I've been working as a product designer for nearly a decade now. Here are two quick tips. First, the "margin of error" that you're talking about it conventionally referred to as "a clearance". Once you know the proper term it should make your search on google/reddit easier. The rule of thumb that I use for plastic parts is to make the clearance 0.15mm if you want a tight fit that still allows for parts to insert or rotate. Any tighter than that and you start getting into "interference fits" where the parts bind together. My printer can hold a 0.15mm tolerance just fine but I'm not sure if it's too tight for the A1 Mini. That's something you can experiment with. When such a tight tolerance is used it's also conventional to add a fillet or chamfer around the leading edge in order to help guide one part into the other. That'd make it easier to drop the hard drive into the slot so you don't have to line it up super precisely. And then the second tip is from a design perspective. If you find that you need to have those little protrusions on the top surface for added stability, and you also don't want to raise the entire surface, then you may want to try adding a full ring around the slots instead of discrete tabs around the slots. If you add a filleted ring around the slot it should look pretty subtle. Doing that helps the ring fade from focus which helps minimize the perceived height of the product. The discrete tabs that you have now are technically less plastic but they draw the eye's focus to them so it ends up emphasizing a design detail that you're not happy about. I believe that's why Apple designs their camera bumps the way that they do: the subtle bump in the glass helps minimize the perceived thickness of the phone while the discrete lens protrusions draw the eye's focus and emphasize them as a design detail. Apple wants people to notice their cameras without noticing the thickness that the bump adds, and they seem to do a good job at that
Some more tips, 1 - in Orca slicer there are some print calibrations, one of them the Tolerance one will help you identify how much it's in you machine 2 - the protrusions besides the aesthetic, are kinda weak because of the layer lines. I recommend the channel Slant 3d they have an entire playlist with tips for 3d printing
Hey! i've been interested in learning about product design. Im finishing my graphic design bachelor and i'd like to read more about product design. Any recomendations? any books you'd recommend? Thanks!
@@jorgesarmientobarrera the typical go-to book is "The Design of Everyday Things". I've found there are parallels between the design thinking philosophy of communication design and product design, so I also enjoyed Paul Rand's book "Thoughts on design". Those two should help give you an intro to the thought process of designing a product. It's also important to know what the manufacturing constraints are that you'd be designing around so, oddly enough, watching a bunch of "How It's Made" videos can help familiarize you with that. I hope that helps!
I'm excited to see more! Keep it up, I've had my A1 Mini for about a month now but am very fortunate to have a friend who is a professor of manufacturing design to teach me. He gave me a helpful rule of thumb on tolerances: 0.2mm for permanent inserts, 0.3mm for a snug fit, and 0.4mm+ if you want it to slide.
Lucky you :) Thanks for the heads up! I've been putting 0.2-3mm tolerances since this video (working on a 2nd right now). But it's good you didn't have to go through the trial and error I did! Thanks a lot and hope you're having as much fun as I am.
Can't tell you how much I love this video and the idea behind it. I think sharing the processes like you have is way more valuable than just sharing the results. Going through the iterations and talking about them one by one and sharing your thoughts about each is extremely informative. It's like a more polished, straight to the point version of a vlog. Keep it up!
Thank you! That's kind of the idea I have behind my videos. I'm not too much of a vlogger, but I do like documenting this process. It feels nice to have something to look back on personally but also not too intrusive into my everyday life. Appreciate the support
One method that helped me prototype faster was to print cross sections of a feature in a model I was making instead of the entire model. In your case you could have printed slices of the different tolerances you wanted to test. Learnt this technique on RUclips and it saved me soo much printing time, filament cost, and reduced the mental anguish of printing models only to find the tolerance of an important feature was wrong. Life changing for sure!
The quality is insanely good for a first video, nice work. Usually they say around 0.2-0.3 to have a perfect fit, you can go lower if you intend to make the 2 pieces stuck (obviously this is isn't the case for your project).
First thing i saw, the desk where you put your 3d printing was shaking like crazy, if you want more good quality printing, you need to get an heavy and stable desk for the printing
Actually, Bambu Lab printers are quite good at balancing that out. There are videos on RUclips where someone is printing upside down in mid-air, and their Benchy turned out flawless.
