Five 3D-Printing Mistakes You're Making RIGHT NOW!!

Noob or ninja, all makers make mistakes.

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Featured models:
Wednesday Thing V2 Upsidedown by Hex3D was taken down
I MODIFIED THIS! IT WON'T FIT THE M5C AS-IS!
(It DOES fit properly - it was the BLASTER'S RAIL that was too small)

Credits:
Interference SFX by Partners in Rhyme
Stock footage from Storyblocks

I was paid to show certain features of the M5C, Filadryer, and Beagle, but I was not given talking points to read. Sponsors were not permitted to delete or modify my script. Opinions expressed in this video are NOT paid endorsements, they are my honest impressions. The sponsored products in this video just happened to be really good.

[alexgravitos]

One thing that I love about Zack's vids is the fact he always manages to fit at least one sentence where 80% or more of the words happen to have the exact same sound pattern in them. This is just oddly satisfying to listen to.

[andyv]

My family refers to “bike shedding” as “polishing brass”, since the first thing the grandparents would do when they wanted to clean house was polishing the brass doorknobs, as if it were the first thing that guests would notice.

Excellent advice all around in this video, thank you for sharing!

[robvandelinder]

TAB TEARING TECHNICIAN HERE!!

Also, "Bikeshedding" - this was a new concept to me but I am WILDLY guilty of doing this... When the project gets boring, I find a different "more important" project to work on. I always convinced myself I was just a starter who lost interest in the ongoing operation, but you've really opened my eyes. Thank you Zack!! Sincerely.

[heyspookyboogie]

Yes!!! Finally someone who tells people to use plastic razor blades as scrapers AND that you generally shouldn’t need a scraper at all.

[joemumma]

Zack is the only maker to turn 3d printing into a life lesson

[KeithSkates]

Long time industrial maintenance tech tip: The hex heads with the little ball keepers are neat, but you can accomplish the same thing by placing a small piece of a plastic bag over the end of your normal Allen wrench. This makes for a nice tight fit so the bolt doesn't fall off the end before you reach the deep dark depths of whatever machine you're working on.

[Keen_Edge]

16:59 Where's the link to that cheat sheet?

[Wang_Thunder]

Protip: I have saved several doomed prints where a corner begins to pop up with a $10 3d pen. Pause the print, push the base down and squirt some filament around it. Works very well as long as you aren't super particular about the finish in that area.

[TheDepep]

I almost fell victim to mistake #2. Wanting to make a custom led project that was cheaper than the original was the goal. But with RND, failures, etc, the goal to be cheaper slowly is closing. And after a year of almost giving up I recently went at it again with a new mindset.

[evanbarnes]

Dude those Wera Hex Plus wrenches actually are the business. I got that set recently for working on my mountain bikes, and they're seriously the nicest set I've ever used. So much better than whatever cheap hex keys I had lying around before!

[Undeemiss]

Plurality representation, in a video that has nothing to do with the subject? It's wonderful... thank you...

[AtulVinayakS]

I don't have a 3D printer, but I love your videos

[halfpastzen]

Came for the lesson on prints, got that, and a lesson on life. Thanks Zack!

[smithdoesstuff]

Zach, you are an amazing script writer! Taking a simple concept and turning it into a DIV/0 error was a chuckle I really enjoyed.

[marcusvela]

Hey yeh I totally agree. But I had an issue mid project and my printer was supper whack and out of tolerance I was like, I have to fix this. So I'm gonna upgrade to linear rails, upgrade motors to double the standard size, add inductive bed levelling, and order custom cnc machined parts from PCBway (they have also been giving amazing prices). And my hope is to fix the issue that I have with my printer. And I hope to finish my printer and have to essentially almost never worry about it being out of tolerance or inaccurate. But hey, I'm spending about 1500 cad for all of these upgrades (about 1100 usd) but i'd say it's a worthwhile investment as if everything with this printer goes well, I will have super accurate tolerances, fast printing speeds, improved quality, and less material wastage. But I don't really plan to upgrade it again besides standard maintenance and I don't think there would be more I could do to the printer I could do to improve it. I don't think I'm going overboard as a lot of the components and the design was pretty cheap and basic. But even after all that I still would want to get back to my projects as they're the reason why I use and need my printer anyway.

[pielandre]

Another suggestion for crisp fine text.
Add an height modifier juste before the text layer and change printing precision for the last few layers.
Even less post processing, no need for glue!

[miithos]

So I have a question, maybe it's stupid, I'm not an expert but could a printer be outside maybe on your balcony or it damages the filament n the printer?

[BubbaRye]

7:35 was watching this video to avoid doing work I’m not interested in doing. The bike shedding explanation has really helped my life in general

[leiwa]

Wow, #2 hit close to home for me. I mainly do woodworking, and it is so easy to get down the rabbithole of making shop projects to improve my workspace instead of making actual projects. I have one that I have pushed off finishing for three years now.

[privacymatters]

HE READ THEM ALL AND DIDN'T SKIP A BEAT! RESPECT.