“I have no idea what this will do but whatever” has got to be THE most relatable and representative sentence I’ve heard in a 3D printing channel. As a fellow (struggling) hobbyist, I salute you!

I'm the type of DM that will either have 80 hours of printer time in a week or 0 hours of printer time for 2 months. Seeing these issues was very relatable!

@3DPrintedTabletop

2 жыл бұрын

Ain't that the truth, Jon. Whether my players like it or not, they're using the damn boat for 3-4 months because of how long it took to print and finish lol

My favorite part of this is that you're showing the real life part of 3d printing. Too many videos glamorize an otherwise hard process.

@aaronbono4688

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely agree. It gets a little demoralizing when you watch these videos that make it look so easy and so glamorous when you're in your craft space banging your head against the table wondering why that print failed again.

This is your best video Danny boy. ❤️

@patrickniggel9504

2 жыл бұрын

I absolutely agree. Its good to show people the frustrations and failures. I've got an extrusion problem right now, and seeing Danny struggling reinvigorates me to get back to it and solve the problem.

@3DPrintedTabletop

2 жыл бұрын

Means a lot, Jeremy. Very much inspired by you sharing some of your failures & lessons learned over the years. Big hug.

@azure3456

2 жыл бұрын

@@patrickniggel9504 Honestly, me too. I had already decided to delve into the problem, but this made me almost excited to do so lol

Floor 3D Printing is the best! Can totally relate to that one

8:49 Can we give a moment of appreciation for this wonderful transition?

Danny with his small pile of minis: "I've got a lot to do" Every warhammer youtuber: "Well, looks like I've only got 1769 unpainted models, best go out and buy the latest boxed set"

@3DPrintedTabletop

2 жыл бұрын

I am somehow both. The difference is you can't leave minis on sprues with prints, so instead they go in a tupperware and create a mountain of shame instead of a pile of shame lol

Seeing a professional like you have failed prints and things of that nature really has helped. Knowing that I'm not simply stupid and a bad printer that I still get some failure is nice.

My man.... this is the reality of 3d printing. I have been here so many times, just like this... and I only have 2 printers a tiny YT channel and no kickstarter to worry about. You are a machine! It is very motivating.

"I decided not to stop" That's the motto of 3D printing... :)

Such a relief to see the "pros" going through the same pains and frustration that I do in this hobby. I emphasize so much with this! Much love Danny, you're a pillar of the community!

Oh man, you have no idea what good it did me seeing your video. I mean, watching all these experts on youtube talking about 3D printing, tutorials or tips creates gives a false sense that I'm the only one experience issues now and then and not figuring it out. Watching you have "one of these days" is therapeutic for all of us hobbyists.

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This was wholesome as shit. Lol. I enjoyed this a lot actually. You forget KZread personalities are human sometimes cuz you only see them at their best. Thanks for this Danny.

“I’m gonna call it…”. “Decided to keep going.” You’re my dude. Lol

@Roymantic

2 жыл бұрын

thats me after every second print

That was... different, but in a good way. It's nice to see that I'm not alone in feeling unmotivated at times because of failures and mishaps from out 3d printers. Thank you Danny for sharing your experience with us.

I haven't printed in over a month because things just were not working. I was getting a bit discouraged, and didn't feel like trouble shooting. Thanks for this video, it's great to see how others deal with these types of frustrations, and know I'm not the only one :)

This video really helped me! I had gone through a wave of printing burnout and this is so refreshing to know others go through it

I could actually watch hours of lil snippets of you tinkering around doing stuff like this. Really calming

what's this guy up to today?!?

@3DPrintedTabletop

2 жыл бұрын

I've gotta make me one of those Goobertown Priming thingies is what I've gotta do...

I guess I'm just really lucky because I haven't had a single print failure. I'm using Anycubic photon mono and their own resin,so I'm not taking any chances there. Part of the reason why I haven't had failures is probably the fact that about 80% of what I've printed has been pre-supported and sold by bigger names in the scene but even when I've had to support them myself PrusaSlicer has just never let me down with automated supports at 74% density and I've sliced them all using un-altered chitubox premade for photon mono so I'm not doing anything to gamble on faster print times either.