@@franzgriffle6063 I didn't say that he should print upside down now. My point is that the print quality was judged without taking a closer look at the printed model. My printer and table also shake while printing, and I don't see any difference when I print the same job on the floor without any wobbling.
@@IVNDRR understood, my first table rocked and vibrated leaving a lot of stringing. I changed out the table and the artifacts etc have been reduced a lot. In my eyes Its useful to mitigate as many factors as possible, then again I came from owning an ender to now owning an A1 and its night and day between the two printers lol.
When modeling in Blender, you have to ensure the scale is reset to zero after changing the dimensions of anything if you want accurate models. Blender is good for what it was designed for, but a CAD software is built for accurate dimensional models to be manufactured. While there is a CAD addon for Blender, it's far from robust enough to keep up with dedicated software.
Appreciate the tip. I've actually been struggling to remind myself to reset the scale after every change. I will get to Fusion eventually, just want to squeeze every ounce of Blender knowledge before I make the jump.
My post was going to be: really bite through the lemon and learn OnShape or Fusion. For functional designs like this their parametric nature allowing small changes to be done to any step in the history is just priceless.
You downplay the fact that you feel proud of your design. Don’t feel that way. No matter how simple a design seems, you made it and you made it functional. Parsing down designs to their simplest functional form is something to strive to. Be proud of your accomplishment. I’m just getting started myself, mostly to make little toys for my grandson, but I absolutely prefer functional projects.
You could put a leaf spring on the side of the slot. This will hold what you insert in place and you can work with higher clearances. You could even add a chamfer to the top of the leaf spring to make insertion easier
You just showed up on my homescreen im really excited about that. Ive been printing and designing for 3 years. I want to begin a channel and for this being your first video i have to say the quality is outstanding! Im excited to see your growth!!! Hopefully I'll pick up some production tips along the way.
Not sure what tips I can share that you don't know since you've been doing this for way longer! But thanks for being here and for the kind words! Working on a second video with another concept already so stay tuned :)
I guess it didn’t. Anyway. When you have the model in the slicer, there is an option in the toolbar named “Cut”. It can be used to split the model in two. Place it as close to the top as 0.4mm and perform the cut. Delete the large part and you have a thin template of your “holes” that you can use to test the fit with.
I’ve been printing and designing for 20+ years now. I’ll be really interested to see where your printing trip takes you. If you get half as good at printing as you are at editing videos you should do very well!
You popped up on my feed and im here for the ride. Cant wait to see what other things you make. I planning on getting me an A1 printer as well so i need all the knowledge and ideas of what to print! You got a sub in me for sure!
Great video, also crazy. I just got into 3d printing a few weeks ago with a Bambu p1s and the first project I just finished was an enclosure for my t7 drive as well!! My design has the drive horizontal slotting into the enclosure and there are 2 extra bays which I made drawers for but can be swapped with another drive in the future! The spontaneity is crazy!
bambu screwed me on my ams it's been a nightmare. but first thing i designed were hard drive holders. if you have a standing desk, i have a flexispot mount i designed to move all these samsung SSDs underneath the desk to keep them out of sight. haven't had the time to film it yet. i designed mine in fusion, which i hate that program. but also having a chat gpt window up to double check dimensions etc was super handy to cut down on errors. tbh i just added like .5mm tolerance. designing in blender i found to be more difficult than fusion and tinkercad.
One thing that helps cut down waste when iterating is just cutting or exprorting the part of the model you need to test fit. The tolerances will vary with printers but also diff types of filament too
Heh, this YT algorithm is someting. I also have an A1 for a couple weeks now, printing all kinds of stuff from Makerworld and trying to learn how to design stuff in Fusion 360. Good luck witth your stuff mate!
Hey we're in the same boat! Bambu Studio was great for me just printing other people's designs. I haven't dived into Makersworld or Thingiverse etc. yet but I should. How are you finding Fusion 360 though? Appreciate the comment.
Thanks! I'm already working on a second project and having a lot of fun (hopefully will be documenting and uploading that as well). I'm designing pretty simple things but happy about the progress I made.
