I've had a Taz 6 for a while now, some projects it gets used for but then can sit idle for ages as I like Tony am more a metal person, but its a good machine and prints rarely fail. top work TOT as usual.

@netsch20

3 жыл бұрын

I'm surprised this is the first time I've seen you in TOT's comments, he's exactly the kind of person I imagine you watching lol

@GunGryphon

3 жыл бұрын

They do take up a lot of space, kinda wish they could just drop down from a hatch in the ceiling...

@Dymitr_Nawrocki

3 жыл бұрын

I think it's better for you to use metal, pulse jets and PLA are not meant for eachother. It would be interesting to see 3d printed pulse jet though.

@xxxxxxxxxxx82

3 жыл бұрын

Mr Furze, here getting his fix of craziness from TOT 😁 LOVE YA BOTH! 😉👍

@xxxxxxxxxxx82

3 жыл бұрын

@@ashbynathana not quite, only just gone midnight buddy 😉

thing I'm most impressed with is how many prints you got off it before finishing building it ;)

@aaronbuildsa

3 жыл бұрын

That's the Time Travel Lathe for you..

@mmazz30

3 жыл бұрын

He printed the parts for the second build.

@shinigami388

3 жыл бұрын

@@aaronbuildsa wait so he has a Minila The AND a Time Travel Athe?

@bentlikeitsmaker

3 жыл бұрын

May want to get some super lube grease

No one calibrates a 3d printer like a machinist.

@Aklemvaeo

3 жыл бұрын

I built mine mostly on my basement carpet. First print was totally fine! Must have got lucky.

@TheProfessorAggressor

3 жыл бұрын

Moisture Patrol it’s well known that basement carpet can be a perfectly good substitute for a surface plate

@fucksusanwojcicki

3 жыл бұрын

Dude, for fking real. His prints are incredibly high resolution considering the machine he's using. Right off the bat he is already maximizing the capabilities of that printer, it takes most people a year or more to get where he started. That skull looks like it came off of a $3,000 machine

@oarnaur

3 жыл бұрын

@@fucksusanwojcicki what do you mean? It’s a prusa. Of course the prints look good.

@skelten454

3 жыл бұрын

@@Aklemvaeo Don't really need that much precision bc the tolerances of the printed parts are not usually determined by how square the frame is.

"in the time it took to print I could have driven to the store and bought one" Didn't you once machine an entire coffee pot?

@jeffbanfieldsflwr3537

3 жыл бұрын

Mic drop

@wades623

Жыл бұрын

Shots fired but then the aft shows up because you know

That organising tray is the most useful thing I've ever seen come out of a 3D printer.

@markusbart8092

3 жыл бұрын

Then maybe stop scrolling through pinterest and instagram or whatever those kids use nowadays. ;) Lots of clamps and holders and adapters and cases are being printed out there every day...

@ale6242

3 жыл бұрын

@@markusbart8092 I dont have the space for any size mill or laythe. So a 3D printer is perfect for my makery needs! i've made SO many practical things with it. its an amazing tool!!

@zakattack721

3 жыл бұрын

If you visit the functional prints area on Reddit there's thousands of examples.

@TheBrokenLife

3 жыл бұрын

I use 3D printers 90% of the time to make fixtures to make other parts from. For instance, if you have a 3D printer, you have an unlimited supply and variety of router jigs.

@HorochovPL

3 жыл бұрын

I would print it with solid base and some infill, just because I wouldn't have thought about printing it this way.

Welcome aboard!

@g0balot

3 жыл бұрын

Never thought I'd see you on this channel! Welcome Tom. This Old Tony with a MK3s! Warms the cockles of my heart.

@SianaGearz

3 жыл бұрын

@@g0balot He made so many little nods and references to TOT over the years in his videos though. Really you shouldn't be :D

@dhupee

3 жыл бұрын

@@g0balot his latest sponsor transition is so genius, he took the style from TOT, I like it

@GGGG_3333

3 жыл бұрын

Another one bites the "filament" 🤣😂

@dhupee

3 жыл бұрын

@@GGGG_3333 and remember when tom drink the orange resin?

3D printing is the best and a great compliment to machined & welded parts. Hit me up if you want to get your hands on some engineering grade resin printed parts!

@nolzy2359

3 жыл бұрын

Love your videos mate. Keep it up :D

@KevinRamirez-nk7cu

3 жыл бұрын

It's the basketball man on a TOT video!

@peterw1534

3 жыл бұрын

How are you not verified?

@EAGLINWRX

3 жыл бұрын

@@peterw1534 he is now😉

@themuffinfish2091

3 жыл бұрын

God i would love a colab

"You'd think the type of person inclined to buy a 3d printer, let alone the unbuilt kit, would probably have tools like these already" As someone who ran tech support for a 3D printer company for a few years, I learned that people who buy kits either have all the tools and experience already, or they have absolutely no tools or electronics experience at all. And our kits were a lot more 'assembly required', heck they barely came with instructions back then. Oddly enough, I didn't get that many complaints from people who were new to it, those types were very interested and willing to learn. Everyone from 12 year old kids, to 90+ year old retirees. The most difficult people were the "I'm a professional engineer of 20 years and this is all completely wrong, this is IMPOSSIBLE to build..." etc. It is all about attitude.

@spambot7110

2 жыл бұрын

"oh really what field?" turns out they're like a civil engineer or an acoustical engineer or some other unrelated-to-machines field

@adriansaidan1736

Жыл бұрын

@@spambot7110 sorry I didn't realize how trivial and menial it is to design skyscrapers and bridges.

