0:01 so it seems like everywhere you turn
0:03 someone's yapping on about 3D printing
0:06 and how cool it is not interested right
0:07 well then you see someone use it for
0:10 something well useful and you start to
0:12 think hm maybe it's worth looking into
0:13 but you have no idea where to start you
0:15 can barely spell 3D so you start
0:17 learning and you fall into this deep
0:18 dark Rabbit Hole of printers and
0:21 filament and 3D modeling and what the
0:23 heck's a thing of verse well stop I'm
0:24 going to make this simple for you I'm
0:26 going to tell you exactly which 3D
0:28 printer to buy tell you why and then
0:36 now maybe I'm one of those annoying
0:38 people on YouTube you've seen talk about
0:39 3D printing or maybe you've just
0:41 stumbled onto this video well long story
0:43 short I've spent the better part of 5
0:45 years printing pretty much non-stop in a
0:46 professional engineering setting I've
0:48 worked with very expensive industrial
0:50 printers and crappy desktop models
0:52 throughout that time and I currently run
0:54 a production print Farm of about 40
0:55 printers that have amassed tens of
0:57 thousands of Print hours not just some
0:59 dork printing Pikachu figurines from my
1:01 desk I may be a dork but at least I know
1:03 what functional 3D printing actually
1:05 looks like and that's really where my
1:07 passion lies using 3D printing to do
1:08 real world stuff and chances are if
1:10 you're watching this that's what you're
1:11 interested in too and don't get me wrong
1:13 printing dumb things can be fun but
1:17 solving problems is fun so what printer
1:21 to buy this is the prusia markv and it's
1:24 a beige Toyota Corolla with cloth seats
1:26 it's not going to win any drag races but
1:27 you can bet your ass it'll get you to
1:32 work and this is the the bamboo Labs X1
1:35 and it's a Tesla Model S with a Sleek
1:38 interior and fake leather seats it's
1:40 very fast will still probably get you to
1:42 work but doesn't quite have the track
1:44 record of the Toyota but what if I told
1:46 you that the price point was the same
1:50 you get the Tesla right well not so fast
1:51 these two printers right here represent
1:53 in my opinion some of the absolute best
1:55 hobbiest 3D printer options on the
1:57 market right now and that includes for
2:00 complete beginners I will also say that
2:01 every printer you see in this video was
2:04 purchased by me I'm not sponsored or
2:06 affiliated with any of these companies
2:07 these opinions were formed myself after
2:09 opening up my wallet and buying them and
2:11 I'm not going to bore you with tech
2:13 specs speeds and feeds there's plenty of
2:14 nerds out there that can do that for you
2:17 instead I want to explain why they're
2:19 great options and it comes down to this
2:24 you ready both of these just work that's
2:26 it and sure you can save money a lot of
2:27 money by going with a cheaper option
2:29 like an ender 3 but as someone who wants
2:31 to get into 3D printing and not into
2:34 working on 3D printers this is an
2:36 invaluable feature that unfortunately
2:37 costs some money nothing is going to
2:39 kill your printing curiosity like trying
2:40 to manually level a print bed or
2:43 endlessly add thirdparty components just
2:44 to get the damn thing to work right
2:46 there's plenty of time for that later
2:48 the prusa brand is synonymous with
2:50 reliability much like Toyota that's why
2:53 I run exclusively prusa Mark II s pluses
2:54 in my print Farm they're reliable
2:56 machines that can also be easily
2:58 serviced due to the open source nature
3:00 of the design and part availability Bru
3:02 has been developing manufacturing and
3:03 providing customer service for their
3:06 machines since 2012 I bought my first
3:08 machine in 2018 and it's still going
3:10 strong last I heard they sell somewhere
3:12 on the order of 10,000 of these per
3:14 month they're popular for a reason but
3:16 the new kit on the Block bamboo lab is
3:18 attempting to give prusa a run for their
3:20 money with their lineup of 3D printers
3:21 what they've done is essentially
3:23 democratized the features of expensive
3:25 industrial 3D printers and make them
3:27 available on a relatively cheap consumer
3:29 machine they really have shaken up the
3:31 Hobbies Market because most of these
3:32 customers have never seen anything like
3:35 this it's blowing their freaking minds
3:36 and since I come from the industrial 3D
3:38 printing World these features are not
3:40 groundbreaking on their own right but
3:41 having them all in a printer that anyone
3:43 can afford is really cool to see and
3:45 like most tech advancements it's
3:47 primarily driven through clever software
3:49 implementation not necessarily Hardware
3:51 the reason why bamboo lab 3D printers
3:54 are so ridiculously fast and they are
3:55 fast isn't because they figured out how
3:57 to make stepper Motors move faster
3:59 they're using a process called input
4:00 shaping and this is essentially
4:02 factoring the resonance or natural
4:04 frequency of the printer and
4:05 compensating for it in the movement of