I don’t subscribe to many channels. I like when the algorithm just does it’s thing. I subbed less than 10 seconds into the video. Hope you come out with more.
just started 3d printing myself, and prototyping seems soo much easier for functional prints in f360 compared to this, i never 3d modeled in my life, but with a caliper and f360 i have to print max 2 prints to check fit, i would say that you should use the right tool for the right job, for a functional print f360 is probably way better than blender, but for design purposes blender is probably better
Starting such a project is so easy, finishing is a bit harder ;-) I myself started a lot of ideas with sketches and then Onshape, but at some point it just gets really difficult to keep my focus on it! You inspire me to continue!
Most definitely. For me, I think finishing the project quickly was key. I had the idea of the SSD holder for a few days but from design to finish took me 1-2 days. I think that definitely helped me and hopefully it helps you too
Nice! Keep at it. If you haven’t already, you should print a tolerance test with multiple dials. That way you have a nice reference for tolerances with your printer and filament. Also, if you have to iterate your design and change measurements is where CAD software really shines. But there’s also a cad plug-in for blender that you might want to check out. Whatever you use. Have fun and keep designing 👍😎
I didn't know there's a CAD plugin thank you so much for letting me know! And yes, multiple people have told me about the dials and not printing the whole thing hahaha. Lesson learned
I tried a few CAD programs as well and currently use onshape. It works well and feels natural for me. What you experienced is very common; rarely do we nail it on the first try. I buy spools of gray PLA in bulk (4-10 spool packs) as my "prototyping" filament. I go for the cheap stuff since much of it just gets tossed during the prototyping phase of a project. I like gray for the color over black or white since it shows imperfections and details better. Subscribed to follow along. 🍻
Welcome to the community Jackie! I'm sure you'll do great. We all mess up tolerances - don't worry about it. Also won't be the last time... 🤣 Subscribed. Good luck on your journey. Following along.
Great video, 1:20 you probably don’t need a brim if your are using PLA with a part that has so much surface area. You mainly need brings for tall skinny parts, or parts printed in materials that tend to warp such as ABS, ASA etc. again great work either way
I already love what your doing! The most of the people dont show the first steps of there projekts and just say like "I needed a few trys" But you didnt change much, just a few messurements, but it made a lot diffrenz Please continue with what your doing because I have 0 clue about 3D Printing, but I would love to join your journey and learn more about it ^^ And one more thing... Could you maybe show the desings you did in Blender ? Looking forward to the next video 🫶🏻
Thank you! I'm trying to capture the whole process from start to finish with every video so its a documentation for me and hopefully helps other people or inspired them. And yes I'd gladly show them coming up. I'd love to upload them but haven't figured out where to do so.
You should learn fusion or onshape. When you are measuering dimensions irl, to input in your 3d software, cad is much better in my experience. Cad software is much easier to go back and adjust any parameter throughout your design. Whereas Blender I feel like you usually have to commit to certain numbers and shapes, without easy access to change parameter
We design plastic products for automobiles, however we use mold injection and not 3d printing. But maybe the design part is the same, 1mm is too big, our designs go to 0.1 mm tolerance for tight fits, sometimes down to 0.05. But I have no idea about the tolerance a 3d printer can achieve. So maybe aim for 0.2 both sides of the nominal measure of the part.
Yeah I definitely had no clue about tolerances in this video. Now I know to leave at least a .1.5mm tolerance. Many people have advised between the numbers you mentioned as well.
Dude I’ve been looking for this exact thing! Surprisingly there was nothing on amazon like this for the t7s, would love if you shared the STL at some point!
You should! I was honestly hesitant on starting but got inspired by this youtuber who recently started as well: www.youtube.com/@OfficialOffDaBench. If you do start one let me know!
You somehow popped up in my feed. Great video. I'm a software designer and wanted to build and print my product ideas for a long time now. What's the best way to start?
thanks a lot! honestly i just started with this video: ruclips.net/video/rN-HMVTB7nk/видео.html afterwards, I just started experimenting and searching on youtube as I go.
Amazing design and 3d printing video! Have u considered slanting the holes? so that your storage is slanted and might rattle less? Just random thought, plus it will look great like business cardholders
Thank you! Did not consider that actually but could be cool. I could re-design to make it a business card holder but there’s definitely a lot of cooler designs already on Bambu studio that I’d probably print instead.
