4k 60fps, not only the most informative 3d printer channel also the best looking

Just told my cat she is no longer allowed to use the printer when I am not home. Did not look happy!

@tin2001

6 жыл бұрын

Joel Driver Well it is her printer... Next you'll be trying to tell her you're the boss of the house. Typical human.

@wernerhiemer406

4 жыл бұрын

@@tin2001 But what about granting rights to posses her own can opener? ME: Supermarket is a thing. Ones cat (me not owning a pet): I am the emperor! Use the opener and be quick as the meal will be stalled in some minutes after opening.

"Pets, like cats, dogs and small children..." Well then! :-P

Keep your filament safe! If you have more tips, feel free to document them at discuss.toms3d.org/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=265

@MegaMaking

6 жыл бұрын

nice! I can try ruining filaments for fun!

@SteevyTable

6 жыл бұрын

I've found that I can leave my ABS in my printer with a WalMart bag full of desiccant also in the enclosure. It's been in there for about a year now.

@Pile_of_carbon

6 жыл бұрын

I had a hard time finding zip lock bags that fit my spools (including the massive ones from IKEA), but found that my local grocery store had perfect bags for fruit and vegetables. There's 200+ bags on a roll and it cost me a couple of euros.

@grogyan

6 жыл бұрын

Regarding point 5 on your video about leaving the hot end on. The solution I came up with is to set the firmware to turn off the heat break fan if the nozzle falls below 50 degC. Though you'd think by now that firmwares would detect if the hot end had been idle too long and cool down.

Well done Tom. Your presentation skills have been constantly improving, and are significantly improved from your earlier videos, while still being as personable and informative as always. And the K-9 visual aid was a nice touch!

6. Dust is a killer. I've spent a lot of time 3D printing in my basement with a wood-burning furnace and have to be extra vigilant against dust. Use a dry box, and retract your filament into it between long uses. Even storing your filament in a closed cardboard box will allow dust to get on it over enough time, and I currently have 4 rolls of filament on their way to the garbage because of this.

@olaruud9366

6 жыл бұрын

just use a filament cleaner on your 3d printer. I store and print in a closed container but allways put on the filament cleaner. nozzle clogs less as well.

@reasonablebeing5392

6 жыл бұрын

You are spot on with "#6". The benefit of using a filament cleaner is apparent after you examine the sponge inside and see all of the dust it captured. I do not print without one.

@cuscantei96

6 жыл бұрын

Sponge filament cleaner

@KianaKaslana638

6 жыл бұрын

You can always add an inline filament dust collector.

I'm glad you mentioned too little drag on the unspooler being a potential problem. I see so many spool holder designs with ball bearings when a plastic bushing on a metal rod is plenty smooth enough. I've even used brush bristles to add a bit of drag so the material doesn't unspool itself.

The quality of your videos are getting better and better. They look is amazing. Keep up the great work! I could listen to you explain anything! Great job.

Out of all the videos I have watched on 3d printing I'd have to say your one of the best. Thank you for all the information. Please keep up the good job.

The technical quality on this video is insane, Tom! I need you to show me how to film videos - looks great! Also, the new Prusa should be able to stop itself if it encounters the 1st problem :)

@Lasseu

6 жыл бұрын

Veeryy cool colors :) maybe a bit too much color correction? :) But looks great thou.

@RJMaker

6 жыл бұрын

It is indeed. You're gonna need to 'gear up' though, 4K @ 60FPS is hard on space and CPU cycles... :-)

@itsfrito1

6 жыл бұрын

I was wondering if ether of you would be interested on doing a video about changing filament types I.e going from a plastic like abs PETG or nylon to a different lower temp plastic like pla without getting jams

@johnfreer4511

6 жыл бұрын

first reaction!!

@Autunite

5 жыл бұрын

Just experienced the filament snapping of half an hour before a 5 hour print was done. Printer didn't even stop according to the camera recording, so the print sensor doesn't seem to work properly even though it passed the initial test. This printer is just a couple of days old.

Love the production value. Makes it way easier to watch compared to a lot of the junk here on youtube.

This was an awesome video. Really high production value and sharp, beautiful shots. Please do more videos like this, Tom!

@MadeWithLayers

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@fauxbugnl9968

6 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more. Have a nice evening sire.

I just spent 3 hours taking my Dremel extruder nozzle apart to remove a clogged piece of filament that was beyond the help of the supplied de-clogger tool. Why? Because I was clueless about the very first thing you explain so well in this video. Thank you so much! Wish it had been part of the basic instructions that come with the printer. You did a great job of explaining it. Thank you

...critters.... Good stuff Thom. and a good show. thank you so much. i had a spool of PLA go all brittle, and then found it was tangled.... thank you for sharing your experience and wisdom.

very nicely explained! thanks tom. I agree I had PLA sticking and jamming inside the heat block by just turning off the printer while the hotend is still hot. and this is more serious problem with the clone without any Teflon tube inside. but I didn't realised this until I saw this video. now its all clear why the filament was sticking inside every time and I can prevent that from happening.

