I 3D Printed a $1,224 Chair

Thanks to @3DPrintingNerd and @slant3d

THINGS I USED IN THIS VIDEO:

MY FAVORITE THINGS:

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MUSIC (in order of appearance):
I Am Back - Ruiqi Zhao
Lend a Hand - Ryan James Carter
Quietly Tense - Marten Moses
Trick Question - spring gang
Longing for Sunny Days - Sight of Wonders
Fuzzy Logic - Nihoni
Dickie and the Gang - Roy Edwin Williams
Resonance - Luba Hilman
Stringin' Up - Kit and the Caltones
Rue des Rosiers - Tomas Skyldeberg
Happy Accident (drums) - Daniel Fridell
Grifting in Vegas - Kit and the Caltones
Needle in a Haystack - Trailer Worx
Destiny Rising - FormantX
Apple Eye (instrumental) - SRA
Big Pants - spring gang
I Got What You Want (instrumental) - Gloria Tells
Fresh Air - Ealot
Ghosting - Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen
Ringout - Damma Beatz
Singularity - Lagua Vesa
Sunshine Rain - Brendon Moeller
The Best You'll Never Have (instrumental) - Zorro
Jordskred - Anna Dager
Photosynthesis - Lagua Vesa
Virginia Highway - Tigerblood Jewel
Back on the Block - DonVayei
Catch - Jones Meadow
Robot Dance - Liru
Silk Giant - Jobii
I Am Back - Ruiqi Zhao
K What - Bonkers Beat Club

#3Dprinting #furnituredesign #DIY

[MorleyKert]

Let me clarify a few things that I didn't have a chance to cover in the video:

1. Slant3D did not charge me for any of their time (slicing up the chair, engineering, setting up prints, troubleshooting, packaging, etc.). Our agreement from the beginning was that I would only pay for cost of materials, since we were both getting a video out of the project.

2. I was insistent on the chair being red, so I have no bad feelings towards Gabe that the material cost was higher than expected. My goal here was to create a great YouTube video, and I believed that a red chair would contribute to a great video. If a potential customer was more concerned with traditional business metrics, changing colours to spend 10x less on materials would be a no-brainer, but I don't have the same priorities as a manufacturing business. I'm happy to spend $500 to make a viral video.

3. Due to unforeseeable events, the printing of the chair ended up being a rush job on Slant's end. Since they were making no money on this project, they weren't really incentivized to burn the midnight oil on an experimental collaboration, and I don't blame them for it in the slightest. In fact, there may have been miscommunication from my end about who was responsible for slicing up the chair. In the end, that entire workload fell on Gabe and his team, amidst all of the other obligations they have running a 3D print farm (obligations that actually make them money, unlike this project).

4. I had NO intentions to paint Slant3D in a negative light in this video. I tried to tell the story as honestly as I could, within the constraints of creating an engaging, well-paced YouTube video. As Gabe said in his response (which I will link below and you should watch for more details), "subtlety is lost on the internet". You'll draw your own conclusions, but I don't believe you should judge Slant3D's work from this video, because

A - This isn't a typical project for them (check out their channel for actual, practical mass production 3D printing)

and

B - This video is from my perspective, and I don't have the same priorities or insights as Slant3D regarding their business.

Thanks for watching and making this video pop off. Drama can be fun, but it can also hurt people.

[Sully]

1. love the chair
2. hate what it will do to a wood floor after a while of spinning....

[ChristinaAtkinson-xcjw]

Two words: Dry Fit

Assembly without adhesive will provide a lot of insight as to what needs to happen to put it together well with adhesive.

[bamargera]

Eden is such an important sounding board. Everyone needs someone like her. The ability to understand your frustration, validate it, then tell you to step back and reconsider is absolutely incredible.

[NerdSnipingBatman]

Eden listening to you and validating your feelings: that's some top notch listening skills on her part. Kudos to her for that: not a lot of people are good listeners.

[sabrina_sp]

First rule of any project: dry fit first 🫣

[blenderguru]

Honestly a great advert for Magis. $1, 224 looks like a steal.

[garychen]

At EVERY step of the way along this video, down to cutting the dowels with a jigsaw then deciding to 3D print them instead of buying a pack of them from amazon for cents on the dollar...I was questioning the decisions made here.

[doug]

Slant3D come off horrendously in this video. What's the opposite of advertising? Because they've managed it here.

*They* contacted *you* for a collab and still made you pay for everything.

They screwed up one of the pieces, admitted it was their fault, and didn't offer any form of compensation. Admittedly, it wouldn't have been as big of a deal if you had done a dry-fit first, but it's still their fault for sending the incorrect part in the first place.

Lastly, they ran out of red PLA, bought extra spools *at a higher cost* and forwarded the extra material cost onto you WITHOUT ASKING FIRST!?!?

If I ever need something 3D printed, I know where *not* to go.

[thenextlayer]

I'm trying hard not to scream at the screen "BROOOO JUST GLOOP IT!"
3D Gloop bonds your prints together almost instantly, and it's permanent. Like, hang off a 1" square permanent. I'm sending this video to them so they get in touch with you next time...
I'm super glad it worked out, would be cool to bondo and paint it!!

[geckoztom]

When you're so into 3d printing that you forget to see you can make this design chair VERY easily in just a mold

[Akshatgiri]

Wait so they charged you for a messed up print along with overcharging for the filament since they didn't have it and had to buy off the shelf?

[HeitorAmaral]

Awesome project. Shout out to your wife... I can see she was a real angel helping you keep your shit together in that moment of despair. Go hug that woman and thank her for growing together with you.

[devilmay]

you forgot to calculate the cost of labor between picking up, building, and rebuilding

Seems that 1000$ isnt so bad after all.

[zSSBTfeZpQ]

So slant messed up the print but still charged full price?

[MadSpacePig]

So Slant3D approached YOU about doing a collaboration, AND you made an entire video giving them exposure, but they still sent you the bill?

[noslccp]

I know this video is about the chair, but the greatest part of it all was your nearly unwavering positivity and Eden's unwavering support for you. That whole glue situation looked stressful ever. the both of you sticking it out together, even if it didn't work out, just seeing you to so supportive had me moved to tears. The world needs more people like you two. Congrats to you to and everyone involved on successfully making it. and awesome yet hilarious collab with all the 3dprinting youtubers. Wishing you both nothing but the best in your future endeavors. new subscriber from Hawaii.

[Sean-uigm]

21:38 "It doesn't look terrible"
Cmon man. maybe this would slide if this was an audio book but I can see it.

[Reaperman]

This kind of makes the designer chair look like a bargain. 🤣

[EnneoLeo]

I'm so glad everyone's calling out Slant3D's utter idiocy in this video. Seriously, they make *you* pay for the piece *they* messed up? And buy more filament that ultimately cost *you* more, even if they could've just picked another color that they did have, so they could add onto the price tag? Vile. You deserved to work with better people.