Are you not concerned using the non-enclosed printer in your space? Do you keep window open at least or smth? I'm thinking of buying 3d printer but health side concerns me.
I had concerns over that and had opened the window while printing. But I've actually since moved the 3D printer into my unused spare bathroom (seen in my new video). Check it out if you'd like :)
You should really try giving fusion another go it really makes making small changes for iterative design much much easier than Blender. Blender really doesn't have all the precision features fusion has for this kinda stuff. Great video though!
Someone else brought this up too in another comment. And precision is one thing I have been struggling with in Blender (getting actual measurements), it's more of a hassle than an impossibility though. I'm tempted to give Fusion another shot.
I know! I like to hold it in these videos sometimes to keep my hands busy, just better for my comfort when filming these videos and makes it less awkward for me hahahaha
Uhm.. you have a digital caliper right ? 😁😁 I make tons of designs during a year, and with a caliper, and abit of knowledge about your printer tolerance, you definitely will hit your target much faster however congrats on your first product design. 👍👍👍👍
I do! I just didn't know anything about tolerances so I made it exact the first time around. Definitely not a problem anymore hahaha. Thank you anyways!
I was previously looking to get an P1S used but got dissuaded from Reddit. Couldn't afford it new unfortunately. Best of luck to you with your 3d printer and thanks for the sub!
@JackieMakesStuff1 I'd prefer the thing that's the most work of course. Off when talking on when showing off the prints 😂 but if I'd choose one or the other, on all the time but a bit quieter
@@JackieMakesStuff1unsolicited opinion here - I think the music is great and the volume isn’t actually too bad. If you EQ out some of the mids of the music track, it’ll make more space for your voice to come through!
I've been working as a product designer for nearly a decade now. Here are two quick tips. First, the "margin of error" that you're talking about it conventionally referred to as "a clearance". Once you know the proper term it should make your search on google/reddit easier. The rule of thumb that I use for plastic parts is to make the clearance 0.15mm if you want a tight fit that still allows for parts to insert or rotate. Any tighter than that and you start getting into "interference fits" where the parts bind together. My printer can hold a 0.15mm tolerance just fine but I'm not sure if it's too tight for the A1 Mini. That's something you can experiment with. When such a tight tolerance is used it's also conventional to add a fillet or chamfer around the leading edge in order to help guide one part into the other. That'd make it easier to drop the hard drive into the slot so you don't have to line it up super precisely. And then the second tip is from a design perspective. If you find that you need to have those little protrusions on the top surface for added stability, and you also don't want to raise the entire surface, then you may want to try adding a full ring around the slots instead of discrete tabs around the slots. If you add a filleted ring around the slot it should look pretty subtle. Doing that helps the ring fade from focus which helps minimize the perceived height of the product. The discrete tabs that you have now are technically less plastic but they draw the eye's focus to them so it ends up emphasizing a design detail that you're not happy about. I believe that's why Apple designs their camera bumps the way that they do: the subtle bump in the glass helps minimize the perceived thickness of the phone while the discrete lens protrusions draw the eye's focus and emphasize them as a design detail. Apple wants people to notice their cameras without noticing the thickness that the bump adds, and they seem to do a good job at that
Some more tips,
1 - in Orca slicer there are some print calibrations, one of them the Tolerance one will help you identify how much it's in you machine
2 - the protrusions besides the aesthetic, are kinda weak because of the layer lines.
I recommend the channel Slant 3d they have an entire playlist with tips for 3d printing
Hey! i've been interested in learning about product design. Im finishing my graphic design bachelor and i'd like to read more about product design. Any recomendations? any books you'd recommend?
Thanks!
@@jorgesarmientobarrera the typical go-to book is "The Design of Everyday Things". I've found there are parallels between the design thinking philosophy of communication design and product design, so I also enjoyed Paul Rand's book "Thoughts on design". Those two should help give you an intro to the thought process of designing a product. It's also important to know what the manufacturing constraints are that you'd be designing around so, oddly enough, watching a bunch of "How It's Made" videos can help familiarize you with that. I hope that helps!
I'm excited to see more! Keep it up, I've had my A1 Mini for about a month now but am very fortunate to have a friend who is a professor of manufacturing design to teach me. He gave me a helpful rule of thumb on tolerances: 0.2mm for permanent inserts, 0.3mm for a snug fit, and 0.4mm+ if you want it to slide.
