show us the process of creating the custom support please. What slicer are you using? Are you modeling the custom support in CAD?

@reazyy9667

3 жыл бұрын

I think he uses cura, I use it too it's a rly good slicer

@moto1594

3 жыл бұрын

@@reazyy9667 No he is using prusaslicer as said in the video. but i have a feeling the custom supports are made in cad

@jamespray

3 жыл бұрын

They're clearly modeled as part of the design. They're not that hard to do, either. Generally you can get good results by supporting the edges of overhangs with modeled walls that follow the same contour, and you just design in the same air gap that you'd slice automatic supports with (I usually use one layer height). Another trick for stepped holes (like, where the lower part has a larger diameter to accommodate a screw head or something) is to model a one-layer skin across the step - then the printer isn't trying to draw the smaller diameter in midair on the first layer of the size change, and you can just punch out the thin layer of plastic when you insert the fastener.

I wonder how Tarik made the custom supports on the printed parts. And behind the scenes videos are interesting.

What kind of videos do you want to see in the new year? Let us know!

@funknunkl

3 жыл бұрын

Would be cool to see more in depth detail on how the custom supports are made please

@rextonhart8604

3 жыл бұрын

Fully 3D printed katana mags and katana mag springs.

@loekessers

3 жыл бұрын

I would be interested in how to slice pro quality 3D printed parts and how to pick color combo's. The last is personal I know but you seem to hit the sweet spot quite often.

@ImKittyCow

3 жыл бұрын

factory videos! very interested in the stuff like managing inventory and applying lean thinking to some of the more management aspects of the business edit: making more 3d printing specific videos could also bring in a whole new audience that tends to be 1. adults with $ for 3d printers and 2. wouldnt have seen your blaster business any other way and would consider buying some for their kids or young relatives

@angelic_knight

3 жыл бұрын

I would like to see more design process and 3d printing content

I bought my first 3D printer yesterday with Foam blasters in mind. Any and EVERY 3D printing video you upload, I'm on it! I'm fascinated by the whole process and would love to see the whole print design process from imagined to tangible!

I'm loving the recent move of plastic waste awareness in your channel. The hobby isn't a great plastic usage, but we're moving in the right direction.

I'd like to see a miniseries on 3D print settings for Nerf specific purposes. I'd like to see it cover things like infill, supports, materials and orientations for ideal results relating to structural integrity when printing community open source parts like ofp cages, caliburn parts, foregrips, and possibly even body kits. I'd suggest a miniseries format because one of the things I like about your videos is that they're short and "to the point". I think one thing that turns me off from 3d printing tutorials is that sometimes they can be excessively long for the information being presented.

I think its a good mindset for designing blasters/parts with custom supports/supportless in mind. I've been working with that mindset for quite some time now and it really pays off in time and the hassle of cleaning stuff up. I'm very happy to see you are doing it that way as well! Keep on the good work!

a lot of work put, that's why your business is succesful. I'm going the right path with your videos! thank you so much for so much inspiration even tho my market is diferent

Would love to see a video on designing custom supports, it’s a great idea.

This couldn’t have come out at a better time for me currently. It’s great to see 3D printed tips directly tied to our hobby. I’d honestly love to see a more in depth explanation to what slicer software/custom support tools you’re using to achieve some of these supports or even a guide to explain how you go through understanding what areas need support and what don’t. My personal use and workings with 3D printing has built up quite a lot over the years, but even some really minimal custom support building is an absolute mystery to me.

I appreciate videos that go into the art of 3d printing design and how to design differently for 3d printing. Applying these ideas to real world parts really helps with understanding.

Awesome video, I will have to get my prints with custom supports eventually to save time and generate less waste.

i watch several different youtubers on several subjects, be it nerf stuff, tech, automotive, woodworking, whatever. the biggest reason i do is differing opinions helps to make decisions. quite often i don't get a chance to get something or try something on the 'bleeding edge' of any trend or product, so even if you're late to the party your opinions are valid. that said, i enjoy the behind the scenes stuff too. shop tours, 3d printing tips and tricks, all that. i think an 'arsenal' video or series could be cool. show us what you got!