Such a beautiful dog :)

Thank god i found this video... I was just trying to find vacuum seal bags to store my filament and because im a noob i have no idea what im doing but thankfully you said PLA doesn't NEED to be stored in some crazy box/bag i can just leave it in my room so saved me some money. I do have a dehumidifier too so i guess that will help with the small amount of moisture in the air anyway. I probably will invest in some bags when i get more into 3d printing but right now i can just use the desiccant packs until i get more than one spool.

TOTALLY WORTH THE TIME! Watching the cute dog playing with the filament spool.

The light in the background is a nice addition, it makes everything look warm and welcoming.

Seriously folks don't let pets chew/eat your prints or filament, it can cause some serious health issue to their throat's, stomach or parts of the GI track

@Corbald

6 жыл бұрын

Well, really, this tip applies to far more than 3d printing! My old shop cat carefully and slowly consumed an entire box of staples some years ago. He's fine now, but it was touch and go there for a while. If you've every seen a cat die from poultry bones shattering in it's GI tract, it was a lot like that... #shudder

@WaltonPete

6 жыл бұрын

Corbald I think your cat was trying to tell you it needed a more staple diet! 😃

@Corbald

6 жыл бұрын

Well, he had a point.... a lot of them, actually...

this fixed my pva right up I never thought about putting it in a green house, this really dried it out, thanks again!

I really like your videos. They are to the point and on the subject. I got so fed up with technical videos that are talking about how someone feels about things instead about the subject :)

Thanks! Your first point answered my question. I just got a 3d printer (Monoprice IIIP) and I accidentally got my 2nd spool tangled. I wondered why it kept catching. Of course, that spool is almost empty now, but I'll know for next time. For the shutdown issue, the Monoprice is nice because it automatically cools the extruder after it's done.

Wow, the quality on this video was amazing! Nice job Tom!

Very nice tips! I had some tangled filament due to user error last year when I first started 3D printing and it sure was annoying. It's really nice that it's an easy fix though. Your dog is amazing by the way. 😄

Useful video Tom! I've found that starting a print by extruding to clean out the nozzle even if you've printed a few hours ago tends to get the gunk out of the nozzle.

OMG you have possibly explained a hug issue I have been having. I have been always just turning the printer off when done or when I want to cool it down. I have been having issues with pla sticking in the cooling block. Thanks for doing these videos.

I thought it worth adding that your trick of unwinding the spool by about 20 turns to release the knot can also be done whilst the filament is still in use by the printer... You have to thread the whole spool through the loops to release the tangle, but if you have enough slack in the coils so the printer can carry on unaffected then it can get you out of a fix without having to abort a print job... I had to do that trick a couple of weeks ago. Cheers!!

The spindle of most filament holders are quite a lot smaller than the hole in the spool. I print up adapters that make this difference a lot less and then the filament tends to move a lot smoother off the spool.

(0:30) wow, you are a magician... I KNEW IT! your filament teleport spell is amazing!

Looking good Tom! Love the new studio and camera setup!

amazing video Tom, this was seriously really great quality!

If you think tangled round filament is bad, try it with flat 5/8" steel banding. I run into that all the time at work, when someone doesn't keep the spool under control and lets it freewheel and unwind, then it randomly overlaps itself when slack is taken up.

Toward the end about turning off the machine. How about retracting some filament so it's not in the hot-end? Can do that manually or with Gcode which I don't know how to do on my Ender 5. Now I know whyI keep having problems with my filaments. I've been shutting down the printer too early and/or not retracting filament out of the hot-end. WOW! thanks Tom

I love how you speak about this stuff while having your own filaments on the wall, in the open, dangling loose..

Ive got an issue with my flash forge adventurer 3.... its only printing a very small amount then it stops with the error msg.... filament error. The filament looks fine, just swapped filaments to have same result.... could it have something to do with stepper motor needing upgrade...? Any advise will be much appreciated thanks

I think you left One out light decrease overtime as well faster than you might think I think the storage box is a great idea with the desiccant but it would be more effective in a dark environment or if it was not a clear container granted this is not something is gonna happen overnight but as most of us have multiple spools some we don’t use very often so we could be storing it for potentially years in some cases so I think it’s definitely one that should be taken into consideration

Great channel ! .... With abs, asa or petg I pull out the filament, when it gets to 120-130C Me experience, the filament get's pulled out, right up to the nozzle. So, the whole thing remains pretty clean. In my experience, so far, btw.

Came for the great advice, was pleasantly surprised by the cute dog video montage!

Omg thank you man, ive been babistting 4 prints of 10h!! Life saver!