Lucky you :) Thanks for the heads up! I've been putting 0.2-3mm tolerances since this video (working on a 2nd right now). But it's good you didn't have to go through the trial and error I did! Thanks a lot and hope you're having as much fun as I am.
Can't tell you how much I love this video and the idea behind it. I think sharing the processes like you have is way more valuable than just sharing the results. Going through the iterations and talking about them one by one and sharing your thoughts about each is extremely informative. It's like a more polished, straight to the point version of a vlog. Keep it up!
Thank you! That's kind of the idea I have behind my videos. I'm not too much of a vlogger, but I do like documenting this process. It feels nice to have something to look back on personally but also not too intrusive into my everyday life. Appreciate the support
One method that helped me prototype faster was to print cross sections of a feature in a model I was making instead of the entire model. In your case you could have printed slices of the different tolerances you wanted to test. Learnt this technique on RUclips and it saved me soo much printing time, filament cost, and reduced the mental anguish of printing models only to find the tolerance of an important feature was wrong. Life changing for sure!
Someone commented that earlier in the week and it's definitely helped me a ton already!
The quality is insanely good for a first video, nice work. Usually they say around 0.2-0.3 to have a perfect fit, you can go lower if you intend to make the 2 pieces stuck (obviously this is isn't the case for your project).
First thing i saw, the desk where you put your 3d printing was shaking like crazy, if you want more good quality printing, you need to get an heavy and stable desk for the printing
This.
Actually, Bambu Lab printers are quite good at balancing that out. There are videos on RUclips where someone is printing upside down in mid-air, and their Benchy turned out flawless.
@@IVNDRR True, but to be fair just because you can doesn't mean you should.
@@franzgriffle6063 I didn't say that he should print upside down now. My point is that the print quality was judged without taking a closer look at the printed model. My printer and table also shake while printing, and I don't see any difference when I print the same job on the floor without any wobbling.
@@IVNDRR understood, my first table rocked and vibrated leaving a lot of stringing. I changed out the table and the artifacts etc have been reduced a lot. In my eyes Its useful to mitigate as many factors as possible, then again I came from owning an ender to now owning an A1 and its night and day between the two printers lol.
Keep going mate. Making you own Design is super fun especially when they come out as expected.
Thank you! Yeah it's been pretty fun messing around in Blender and also looking through Makersworld.
When modeling in Blender, you have to ensure the scale is reset to zero after changing the dimensions of anything if you want accurate models.
Blender is good for what it was designed for, but a CAD software is built for accurate dimensional models to be manufactured. While there is a CAD addon for Blender, it's far from robust enough to keep up with dedicated software.
Appreciate the tip. I've actually been struggling to remind myself to reset the scale after every change. I will get to Fusion eventually, just want to squeeze every ounce of Blender knowledge before I make the jump.
My post was going to be: really bite through the lemon and learn OnShape or Fusion. For functional designs like this their parametric nature allowing small changes to be done to any step in the history is just priceless.
You downplay the fact that you feel proud of your design. Don’t feel that way. No matter how simple a design seems, you made it and you made it functional. Parsing down designs to their simplest functional form is something to strive to. Be proud of your accomplishment. I’m just getting started myself, mostly to make little toys for my grandson, but I absolutely prefer functional projects.
3d print a part to make your desk sturdy
You could put a leaf spring on the side of the slot. This will hold what you insert in place and you can work with higher clearances. You could even add a chamfer to the top of the leaf spring to make insertion easier
You just showed up on my homescreen im really excited about that. Ive been printing and designing for 3 years. I want to begin a channel and for this being your first video i have to say the quality is outstanding! Im excited to see your growth!!! Hopefully I'll pick up some production tips along the way.
Not sure what tips I can share that you don't know since you've been doing this for way longer! But thanks for being here and for the kind words! Working on a second video with another concept already so stay tuned :)
@JackieMakesStuff1 not recording. Your video looks amazing! The editing and sound awesome. Do you work in production in your day to day?
When it comes to fitting the slots I often cut the model and only print like two layers. That way you save on filament.