I'm really beginning to enjoy your videos, it's really cool to see all of the tools your shop uses to keep things efficient!

This is really cool. I had wondered if anyone was doing this. It’s nice to see the optimized designs!

I like this kind of content, I don't mind watching new things!

Great to see how you guys are pushing the envelope of our hobby! Quality parts are worth the hassle of a custom support! Nicely done my friend!

I really enjoyed this video. I love any of the design and behind the scenes videos. Especially anything dealing with the 3d printing portion of the business.

Awesome! Very informative. I've been designing a lot of new parts for an upcoming really big blaster project as well as my own custom parts to sell so I would love some future vids on how easily I can integrate these custom supports into my designs.

This is great content. People who use 3D printers professionally don’t often take time to explain their optimizations, but we love to see it. Keep it up. More behind-the-scenes content, please.

Again with that incredibly helpful information. Loving these videos you’ve been putting out.

This is one of the most useful things I have seen in a long time. Thank you.

I really like these sorts of videos. As well as Nerf I am really interested in 3D printing and design engineering so it is great to see more of the overlap. Keep making these as they are really good and thank you so much for all the videos you produce! Happy New Year!

@outofdarts

3 жыл бұрын

Happy new year to you too!

Nice work! Way more to printing then I gave it credit for. Keep up the good ideas!

I like the 3D printed tips! A lot of the foam-flinging community is going into the 3D printing hobby with myself included and there aren’t any specific creators who address the problems that we specifically have. So I personally would love to see more interesting tips or problems you come across Like and how you fix them! :)

I am getting into 3D printing myself. I would love to see your insights and see what we all can learn from you.

Can’t wait for my outofdarts package to come today

@kennethd2412

3 жыл бұрын

A bunch of parts for my rapid strike pistol

great stuff luke! shared!

That was very interesting, something I’m going to have to look more into for my own parts. Not 100% sure the best method to achieve this is but will investigate, thanks for the inspiration.

Awesome love the info. Thank you.

Great video. seeing this kind of innovation is great.

Awesome video, thanks for sharing! Can you share your thoughts on PLA vs PETG? Do you use standard PLA?

Oh an more 3D printed Content would be awesome 👌

I've personally used custom supports for tall-thin parts that can't print flat on the bed. Usually it's a single wall tower with easy to cut off bridges to the part. You can improve bridging of complex surfaces a LOT with strategic single layer thick recesses. The goal is to sub-divide the bridge into continuous linear paths on each layer. Another bridging trick I often uses is "ceiling beams". These are ribs, 4-10 extrusions wide, 4-10 layer thick added to large bridged surfaces. (strategically placed columns also often help) They minimize the amount of long bridging, are thick enough to fully recover from bridging sag, and serve to sub-divide the rest of the long bridges into lots of shorter segments that print with higher quality.

Man, I don’t know how Tarik and the rest of the team can keep this up but they does it good...

This was fun, but what I really was hoping for is some ideas of how to design my own custom supports. Get Tarik to make a video!!!!

Please do more 3d printing and behind the scenes videos. I am thinking about getting a 3d printer and want to learn more before jumping into another hobby to support my Foam Flinging.

Another awesome and helpful video! You got yourself a new subscriber 👍

@outofdarts

3 жыл бұрын

Welcome aboard!

Hi Luke, thanks for the video and this is such a huge help. I used your recommended PLA filament settings of 220 nozzle and 66 for the bed on both my MK's and my one mini. The results are much better. What is your recommended flow settings in Prusa Slicer for PLA? I use Printed Solid's Jessie filament (not able to afford ProtoPasta), however even on part top edges I have what looks like a slight over extrusion. Any slicer flow settings?

More of this type of video, please.

super video on the supports.. I would love to know more on how they were created.. either in CAD or on the Prusaslicer.. also.. at what point do you justify the cost of getting dies made and have the items injection molded? again... awesome. thank you

You should do a screen capture on how you design the custom supports in CAD.