After another important print mysteriously failing with no obvious cause, this video helped me pick myself up and straighten my back again. It helped my brain really grasp that it's okay. Failures happen. Mistakes happen. I don't need to stress or feel stupid. I can just try again!

honestly im kind of happy to hear you say that because im constantly terrified that there wont be a demand for people like me trying to make 3d printing a way to pay the bills lol

It's nice seeing videos like this and the miscast vlogs that show the actual process behind the creative hobbies. The mistakes shown make it easier for people to collectively troubleshoot issues that likely many people have without making it just seem like everything magically works out. I can imagine alot of people get discouraged when they try to print something and have it fail a dozen times while most videos show things perfectly printed. Oh and for the fdm print coming off the build plate I'd first suggest washing the plate with soap and water to remove oil from fingertips before using hair spray. Also poster/blue tack is good for keeping minis in place when priming.

Thank you for showing your day! I always feel down when my prints fail, or when they break just on the last second. Thank you for your honesty and I like your channel a lot!

Thank you for making this video! It was super refreshing to see someone else who is a professional experience the same issues as I do on a regular basis

Thank you for showing this side of 3d printing. It makes me feel so much better about my print backlog, fails, and the filament printer Ive left sitting unused.

I have watched a few of these videos, seeing as how I got into 3D printing for the same reason. I am printing terrain and minis for our home D&D campaign. I quickly got into using an airbrush to prime all my prints, it might be worth looking into!

"I'm not very good at it, but it doesn't matter" - Mr. Rogers

@3DPrintedTabletop

2 жыл бұрын

Like wisdom from an NPC. Thanks for sharing ❤️

Great video Danny! The insight into the trial, tribulations and outright joy (when something goes right!) of 3D printing

Thank you for showing what it's really like. I spent nearly 2 weeks trying to figure out what printer settings I needed to use because I kept getting failures. I finally switched out the FEP and now it's working. It had nothing to do with the printer settings.

That filament cracked because you have too much moisture in it. I used to have that problem, mine would do it within a few hours of just sitting without use. What I did to solve it was get a dehumidifier and run it 24/7 in the room with the printers. I leave the rolls on all the time. Now they probably still have moisture in them, but they don't crack and it doesn't affect the prints I do. For you doing smaller prints you may want to try all that but also use a filament dryer.

@3DPrintedTabletop

2 жыл бұрын

I've heard of a whole bunch of filament driers, but that idea about the demudifier is something I hadn't considered, that I think is reasonable. I'm gonna try it! Although I'm in Florida and this is the garage, but...hopefully it makes a difference. Thanks for the tip, Jeff!

I feel this whole video man. To be real honest, I havent touched my printers in over a year. We had a water heater issue and I had to pull my work space apart to let the guy in and just didn't put it back together. Then we moved. Looking at getting a new set up at the new place and just stare at my printers thinking how much maintenance and stuff I'm behind on and all the files I haven't downloaded and patreons I havent checked on and just ughhh

Thank you for sharing a hard day :) I have not messed with my filament printer this year :/ got frustrated with leveling and couldn't fix it, its nice to see you still have problems too :D

@3DPrintedTabletop

2 жыл бұрын

I feel ya, Tina. Hang in there! I've had many more hard days than this one, and never know when you'll have a perfect print day (or when everything will seem to go wrong like in this one). You're not alone there. Happy printing either way!

Kudos! Great video. Thanks for a pretty honest insight into your life and issues with printing that I can relate to!

Thank you so much for this video Danny, I sometimes make myself feel very crappy about the processes of our 3D printing and my motivation for it at times. Seeing that you also go through the same issues and how far you've gone with 3D printing picked me up today when I was feeling down

Danny, I have followed your videos since the beginning and I've been printing since the plans for the mendel i2 were released. This video in particular was a wonderful treat. Thank you.

Great walkthrough 👍 Thanks for sharing your experience with all of us 👍😀

This was a great video. I can feel it, I've spent 3 months troubleshooting an ender that had constant layer shifts. Two boards, belt tension mods, removing said mods, and 3 firmware updates later, it was a brand new SD card that wasn't working right apparently.

Ooohhhhh this was therapy. Thanks for the most honest hobby vid ever.

I feel you hard on the hobby burnout. When my printers start acting up a lot of the time I'm frustrated enough to just let them sit. Then they sit for months and I forget what the issue was and have to be in the right mindset to keep trying and try to fix them.