@spambot7110

Жыл бұрын

@@adriansaidan1736 no dumbass, engineering is divided into fields because they're all so complex that you can't expect one person to understand all of it. you become good as an engineer by focusing your knowledge on what you're good at, which necessarily leaves you ignorant about other fields. inter-disciplinary knowledge is good and all but part of being a good engineer is knowing what you don't know.

@reaperreaper5098

Жыл бұрын

@@adriansaidan1736 His point isn't that it's trivial, his point is that it's not really a related field where knowledge directly transfers. If that knowledge did directly transfer, why would we need distinct specialized fields?

Ha! You didn't get me this time Tony! Trying to tempt me to buy stuff I never even knew I needed, like that TIG welder, or the freaking 1.5 ton mill in the garage. But not this time, oh no Tony, not this time! I already _HAVE_ a 3D printer! And I am well ahead of you on the never using it part. What do you say to THAT?!

@korumann

3 жыл бұрын

I already have one but he still is pretty close to convincing me

@stefantrethan

3 жыл бұрын

@@korumann It did cross my mind for a second to get a trouble-free one, I won't lie. But only for a second.

@sp00nesis

3 жыл бұрын

well the main thing is, if you are willing and able to design things yourself, then with that skill, you can have an idea, model it, and start the print soon thereafter. But, that super skims over getting to the place where you can print consistent quality, it does take some doing, whether it's buying and assembling quality stuff and/or learning the "speeds and feeds" of certain materials for the parts you want. Worth it if you have a need and/or interest in it.

@millomweb

3 жыл бұрын

Are you selling the 1.5 ton mill ?

@stefantrethan

3 жыл бұрын

@@millomweb Nah I'm still in the buying tools for it phase so I can not-use-it for even more stuff in the future!

Hi Tony, as someone who's currently working with 3D printers as part of my masters theory and designing and creating parts for people at the institute i'm at, besides it being a hobby of mine and therefore spending quite a bit of time with them, I have some advice for you. -If you ever want to get into creating CAD model for printing parts that are supposed to fit together, always add between a third and half of your nozzle size to your tolerances. Especially when adding threads to models, I'd recommend shaving 0,1-0,15 mm (based on the material and machine you are using) off the edges of the treads in the model before printing so you don't have to recut them. -When designing vertical features, try to make their size and position a multiple of your layer hight. -If you want to increase the mechanical strength of your parts, less cooling is the way to go. -Always align your parts in a way where the highest expected stresses and strains are in the xy-plane because parts show anisotropic material behavior. -Unsupported overhangs can be printed up to an angle of 45° with little to no problems. Above that support material should be considered because the outermost line is placed o more air than material and can droop. Holes with less than 1/3" can go unsupported everything above that at the very least will look better if support material is added. -And most importantly: Have fun!

@jacobhargiss3839

3 жыл бұрын

This is stuff I wish I'd heard when I started.

@noatreiman

3 жыл бұрын

I use Ultimaker Cura slicer and I’m pretty sure it calculates the layer heights to match the height of your vertical features. It’s always been nearly exactly right for me. Not sure about other slicers.

@joshmaceachern7383

3 жыл бұрын

For tensile loads its best to be in the XY plane, but compressive loads should be directed along the z-axis. Otherwise splitting is likely as the layer adhesion is likely where it will fail.

@Kitsyfluff

3 жыл бұрын

@@noatreiman This is true, but if you're lazy or sloppy with the design, you might force Cura to compromise the part because it needed a fractional layer. it leads to small distortions in your part, so if you want precision, planning ahead in CAD is the way to go.

@TheOneAndOnlyCrawl

3 жыл бұрын

​ @Jacob Hargiss 3D printing can have a steep learning curve at the beginning and I think although there is a lot of good content on based on selecting your first printer, modifying it, learing how to print different filaments and figuring outthe parameters, improving the quality of your prints and what cool models people made, there is very little that teaches you how to design parts for additive manufacturing, what limitations a "limitless potential technology" actually has and how to plan around them. @Noah T Cura is a smart program, however sometimes it tries to compensate your "mistake" in a way that creates unforeseen new problems. I prefer making all the decisions myself because if things go wrong, I know who to blame, why it went wrong and I get to learn how to fix it. If the silcer always fixes your "mistakes" until one day it doesn't, it's hard to say why it worked all the other times and not this time.

"$700!!" exclaims the owner of multiple lathes & mills.

@Lucas_sGarage

3 жыл бұрын

I laught at the same bro hahahah

@gamemeister27

3 жыл бұрын

His full sized lathe was only $800!

Tony is on a fast track into metal 3D printing, i can feel it.

@TOASTEngineer

3 жыл бұрын

That's unlikely, since those machines cost tens of thousands of dollars and no-one will sell you one without signing a contract to have them come out and inspect it every so often since the metal powder is so toxic.

@gamemeister27

Жыл бұрын

He tried the thing with mounting a mig welder as a pseudo metal 3d printer in an early video

Welcome Tony to THE THIRD DIMENSION! Some friendly advice from someone with a few years of printing experience: 1. Beware temperature. Don't keep your printer in the garage in winter. The cold air will make warping a whole lot more problematic. Printers, like people, get cranky if their cold. 2. Beware moisture. Some filaments absorb moisture and won't print well. Granted it will take a while and depends on the type, brand, flavour, and horoscope sign of the filament. 3. Add a filament duster to your printer. Something like a piece of sponge in a clip or something. It helps keep crap out of the nozzle and extruder. 4. Get a few replacement endstops and bearings. Sometimes the switches break (one of mine did), and the small bearings might get lost if you ever remove them for repairs or upgrades. 5. Avoid cheap filament. Avoid it like you owe it money but don't want to pay yet. 6. Prepare to make stupid keychains and nicknacks for everyone you know for the next two months. Then the novelty will wear off and you can get back to real work. 7. Whatever you design and print, design it FOR printing, and orient it to print properly. Don't waste 7 hours printing a ruler vertically when it takes 20 minutes to print horizontally. 8. Slap warning stickers on it or put it in an enclosure if your kids haven't learned not to touch your tools yet. 9. If you put it in an enclosure, try to put the electronics outside of it so they don't get too hot. 10. Always remember we love you.