I love watching everything you make so it doesn't matter to me it's all good

How big is the air gap, and how do you design the supports to be single lines and strong enough to pull away all at once? I'd love to know for my own prints.

I think just as other people have said I would love to see some details on how these custom supports were created. I'm sure you likely don't want to make a full CAD tutorial but just some of the insight on the magic of how the support interfaces with the part to allow the clean break and things like this would be some excellent information.

I would love a tutorial on how to Tarik designs custom minimal supports. My mind is already racing with imagining how it might be done…perhaps a video focusing on designing the interface where the support meet what is being supported is the key. Is there a tiny space above the supports? Is the support added to the part by touching minimally (so they are sliced as one part)? Are the support walls one layer thick? Will they ever find life on Earth?

Happy new year luke!!!

@outofdarts

3 жыл бұрын

Same to you!

I would love to know,how you make the coustom support. ;) Are you making them in CAD or is it some setting or plugin in the slice. Would really love to know, for my own printing, so i can have better results too. Love your videos and have a happy new year

Brilliant work Tarik and Luke! I would love to see you guys tackle the low profile picatinny top rail for the Longshot. The one from Worker has the worst quality I've ever seen on a print. It's been a sore spot of mine to use it in builds have have such nice and smooth surfaces even with other 3d printed parts, except the top rail.

Ok this is really cool! :)

Amazing video as always thank Luke :) #legend

Saving you time to save us money = win/win!

I over these type of videos I would love if you kept making them

More please!

Its a great video to give a suggestion of looking into supporting parts with custom supports. But would love to have something that describes the actual creation process of the custom supports. Like how do you make it so the part allows proper remove without scarring, how does it not have bad bottom layer after the support, things like that.

That is such a genius idea! Could you please show us the design/ modeling software you use?

love this!

I recently started my own 3D-printing business back in August selling add-on kits for Transformers figures, running with currently only two printers, and the way that you do business has been a huge inspiration and help to me thus far. I would actually like it if you went into more detail about the design/printing process.

I would definitely love to see a tutorial on how to make these custom supports.

I know you’ve mentioned that it’s cheeper and faster for the shop to have custom supports, but is also better for the environment! Less plastic waste!

This video was super helpful! I'm currently an industrial design student and tips like this go a long way in dealing with the hassle of cleaning up a print.

Fantastic! Is the trick to design your supports to know that you'll slice and print at 0.2mm - and only that?

Could you please do a behind the scenes video where you tell about your marketing and getting customers?

I always print with a brim lol, I use a sidewinder x1 so it has great build plate adhesion but I do it just to be safe lol

You should do a review/comparison video of the prusa mini vs the i3 mk3. I love your videos

Would love to see the nitty gritty about the design parameters behind the custom supports. How thick are the walls? How do you design the supports so that they'll pull away and not adhere to the part?

Smart cost and efficient time savings

I also want to know what you think of PETG. And what filament brands do you use?

This is cool

I would like to see how the custom Support is designed in CAD.

more 3d print farm!

I'm assuming that the custom supports are created in CAD as a separate body with a slight gap and printed together ? Would like to learn more. Thanks for the great content and I appreciate what you are doing. Love to see a business like yours doing well......and having fun at the same time !

@outofdarts

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, all created in CAD, usually a .1-.15mm gap is ideal, but it will depend on the part and how much interface the parts have.

Hey Luke, what brand and kind of filament do you use?

Do you have any more videos on 3d printing? I'd love to know more about the nuances of printing custom nerf parts

@outofdarts

3 жыл бұрын

We have some videos out on warehouse improvements, which includes some of our printing workflow. Stay tuned, though! We have a lot more videos like this in the works.

