Guides
Added 2018-12-02 21:21:27 +0000 UTCI don't want to subconsciously bias you towards one area or another, so here's the question:
"What guides or experiments are you personally interested in seeing on my channel?"
Leave your comment below!
Comments
Just make what you are passionate about.
Danilo Majhenič
2019-02-26 00:09:48 +0000 UTCAn actual linear process for tuning a printer for any specific filament would be nice. Not every filament "just prints nice"... Some seem really hard to dial in, at least for someone that's been working and studying 3D printers for several months now...
Richard Hall
2019-02-15 01:53:22 +0000 UTCThomas, maybe make a series about specific printing techniques that exist. This would of course mean also industry standards and more expensive solutions but also could be a great chance to look what companies do that offer professional 3d printing machines.
Daniel Crosslink
2019-02-01 15:06:09 +0000 UTChi Tom love you videos i have an anet a8 would love to see more tutorials on seting up merlin lick 20 teeth belts and v6 upgrades config for them in merlin as id did try to upgrade with no sucsess had to go back to old setup
David Henderson
2019-01-08 14:35:03 +0000 UTCHi Tom. I think very good tutorial is get new Slic3r Prusa edition new quide, that is changed so much over times. Just updated new one and there is so much more settings compare before. Of course different slicers interest too, but i love to use Slic3r, and of course original Slic3r is updated after long time too, but think Prusa is put so much efford that Prusa edition there can be better solutions, just wondering :)
Pasi L.
2018-12-11 16:15:16 +0000 UTCAs a total 3D printing noob I would very much apreciate if you could make a tutorial series of steps on how you diagnose prints and which would be reasonable steps to eliminate/combat them. There us a lot if material out there but a lot looks to be very dispersed and/or requires already existing knowhow.
MAdi78
2018-12-08 10:22:14 +0000 UTC2. Dual extruder technologies
David VerHage
2018-12-07 03:12:13 +0000 UTC2 topics I am currently interested in are; 1. Auto Bed Leveling and troubleshooting inconsistent compensation and drifting Z-Offset.
David VerHage
2018-12-07 03:11:38 +0000 UTCI'd like to see a guide that deals with "The limitations of 3D printing and how to overcome them". I mean: The fact that it is an additive manufacturing process gives new freedoms (hollow parts, curved tunnels, small series production, hinges printed in-place, etc...) that other ways of manufacturing could not deliver, but also poses new challenges/limitations (overhangs, time constraints, reproducibility, etc...). Something that makes people aware of what makes 3D printing different from other manufacturing processes.
Frank Arens
2018-12-05 08:43:50 +0000 UTCI second that one. Tuning for Dummies. Sometimes I think I manged to improve print quality by shear dumb luck.
broken_coder
2018-12-04 01:49:44 +0000 UTCLove to see more Filaween, but same time understand that take very much time of yours. Other thing what like to hear your opinion is "part cooling" things. Nozzle, what kind of nozzle (round, square, many holes, couple big holes?) What kind of fans "turbine fans" with bigger static pressure or more silent "basic fans" weaker static pressure (can you put too much fans or fan power to part cooling). And overall opinion is there much differens printing quality is there one fans blowing about righ place or very good designed part cooling nozzle and powerfull fans?
Pasi L.
2018-12-03 19:28:43 +0000 UTCI would like to see as a dumb sometime new user a new filament dail in settings guide. I have some random filament that tells me temperature settings then take this to something that is moderately tuned. In a dumb form not skipping steps so i can follow a guide and get results. E..g right now 1) print a cube first with default settings - in middle or tuned to printer if a bit hot or bit cold. Measure cube of horizontal offset 2) print a benchy. check guides for what is going good or not. 3) temperature tower, tweak loop with benchy. Etc. Something where someone who is new with an Ender 3 or alike (working but maybe not fancy) printer can get good enough results with generic filaments.
James Koch
2018-12-03 19:18:04 +0000 UTCI've moved from ABS to PETG (no chamber required and no fumes!) It prints OK but how do you tune your printer to make it better? (Bridging is a bit 'floppy')
Mitch Mabbutt
2018-12-03 16:24:01 +0000 UTCHow about a focus on enclosures and filtering any harmful off-gassing from the FDM process? Venting to outside air is nice but not practical for most of us. Syne Tech looks promising but pricey.
Randel Niemann
2018-12-03 15:17:53 +0000 UTCAh, yes! Easy, reliable supports are one of the big "enabler" technologies within 3D printing. Definitely worth diving deep on them!
