningful direction.

[JamesChurchill]

As someone who has been fixing and attempting to improve a printer from ~10 years ago, these Bambu printers are insane.

[htalp]

You forgot to mention that you can sell $3 worth of filament for $19.95...

[DJ-Sellout]

12:07 I'd recommend printing these types of test parts in a gaudy color like pink or yellow so that they don't mistakenly end up actually being used

[albertpolak]

I am biased but: Prusa printers have been entirely plug-and-play fire-and-forget for me, would put them on the same level especially if you don't need an enclosure/ok with building an enclosure for it. Biased primarily because I like Prusa as a company for many reasons, one of them being that I used to work for them.
Also, entirely agree that the loads of new amazing filaments are gamechangers, would also quip that 90% of the useful prints I tend to print are in the single use jig-tool-spacer-mould-thingy category for which PLA or PETG are absolutely fine. As in, simple (but reliable) 3D printers are still useful garage tools.
100% confirm being good with CAD makes your printer about 10x more useful. No excuses. If you have one, learn CAD.

[SteveEh]

Something to note; McMaster-Carr has a Lot of 3d models, 3D models you can import directly into CAD....I needed an electrical enclosure for a project, stores were closed, 5h later I had an enclosure. Great video!

[ModernAtomX]

all I just need a garage, and I can put my 3D printer in the garage

[aeiouer]

As a 10 year 3d printer hobbyist, thank you for this video.

[Smidge]

The most amazing takeaway from this is, the Bambu X1 Carbon shown in this video costs US$1200... which is only slightly more what I paid for my Prusa Mendel kit back in 2012, which was a box full of 3D printed parts, stainless steel threaded rod, and an Arduino. I still use that machine, and I'm not ashamed to say that yes - from day one the printer itself was the hobby.

[ThaScruffShop]

Coming from an ender 3 pro to a Bambu P1S, I can confirm that it’s a world of a difference. The Bambu printer is an amazing machine.

[helipilotuh]

I bought a printer in ‘16 and hated all the tweaking and time it took to make anything that looked quality. Bought a Bambu last year and was blown away by the advancements. Thanks for telling me about cf-ppa

[YaManImCool]

I bought my first 3d printer 10 years ago. I've had no less than 10 printers since then. I got my first bambulabs printer last year, and for the first time in 10 years my answer to the question "what printer should I buy" is no longer "dont" .

[christofschwarz]

Welcome to the fabulous world of 3D printing.
Did you know, you can use your printed PLA parts as models for sand casting?
And that there is a filament suitable for lost wax casting?
You're welcome!

[evanbarnes]

Can't wait for all the accusations of being a fanboy to roll in, but 3D printing has reached its current capabilities because of Prusa. Bambu's are great too, I use them alongside Prusas at work to prototype for injection molding. But Prusa absolutely laid the groundwork for both hardware and software, and Bambu built on the development Prusa made. I think Voron also deserves some credit here for laying the groundwork on CoreXY. Bambu did an excellent job of ramping up print speed and making a very user friendly printer and an excellent multi material system, but they built on previous work. I just want to be sure that the incredible hard work people put into open source hardware and software projects like Prusa and Voron gets the recognition it deserves, since printers like Bambu wouldn't exist without it.

But in general, 3D printers were terrible 10 years ago, and are indespensible and reliable tools now. I literally couldn't do my job without them.

[eslmatt]

The key to getting people to like the 3d printed gifts is to give their kids loud annoying objects. Parents love that.

I learned a trick for more strength in z. Add 2mm through holes, add 1/16th tig rod into the holes, add drop of CA glue. Makes a much stronger part.

[yutub]

i started with an ender 3 v2 to get into the hobby and messed around with it for a few years, spent a bunch of money on upgrades, and still never was able to get a repeatable, dimensionally accurate, and reliable print. I never even tried prints bigger than my fist. I just got a Bambu A1 on Saturday and OH MY GOD I can't believe I waited this long to get a decent printer. First print from the box right after setup, 8.5 hours, articulating panda in 3 colors with the AMS unit. printed on ludicrous speed, no defects AT ALL. no prep, no fuss, literally never even did anything other than calibrating and pressing print. it hasnt stopped printing since. the only issue i have is with TPU, the AMS doesnt load it very well into the extruder head. i had to pull the PTFE tube out and manually feed the filament into the extruder gear. i use solidworks in my job frequently and am very good with it, now im getting good with fusion 360. theres a lot of settings you can tweak to make it mimic soildworks closely. my choice of filament is the cheap stuff - creality brand, overture, and hatchbox. amolen is garbage