@VertexNull

3 жыл бұрын

@@outofdarts awesome!

there is such thing as water-soluble support materials, albeit idk how much it runs for, and I believe it takes a specific kinda printer to use it (two-filament printers)

@outofdarts

3 жыл бұрын

The printers we use (Prusa i3 Mk 3S) have a multi-filament add-on, but haven't yet decided to use it in our farm. Stay tuned though! We're lining up more 3D-Printed content and behind-the-scenes videos.

Love these engineering, manufacturing and design videos! Aside from food, outofdarts.com shows up the most on my credit card bills for 2020.

How can you stand to be 3 shy of 100 printers haha 😆 What is your mix of minis and mk3s now?

@outofdarts

3 жыл бұрын

We'll be doing an updated tour soon! Lots of developments with our print farm and assembly processes. - Perry

Where is the charger mods? Like ammo and centre mod

I'd like to see instructionals on 3D printing.

I’m having trouble 3D printing I do not know how to load models from thingiverse onto and sd card and the slice and print can you help please

With the amount of material you generate have you contracted your material supplier about returning your waste for them to reprocess and reuse? Could be a mutually beneficial situation.

@outofdarts

3 жыл бұрын

I don't think we have, but it might be worth looking into… -intern Perry

Is shipping being delayed? I heard that some packages are going to be a month delayed but it wasn't a reliable source.

@outofdarts

3 жыл бұрын

USPS has been missing a lot of tracking scans since being understaffed with COVID-19 and that issue has been compounded with the busy Holiday season. Additionally we have had some lost packages since COVID-19. Shoot us an e-mail to orders@outofdarts.com regarding any order issues and we would be happy to get it resolved for you.

@Grimreaper2458

3 жыл бұрын

@@outofdarts thank you for your reply it was very helpful. I will email you if I have problems in the future. Thanks!

What filament brands do you guys use?

@turokhunter22

3 жыл бұрын

Mostly Hatchbox and Prusament with atomic and protopasta for one-off colors.

@LookAtThisLouis

3 жыл бұрын

@@turokhunter22 thanks!

First? This is a great video, btw. More like this please!

@the_ultra_robot6884

3 жыл бұрын

You can remove that question mark sir. You are first

Are they using PLA or PTEG?

@outofdarts

2 жыл бұрын

We primarily use PLA. We use PETG for some parts, and for printer repairs, but we've stuck with PLA for most of our products.

@HotCarTrack

2 жыл бұрын

@@outofdarts Thanks for getting back with that info. Love you're setup and is inspiration for myself as I slowly grow from 1 printer now to 4 and maybe more in 2022.

@HotCarTrack

2 жыл бұрын

@@outofdarts Your printed pieces look so clean and was wondering do you slice with a Pursa stock setting or a modified setting and layer heights. Cheers, Simon

Can I buy stl. files tom you?

yeah, dang it! Watched the whole thing and no mention of "how". Is this going to go to the grave as a company secret?

Who disliked probably some one who is like Nerf makes violence or has a grudge against out of darts

Hi I am in South Africa but I am Dutch

If you we’re given the opportunity to make your own filament with supports and failed prints

#goslowtaco

consider using a belt printer

I was hoping the video was gonna be a how-to, guess not...

Do you run any parts with Auto-eject G-code? kzread.info/dash/bejne/k6qgx9CgidawlNo.html

Very happy 😍💋 💝💖♥️❤️

Need lovely 😍💋 💝💖❤️

What was the point of this video? It doesn't tell us anything about how to make the custom supports.

I don't normally comment, but this video was super disappointing. Tell us HOW and the theory behind designing the custom supports!? I'm happy for your custom support success and by watching this video of you showing them off we can get ideas, but come on...tell us how - kind of a waste of time.

Completely disappointed! Your work is amazing. Unfortunately, your video explaining custom supports was fast moving, impossible to see (always moving parts around), and lacking in description. You essentially told us you have somebody that makes great custom supports for the products you sell. Gee, it would have been nice if I could have taken something away from this video. Please try again.

Awful... what was the point of this video? I was expecting a how to about custom supports and the guy was on and on about how cool their custom support are and nothing else.