4:07 the machine if the print head
4:08 accelerates in One Direction the
4:10 software anticipates how the printer
4:12 structure is going to react and
4:13 effectively cancels it out this is why
4:16 prints can be up to four times faster on
4:18 this machine than the prusia although on
4:20 average I found it to be about twice as
4:22 fast which is still really considerable
4:23 I should be fair and note that the
4:25 prusia markv which is the one I showed
4:26 is their brand new model which is
4:28 capable of input shaping as well at
4:30 least from a hardware stpoint point at
4:31 the time of its release that feature
4:33 isn't available but it should be in the
4:35 next software update so that Corolla is
4:37 getting tuned up and should print much
4:40 faster but probably still won't be able
4:41 to touch the speed of the bamboo lab
4:43 machine so what the heck does all that
4:45 mean why do you care well as a new 3D
4:47 printing Enthusiast absolute speed may
4:49 not be the most important consideration
4:50 getting the damn thing to work without
4:52 you thinking about it should be top of
4:54 the list both of these machines have a
4:56 bevy of sensors and automation to help
4:58 accomplish this for starters both
4:59 printers run through a bed leveling
5:01 process before each print which is very
5:03 important for getting that first layer
5:05 plastic to stick to the print bed this
5:07 is one of the most common failure modes
5:09 on a 3D printer and having this handled
5:11 by the machine and not your chubby
5:13 fingers is great the next is software
5:15 every 3D printer uses a program called a
5:18 slicer it takes a solid shape slices it
5:20 into very thin layers and creates a file
5:23 containing G-Code that the printers need
5:24 to run and you really don't need to know
5:26 anything about that other than there are
5:28 some settings that you can tweak to make
5:30 your part print potentially better prusa
5:31 has developed one of the absolute best
5:33 out there called prusia slicer and
5:36 bamboo lab has essentially taken that
5:38 exact same open source program and put
5:39 their spin on it so the good news is
5:41 that both of these printer options use
5:43 very solid software that's easy to use
5:45 both machines have these big clear color
5:47 screens that are easy to navigate they
5:49 both also have the ability to wirelessly
5:50 connect to your computer so that you can
5:52 start a print from anywhere this beats
5:54 the hell out of transferring files on a
5:56 USB stick or an SD
5:59 card ask me how I know and finally both
6:00 printers have a hot end and extruder
6:02 this part that squeezes the molten
6:04 plastic out that can handle a wide
6:06 variety of materials so you won't really
6:09 be constrained on what you can print
6:12 with okay so we got two solid options
6:13 here which one do I ultimately recommend
6:16 you go buy if you're getting
6:20 started neither instead I
6:22 recommend you go buy this one this is
6:25 the bamboo lab p1p which is the stripped
6:28 down less flashy version of the X1 I
6:30 showed previously it's about $500
6:32 cheaper and is still an absolute Beast
6:34 of a machine you lose some side panels
6:36 the fancy touchcreen and a couple of
6:38 sensors but the printer itself is
6:40 fantastic it checks all of the boxes of
6:42 what you need to get started my default
6:43 answer to anyone asking what printer I
6:46 would recommend has always been Pria but
6:47 now since I've got to test the offerings
6:50 from bamboo lab this p1p is the clear
6:52 recommendation going forward but if
6:54 you're more of a Toyota guy which I
6:55 totally get and like the idea of
6:57 reliability and a track record instead
6:59 of buying the new prusia markv which I
7:01 showed earlier pick up the now
7:04 discounted Mark II s+ kit it's about the
7:06 same price as the p1p and you just have
7:09 to sacrifice the big screen Wireless
7:11 connectivity and some speed you may have
7:12 heard me say kit and the benefit of
7:14 going with a kit versus a pre-built
7:15 machine is that you get to build the
7:17 printer and become intimately familiar
7:19 with how it works I built my first
7:21 couple prusas and I really enjoyed this
7:22 process and even made a video a while
7:24 back showing what goes into it and go
7:25 check that out if you're interested
7:27 you'll have a good understanding of your
7:28 machine and how to fix it should
7:30 something need to be replaced place down
7:31 the road and that's one of the biggest
7:33 knocks on the new bamboo lab machines
7:35 fixing or replacing parts does not
7:36 appear to be anywhere near as user
7:39 friendly or even possible in some cases
7:41 but honestly you won't go wrong with
7:42 either one but all things being equal I
7:45 give the nudge to the p1p all right so
7:46 youve pulled the trigger you have a 3D
7:48 printer sitting on your desk
7:51 but what do you do with it this is where
7:52 the confusion typically sits in for most
7:54 people yeah 3D printers are interesting
7:56 but what would I even use it for until
7:58 you have one and have seen how it can