@TreyCook21

3 жыл бұрын

Great suggestions and hilarious post! Some AvE stickers would make a good addition. Thinking of the 'No dumb area: Do not dumb here'.

@PatrickClarkKD0IFR

3 жыл бұрын

This is great advice, and I'll second and reinforce the moisture control advice. Wet filament has been my number 1 problem over the years (I don't go through spools fast enough to leave them out). Make yourself a dry storage box or a dry filament dispenser. You won't regret it.

@0or273Kelvin

3 жыл бұрын

Great advice, agree to everything but have to add something. 11. PETG and flexibels bond exxesivly well to the PTFE sheet, to the point where you rip it of when you try to remove your print. Use the provided glue stick to coat the printing bed befor printing theese aterials.

@theX24968Z

3 жыл бұрын

ima just wait till these printers solve all these problems without needing homebrewed hacks

@poisonouslead85

3 жыл бұрын

@@theX24968Z Just buy a more expensive machine. Heated PEI bed with an enclosure and ball screws to drive the Z-axis. The ballscrews alone in my machine cost as much as the machine in video. That's not to flex, that's to demonstrate the variety of machines that are available. Gucci filament like nylon, Zytel, and ASA are all hygroscopic in their raw form. You vacuum bag the stuff when it's not in use. No big deal. Also always use glue stick on your bed. It's a great release agent and it's water soluble.

“3D printing adds a whole new dimension to 2D printing” 😂

@alexkart9239

3 жыл бұрын

technically is not a 3d printing, but 2d printing repeated many-many times.

@surajrathodsr8742

3 жыл бұрын

Loll

@brimster-valorantaggressiv3419

3 жыл бұрын

@@alexkart9239 2d is actually 3d, cos ink has thickness. Point is, earth is flat

@jamesdean7412

3 жыл бұрын

@@surajrathodsr8742 qq

@Sonicbolt456

3 жыл бұрын

@@alexkart9239 They call it 2.5D. True 3D printing needs non-planar

To address an issue that is NOT the subject of this video: The blow moulded inserts that hold the parts in (e.g.) socket sets are really weak. But I saw a truly great tip. In a restore video the guy squirted builders insulating foam in the BACK side, and trimmed the excess flat when it had set. This provides really good support for the thin, weak plastic. Cheap, easy, effective. So - to give proper credit - it was Geoffrey Croker in NZ. Around 18:15 in this socket set restoration: kzread.info/dash/bejne/a4mAt9lul9fgmpc.html

@ashc5728

3 жыл бұрын

Thats a Great Tip, in Australia, we call that stuff Expanda Foam

@samc5898

3 жыл бұрын

Very good idea. Going to do this to some of my sets tomorrow

@WilliamRowan

3 жыл бұрын

You'd be thinking of Geoffrey Croker's video where he restored the Stahlwille socket set. kzread.info/dash/bejne/a4mAt9lul9fgmpc.html

@paulwomack5866

3 жыл бұрын

@@WilliamRowan you mean the guy I named, and the video I linked to? Yes, that's who I meant. Thanks for clarifying. 🤣

@kissingfrogs

3 жыл бұрын

@@ashc5728 In Australia we call that stuff raising the practical jokes bar. Spaceinvader ya mates toolbox and see just how deep the friendship goes.

Packs bearings, levels frame on a surface plate and checks it with an indicator... *and wonders how the prints came out so good* seriously amazing, tony

"Granite surface plate". Looking at Ender-3 sitting on a cushion topped stool in the corner.

@Matevz96

3 жыл бұрын

Just what I was thinking, I assembled it on kitchen table...

@3dpyromaniac560

3 жыл бұрын

Assembled one on my lap here

@nicholasamadori2577

3 жыл бұрын

Wobbly Ikea table that flexes if you look at it too hard. That was my "reference surface" 😂

@FUKTxProductions

3 жыл бұрын

i use and paving plate 3 inches thick i got for less than $4 at the hardware store garden section and the day later i found the exact same kind in the alley next to my place and tbh the sound went from 70db to less than 30db with my clunky ender 2

@nicholasamadori2577

3 жыл бұрын

@@FUKTxProductions saw that on Teaching Tech IIRC. The problem is that those are great if your printer is in a garage or a workshop, but ugly if it is inside your home office. Maybe painted or with some kind of coating or lining... By the way, the best upgrade for the Ender 3 is an SKR mini. Motors went totally silent, no noise whatsoever. Yoi can't tell if it is still or printing sitting 3 feet away.

"Now I can add it to my 'good' pliers collection," is the cattiest thing I've ever heard you say. I couldn't stop laughing.

@SuodesTzeos

3 жыл бұрын

that was a real LMAO moment

@travisjicorcoran5870

3 жыл бұрын

Same!

@Robertlavigne1

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I spat tea on that one

@Gu1tarZer0

3 жыл бұрын

same haha

@mobetta3998

3 жыл бұрын

@@Robertlavigne1 !! You too?!?

It’s worth EVERY penny just for the being able to print new tool holding inserts like you built.