I’m not sure what you mean but would love a further explanation, always trying to save filament since it’s pretty expensive it seems
Not sure if my explanation got sent or not.
I guess it didn’t. Anyway. When you have the model in the slicer, there is an option in the toolbar named “Cut”. It can be used to split the model in two. Place it as close to the top as 0.4mm and perform the cut. Delete the large part and you have a thin template of your “holes” that you can use to test the fit with.
@@AndTheAnswerIs42 100% this. I always make a thin section of a model just to check initial sizing.
All you need is to find your printer's toleration value for x, y and z, then bake that into the model.
I’ve been printing and designing for 20+ years now. I’ll be really interested to see where your printing trip takes you. If you get half as good at printing as you are at editing videos you should do very well!
You popped up on my feed and im here for the ride. Cant wait to see what other things you make. I planning on getting me an A1 printer as well so i need all the knowledge and ideas of what to print! You got a sub in me for sure!
Great video, also crazy. I just got into 3d printing a few weeks ago with a Bambu p1s and the first project I just finished was an enclosure for my t7 drive as well!! My design has the drive horizontal slotting into the enclosure and there are 2 extra bays which I made drawers for but can be swapped with another drive in the future!
The spontaneity is crazy!
That is such a coincidence, but glad to have you here! Would love to see how your design looks compared to mine hahaha
bambu screwed me on my ams it's been a nightmare. but first thing i designed were hard drive holders. if you have a standing desk, i have a flexispot mount i designed to move all these samsung SSDs underneath the desk to keep them out of sight. haven't had the time to film it yet. i designed mine in fusion, which i hate that program. but also having a chat gpt window up to double check dimensions etc was super handy to cut down on errors. tbh i just added like .5mm tolerance. designing in blender i found to be more difficult than fusion and tinkercad.
Nice brother. Next make it so it can recieve a usb cable. Orientate the drives vertically and it can be a dock for your drives.
Good idea, will see if I can do that in the future. Thanks!
For a first project a great success and many lessons learned. Looking forward to what you will create in the future!
One thing that helps cut down waste when iterating is just cutting or exprorting the part of the model you need to test fit. The tolerances will vary with printers but also diff types of filament too
Heh, this YT algorithm is someting. I also have an A1 for a couple weeks now, printing all kinds of stuff from Makerworld and trying to learn how to design stuff in Fusion 360. Good luck witth your stuff mate!
Hey we're in the same boat! Bambu Studio was great for me just printing other people's designs. I haven't dived into Makersworld or Thingiverse etc. yet but I should. How are you finding Fusion 360 though? Appreciate the comment.
Already designing stuff a week in is crazy! Good stuff man!
Thanks! I'm already working on a second project and having a lot of fun (hopefully will be documenting and uploading that as well). I'm designing pretty simple things but happy about the progress I made.
I've just started 3d printing too! looking forward to seeing this channel grow and join along the way!
Thank you and good luck with your 3d printing as well!
I don’t subscribe to many channels. I like when the algorithm just does it’s thing.
I subbed less than 10 seconds into the video.
Hope you come out with more.
Yes youtube this the type of content i wanna watch ! Love the video !❤
Let's go!
just started 3d printing myself, and prototyping seems soo much easier for functional prints in f360 compared to this, i never 3d modeled in my life, but with a caliper and f360 i have to print max 2 prints to check fit, i would say that you should use the right tool for the right job, for a functional print f360 is probably way better than blender, but for design purposes blender is probably better
this is amazing and your production quality is crazy
Thanks! I have lots of camera gear lying around...
Starting such a project is so easy, finishing is a bit harder ;-)
I myself started a lot of ideas with sketches and then Onshape, but at some point it just gets really difficult to keep my focus on it!
You inspire me to continue!
Most definitely. For me, I think finishing the project quickly was key. I had the idea of the SSD holder for a few days but from design to finish took me 1-2 days. I think that definitely helped me and hopefully it helps you too
hi! I'd like to print one for my desk. would be super cool if you could provide the print file.
Really great video! Love the way you hung those filament swatches 😊
im in the exact same boat! also just started and am just experimenting with making things that help make my life a little easier. love the video!
Nice! Keep at it.
If you haven’t already, you should print a tolerance test with multiple dials. That way you have a nice reference for tolerances with your printer and filament.