Love you, Danny. This is an ace, honest video for those of us considering jumping into 3D printing.

@3DPrintedTabletop

2 жыл бұрын

You are the kinda person I am hoping would see this. It is a lot of fun, but these days exist for many folks in the hobby. Hope you do enjoy yourself if/when you join us!

I can't wait to get a 3d printer. So many of the channels make it look fun. Good luck with the upcoming Lost Adventures, the last one looked really well done.

@3DPrintedTabletop

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Rose! It is really fun, and this video is really a very open experience, but it is really magical when you print a boss or something really cool, paint it up, and give it to a player or a friend. It's really special in that way. Good luck with your journey!

For some reason, this is my favorite video you’ve done so far. Keep being honest 👍🏻

Honestly, I just got an Ender 3 V2 a few months ago and it's actually nice to see that you deal with a lot of the same issues that have been frustrating me, as a newcomer to 3D printing. I still need to work on getting the settings right for the best quality prints but I'm trying to push through, and I'm constantly find new projects I wanna do that will help me learn more. :-D

The struggle is real; push-button replicators aren’t here yet. My aging printer sat idle for 2 months because of an accumulation of problems I couldn’t solve. I finally made time this week to solve them - flashing firmware, soldering a replacement capacitor on the main board, new slicer settings zeroed in again. I think performance is almost back to where it should be.

@3DPrintedTabletop

2 жыл бұрын

It's always a 1-2 hour fix, that sometimes needs another 30 minute fix, and then another 1 hours if things break after the second print...but it feels so great when ya beat the hurdles and get back to the fun again. Glad to hear your back to where it should be again!

You have expressed so many sentiments that I also have with the hobby. Thank you for normalizing these issues!

If you have problems with bed leveling i suggest you replace the stock springs with more stiff yellow ones or even better silicone spacers. Since i have the spacers installed i only have to level my bed every two months

Friend, you have all the same printers I have. I hated my ender. It took me months to get it right, after nearly $300 in upgrades. I found I had trouble once I upgraded from the mars 2 to the saturn. I too haven't been printing for weeks. It can get frustrating. To combat the brittleness, I started mixing whatever abs like was on sale with tenacious flex at a 5:1 ratio. Now I can drop them from above my head and they bounce. Anyway, thank you for the realness of what the hobby can be like. You helped me immensely when I started, thank you.

Dude, you're an inspiration. Love the channel.

My husband and I went hard with 3d printing for a while and now we are experiencing hobby burnout really bad. Haven’t used our printer in months.

@3DPrintedTabletop

2 жыл бұрын

Been there, Colleen. The printer won't go anywhere while ya break. Better to enjoy the things you do in your spare time than to hate them - so I'd rather let my printers break a bit than not want to see them.

@aaronbono4688

2 жыл бұрын

I had to get a new part because the USB drive wasn't working properly and I needed a new LCD screen which took a couple months to get to me so I took a break. It was actually pretty hard to get going again once everything came in but now I don't spend near as much time at it and it's a lot more enjoyable

Thank you for this video. I just got my first 3D printer and it has been awesome but more frustrating than I imagined.

This is amazing. Thank you for posting this. Looking forward to the Kickstarter.

Dude, I totally feel ya. I’m about to give up on my ender and move strictly to resin printing. It jams almost every 10 minutes now with my .2 nozzle. I’m gonna switch back to the .4 and go back to printing terrain.

Glad to see a fellow enjoyer of Joel Haver!

I very much enjoyed this type of video. Maybe more of the ups and downs of printing???

People think resin printing is easy just because there are less parameters to fuck up. But I found it to be extremely unforgiving, as the simplest mistakes mess up the entire print and then comes the most humiliating part: cleaning the vat, finding the issue, decontaminating your workstation... and over an hour of just fixing and cleaning up has passed. Then when you finally start the print again, it doesn't stick to the bed for some reason and you have to do it all again. With FDM printing you can at least just walk away; resin printers have to be cleaned out, no matter what. Thanks for putting this video out! Seeing you be kinda disappointed at the simplest prints failing is important to newcomers, as they will think they are too dumb to operate the thing, when sometimes the prints just fail for some reason. Lots of love and good luck to everyone in the community. Our hobby is draining, but the payoff when we get a few consecutive days of perfect prints only make it worth the while!