A Maho scrap chip melter to a metalergic squirt gun or tig, to a CNC Maho, to build CNC parts and tools for what is needed in life. We got your back Tony, Git-her-done. Thanks for the shows.

I love my 3D printer. Most shop people look down on them, think they're only for printing baby Yodas and stuff like that. However, it makes a great addition to my shop. Recently I printed an awesome Milwaukee-to-Ryobi battery adapter. I have only 1 Ryobi battery now, but the guy I share a shop with has 3 for his various Milwaukee tools. Time to borrow some batteries! Have also recently printed table saw insert plates, a new switch cover plate for my radial arm saw, a replacement button for my screen door handle, cell-phone-to-camera-tripod holder, anything that's ok in plastic. I keep saying I'm going to build a small aluminum foundry and do some lost-PLA casting, I may someday...

@court2379

3 жыл бұрын

I haven't been successful at it yet, but supposedly a microwave oven works well for melting aluminum. You line the cabinet with fire brick, and put some silicone carbide or other material in to absorb the microwaves. I tried just the aluminum in a crucible, but it does not absorb very well and after ten minutes the entire cabinet is getting pretty hot. There are lots of simple gas furnace designs out there, and electric resistance ones will melt aluminum as well. The biggest challenge I have had making the castings is probably burning out the mold. You really have to get it fully burned out, or it creates gas during the pour and ruins your part. I plan to build a chamber that sits on top of a gas furnace (not as hot as the furnace) that I can use the heat from the furnace for preheating the molds, and burnout.

@dfailsthemost

3 жыл бұрын

Printing a baby yoda! Genius

@anneinfurna8528

3 жыл бұрын

Interesting thing to know-- As far as the lost PLA casting -- I tried an experiment using Styrofoam, I carved up a smallish block of it, packed it in Loose Sand -- Yes Loose Sand, and as the metal was pouring in, it displaced and obviously burned up the Styrofoam, and the casting came out good. AND This Was Cast iron!!!

@poisonouslead85

3 жыл бұрын

Dude, garage ECM. Buy a laboratory power supply, 3d print your wire and part holding jigs, get a bucket of water and some tubing.

The 'Benchy' print precisely shows that you are now the proud owner of a 3D printer and a small plastic boat.

"I was expecting it to print in maybe two pieces, or grow a peg or something through the center" Rule 1 of owning a Prusa: never underestimate your Prusa.

@Lucas_sGarage

2 жыл бұрын

Bro... Don't go ahead of yourself.... Prusa is great, im not saying that... But it's not the 3d printer that rules all... I have a Anet e10 (modified i know) and some times it prints better that a prusa Mk3 that one of my friends have.... Also... That bridge? Ez for the average 200 usd 3d printer.... As i said, prusa or great... But it's not the ultimate "does everything" machine

@Joe_Yacketori

2 жыл бұрын

@@Lucas_sGarage Totally agree! I wrote that comment back when I didn't know what I was talking about. The Prusa MK3 prints better than most other bed slingers under $1000 _out of the box._ However, the Prusa is still very much limited in speed due to the simple fact that it's a bed slinger - the ubiquitous speed bottleneck in any bed slinger is the y-axis belt which tends to skip at higher speeds since it has to carry the full weight of the bed and your print. As a result, none of the default configs really push the speed all that much, so owning an unmodded Prusa is a matter of accepting that you won't be printing above about 60mm/s if you want to retain a high standard of print quality. I know speed is just one aspect of a printer; however, it has a global impact on the whole print. Reducing speed (I should really say acceleration, since most bed slingers hardly reach their target speed with their default configs the first place) increases quality almost invariably, though you can modify most printers to increase their rigidity, flow rate, lubrication, etc. to the point where you can give yourself a pretty wide speed threshold before noticing any reduction in quality. And this applies to something like an Ender 3 every bit as much as it does to a Prusa, so the Prusa does not offer much more than better support and better performance out of the box as compared to other printers. Intrinsically, the Prusa is a pretty pedestrian printer that only stands out because of how stable and easy to use it is in its default configuration. I would say it's only better than the Ender 3 because of its closed filament path and higher rigidity (setting aside creature comforts like auto bed leveling). You mention bridging, which is also a good point. No matter how good a printer is, printing a line of filament in midair is tough and will always be an issue regardless of kinematics, flow rate, or whatever. Cooling is probably the main thing to focus on with improving bridging, but, even then, not having a layer beneath to squish down the bridge lines onto is inevitable and make bridges a universal weak link in any print unless you use PVA supports. So a Prusa won't do any better than an Ender (ignoring cooling, which is pretty easy to mod on most printers) in that department, and neither will an Ultimaker. I wouldn't say bridges in general are "Ez" just because there's no way to get filament to form nice layers in any situation without a layer beneath them in any printer, but getting bridges as good as a Prusa is definitely "Ez." The Prusa is heralded by many as the printer to rule them all, but, you're right, it isn't. It's the printer to rule them all if you want something that works right out of the box, which I'd say is a missed opportunity if you're a hobbyist and not running a business or something. In retrospect, I should have gone with an Ender rather than a Prusa just so I could have learned more through the process of getting it to run as good as a Prusa. I've modded and tuned my Prusa to hell and back, and I still can't get past 5000mm/s². My y belt just keeps slipping! I tried to install a linear rail to make it smoother and less likely for the belt to skip, but the powder-coated aluminum frame just doesn't afford me enough real estate to get a linear rail down there (I'd rather not switch to "Bear" extrusions. I like keeping the non-printed parts of my Prusa stock because it's part of the fun of modding to me). It's a limited printer, but excellent for what it's meant to be: a printer that works at its full potential right out of the box and is backed with the full support of a very trustworthy company.