+Thomas Sanladerer, the room i keep my printer and filament in my house was flooded during Hurricane Irma, do you think the ambient moisture would have ruined my PLA and ABS? if so do you have a recommendation of doing multiple spools at a time?

Tangling filament. Best example: Look at the red filament on your rack :-)

@AIPTutorials

4 жыл бұрын

Haha thats all I could focus on after that segment.

Nice clean studio setup!! The wall looks great. Tangled filament rolls are really nasty. I've had that issue with one particular roll.

Great advise thanks Tom , btw the backgroud looks really good

Tom thanks for the unwind trick, and like everyone else I love the dog.

Hi am using the flsun qq I just changed the filement and noticed its coming out far to thick I changed my filement down to 1m should it be higher the filement when printing lift off the bed at the start of the printer can u please advise me as am about to brun up more filement and it doing my head him excuse the last bit am a scot

hey, awesome dog and great video :) one question though you mentioned shatterig fillament briefly and I was filled with hope! I baught a bulk lot of UP 3d fillament for super cheap (less that a fiver a roll!) from a returned pallet shipment, risky i know but most of it is fine and prints great, several rolls however exibit this shattering you speak of and i cannot find a fix anywhere, is there one or do i just have to write off those rolls? :) if anyone has any help with this i would be greatful :)

A couple of tips on storing PLA and brittleness: if you leave it unused for a long time stretched out of its spool it can get brittle. Not sure exactly how long this takes but after years it can definitely be a problem. I read that this is because of the stress of being pulled out of shaped for a long time. So if you might not use it for a long time it can be best not to leave it threaded through the 3D printer, but put it back on the spool instead. Or if it's already brittle, you can check that only the part that was out of the spool has been affected and break it off.

You talked about not cooking the filament in the nozzle. I am thinking about buying the Prusa mk3 and i was wondering if the printer initiates the cool down by itself, when its done printing?

Hi, I'm from Brazil and I have a question about filament conservation. I have a PLA filament roll and it's open and installed in the printer for quite some time. Lately I have noticed that the filament is getting dry and brittle, it is even difficult to install it in the printer, because it breaks easily. What could be happening with this filament? Is it possible to recover it?

In the box my filaments come with, there's a small bag of silica gel included. I leave it in there. (I even staple it to a corner inside the box so it doesn't flop around). It's included to help to keep the moisture levels low inside the box. When the filament isn't in use, I store it in the box with the attached silica gel and I also keep the box closed.

Oh wow, thank you. I had a roll that was jamming continuously and I had to pre-spool the approximate length. I didn't 'click' that it was the knot transferring down the spool. I was blaming the manufacturer or it getting squished in shipping...it was me not keeping track of the end :(

These are actually very good tips! I love your videos.

Very usefull as usual, thanks Tom

Great video! Very informative AND UNDER HALF AN HOUR!! :)

Im new at this , i ordered a printer it will be shipped soon, my question is , are the large holes in the spools the same size, so i Dont have to keep making holders. appreciate an answer back, thank you

+Thomas Sanladerer I seem to have the opposite issue with my filament in my environment. I'm in an very dry area (Western Canada, Rockies/high altitude) and have a problem where my filament becomes extremely brittle because it's too dry. Any suggestions?

I found for storage using FoodSaver ziplock bags and their handheld pump works great in storing filament and keeping it clean. The pump is inexpensive and the bags last a long time. Popping desiccant packets in also helps.

so my pla as become stiff and brittle in the middle of last winter but it was no where near the heater i thought it was du to humidity. and my abs as become stiff over the summer any help

Hi, although you could always seek ways to dry ‘em out what humidity levels would you suggest to be safe for PLA and PETG storage / usage...so it doesn’t absorb air humidity and swell!

I have a FLsun Q-5 that puts a twist in the filament as it feeds. I sometimes have to take the spool off during a long print and spin the spool backwards. I think a lot of twist has caused some to break in the Bowden tube.

In the event you have a tangled filament like case 1, instead of taking the filament off the spool, loosen like you have described, grab the loose bundle as if you have the filament running through a ring, then turn the spool in the direction as if you are re-spooling it. As you spin the spool, you are re-spooling the filament. By the time you reach the end, the overlap would have been worked out by itself.

I had an issue where my spools just kept tangling, no matter what I did -- then one I day I figured it out -- my printer's X axis, as it moved back and forth was causing the spool to slowly become tangled over time. -- I rotated my mounting rack by 90 degrees and now that doesn't happen anymore. :)

you let pla in the open , but what region/climate is there ? can i do that(leave open, but inside home, of course) if i live in tropical rainforest ,temp 23-32 humidity 70-100% everyday year long ,and rains almost every day . or abs and pla will get moisture and degrade ?

Hello! How do you think, is that possible to dry filament in vacuum chamber?

