‘This saves on printer ink because I’m cheap’ is the level of honesty that I do so admire in people! 👍🏼

@FrietjeOorlog

2 жыл бұрын

I think frugal would be a better word, and I consider it a good quality.

@primtones

2 жыл бұрын

Printer ink is the most expensive liquid in the world, so it's not cheap, just reasonable.

@Don.Challenger

2 жыл бұрын

@@primtones Exactly, In fact, I thought I heard Matthias say "because [it isn't] cheap"

@paulstaf

2 жыл бұрын

There is a difference between being "cheap" and getting ROBBED by the inkjet printer manufacturers. A laser printer pays for itself 10 times over vs. an inkjet.

@herrpauk

2 жыл бұрын

99% are cheap cause we live in a "profits" world.

Now that I'm an "adult" with a credit card, I bought this program around a month ago, and it is just so handy to be able to print something to a certain size without fussing with a bunch of print settings. I also really appreciate that you can "buy" this program instead of having to rent it.

I'm barely even a hobbyist woodworker - but I went and bought BigPrint the very first time I saw it because of how good the concept is. I have a distinct memory of trying to print a paper ruler at one point, and trying to figure out how to get it to scale correctly. Forums full of computer experts would tell me different things like "Oh, it depends a lot on like what printer you have, what print settings you're using, what drivers you have, etc. etc. etc." But it's plain as day that it doesn't need to be anywhere near that complicated. Thanks Matthias for your awesome work.

@balintk7353

2 жыл бұрын

i get where you are coming from, but also what they are trying to explain. Your at home, cheap (comperatively, all things considered) printer doest really care about sterching or scaling your printjob by a percent or two hear or there, and thats just fine, the manufacturer has no reason to do better, and most people dont care. Matthias probably doesnt care about his dimensions being off a tiny bit across the board, it is just furniture, but on something like a ruler, you cant really trust your printer. It almost always going to be off a little bit. One thing you can do is start with a close -ish sized print, measure it, then scale what goes out "for real" to adjust. You probably will need to scale differently across and along the page.

@jsax01001010

2 жыл бұрын

@@balintk7353 Matthias wrote a calibration adjustment into the program, so you can get it to print precise measurements.

I teach an Aeronautics STEAM/STEM class. I’ve been using your BigPrint to make my students’ airplane templates. They glue the prints to DollarTree foam board, cut out their designs, glue them together, add electronics, and flying shortly thereafter. Thank you for an awesome product!

I've used your Big Print program for years. Thanks for creating this fantastic tool! In addition to wood work, I sometimes use it to create cardboard templates to prototype shapes and linkages. If you don't have this tool go buy it today.

As someone that built a DIY CNC, I realised several years ago that the most pleasure I ever got from it was the process of designing and building it. Sure it's useful occasionally , but usually its quicker to do things the old fashioned way...

@rdouthwaite

2 жыл бұрын

@@vonantero9458 agreed, although the same can be said for CNC as for jigs. It can take longer to get decent efficient gcode than to knock up a simple jig(especially if your aim is efficiency over many repeated parts) it's just another tool (a very needy one that requires endless fettling and maintenance 😆)

@shawncrocker7037

2 жыл бұрын

I too dream of building a CNC or a custom 3d printer. Deep down though, I know it's just because it would be fun to make but probably would sit mostly dormante until I decided to improve or modify it.

I bought this a few years back and I love it!! I use it all the time!

Thank you Matthias. I have learned so much from you over the years. I very much enjoy watching your Videos. Over the years I have purchased and made a quite a few of your designs. Before my dad passed away we built your 5 gal bucket Dust collector together. Your tips and tricks are always very helpful. I also really enjoy all of your videos that step back in time with all of your Dads shop and the Cabins with all of the wood working that went into building all of them with the wooden hinges and door latches and such.

It's great that you promote this software. I heard about it many many years ago, and still think it's great.

I purchased this program over five years ago and I love it! Fair price, easy to install and use and does just what it was intended for.

I bought the big print program a few months back and really does work great! Well worth it!! I have used it for anything from woodworking projects to making big art projects with the kids.