I really enjoyed this more intimate format! I guess all hobbys have a moment of struggle

Seems we both need something akin to a sand blasting cabinet/box thing, put the mini and spray cans in close it up, spray it all then leave it to dry, come back later... with your mask on.

Gotta love the HF bench brush!

The figures blowing over killed me. Invest in a decent pair of sawhorses and a flat board. Way more stable. Looking forward to that Kickstarter

@Broeckchen

Жыл бұрын

My heart broke for him! So much work already invested... it really feels like watching him painstakingly build a jenga tower and then it all comes tumbling down again... Which is exactly what it feels like to me a lot...

I need to me one of those fancy Goobertown priming things.

That transition at 8:50 was a nice touch :) Great video!

@3DPrintedTabletop

2 жыл бұрын

I am so glad someone noticed! Thank you (for both noticing and the kind words) :)

I am happy You showed the non glorious part of 3d printing. Now I know I am not alone. I literally just dropped a bunch of minis off a piece of cardboard on My way outside to prime. I lost a couple limbs but was able to find them and glued them back together after the prime. They turned out great, But I was so done when it happened lol.

I feel this. I've been resin printing since september and I've only recently felt like I'm starting to have some competency and the lack of that had really stifled my drive to print more. Granted I also have a huge backlog of unpainted minis, but that's a different issue. What do you do with your different failed prints? I'm trying to figure out uses for a bunch of mine, some I fixed holes with miliput, i think I could turn missing limbs into convincing battle damaged minis, and I'm thinking of trying to see if I can't make more difficult to fix ones into terrain pieces like really degraded statues

Good on ya mate, every single maker on the planet can relate. My worst was a 5% out of a series of glass casts, used old wax that had picked up all sorts of crud over time, some lessons only come by doing eh, you're a champ.

Hello from Orlando, new to the channel and digging the videos. Just purchased my first 3d printer (ender 3 V2) and excited to make terrain and minis for my DnD group. ☮️

@3DPrintedTabletop

2 жыл бұрын

Hello from St. Cloud! Your group is lucky to have you. Welcome to the hobby!

Where did you buy that brush? Is it for sale on your website? Love your work :) Im getting ready to buy my first 3D printer, Ive been watching your videos thank you.

Burnout is so real. So many still to paint that I don't wanna think about.

@3DPrintedTabletop

2 жыл бұрын

The hobby isn't going anywhere, Glen. Take your time and come back when it's fun again!

I taught myself ZBrush because I wanted to create my own art and 3D print it. After I learned digital sculpting, I became interested in 3D print and bought an Ender3. I put it together and made it work, and printed a bunch of stuff. After a while the Ender gave out and I was so tired. I can tell you all that getting the damn printer to work was harder than learning the software to create the actual sculpts.

Also I have the same issue with my fdm when I let it sit. It also likes to fail after I'm sure it's going good lol.

Hey Danny, what settings do you use for terrain? Pretty new to printing terrain and not 100% with it but I also have no clue what to change to make them better other then layer height

I relate to the frustration so well. My Ender 3 has been "up on cinderblocks" for the better part of a year. I'll make the effort to get it printing well, then I'll get spaghetti out of the blue. It's frustrating.

I'm curious on why don't you recommend the hairspray? I'm use glue on my 3v2s glassbed when adhesion isn't going well and it works most of the time , but I heard hairspray was a good alternative

SLA failures. A lot of the time I'm printing another copy of something I have successfully printed before with the same exact settings and resin and it fails, it is usually a cloudy fep. actually 99% of my failures is a cloudy fep, I have to look at my fep and move the prints around to avoid the cloudy spots until it's completely scratched up and cloudy then I have to change it. Worst part of SLA printing is changing the FEP.

@3DPrintedTabletop

2 жыл бұрын

Isn't that terrible when it happens? I haven't had as much failure with cloudy spots, but I agree: changing the FEP is really rough (especially when it's from a popped hole :X)

Definitely been there. FDM is a taskaster needing babysitting.... All the time. Hate that. Resin is great as long as the supports hold up. But I out printed my ability to keep up in painting. So I decided to stop the printers until I get mostly caught up. About 80 minis to go. A few buildings. Anyway... I feel ya Danny. Some days the hobby simply does you in. LOL.