@Lucas_sGarage

2 жыл бұрын

@@Joe_Yacketori i agree 100% out of the box for 750 (ish) usd it's great

This channel is like AvE if Ave actually made things.

@ebc1f7

3 жыл бұрын

Oh snap.

@whodis5152

3 жыл бұрын

avE is like Tony more like

@gypsydildopunks7083

3 жыл бұрын

Never knew I needed a Canadian man in my life, but there he is...

@colinjohnson5515

3 жыл бұрын

Probably why I rewatch ToT videos and unsubscribed from AvE

@Methoverbitches

3 жыл бұрын

Colin Johnson there comes a time in every persons life when they speak literal shit out of there mouth. This is your TIME!

"Welcome to my shop! The router's over there, that's my milling machine, and over there is the bleached skull of the last guy I invited in here!"

@firstmkb

3 жыл бұрын

... of the last guy to not return a tool.

@eric.is.online

3 жыл бұрын

@@firstmkb Keep the 10mm in there as a solemn reminder

@brianhaygood183

3 жыл бұрын

"...and Maho is lying dead over there in that corner"

@andriosz

3 жыл бұрын

@@brianhaygood183 With mini lathe :(

... and this will help the Maho how exactly ?? :)

@TreyCook21

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe, just maybe, since Maho has 3 D's of her own... she'll get an extruder head for Christmas. Just like the song says, "My 4 ton cast iron 3D printer brings all the machinist to the yard, and they're like it's better than mine...". He could teach them, but he'd have to charge.

@netsch20

3 жыл бұрын

He probably busted the z axis ways and is just gonna print some new ones

One thing I think your channel has showed me more than anything, is the importantance and usefulness of a surface plate. I need to track one down that I can get for a decent price. Even assembling a 3D printer can benefit from a surface plate letting you know just how square it really is. Great video TOT!

Ah, The video that made Tony the best 3d Printing channel on youtube.

now machine the 3d printed parts to have an "all aluminum printer"

@elrancio60esbacan86

3 жыл бұрын

Yes please, it would be hella expensive but really awesome

@bradyoung6663

3 жыл бұрын

I'd love to see that.

@octap79

3 жыл бұрын

Yes please!!!!!!!!!

@zendesigner

3 жыл бұрын

yes; cool idea

@varmint243davev7

3 жыл бұрын

I did that for my frame AM8, I machined brackets and mounts instead of printing them. really helped reliability and stability.

No Tony, this is OUR channel now.

@haydenc2742

3 жыл бұрын

One of us! One of us! One of us!

@MF175mp

3 жыл бұрын

That's right, comrades

3d printing brought life back into cad/cam/manufacturing world. I hope it helps fill the gap in the generations.

That is a beautiful benchy. I have been 3D printing since 2011. Probably one of the nicest I’ve seen even other known 3D printer KZread gods.

Can't believe you didn't get one before. But I assume why taking something made of plastic if you can make it from stainless steel already

@ringding1000

3 жыл бұрын

As an old toolmaker with a Prusa printer, there are things I've designed and made with my printer that would have either taken weeks to make or would have literally been impossible to make. And there are many things that plastics are superior for. It will never replace a machining center, but it is a process that has it's place in design and even manufacturing these days.

@muskokamike127

3 жыл бұрын

@@ringding1000 I saw a "Plant" in China that runs something like 500 3d printers all at once. You send them the part you want, and they price it out and print it up. For low quantity runs, it is far more economical than injection molding considering some molds will cost you $100,000.00 and up. The next big thing will be the metal 3d printing (cold). What they do is have steel or aluminum powder mixed in with the plastic so when you are printing, the plastic is the binder for the metal powder. It's supposed to have the same strength as T6 aluminum but don't quote me on that.

@throngcleaver

3 жыл бұрын

And don't forget, they were printing huge aircraft wing spars in titanium, (SLS) and there are companies in America that will print your models in any type of printable plastic, and certain metals. Shapeways is one I've used for metal parts that I couldn't machine or fabricate in my shop.

@SocietyUnplugged

3 жыл бұрын

Is it really unbelievable? 3D-printer are great, versatile and can be money savers. The necessity of 3D-printers in metal/machine shops is little to none. @Jonathan Allen: It depends on what you prototype. Prototyping your own idea to eventually produce and sell your own product is completely different from fabricating (prototyping) the idea of someone else. The former is done by plastic, the latter by machining metal.

@kevinreardon2558

3 жыл бұрын

I find you spend 90% of the time in software. Only when you are machining multiples do you see any time saving. A local theater group wanted guns so I printed up several 1911's and AR-15's. Once painted up, I was truly scared transporting them to the theater. If I got pulled over by a cop, he could have shot me after seeing that many weapons in the car.

Wish I had 3D printed friends. Mine are always talking and stuff.

Haha ... "the stuff people bring you all the time because you can fix things"...! That's so spot on. Right now I am printing a part for my neighbor's weed whacker... so he can annoy me with this thing while I am doing real work (sigh).

Hello TOT! Ill add you to my list of 3d printed friends! You will find you will use your 3d printer more and more. I've had the same Pruse i3Mk for 2 years and use it weekly. The great thing about it is it is clean and quiet! You bring a lot of enjoyment to this world. Thank you. Take care

How many ToT fans are squinting at the pixelated "toy"

@brockstravels7586

3 жыл бұрын

Not me, it wasnt me.... Stop watching me.. :O :(

@eoinkenny3188

3 жыл бұрын

I just shrugged my shoulders. What ever floats your boat Mr Tony. I did however absently wonder was it modeled to scale.

