3D Printing Video Blog 4 - Hardware to Support Your 3D Printing at Home скачать в хорошем качестве

3D Printing Video Blog 4 - Hardware to Support Your 3D Printing at Home

Welcome to another 3D printing tutorial from HoneyPoint3D. This week we delve into accessories you will need if you are printing at home. I am preparing to go to the famous Maker Faire extravaganza this upcoming weekend in San Mateo California, and I will, for sure, see a lot of new 3D printers, filament, software, and all-around creativity. What I probably won’t see, but is equally as important, is the cloud of tools that you would need to help you get to a good end 3D print. Watch this video that we made from Chapter 12 of our new book, entitled Getting Started with 3D Printing, published by Maker Media. Now, you may be thinking to yourself that 3D printing is pretty foolproof, the machine knows what to do, and that the prints just come out fine every time…..I’ll tell you a secret, that’s not true! I have been 3D printing professionally for several years now, and these “magical machines” still make a fool out of me from time to time. Thankfully, not nearly as much as they did when I started out, but even now something can “happen” to prints to make them mess up, bind up, pop off the build plate, or otherwise spectacularly fail. If you are going to run a 3D printer at home you should have a good collection of tools to ensure the best results. This list I am about to describe to you is not ALL required, not by a long shot, but knowing about these tools and having them at your disposal can be really useful when, and if, you need them. The common tools in this list, if you totalled them all up in price, would cost under $35 dollars, and then if you get most items on this list, the price jumps to around $50, and then if you get every-everything on this list (the biggie being a rotary tool) then you’re looking at around $130 or so. Good news is it’s likely you already have most of this tools at home! Take note that this list has some items on it that will not apply to all printers, For example, some printers have “walled gardens” where you’re more restricted in what you can do (like cleaning out the extruder drive gear if it gets clogged, and so you may not be able to use some of the things I mention here. Some 3D printers have enclosed filament canisters, so you will not be able to measure the filament to make sure they’re accurate. In general, you want to keep your printer type in mind while you look through this list.