Also, if you have to iterate your design and change measurements is where CAD software really shines. But there’s also a cad plug-in for blender that you might want to check out. Whatever you use. Have fun and keep designing 👍😎
I didn't know there's a CAD plugin thank you so much for letting me know! And yes, multiple people have told me about the dials and not printing the whole thing hahaha. Lesson learned
Keep going dude, it only gets easer from here
Thank you!
I tried a few CAD programs as well and currently use onshape. It works well and feels natural for me.
What you experienced is very common; rarely do we nail it on the first try. I buy spools of gray PLA in bulk (4-10 spool packs) as my "prototyping" filament. I go for the cheap stuff since much of it just gets tossed during the prototyping phase of a project. I like gray for the color over black or white since it shows imperfections and details better.
Subscribed to follow along. 🍻
Great timing of your feline friend entering the shot, just when you said "CAT software".. Oh, wait... :D
I really enjoyed the video and the cameo from your cat : )
Luna (the cat) is the cutest.
no clue why youtube recommended me random video about 3d printing but good luck to you
RUclips does that sometimes, appreciate your stopping by though!
Welcome to the community Jackie! I'm sure you'll do great. We all mess up tolerances - don't worry about it. Also won't be the last time... 🤣 Subscribed. Good luck on your journey. Following along.
Great video, 1:20 you probably don’t need a brim if your are using PLA with a part that has so much surface area. You mainly need brings for tall skinny parts, or parts printed in materials that tend to warp such as ABS, ASA etc. again great work either way
helps with warping
I already love what your doing!
The most of the people dont show the first steps of there projekts and just say like "I needed a few trys"
But you didnt change much, just a few messurements, but it made a lot diffrenz
Please continue with what your doing because I have 0 clue about 3D Printing, but I would love to join your journey and learn more about it ^^
And one more thing...
Could you maybe show the desings you did in Blender ?
Looking forward to the next video 🫶🏻
Thank you! I'm trying to capture the whole process from start to finish with every video so its a documentation for me and hopefully helps other people or inspired them. And yes I'd gladly show them coming up. I'd love to upload them but haven't figured out where to do so.
You should learn fusion or onshape. When you are measuering dimensions irl, to input in your 3d software, cad is much better in my experience. Cad software is much easier to go back and adjust any parameter throughout your design. Whereas Blender I feel like you usually have to commit to certain numbers and shapes, without easy access to change parameter
I will in the future, currently I'm just more intune with blender and want to try out it's CAD add-on. I will try Fusion soon.
I’ve been doing the same thing 😂 same error with the margin of error but my first project is like a little frame for my medium format slides
We design plastic products for automobiles, however we use mold injection and not 3d printing. But maybe the design part is the same, 1mm is too big, our designs go to 0.1 mm tolerance for tight fits, sometimes down to 0.05. But I have no idea about the tolerance a 3d printer can achieve. So maybe aim for 0.2 both sides of the nominal measure of the part.
Yeah I definitely had no clue about tolerances in this video. Now I know to leave at least a .1.5mm tolerance. Many people have advised between the numbers you mentioned as well.
lets go Jackie! Make some more stuff!
Dude I’ve been looking for this exact thing! Surprisingly there was nothing on amazon like this for the t7s, would love if you shared the STL at some point!
Sure! I'm working on uploading them to Makersworld. When I do, I'll leave an update on the channel's community post page.
really cool video man, enjoyed watching☺
Good Stuff. Just got my first 3D printer too and want to make similar things. Maybe I'll start a video channel too. Keep it up!
You should! I was honestly hesitant on starting but got inspired by this youtuber who recently started as well: www.youtube.com/@OfficialOffDaBench. If you do start one let me know!
Very well done first video bro😊 subbed!
Cool first video. Subscribed.
Me coming across this video literally doing research for 3D printers to start a YT channel 😂
You somehow popped up in my feed. Great video. I'm a software designer and wanted to build and print my product ideas for a long time now.
What's the best way to start?
thanks a lot! honestly i just started with this video: ruclips.net/video/rN-HMVTB7nk/видео.html
afterwards, I just started experimenting and searching on youtube as I go.
do you have a link to the blender video you watched for designing with 3d printing in mind?