@miatakid2

3 жыл бұрын

what the dickosaurus ? it like a 3d printers right of passage.... if you have a printer you will evently print one

@hardkur

3 жыл бұрын

@@miatakid2 cant wait to see Tony in "3d printing uncensored" :D

@xoxo2008oxox

3 жыл бұрын

What toy is this that you speak of? I have not noticed such a censored device. "Honey, the first thing I 3D printed was for you!"

I lost it at the good pliers collection.

"...adds a whole new dimension to 2D printing" LOL

"3D printing adds a whole new dimension to 2D printing" *Hold for laughter*

2:10 That prinnting noise... I don't hear it often, but when I do, I'm trying to get my usb to serial adapter to work.

“I can add this to my good pliers collection” LMAO

Old Tony we love you so much, 3d printing is a good thing to add you arsinals of tricks, you would probably do so much with it with all you expertise. Mr. Master...again we love you.

dude, you put it together like a machinist! I built mine on the kitchen table like a heathen! No wonder it worked perfectly

A few years ago, my 4yo daughter was looking through one of my magazines and saw an ad - she said "what's this?" I said "it's a 3d printer" She said "let's make a 3d printer" I said "no, they're useless, they just make things out of weak globby plastic, we need a CNC router" She says "Daddy, let's make a CNC router" (well, you don't need to ask twice - she even got her own welding mask/

@andreiandrei8240

3 жыл бұрын

That s good parenting

Next up: Prusa metal printing conversion using TIG parts...

@caerbannog

3 жыл бұрын

He already did this with a mig and his cnc router 😊

I’m glad to see the “old style Tony” back! Thanks!

What blows my mind is that tony was producing prints that look like they came off of a $3,000 machine ran by someone with a year of experience within his first few prints. INCREDIBLY impressive

Last time I was this early, ToT was still stuck in a quantum time loop

@Galerak1

3 жыл бұрын

He might still be stuck in it, he was printing stuff off before he'd built it. I thought maybe ToT and Clickspring had been playing with the lathe again 😂

Ohh yeah ToT never fails to make my day better

I've done this exact same build twice in my life and you've somehow made it entertaining for a 3rd time; awesome job!

Fabulous, as always. Forwarding this to my ME son, who also built his own 3D printer.

"SUBSRIBE"? Poor old Tony must've eaten that whole tube of lithium grease...

@networkcrasher

3 жыл бұрын

09:52

@Gamerock82

3 жыл бұрын

the one at 5:58 was fine so apparently the lithium hadn't kicked in yet.

@jonno8183

3 жыл бұрын

Missed one - 0:42

@xoxo2008oxox

3 жыл бұрын

It helped all those gummy bears pass though...

Now you have access to mcmaster carr's 'toys r us' of free 3d printable parts....

@Octopusbeak

3 жыл бұрын

It's nice on paper but in reality the parts can be made much better if they're designed for 3d printing. Tolerances, overhang, orientation relative to layers, wall thickness, etc. The bulk of small parts just don't take that long to model. PSA: please upload your nice parts to thingiverse

@murkinstock

3 жыл бұрын

@Barry Manilowa I heard the theory was they are fine with it, because you can make a plastic prototype and if you need metal, or a stronger plastic one, you will then order it.

@jothain

3 жыл бұрын

@@murkinstock yeah, after all there isn't too much stuff that's actually usable 3d printed. I mostly use their models for say countersunk head bolts and such which I'm too lazy to check dimensions for and use them to cut my models.

@kazlx

3 жыл бұрын

@Barry Manilowa They will always leave the models there. They are there used for cad designers building assemblies and ordering hundreds of parts, not the dude looking how to rip off one part.

I ordered the exact same printer and it just shipped friday! This video couldnt have came at a better time.

One of the coolest channels out there. Thanks This Old Tony!

So many different materials and diameters of hose adapters are in your future. I swear half my dust collection in my shop is 3D printed.

@BEdmonson85

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, no kidding! I needed to replace an air hose fitting for my airbrush and all the hardware stores near me were closed. I pulled up Fusion360 and grabbed a couple models from McMaster Carr, modified and combined them to make what I needed, printed that out and it worked perfectly. So perfect indeed, I haven't even bothered to go get the brass parts I planned to use. It's been 2 years and it's still holding strong. Used Hatchbox black PLA.

@NathanBatson

3 жыл бұрын

@@BEdmonson85 I use the old reliable hatchbox Orange here. I had the exact same experience, but I was getting the dust collection going on my x-carve and everything was closed and couldn’t get a Shop Vac female-female adaptor. So I just got out the calipers and stated 3mm wider then tapered to 2mm shorter in a tube. I didn’t know the trick of lifting the stl’s from McMaster-Carr at this time. Just fusion 360 and calipers. Which printer you rolling with? I’m rocking a heavily modified Ender 3 Pro.

@BEdmonson85

3 жыл бұрын

@@NathanBatson Same here, modified Ender 3 (not pro). Upgraded fans, motor drivers, capricorn bowden tubes, and various other printed upgrades. I just use a $2 glass pane from Ace hardware for a bed surface. PLA sticks to it when it's heated and magically releases when it cools.

@NathanBatson

3 жыл бұрын

@@BEdmonson85 I use the Creality glass bed, did a direct drive conversion, buck powered Raspberry Pi with octoprint, and upgraded the hot end to the MicroSwiss all metal. I did all that to print TPU much easier, I make custom feet and spacers for my various CNC and tooling. Little custom TPU pads can reduce unwanted vibration and I printed some (really) soft jaws for a little vice.

X, y and z axis all in the same video!?

