I spent 51 hours learning to use a 3D pen. Progress from beginner to 3D pen robot!

3D Pens have been around since 2013. I've always wanted to learn to use a 3D-Pen, but kept putting it off. A few weeks ago, I decided to buy one and give it a go! I started with some simple projects, (which were rough) and ended up with a robot I was proud of.

**Warning, if you watched this video and thought: "That looks easy, I"m gonna buy to buy a 3d pen and make some awesome stuff, how hard can it be?" It's way harder than it looks. I have years of 2D drawing experience and it was hard for me. You've been warned...

First pen is a:
3Doodler Create

Second pen is a:
Beary Penn - Discontinued

Music:

[granday]

“This can be used to guard important things, like frozen yogurt”. Exactly what terry would use it for

[ineffabledolphin]

Someone’s years worth of designing and technology:

Plastic go in, plastic go out. But hot

[rykernelson]

"I kept thinking about my mistakes" greeting card says "thinking of you"

[jese]

What a bummer to see that you stopped posting a year ago. This is a great concept and the editing is top notch. I really hope you continue this channel some day!

[rentnotpaid]

"The robot of course can't fly without a red star on his chest"


Is this Stalin reincarnated?

[Thibbs-vpgm]

"The 3D pen is just for sketches" *Finds Sanago on youtube* "So guys, I was wrong..."

[asemui]

Build-a-Skill:It took me an hour to make basic shapes
8 year olds in 3D pen comercials:Get a load of this guy

[zaraheart]

My 10yo son got a 3d printer pen for Christmas. It’s called Mynt3D Super. Theres a pro one that lets you change the temp easier but I guess Santa couldn’t afford that one lol It was intimidating for him so I played around with it instead. I made him a pixelated Minecraft sword. He picked the colors and I brought it to life. He was like “WOW mom! That looks amazing” 😊 Made my day but I have a lot to learn for sure!

The pen also came with a silicone mat with a bunch of shapes and lines and also a plastic “screen” mat thing so you can trace something without catching things on fire and making the plastic easy to remove from the surface. So I printed out a picture of a Minecraft sword, put the plastic screen on top of the paper and basically traced it with the 3Dprinter pen. Turned out quite nice for my first time. This pen opened up a whole world for both my son and I. Thank you for sharing your journey.

[MasterPorb]

You never once said, "guys" or "down in the comments below" That alone makes this tutorial great. Your soft clear voice doesn't hurt either.

[jerrychen]

"It's impossible to overestimate the value of a first step."


A quote I won't forget.

[jaydenbeltran]

Give this man a like for all the hard work and HOURS spent showing you something

[romansummers]

I'd love to see this used in more mixed media projects. Use the pen for the structure then fill in the planes with paper or fabric.

[netforce]

Youtube at 1 am: "Wanna see a guy make a robot with a magic pen?"
Me:

[metanoia]

Kid: "can u buy me a robot?"
This guy: "let me draw one for u"

[SandpaperEater]

Me with a 3d printer: *laughs in sith lord*

[bsharpmajorscale]

A few ways to improve 3D pen stuff is to use a soldering iron (or heat gun like you had) to smooth the plastic together, use a dremel to sand it down, and paint it once you're finished. I haven't gotten to do this myself, but I've seen a channel that uses those techniques and his pieces are amazing.

[circularsolid]

"You gotta put it in the right hole"
- Build-a-Skill, 2019

[ghosturbx]

"It can't fly without a star"

So is it a soviet robot now?

[toastcz]

Hello and welcome to new episode of: Where quarantine led me to

[dpend]

This was amazing, i loved seeing your realizations along the way as you practiced. A few of the creations turned out super incredible too, my favorite was the final robot since you added so many layers of detail and it had a really cool aesthetic once it was finished 😊