Nobody has an oven that can maintain a low enough temperature. And I have been drying my filament ALOT and I have only seen minor improvement. I still get popping/blobbing/stringing. I may have overheated it but what is that temp/time that is bad for pla and are the side effects the same for it having moisture?

I've had some rolls of PLA since about 2014 (Awful, I know!) If I stick them back in some bags and get some fresh desiccant packets, will that set them right. (Old and new PLA keeps breaking!) I got a new CR-6 SE a few days after it released, and I am having a little trouble with the hot end clogging up, as well. I wonder if what you touched on about the teflon tube going into the block is my problem there. Any suggestions? I've had a printer for years before this, but the difficulties and setbacks with printing kind of kept me from doing it. Hopefully, armed with more information, I can move past these things and press on!

Edifying general 3D printing information education entertainment edutainment awesome! Good work Thomas and blessings to your cause of spreading good ideas, truth and useful 3D printing information!

My dad left all my PLA in the shed over the summer where it regularly got around 120F and ruined kilos of filament... gotta love living in Phoenix!

i added a bit of custom g code at the beginning and end of my print at the end it retracts far enogh that the fillament is comletly out of the nozzle and heat breack and at the beginning it gets loaded and and the nozzle is primed

Help! I accidentally got curious with pliers and being the do before think person I am snapped it. What do I do?

I add consistent tangling issues with AMZ3D filaments. Usually only in the last third of the roll and the roll never got unmounted. Never had it with other brands.

I actually use a dehydrator inside of a closed print build chamber to remove moisture from my filaments and another plus is, that you can use it to print perfectly with ABS and such to keep a steady temperature throughout the chamber. Great video, Abo activated ;)

Hi Tom, I am designing a 3D printer hoping to send it to a market one day, and I wanted to thank you for all these great videos. I watched around 30 of them already and I picked up so many little things that are overlooked by many 3D printer producers and that you mentioned. Such as spool tensioner, I would have never even thought about this if not your channel! 👍🏻 Awesome!

tell me about build plate if its lower down to its original position. what should to do?

Hi, have you the STL files of minute 7:04 spool holder? I appreciate a lot if you can put a link in the description. Thanks!

Dude my Pla filament is so brittle...it breaks even if u bent it like 10 degrees... It was vaccum packed.....but still when i opened it.....it was brittle. Pls help me with this..... I dont have a dehydrator...but do have an oven...is it safe to use it.

For how long should i bake my TPU before printing and at what temperature?

I came here to learn how to take care of my filament but ended up staying to watch the dogo play with the spool it was so adorable ToT

Tks for the tips Thomas. I learnt something.

You mentioned not letting your hot end sitting at temp for long periods and it got me wondering. Do you think it would be doable to make a cleaning filament? Slightly abrasive with a heat activated cleaner of some kind designed to grab on to and remove build up in your nozzle? I've used similar things on other machines (non 3d printing machines) to clean sensors, drive wheels, etc. Could be interesting if such a thing was doable.

at what humidity % do i need to store my PLA at? my house is regulated to 55-60%. and the temperature limit aswell......

This should be on EVERY beginner instruction video for 3D printers!

Love the dog footage (lol), so recognizable. Need to try a spool of filament with my toddler niece 8-). Keep up the informative videos, good source of 3d printing info (Just became a patreon also). Hoping you will review the new Prusa i3 Mk3 this year.

@MadeWithLayers

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'll definitely check out the MK3 at TCT next week, but I'm not yet sure how I should approach reviews in the future.

Would a product like printdry (converted food dehydrator) be a good option?

Hi Tomas, I'm always afraid when I see people putting their spools into the oven. Aren't the black spools that hold the PLA often part ABS or other plastics that I don't want to heat in an oven where I also heat my food?

What is the rolling spool holder you have showing at the 7:05 mark in the video?

how often i dont put my pla in a bag and let it just sit on the printer should i heat it in the oven ?

Thanks for the advice, I'll be using all of it.

another super useful video! Thank you!

Nice! Wie immer! Weiter so. Hab seit kurzem erst nen 3D Drucker und schau deine Videos sehr gerne!

I almost yelled at my computer when you said to turn the printer off! I almost lost faith in you for a second, Tom :D

Good information. I like the dog and your background wood wall.

What does it mean if the filament is crackling during a print? Edit: the second point covered this. Thanks

What is that filament spool holder you show at about 7 minutes into the video?

I like how you group toddlers in the "critters" category. :D

Are you just setting the hydrometer on top of the filament to get that reading? Or is that room reading.

Can we pack the whole filament in an air tight box along with silica gel bags as an alternative solution? I have read that industrialists use silica gel as a dehydrating agent...

Hey, can you send me your settings for the CR-10 printing TPU and PETG?

I've found that my PLA, when sitting out for a while, becomes brittle. Not sure what is going on but I end up pulling some length off and finding the point where it no longer breaks.