I've been looking for a program like this for years! I even went to a graphic designer to try and help with this process and they couldn't help. Thank you Mathias! You're the G.O.A.T.!

I think that's one of those amazingly simple tools that is extremely powerful that not a lot of people are aware of .... just like your gear program, or even making a template by hand. It's just a great way to eliminate inconsistency for multiple pieces.

I bought it several years ago. It's really awesome. I don't use it very often but when I do it always comes to the rescue. I'm not a woodworker btw but a restoration stone sculptor. I regularly need to enlarge and print out old photos for tracing them onto stone, or my own design, which is usually way too big for the humble printer. I haven't tried it on my A3 printer yet but I trust it will work just fine. Thanks Matthias.

This video made look back at your video list, older ones first, and I realized just how long ago I started watching them (I think the first I watched was the marble binary adder), as well as the website, where I found the gear design program and some other very interesting projects. Amazing track record you accomplished so far :-)

I've been using Mattias's Big Print for 5 years now. I use it to build guitars that I see & like. This software goes well with Matthias's band saw plans! Thanks for doing what you do Matthias! You've help me increase my woodworking skills immensely.

Just bought your Bigprint Program and after downloading Rex Kreuger's Cricket Stool plans I now have them printed off at full scale. Fantastic program, I am sure its gonna prove VERY useful, thankyou.

That's great! I love how you have made such a function, useful piece of software that makes use of the most basic form of data capture. Screen shot.

Big print is an incredible program. Thank you for developing it and having so many useful features. Really delays the need to buy a cnc!

Bought it years ago and use it all the time. It's so helpful.

Great tool mate, bought it many years ago and though it's not that often that I need to print plans it's 100% my go-to.

I bought this years ago (8 maybe?) and it is far and away the most useful program on my computer. I've made money with it, many times. I cannot express how grateful I am to you for creating it. Thanks Matthias.

Matthias, I have loved this program. I bought it years ago and use it all the time. Truthfully, it is the most bag/buck software I've ever bought.

You’re the dude that can implement the good ideas we all have. I’m often like “it would be cool if [insert amazing idea]” but I don’t have the skills to make it a reality!

WOW! I wasn't expecting the big print program to cost so little to purchase. It is an amazing idea!

Big fan of your channel, for years ! Just bought BigPrint after playing around with the demo... The diagonal template lines really make a difference in fast, accurate layouts ! I agree that while CNC is cool, it's overkill for a lot of jobs. This is my bridge between "Cad and my shop"... ~Thanks !

@matthiaswandel

5 ай бұрын

Exactly. And laying stuf out on boards with defects, its best to just place the pieces than try to import the board defects into CAD.

Best purchase I ever made ... thanks Matthias

Have been looking for something like this for years. Thanks Matthias!

I bought big print last year around april, and I really like it. Thanks for writing it

I am a wood carver and I love this program. I find my wood never quite fits the side and front view of what I want to carve, caricatures mostly, and Big Print makes scaling SO EASY!

I use BigPrint to produce templates for electric guitar bodies, starting with a screenshot of my final design in SVG. Excellent stuff, Matthias. Thank you.

wow. So nifty and versatile that program. like functional to 99,5%. Congrats

I have Matthias's Big Print program and it's GREAT! I bought it some years ago and forget now how much it costs, but it's proved to be VERY good value for money. I don't need to use it all that often, but when I do, it's intuitive (and includes a very good "Tutorial"); quick; easy; and above all else, it WORKS! Just a satisfied customer here, NO other connection with Mr. Wandell.

Just bought it, works really good

What a nice program. I will say though,. useful as it may be, it definitely looks like it was written 10 years ago. As a software developer I am impressed that it still works on modern Windows, there are so many programs that old that don't do what they are supposed to.

I bought this program about 5 years ago and it is awesome,,,

I bought BigPrint when you first put it out and have been using it ever since. I recommend it to everyone that asks about making templates or make a print to paste on to wood and cut out figures.

Awesome program! Been watching for years and didn’t know it existed.