7:59 solve problems it's honestly hard to
8:02 imagine any benefits it just looks like
8:04 a new thing you have to learn I imagine
8:05 it's similar to how many people thought
8:07 about microwaves when they first came
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9:29 now you guys get back to the video and
9:32 want finish my lunch all right back to
9:33 printing you've got your new printer
9:35 sitting on your desk you're eager to get
9:37 started so what do you do first well I
9:39 would recommend you get some reps under
9:41 your belt meaning you need to go through
9:42 the process of printing things to become
9:44 familiar with how it works and all you
9:47 need to do that are some 3D models uh
9:49 what don't worry at this stage you don't
9:51 need to know a damn thing about 3D
9:52 modeling there's a couple of great
9:54 websites with entire libraries of parts
9:56 and widgets you can download and print
9:58 for free the most popular ones are thing
10:01 ofers and printables there you can
10:03 search for just about anything and
10:04 someone probably out there has already
10:06 modeled it my advice is to pick some
10:07 projects out of here and start printing
10:09 get in there get your hands dirty and
10:11 heck even make some mistakes it's the
10:13 best way to learn and when you get stuck
10:15 there's endless videos here on YouTube
10:17 to help you along the way so once you
10:18 get the hang of your new 3D printer
10:20 you'll start to see how quickly and
10:22 easily it is to make things out of thin
10:24 air it's pretty fun to be honest but fun
10:26 isn't why we're here this is a tool that
10:28 is capable of doing some really amazing
10:30 things that supplement Al to your shop
10:32 so how do you go about using it to solve
10:35 specific problems for you well this is
10:36 another sticking point for some it's
10:38 going to take some 3D modeling there
10:40 just isn't any getting around it at the
10:42 end of the day you need a 3D file to
10:43 feed your printer and if that model
10:45 doesn't already exist somebody has to
10:47 make it but before you frustratingly
10:49 click away you should know that you
10:51 don't actually ever need to do any
10:53 modeling yourself learning a modeling
10:55 software is intimidating and it does
10:56 take some time to get proficient but
10:58 lucky for you we live in the time of the
11:00 gig economy all you need to do is head
11:02 to a website like Fiverr or upwork and
11:04 you can find lots of skilled eager
11:06 individuals from around the world that
11:08 can model whatever part you need
11:10 sometimes all it takes is five bucks and
11:11 in 24 hours you get the part file to
11:13 send to your printer the best part is
11:14 that some of these people will actually
11:16 design your part specifically for 3D
11:19 printing which you'll learn is a thing I
11:21 know lots of people even some Who Run 3D
11:23 printing businesses who don't do any
11:25 modeling themselves they rely strictly
11:27 on contracted hired help to handle that
11:28 now look if you want to learn how to use
11:31 a tool like Fusion 360 which is my
11:32 personal favorite there are amazing
11:34 resources out there one of my favorites
11:36 is product design online which I'll have
11:38 linked down below it's a very wellth
11:39 thought out course that takes you from
11:41 complete beginner to competent user in a
11:43 self-pace environment highly recommended
11:45 and way better than just cobbling
11:47 together some random Youtube tutorials
11:49 so all that to say don't let the
11:51 intimidation of 3D modeling stop you
11:53 from unlocking the power of 3D printing
11:55 you don't actually need it but I will
11:56 say learning it is a worthwhile
11:58 investment if you choose to go down that
11:59 path all right all right so you've got
12:01 your printer you've printed some stuff
12:02 and maybe even come up with your own fix
12:05 in your shop that is literally all it
12:07 takes to set the hook the realization
12:09 that this Mystery Machine shrouded in
12:11 nerd culture is actually a very capable
12:13 tool is the entire point I'm trying to
12:14 get across the availability and
12:17 popularity is only going to grow I mean
12:19 look at CNC routers and laser cutters
12:21 those used to be Fringe subjects but now
12:23 everyone in their grandma has one in
12:26 their shop except for me look I'm using
12:28 3D printing to help solve shop problems
12:29 for the masses like like dust collection
12:32 and jigs but that is just the beginning
12:33 there are so many possibilities that you
12:36 can apply this technology to and there's
12:37 people out there doing truly amazing
12:38 things that I know you would find
12:40 interesting it's a whole new world out
12:41 there I hope this video at least sparked
12:43 your curiosity let me know if this video
12:45 was helpful down in the comments I get
12:46 lots of questions asking about 3D
12:48 printing which printer to buy and how to
12:50 get started my aim with this video is to
12:52 try and answer that so now I can forward
12:55 a link and not have to type it all out