Thomas Sanladerer
2018-12-03 11:52:01 +0000 UTCIro3d (<a href="http://iro3d.com/)" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://iro3d.com/)</a> also looks like an interesting project. Perhaps the author would be a cool guest for The Meltzone.
Paul Arden
2018-12-03 11:51:27 +0000 UTCStill a bit too high-end to do in my workshop, but certainly interesting to look into
Thomas Sanladerer
2018-12-03 11:43:59 +0000 UTCThat sounds like an incredible misunderstanding somewhere - there's no reason you should be limited to discrete layer heights. Yes, there is a max and min limit to where a particular nozzle size is useful, but I don't see why you should be limited to a handful of usable ones withing that range. I'll look into what those ranges are in a nozzle size comparison!
Thomas Sanladerer
2018-12-03 11:41:29 +0000 UTCI'll finally put my Duet Wifi to use in the MPCNC build that's coming up
Thomas Sanladerer
2018-12-03 11:38:29 +0000 UTCLike a "how to tune in a material"? Certainly can do that!
Thomas Sanladerer
2018-12-03 11:37:51 +0000 UTCJust started working on a nozzle size comparison! I don't have a MMU2 here, but still need to put the MMU1 through its paces.
Thomas Sanladerer
2018-12-03 11:37:19 +0000 UTCGood idea for a topic! Lots of printing involved, but I think there are enough printers around here to take care of that ;-)
Thomas Sanladerer
2018-12-03 11:34:31 +0000 UTCLinear advance certainly is an interesting topic (I've not played with it yet). The other topic of comparing extruders is something I've been thinking about how to do properly, so there might/will be something along those lines coming up!
Thomas Sanladerer
2018-12-03 11:33:23 +0000 UTCAny guide that would make my preinter more reliable. First ive had a chinese printer and neeeded to fiddle with it every few prints... After that i bought the prusa i3 mk3 and i still need to maintance the printer every lets say 20 prints... What can i do, to make the printer more reliable?
Danilo Majhenič
2018-12-03 10:54:06 +0000 UTCMarlin 2.0 FW , what new and how config
Christian Theberge
2018-12-03 09:10:38 +0000 UTCA through look at breakaway and soluble supports. What works, what doesn’t, and tricks to maybe mix and match media to get similar effects without needing specialty support material as well.
Nate Stuart
2018-12-03 03:25:22 +0000 UTCI had basically the same thing in reverse on my standard CR-10S, slipping extruder, then went for the Bondtech and since I needed a firmware change anyway to reverse the direction I figured I'd just update to official Marlin in the process. The Bondtech is a beast, I am running it with a 1.2mm nozzle on a Volcano and the thing just eats filament (in a good way), super consistent. I did do the Cap tubes before that as well with the stock extruder, man the state of the standard PTFE they had in that hotend, what a mess. If they must run the tube all the way to the nozzle they should at least use high temp PTFE. Still, a very serviceable printers though.
Paul Arden
2018-12-03 01:48:51 +0000 UTCSLA supports: software options, manual vs auto, and the best way to support intricate models... and for a bonus the best way to remove them and cleanup the finished part.
Nathan Prewett
2018-12-03 01:00:45 +0000 UTCid like to see your method for dialing in temp and extrusion multiplier for a particular filament
Phil Maddox
2018-12-03 00:25:10 +0000 UTCYes, pretty much what I found out.
Matthew Byrd
2018-12-03 00:09:16 +0000 UTCWere you going to build a diy printer to your standards? I'd like to see that
AstroIdea
2018-12-02 23:42:03 +0000 UTCPrinting metal on FDM. You use filament with high percentage of metal, e.g. <a href="https://shop.thevirtualfoundry.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://shop.thevirtualfoundry.com/</a> And then you post-process it in a furnace to burn plastic away and sinter metal. Something like a cheap version of Desktop Metal or Markforged Metal-X.
Marek Hudík
2018-12-02 23:36:29 +0000 UTCOne thing that's rarely discussed in today's printers is the true importance of the Nozzle diameter and layer thickness. Does it matter, or make things worse if you use layer thickness that's a step of your nozzle diameter? AKA typical 0.4mm, then layers at 0.8mm, 0.12mm, 0.16mm etc.etc. Thanks!
Fishysan
2018-12-02 23:28:13 +0000 UTCjust searched for it... a site made with wix.com and some shade profs with a preferred gmail address... also a note that some people may identify it as virus because they didn register as Microsoft devs. Also not open source... But they want 10$ for this PER YEAR? no detailed videos on how it works... found out on youtube: it just cuts and stitches the stls. use meshmixer, this will do the same.