@ThisOldTony

3 жыл бұрын

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That's an absolutely incredible first-time Benchy. Amazing.

“What do you mean, $50?” Laughed my a$$ off

@sp00nesis

3 жыл бұрын

I paid $100 for a gear knob adapter 15yrs ago, guy didn't even know what he was doing ( lathe) and I got an off centered one. Now what all the crap I've learned over the years, I'd just buy some tube at the right OD and thickness, and just drill the ID (if need be) tap em. All likely WAAY below $50, and I keep the tools. Live and learn.

From stories I've heard, avoid the "diet" Gummy's, or you may end up producing flushable 3D prints of a certain emoticon in mass quantities.

@nitcat1

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve never laughed so hard at a product’s Amazon reviews

@opendstudio7141

3 жыл бұрын

No truer words for a review have never been so eloquently assembled. A true sign of experiential wisdom.

@JB-eo3iq

3 жыл бұрын

diggerop Can confirm!

@spambot7110

2 жыл бұрын

it'll set your body's flow multiplier way too high and mess up your extruder

Precision machining AND 3d printing? What more could you ask for off a youtube channel?

@MF175mp

3 жыл бұрын

Only that Tony would quit his job and become a full time youtuber

@disklamer

3 жыл бұрын

Holograms. TOT could really use some holograms :)

@STRA1GHTAHEAD

3 жыл бұрын

A crossover episode, obviously.

@JohnADoe-pg1qk

3 жыл бұрын

@@STRA1GHTAHEAD Do you mean 3D printed parts for the MAHO?

@STRA1GHTAHEAD

3 жыл бұрын

@@JohnADoe-pg1qk I meant a Bojack Horseman reference, but - why not?

I’m not a machinist. I find your videos to be interesting, but they are somewhat hard for me to relate to. This 3D printer, however, is right up my alley. Great stuff! Thanks for the information. 👍🏻

I built a Creality CR-10 (Chinese knockoff) from a kit a few years ago. It has been great! I use it weekly and it's a work horse. I can't believe how many uses I've come up with over the years. From simple clamps to auto shift knobs to drink coasters to cell phone accessories... The list goes on and on. I've combined it with other hobbies like two part colored epoxy and even with my drone photography and welding/metal work hobbies. I use Tinkercad as my primary design tool. Easy to learn and your only limit is your own imagination and creativity. Thanks for adding this to your fantastic build videos. You of all people will come up with some GREAT uses. BTW, It took just as many gummi bears to complete as the Prusa.

The dot-matrix printer sound effects. ;) P.S.: Welcome to the Dark Side, TOT!

@Torabaito

3 жыл бұрын

yay, glad i wasn't the only one that heard that lol...

The humour on this channel is dryer than the Sahara, and it's amazing.

@Anvilshock

3 жыл бұрын

A dryer makes things drier.

@wildin13

3 жыл бұрын

@@Anvilshock that would be one drie dessert....

Tony I'm an apprentice in Tool & Die, and I must say I've learned a lot from you over the hours so far. Thank you! :D

Gotta love your tool location tray! Finally a useful project for 3D printing.

Finally. Welcome to 2013. I am glad you found the practical use of printing. Fixing little things like the allen divider is 90% of what I use mine for. I also make custom caps for tube steel, or nylon bushings for mower wheels - things which do not need to be perfect.

@bokkievatikaki5676

3 жыл бұрын

Just saying. TOT squared up a block to prop up a broken foot on his recliner. I think this love relationship with a metric machine is opening him up for bigger tolerances. For love you are always prepared to compromise. LOL

Using a Creality Ender 3 here, it's a brilliant one for beginners like me! Easy & quick to set up I have had some fan & fan bearing failures, so you might want to keep an eye on that and have replacements ready, personally i replaced the stock fans with Noctua fans for quiter operation, otherwise, it's really good

@AlexKall

3 жыл бұрын

Oh yes the Creality fans, great quality, will last at least 10 minutes without the bearings going to hell 😂 I've had to replace two fans (the third cooling the printed materiel seems to hold up but the one cooling the hotend and the one in the controller does not) , which Creality sent me, they have failed again soon after the swap 🙆‍♂️ so been looking at nocuta as well 😏

@elesjuan

3 жыл бұрын

@@AlexKall I'm going on 2 years and over 2000 hours on an ender 3 pro without a single failure that wasn't my fault. I put a bond tech extruder on it, and broke the fitting for the bowden tube off almost immediately. Otherwise this thing has operated flawless.

@jenibond

3 жыл бұрын

think i doing the 32bit new board for my ender 3 pro

@ryankennedy3109

3 жыл бұрын

​@@elesjuan Me too, I have yet to break anything after a few years of heavy use. That's how poor quality control works though: the best widgets are still great, but sometimes you find a lemon.

@olik136

3 жыл бұрын

I also have one--- almost never use it though...... mostly because I suck at fusion 360... and I keep having problems with getting the first layer to stick... and that tiny sd cart reader that came with it shorted all the usb ports on my pc...

I use my Tormach about twice a month, my lathe maybe one or twice a week. I weld maybe once a month. I print 3d stuff 15 to 20 times a month and it's not uncommon to have my Taz5 and my Prusa Mk3 printing at the same time. You just have to remember it can work all night and you can wake up to a new toy so don't go to bed until it's printing something. Prusa was a good choice.

You got me I want the Prusa MK3s printer kit now. Great video Tony!

"Honey I promise I'll fix the car ashtray! ... I just need to sink about $1000 into getting a 3d printer first." ToT, probably.

Haribo macht Kinder froh, und Erwachsene eben so!

@der_pinguin44

3 жыл бұрын

Warum?

