Building a Mini 3D Print Farm // Is It Profitable?

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WHO AM I?
If we haven't yet before - Hey 👋 I'm Sam, a Real Estate Broker turned entrepreneur and I've somehow become a top 1% seller on Etsy. Through my videos here on this channel, I share my journey starting successful businesses in the 3d printing space and the tools and insights to help you reach your entrepreneurial goals and build a life you love.

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VIDEO SUMMARY
Today I build a 4 printer mini print farm. We go over the tips and tricks with the printer rack as well as setting up the Flashforge Adventure 5 printers.

⌚️Timestamps:
00:00 Mini 3D Print Farm Build
01:22 Printer Rack
05:05 FlashForge
06:12 Installing Printers
07:00 Electrical
08:23 Filament
10:50 Total Cost
11:40 Income Potential

PS: Some of the links in this description are affiliate links that I get a kickback from 😜

[dDesignBros]

Who plans on starting their 3d printing business in 2025?

[YokohlCreek]

Now that 3D printers are so prevalent (comparatively to the past), and they are so easy to use - the whole 3D printing farm for money being pushed by youtubers like this just is not a reality in 2025. Sure there are exceptions, and you really have to have a niche product that you have designed, but in general the whole 3D printing market is oversaturated. Tubers will casually show numbers like, make $1000 in 30 days - but they are just not realistic in todays market. Don't be fooled into thinking you can buy a couple Bambu printers, and just find some stuff on printables and sell it, and start raking in a couple thousand a month on your "side hustle". Most these dudes are making way more on their video's then they do selling 3d printed parts.

[mometal]

I have a print garden. Not quite a farm yet. Started about 4 months ago. Consistently making around an extra grand per month. Your videos have been a great help. Thank you.

[whitecollarworkshop]

Quick tip — trading money for time is recommended only when the time you gain is used to make more money than the amount of money you spent to gain that time.

[TomAlger.]

I bought a 3D printer a week before Black Friday, started selling Christmas ornament’s. It took off. Now I have 4 printers. Panic bought the others on marketplace to keep up and I made 6k in just a couple weeks. I know that isn’t going to continue but I was able to pay off everything and be in profit in a very short time. I have no desire to do it full time but it’s been fun

[Sebwd]

Great! Sam. Detailed info about the cost of starting a print farm. Yeah the no.1 difficulty for me is the start-up. A lot of people competing, so I need to think about cost! So Flashforge's high cost-efficiency & high return rate, which great. Never a quick business, need innovation and patience.🤨

[CitizenFortress]

bro talks about Flashforge, but has a full spread of Bambu P1S's behind him lol

[FarticIe]

I started my Etsy shop with one A1 Mini this year and made my first sale on June 23rd. I have two A1 Minis and did $1300 net profit this month. Ordered my next printer which is a P1S to scale up my little farm. Not bad for a side business I run on my spare time that might take off and be my main gig someday.

[BradBiggsII]

$7651 in labor costs? I think that deserves a video. Everyone talks about how much you can make per month. How you need to make X per printing hour. But I have yet to see how you turn that incomes into money you can use to live on. If only doing this as a side hustle. Or something to leave our 9-5's for. We need some general
idea of how that it is done. Or point me to a video that does. Thank you.

[mikedixonphoto]

Menards has 6'x24" shelf wood (white, black, etc), that's what I put on my shelves from Sams Club. Been running it for 2 years and it works great.

[Si_Guy_]

Do you make your own models, or sell pre-made models?

[coordenada.]

I just got my Bambulab A1 mini. I’ve been experimenting a lot with it. And it’s been super fun. However, I am located in Colombia, South America. And Etsy is not supported in my country. Do you have any advice on how to best sell my products?

[onthefritzprinting]

Whoop, Whoop, Like number 500!! haha. Thank you for all the info sir! Been looking for a video like this for a few weeks now.
You're not an election.. but can I ask which accounting software you would suggest keeping every on the straight and narrow?

[ljbeng]

It's all about the shelving unit!

[maxdiamond]

great video, thanks. .Very insightful

[wwda-cr]

For print farms nowadays, finding a niche is indeed crucial. While it can be difficult to start, but once you get in, things become much easier. Customized demands /selling daily need items like cookie cutters on platforms like Etsy /find offline festivals could be a great entry point. I believe this market is still a blue ocean—at least every month, I see posts about people earning thousands of dollars with just a dozen machines.I bulk-purchased their AD5M and dual-silk filaments, which have been performing quite well in the offline market, and I plan to test how they perform on Etsy these days.

[cjlowe]

Also do i buy one of the new multi color printers?

[zelalem]

I am also a real estate broker very much interested in 3d printing. I have a Bambu P1S with AMS and I love it.

[maxortiz]

The way I see it, get ONE 3D printer and print some stuff, see how it goes, and put some stuff on Etsy. If, and only if, your business takes off, get more and start a print farm. Don’t shell out multiple thousands of dollars for a business that won’t take off for multiple years, or possibly ever. Worst case scenario, you only bought one 3D printer and can now 3D print cool shit for yourself so that’s neat

[MrTidus]

your cost for filament is only 1.4% of sales? that seems very low. Even for keychains mine is slightly higher than that, and for most products, significantly higher