Julian Schu
2018-12-02 22:44:08 +0000 UTCSince 8 bit is somehow at it's limits, how about a duet series? basically just the same as with the marlin guides just for the 32bit world (e.g. the duetwifi).
Julian Schu
2018-12-02 22:35:40 +0000 UTCHaha, and only just now I heard your remark in the live stream about some people not wanting Marlin videos. Perhaps a survey of the current most popular firmwares would also be a nice one, e.g., Marlin, Smoothieware, Duet and ones I haven't heard of yet. Be interesting to see a bit of state of play with regards to the firmwares that are out there now.
Paul Arden
2018-12-02 22:34:48 +0000 UTCHaving used many printers, built a few with students and my current disappointment with the ultimaker 3 I’d love a guide on understanding setting in slicers in concert with specific materials. I was hoping filaween would go this route. I like Prusa because their slicer paired with the materials they tested produce great results. I’d love to understand the specifics of how they figured it out so I can apply that knowledge to exotics like architectural clay filament. I know this is rather specific but I’d like to know how she’ll thickness relates to material flow etc.
Carlos Varas
2018-12-02 22:32:29 +0000 UTCFor me as a MK3 and MK2.5 I am alwways interested in better quality durable part and faster prints. Mods hacks updates better materials. I am currently using PLA+ or pro like crazy to make fixtures and work holding parts that are durable! I love experiments.
Eric
2018-12-02 22:16:28 +0000 UTCI would like to hear your impression of the Prusa multi material upgrade. Perhaps a quide about different nozzle sizes and how they might affect slicer settings.
David Turner
2018-12-02 22:16:01 +0000 UTCHow to slice and connect really big models. So often our desires are too big to print in one go. Other than that, build the ultimate printer... Big Tom... lol :)
Matthew Byrd
2018-12-02 22:08:42 +0000 UTCConfiguring Linear Advance in Marlin would be a nice one. While there is a lot of information out there, with now two different versions of linear advance and several different pieces of Marlin documentation and tools it is sufficiently confusing at this point so as to benefit from a guide (including describing why you would even want it and whether to bother with it on a bowden system). Usage of the K-factor Calibration Pattern tool Marlin provide would also be helpful.
Paul Arden
2018-12-02 22:06:42 +0000 UTCAwesome, I'm working on most of those in way or another already!
Thomas Sanladerer
2018-12-02 22:00:13 +0000 UTCI am also interested in Tinkerman's Ultimate 3D printer suggestion.
Mike McGee
2018-12-02 21:59:25 +0000 UTCprinter upgrades - bed leveling options; best, easiest to implement: optical, proximity, touch, or ??
Mike McGee
2018-12-02 21:57:28 +0000 UTCGreat idea!
Thomas Sanladerer
2018-12-02 21:57:27 +0000 UTCFilaween is meant to provide a consistent testing baseline across a wide range of materials - not sure how well that would work for individual categories that only have a handfull of products each. But the idea of pitting products against each other is nice!
Thomas Sanladerer
2018-12-02 21:56:02 +0000 UTCYes, with "the ultimate 3D printer" I (also) do mean a large scale FDM printer. We all know that the real challenges come to life when exceeding the dimensions of approx. 400 x 400 mm, and so why not go up to something that would still fit on a table (let say 750 x 750 x 750 mm) and still fit in our small rooms (because we want it so much).
Tinkerman
2018-12-02 21:54:14 +0000 UTCI like the Prusa clone build that is what got me hooked on your channel, along with marlin info guide.
Justin Flugum
2018-12-02 21:54:07 +0000 UTC"How far can you go?" - I like it!
Thomas Sanladerer
2018-12-02 21:53:45 +0000 UTCInvestigate tuning slicer settings for production. Making prints faster while keeping strength for the application. Reviewing infill speeds and geometry. Looking into different nozzle sizes and specs for print quality and all other factors listed before. What do you think?