Your BigPrint program has to be one of the top 10 most useful programs ever written for Windows. Small, simple, doesn't care what version of Windows, no special .dll files needed, no "you need this version of .NET" etc. So glad I bought it years ago back when it was err.... the same price.

I bought bigprint a few years ago. I don't actually make that much big stuff, but when i do it is such a useful tool to have

And the best part is all of Matthias’s plans have 1:1 drawing that integrate with BigPrint to easily do this yourself if you don’t understand CAD.

matthias, you are a genius!

Thumbs up for the speed of producing parts on the bandsaw.

Best purchase to this day :) I bought it to support maker (MW) since I do not need it much, but then it turned out to be super useful when you need it!!

Bought it. Love it. Thank you!!!

Thank you so, so, so much for this. I hope to use this to print big versions of my digital art to make tracing easier than using a projector!

What a perfect program 😊

Lighten color is great, and makes it easier to read.

Matthias i use your big print program for professional wood carving on most of my projects...its a very useful program...thanks.

@SkunkTreeCarvings

2 жыл бұрын

i bought big print right after you put up a vid telling us about....years and years ago....its my go to.

"Cause I'm cheap" Never has a youtuber spoken my language so succinctly.

@jonathan__g

2 жыл бұрын

Finally a KZreadr I can relate to.

You are a wizard, Matthias!

I'm so glad I own this program.

Oh, sweet! Thanks, Matthias! 😃 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

Awesome work!

Many home printers have a banner print mode, which may be helpful for some. For example, my Epson printer can accept a piece of paper 8 1/2 inches wide and up to 44 inches long. Taping blank sheets end to end before printing is much faster than trying to align printed sheets after the fact.

0:14 what an awesome scene transition! lol i love how well the model lines up

I have been looking for a program like this for years! Wish I found it sooner

Great way to start the day

Man I’m going to try this for a folding knife. Awesome.

Thanks so much for sharing. By the way there is a difference between "cheap" and frugal and there is nothing wrong with being frugal!😊

@louisfkoorts5590

2 жыл бұрын

Yes Mattias is so frugal, he call himself cheap, to save time, explaining frugal. 🤣

Time flies. I used this program in 2013 or 2014 for a horse backed bench. It's a handy program.

@lutheduck

2 жыл бұрын

has it been that long???? Man I am getting... wiser :D

I keep a Windows VM alive just for BigPrint. The printer calibration feature is fantastic.

Bought it, use it, love it.

I'm from Scotland and do plan on visiting the USA at some point, when I talk to friends about this they always talk about going to hollywood and maybe seeing some famous actor/actress. I honestly think I'd be more starstruck if I got to meet you Matthias, I would without a doubt be much more interested to talk to you than any of the "stars"

Thank you for showing this, I'm much more likely to use the BigPrint program now that I have a bit of a how to.

You’re a genius.

Every time you use it I bet you say to yourself "Gee, I am so glad I took the time to create this!". :o)

Use it, love it. Saves a lot of time compared to other solutions :-D

Great program

I would love to see a video on how you go about making a program like this.

Still works on windows 11! 😊 This is a life saver.. Very cheap if you compare it to a sketchup pro version to get the layout tool.

On Windows 10 you can set print screen key to open the snipping tool. That allows to select the area on the screen to copy.

You are the man!!

Great program, Matthias. Now, what I really need is a chromebook version

Hi Matthias, Big print is so cool! I have always been curious what language did you use to write it? Also what library if any did you use for the GUI?

@RyanLynch1

2 жыл бұрын

C# i bet

What a cool program! I avoid the CNC router at all costs(admittedly needs better dust control). Still don't have a bandsaw but Its been on my list for years. Finally have a shop worthy of one though.

Cant tell you how much of a refresher to see a program that just DOES WHAT IT SHOULD perfectly, and isn't overdesigned and bloated with random useless features by a board room of 50 people who have never even been part of its target audience...

@matthiaswandel

2 жыл бұрын

yes, I figured over time, my software would become obsolete because other programs got better. But instead, most programs get worse over time!