Forgot to add it in the description, should be added now and here's also the link: ruclips.net/video/rN-HMVTB7nk/видео.html
Amazing design and 3d printing video! Have u considered slanting the holes? so that your storage is slanted and might rattle less? Just random thought, plus it will look great like business cardholders
Thank you! Did not consider that actually but could be cool. I could re-design to make it a business card holder but there’s definitely a lot of cooler designs already on Bambu studio that I’d probably print instead.
New sub over here, hoping to see more of your creations!
man thats super cool, i wanna make model and 3d prints too!
Are you not concerned using the non-enclosed printer in your space? Do you keep window open at least or smth? I'm thinking of buying 3d printer but health side concerns me.
I had concerns over that and had opened the window while printing. But I've actually since moved the 3D printer into my unused spare bathroom (seen in my new video). Check it out if you'd like :)
@ yeah thats prolly a good idea :) ill check it out
You should really try giving fusion another go it really makes making small changes for iterative design much much easier than Blender. Blender really doesn't have all the precision features fusion has for this kinda stuff. Great video though!
Someone else brought this up too in another comment. And precision is one thing I have been struggling with in Blender (getting actual measurements), it's more of a hassle than an impossibility though. I'm tempted to give Fusion another shot.
Keep going mate , I couldn’t order a printer because I have no space 😢 but keep it up
Sorry to hear that! If you have anything you'd like to try printing and you're in/near brooklyn, ny I'd be happy to print things for you.
make base with hard material and slot with TPU or print alltogether with TPU
It would be sick if you could add a usb c slot
Quick tip, you can actually attach the microphone to your hoodie instead of holding in it in your hand...I really don't get this trend.
I know! I like to hold it in these videos sometimes to keep my hands busy, just better for my comfort when filming these videos and makes it less awkward for me hahahaha
Nice! Where did you get the inland filament?
Got it from Microcenter
@ you live near one?
Your cat is so pretty, feels like a grayscaled tiger hh.
Thank you! She's lovely.
@@JackieMakesStuff1 And you look like Joji...aka FilthyFrank, if you know Who he is.
Please, active The subtitles
I thought I did, did I not? Sorry about that.
very nice video man
Good luck, would like to see your process within Blender... thanks
youtube: Hey you wanna see this 3 subs guy video about product designing?
Me: what? why would i want to see that?... *still sees it*
Me: Subscribed.
Hahaha that's wild thank you though!
Put magnets under the ssd holder
Good idea
Uhm.. you have a digital caliper right ? 😁😁
I make tons of designs during a year, and with a caliper, and abit of knowledge about your printer tolerance, you definitely will hit your target much faster
however congrats on your first product design. 👍👍👍👍
I do! I just didn't know anything about tolerances so I made it exact the first time around. Definitely not a problem anymore hahaha. Thank you anyways!
I am lucky number 13 sub. Waiting to get my first 3d printer in a few days.(Bambu P1S) Lets do this shit.
I was previously looking to get an P1S used but got dissuaded from Reddit. Couldn't afford it new unfortunately. Best of luck to you with your 3d printer and thanks for the sub!
False. Iv seen someone print with Bambu hanging from a string. Print came out flawless.
you did good for youre first video, nice job!
i Am Number 5
music with voice kind of disturbing man
cool stuff! to me the background musik makes it hard to hear you over it.
Got it and noted for next time, thank you. Would you prefer there be no music or just lowered volume?
@JackieMakesStuff1 I'd prefer the thing that's the most work of course. Off when talking on when showing off the prints 😂 but if I'd choose one or the other, on all the time but a bit quieter
@@JackieMakesStuff1unsolicited opinion here - I think the music is great and the volume isn’t actually too bad. If you EQ out some of the mids of the music track, it’ll make more space for your voice to come through!
33 subs?!
Yeah the support so far has been amazing, can't really believe it hahaha. Thanks everyone!
4:18 have more confidence in yourself ma boi.
I dont see how this is a "product". Its a nice project , i just dont see why you are calling it a product
music is a litte too loud
This plastic waste classifies as "product design" nowadays? Wow.
Bro you literally just change model scale and wait while printer do your job. Is that so hard? You dont waste your time for products like this.