Byron Hameline
2018-12-02 21:49:07 +0000 UTCHi. A few things you could do : Testing differents platics' mechanical properties in actual examples (e.g folding designs w/ and w/o hinges, print in place tricks, gcode tricks (add pauses, filament change with temperature changes, beeps for special events) transparency values depending on thickness, platics bonding compatibility on single extruder printer). Projects using FDM as a complement to other techniques (molds for plaster/cement, silicone), embedding electronics/cables mid-way through prints with a pause (like a self contained lit frame with Qi Charger pad). And guide that show how to get from an idea to a finished product through functional/pratical analysis (like you did on the garden hose roller and the tablet stand). You could finally maybe do another Octoprint episode showing how to use to most popular plugins. Another episode you could do is on the state of Open Source in today's FFF landscape. How are "newer" techniques like SLA, SLS or inkjet hampered by ongoing patents, or the way companies releasing open sourced hardware (or proprietary) are impacted by cheap knockoffs). Thanks a lot for the interviews you do of the brands/makers that give us an insight on the future of the industry. Keep them coming ! :-) And thanks a lot for inspiring us through your channel !
Nicolas VATRICAN
2018-12-02 21:48:46 +0000 UTCFilaween was a great hit imo, so something similar but for different types of printer parts? I know, for example, that E3D's new "Nozzle X" design claims superiority over something like the Olsson Ruby, but how well does it stack up against the MicroSwiss ones, etc. I'd love to see something like this also on the steppers side, if you can think of a way to validate the quality of a stepper? And a big one for me would also be comparison of different thermistors, and how do thermocouples stack up. Why choose a PT-100 or a K thermocouple over a standard thermistor? Which thermistors and how accurate they are?
Jonathan Charnas
2018-12-02 21:45:49 +0000 UTCHave you seen the Voron 2.1? I'm in love with it! It's a core xy fdm 3d printer with fixed heated bed and the X and Y axis also moves up, so it's also Z axis. It's very neat for big volume 3d printers.
ANTONIO RIVERA PALACIOS
2018-12-02 21:42:39 +0000 UTC@Thomas I would suggest doing that kind of stupid large printer in a makerspace or fablab. They generally have the space and need for such machines, but often lack the expertise or motivated people to build them right.
Jonathan Charnas
2018-12-02 21:41:57 +0000 UTCI've been working on hacking a Crock-Pot into a filament dryer. That could be cool to see as well.
Ts3dPrints
2018-12-02 21:39:26 +0000 UTCHehehe! It's more or less the same for me. I've got 3 3D printers (and I'm doing two more but they don't fit here) in my tiny bedroom plus many other things, such drones, computers, lots and lots of filament spools... I need much more space for my projects.
ANTONIO RIVERA PALACIOS
2018-12-02 21:39:13 +0000 UTCI do have that thermal camera that is just waiting to be put to use. Let me order some hotends to try out a few things!
Thomas Sanladerer
2018-12-02 21:37:37 +0000 UTCWell, I'm blushing ;-) But you're right, that would make for a great series with lots of deep-dive potential!
Thomas Sanladerer
2018-12-02 21:36:26 +0000 UTCI very much want a stupid large printer, too. If only I had the space...
Thomas Sanladerer
2018-12-02 21:35:22 +0000 UTCNoted!
Thomas Sanladerer
2018-12-02 21:34:24 +0000 UTCGreat idea for a project (series)! There's a nice range of robots that we could make - from simple line-followers to entire robot arms.
Thomas Sanladerer
2018-12-02 21:34:21 +0000 UTCHeat creep. Impact of fan type and size, ambient temperature, print temperature, heatbreak design, heatsink design, fan shroud design, etc.
LKM
2018-12-02 21:34:08 +0000 UTCSince "building the ultimate 3D printer" is on top of my list for quit a while now, and because it is one of your strong points and in line with your expertise, I would very much like to see a series of videos, where we start of to asses the situation of the moment and decide on what the ultimate 3D printer should consist of and then start designing it and in the end build it en test it... That would be a very nice contribution to the entire 3D community IMO. The "ultimate 3D printer" should not be the cheapest of printers, but of course there should be a fine balance between price and print quality / versatility. I know it's a demanding project, but it is exactly your forte to do this. No one else can do this as well and as unbiased as you can. That is why I think you are the one and only youtuber to be able to pull this off.
Tinkerman
2018-12-02 21:32:04 +0000 UTCI'm interested in designing and building high quality big volume FDM 3D printers, such as Delta and Core XY (Voron style). Thank you for asking Thomas!
ANTONIO RIVERA PALACIOS
2018-12-02 21:32:01 +0000 UTCOctoprint plugins. Lights, cameras heaters.
Ts3dPrints
2018-12-02 21:31:09 +0000 UTCI’m interested in 3D printed robots. Can you find some good simple 3D printable robots your followers could make?
Sequoia Alexander
2018-12-02 21:23:09 +0000 UTC