@DhruvlukeMusic

2 жыл бұрын

@@matthiaswandel It's rare with something like computer programs but sometimes the task its doing is such that you can nail it once and that's that. nice work!

I'm a buyer! Best thing since construction adhesive.

@matthiaswandel

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think John Heisz uses it :)

Brilliant!!!

You are one smart guy!

Oh cool. A mini tutorial on a program I have not yet used. It does occur to me though that Big Print can be used to make some very big signs.

Bought big print many years ago. Trust me it's worth it.

great job !!

Bandsaw does seem fast because of the small material removable. It would be so cool to see you create a CNC bandsaw. Please do this because I think there would be a lot of interesting physical obstacles to account for in software

A useful tool that doesn’t have a reoccurring subscription fee. Imagine that, Thanks!

Nice! Thanks for sharing.

I bought your bigprint program several years ago for myself, but my wife has adopted it for scaling clothes patterns. Just an interesting off-label use. Thanks for making it!

Does anyone know of a similar app for Macs? Or a workflow for doing this in preview?

@_cb336

2 жыл бұрын

Same question here.

@williamreinhard

2 жыл бұрын

Any CAD software, including Sketchup Pro or Illustrator will print things out full scale. In Sketchup you could add the grid by setting up a style or image overlay. In Illustrator you could also create a custom grid to go over the drawings, you might just have to get creative to deal with the margins. Matthias' program just has some features that are really convenient if you're going to be doing this a lot for woodworking.

@atomicsmith

2 жыл бұрын

@@williamreinhard "full scale" is not the same thing as neatly tiled over a few pages. I've tried doing this in autocad, sketchup, pro, rhino and of course preview and not had good results.

Of course you wrote the program! I bet it's fun being a genius.

Especially useful, since the print to scale function has been removed from the free version of most CAD tools.

A web version of this would be awesome so it can work on any OS.

As an alternative, use layout. I comes with sketchup pro. Just cut up your model in parts that fit on the paper you're going to print it on. Print, cut out and tape together.

Always wanted to know more about your print program 👍 It's just too bad I use a Mac and can't use it.

Matthias, have you considered building a small wooden boat? I'm really interested to know what you would prefer, given that you seem to be one hell of a pragmatist. My guess is a stitch and glue sharpie or pram.

I bought your BigPrint something like 8 years ago and I use it for all sorts of things... but have yet to use it in the workshop. 🙃

I love the program and use it for all kinds of stuff (made some sign templates for lettering with it the other day), but I still wish there was a Mac version. I have issues with layout from printing to PDF in windows and then printing that PDF from Mac sometimes.

@wojomojo

2 жыл бұрын

I'd love to know if someone has figured a Mac way to do this!

@peterlamarche247

2 жыл бұрын

@@wojomojo along with a Mac gear generator.

I bought it years ago. Never really got to use it cause instead of being in the garage making something I'm always on YT watching other people doing things.

I love your BigPrint program, it has been a huge benefit to my projects. I feel like it is worth noting that laser printers are pretty miserable for template making, as they all seem to distort the image slightly, versus inkjets which appear to print much more accurately.

@spagamoto

2 жыл бұрын

Yep. My old LaserJet 1022nw is dead accurate at 600dpi but any other resolution introduces weird non-uniform scaling... I always include a 6"x1" empty rectangle in my plans to double check with calipers after printing.

@nickkropat8857

2 жыл бұрын

@@spagamoto a calibration rectangle is a great idea!

Hi Matthias, I was wondering what your advice would be for a substitute joinery method if one does not have a Pantorouter / slot morticer? Specifically for chairs I’m wondering if multiple dowels would be strong enough or if it’s wiser to drill out the mortises and pair them up with a chisel and then make floating tenons by hand? I’ve always wanted to make a chair but as you point out in your videos the joinery is where the rubber meets the road… how did your dad use to join the parts together? Many thanks :)

I’m gunna say again - I would have enjoyed being a student in your classroom. Better - your teacher. What I could have learned. What could have been done. Remarkable fellow you are.