@coverweel2235

3 жыл бұрын

Haribo maakt kinderen blij, ouderen horen ook daarbij!

I miss this Ole Tony. Same to hear of his passing.

Now that's a match made in heaven. You and 3D printning. A proper machinist reality check! I hope Josef Prusa will watch this, because your input comes 'from outside' and holds much goodness. Super!

1:52 ... it's attention to detail like that keeps me comin' back. kudos.

Welcome to the Prusa club. Love mine.

your videos are the best content on YT, fun to watch + production value + honest input. thank you! :)

I never thought I would see a 3d printing video from you… but here we are

Tony beware, don't show the 3D printer to the Mrs. She might print something that renders you useless to her, a back scratcher

@pete540Z

3 жыл бұрын

Isn't that what's fuzzed out @ 12:45 ?

@birkirorn9658

3 жыл бұрын

I dunno if a back scratcher is gonna do it though. I mean, those things don't need to be showered with love and affection and to be constantly encouraged and validated. You know, like husbands need... 😶

They give you those basic tools because 3D printers aren't just aimed at engineery types. They're aimed at loads of people, from building art, printing designs out, things like prop creation for theatres, spare parts, etc etc. There's loads of uses so it's not a bad idea to include some tools.

@johncoops6897

2 жыл бұрын

Yet they don't include a craft (Exacto) knife?

I had the exact same experience with the Ender 3. Take your time setting it up and it just works straight away. As good as I can expect every time!

Thanks for making

I can tell you right now that budget printers absolutely need more attention. Granted, the “budget” one I got was $475 back in early 2013 when the 3D printing market and community isn’t what it is now. I have probably spent double that modifying and upgrading it over the past 7 years. Very much a ship of Theseus thing. I’ve heard that the budget printers today (CR-10, Ender 3) are pretty solid machines, but the Prusa seems to really have knocked it out of the park with quality and reliability.

@pocholo151299

3 жыл бұрын

Wow...nice to meet you here, big fan of you!!

@michaelfletcher1694

3 жыл бұрын

I got a cr10s as first printer and it printed straight out box, only problem is the well known “warped bed” but I just learnt where it’s warped and print around it haha

@insayno9959

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelfletcher1694 Nothing 6 layers of foil in the centre couldn't fix for me. It was only supposed to be a temporary fix while I sourced a mirror. As with many of these things, its now 2 years laters, and, well, no mirror in sight.

@TreyCook21

3 жыл бұрын

Ronnie? Furze? Probably some others I haven't noticed yet? I'm quite sure we'll be seeing more TOT in 3D.

@odriew5014

3 жыл бұрын

I got an ender 3 recently. So far it works pretty good.

Have I told you lately that I love you? When you printed the replacement insert for your ratchet set, I wept, I tell you. Wept. The joy.

I have a Creality Cr10-mini, almost alike the ender 3 you mentioned, and I´ve had it for like 1-2 years and it works really good! Happy to have you in the benchy boat now!

Went through that build a couple years ago when the Mk3 first came out... mine has printed without issue since day one (other than one nozzle clog). Pretty amazing considering what they're capable of.

Welcome to the club! After the "Oh, shiny new toy!" phase wore out, i have to say that there are weeks when i dont even touch the thing, but for odd things in projects or, as you said, to replace plastic parts that you cant buy, it's a godsend. BTW, the creality is, for the most part, as good as the prusa, but the prusa has way better software and is more first-user-friendly, so i'd say you made the right call.

Looks like there was some whip on the allen wrench, could do with a support bearing half way down....

Always a pleasure ... not always sure who's getting the most out of these videos but I'm glad they're happening!

That was the most entertaining printer build I have ever watched! Good work

I too have that model and am quite enamored with it. A couple points I'd like to throw in there, are: 1) Get the upgraded plate with textures (at least about the time the included one starts losing its surface) and 2) The bed thermister wire will probably be the first thing to fatigue and fail, creating an opportunity for a video on repairing it. 3) [bonus point] If you have a problem, the company will probably want a video demonstrating it, but will then send replacement parts without trouble.

Been watching these videos for a while, and I guess Tony doesn’t know that all Colchester lathes come with a restore mode. Most people don’t know, because it’s usually a small switch on the back. So it’s easy to miss. But if you put the lathe in restore, it sucks the chips back into the tool insert and adds the metal back onto the workpiece. That way you don’t have to scrap a part if you accidentally cut too much. You can just add it back and try again.

@floorpizza8074

3 жыл бұрын

Now you have me wondering if the time module was an optional factory feature.

@jimc3688

3 жыл бұрын

It’s called “Undo” on my lathe and has four levels.

@natalieisagirlnow

3 жыл бұрын

it has a ctrl-z axis?

@lforbesconstruction

3 жыл бұрын

Does the Colchester lathe play mariachi music backwards when you have it in restore mode?

@billinfarmington5189

3 жыл бұрын

Kind of like the BS1000 by DuhWalt. Cut twice measure once. Search Next Level Carpentry BS1000 to see it in action.

Man, its awesome to see a channel I love bring up a topic I love. Just makes you feel all warm and snuggly, much like the ABS fumes make me feel.

I'm very excited you've joined the 3D printing group! Greatly anticipating your 3D content.

Glad you tried 3D printing! Those organizers are some of my favorite things for 3D printing. I have the Ender 3 and haven't had any major problems. Maybe I have to sink 10% more time into fiddling with the Ender than the Prusa, but for a quarter of the Prusa's price I can't complain.

took me three seasons of cheers to finish assembling that thing

This is probably the most well put together and flat 3d printer ever

Like your recommendation. Great video!