How do you decide when to resin print a figure versus extrude?

Hey Danny, I have an ender 3 v2 and had similar problems with getting filament in through the extruder, swapper out to an all metal extruder (Like £10 on amazon for me in the UK) and never had any problems since, the upgrade only takes like 20 minutes so i'd recommend it for the sake of never having to place it in the PTFE tube myself again

Get yourself some 5 gallons paint stick and blue tack to prime minis. Cheap, reliable, no wind whatever involved. Keep it up!

Thank you for the 'Real World' of 3d printing! Refreshing. Hey what would happen if you took a bunch of crafters and 3d print personalities and put them in a house together for a few weeks and had them compete against each other? Someone should start a list. I think I might pay to watch those shenanigans, lol!

Thanks for sharing brother!

Evey 3d printing channel should have a video like this. I have seen so many people buy a 3d printer whidout understanding what it really means to operate these, and then using it once or twice.

Very relatable. Thanks.

Try printing with the well known sirayatech 80/20 fast/tenacious mix. You can drop those models onto hard wood flooring and they'll survive almost all the time.

Use warm water to remove the supports of resin minis, it works like magic!

@3DPrintedTabletop

2 жыл бұрын

So I've heard! Really gotta try it. Thank you for the tip!

@aaronhayes8873

2 жыл бұрын

I can't recommend this enough.

Love this video! :)

Hey Danny, have you ever tried soaking your resin prints in warm water for like 15-30secs before removing the supports? Also can't wait to see the new stuff!

Great vid! To be honest, I see the spaghetti mess on the FDM printer... And then I see you put on the gloves and eye protection for the resin printer... And I am glad I am not picky enough to want to work with resin. ;-)

Lol I've been spraying before and had the whole thing blow out of my hand. I mean why in the wind? sometimes you just need something undercoated.

Man, I have days like that, I get up, want to print something, and the xy axis isn't moving at all, and for some reason the CR-6 doesn't have a way to get at the motherboard. Absolutely devastating.

@3DPrintedTabletop

2 жыл бұрын

Then the days you don't have any deadlines, and just wanna print on a whim, printers all work beautifully, right?

They are pricey but if you remove supports after curing I highly recommend gundam hobby nippers, godhands if you can swing the bucks, gundam planet nippers if they're ever back in stock.

@3DPrintedTabletop

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip, Randy!

Watched the whole video, your deadpan commentary of a disaster we have all faced at 12:49 did crack me up though.

@3DPrintedTabletop

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Apparently I did recover from it ;)

I'm standing by my 3d printer watching this video on my phone as it prints... and I see you doing the same 😆😆

All my prints this afternoon have failed. It's really humid today - but PLA? Isn't PLA supposed to be OK with moisture? I'm trying again with a raft this time. The raft is sticking at least.....

Started printing 3D terrain for my games watching your videos and its harder/slower than I expected. A very simple dungeon already consumed 3KG of filament and still not done :(

@3DPrintedTabletop

2 жыл бұрын

It does take a long time, but once you've printed it - it's done. The nice thing is you can do other stuff while it's printing (providing it's printing well), and that's something most other hobbies don't have. Once the dungeon is printed, painting it all becomes the next hurdle then, and you'll have new stuff printing so, the cycle begins :D

@davidluchi218

2 жыл бұрын

@@3DPrintedTabletop yeah exactly that time and effort aside my main concerns of 3D printer are justify it to my wife and have physical space to store the prints lol Really like your vids mate keep going with the great work

I have to remove the pla spool every time I'm not printing something. It goes bad really quickly. For priming a just blu-tac the pieces to something long and narrow. Joel havers channel is great ay.

Mother Nature is a harsh mistress 😪 also just ordered my first printer and she arrives tomorrow wish me luck guys. The community seems awesome 😎

adjust so nozzle is closer to bed also pei mag sheet helps far better than glass bed

Awh, feels rough to see you suffering lol. Don't feel bad if you haven't printed in a while and have a growing pile of shame. You made the right choice to not burn out; you don't need to catch up, you need to enjoy yourself for the time that you do have! Don't do the thing you think you have to, do the one you want to :D

It makes me feel better that even you still have random weird days. There is hope for me yet.