I'm a student at Western Sky Middle school and I help out in the STEM room after school. We have an ancient Maker bot replicator that was left out to dry after out last STEM teacher passed away. After I learned about his story, I started reaching out to 3D printer companies to hopefully get a new printer and start a club to teach anyone about 3D printing. We got no response from the companies we contacted and at this point I'm not sure what to do until I saw this video. My school would benefit very much from receiving even just one of the printers. I'm sure that our school and the students would benefit for years to come. Thank you, Max Murphy

Make a kit!!!!!

@Splarkszter

16 күн бұрын

The design has a lot of compromises. I'd say polish it befor making a kit.

@lizzard3699

16 күн бұрын

​@@Splarkszterdefinitely, but a kit would be great for those of us who don't own a 3d printer :]

The fact that you're sharing the files for free is amazing

Just in case anyone is building this and wants to avoid the slip ring… I just built mine with a couple of lines of code that prevents the wires from getting too tangled. After x spins, it simply locks that direction and shows a little light I added and then I can tap that direction and it will untangle. Slip rings are better but this is just something I added as I didn’t want to redo it. Another option if you wanted to minimise the wires in the pass through would be to add a microcontroller in the base and then you’d just need power and a single tx line so 3 wires

@Splarkszter

16 күн бұрын

I don't know if the guy is just inexperienced or what but yeah, a lot of his issues and compromises could be solved by code restraints

Time to upgrade the nephews machine, he’s going to be so stoked

@professorboots

21 күн бұрын

That’s what I like to hear!

@Swfmco.

21 күн бұрын

@@professorboots Please make a kit for all of your creations so we can buy them

@futurefirefighterjustindar9727

21 күн бұрын

​@@professorbootsyeah not everyone can afford a 3d printer

@zacharybrown9288

20 күн бұрын

@@futurefirefighterjustindar9727 work for it lazy ass

@hipter1212

3 күн бұрын

@@futurefirefighterjustindar9727 buying a printer would be cheaper than buying a kit, 3d prints arent cheap at all

I'm a volunteer STEM teacher at our local Christian school where I have a large focus on 3d printing, we are a small-town school with very little funding, so I donated my old Ender 3v2s(which we spend half the time tinkering on them) to the school. Would absolutely love one of these in the class! Thanks for the video. It's definitely on the next on the build list!

@throwawaypt2throwawaypt2-xp8nx

3 күн бұрын

mark m?

Bamboo Labs is top tier for sponsoring those printers for the school. I've never used one or seen one in real life, but I've heard they're good, and after hearing that they did this sponsorship deal and makes me really interested in learning more about them!

@dpmakestuff

20 күн бұрын

I thought I was a die hard Prusa user... Until I saw a Bamboo Labs printer in person. They're truly amazing.

@conorstewart2214

19 күн бұрын

They are some of the best (if not the best) consumer printers on the market. When they released their first printers they were much better than most other printers and for the most part they just work with little need for tinkering, since then other printer manufacturers have been scrambling to try and compete. We still don’t have any great alternatives to Bambu lab products, especially the AMS systems which let you use multiple colours or materials within a print. A big part of why Bambu has been so successful is the price, they are reasonable for consumer printers. The only downside is the closed source nature and closed ecosystem, which a lot of people don’t like but so far Bambu lab have been decent with it and spare parts or upgrades are reasonably priced. Being closed source and a closed ecosystem is also a good thing, for the most part everything just works and you don’t have to (or can’t) tinker with it much. Bambu have also collaborated with other manufacturers already like E3D to produce higher flow hot ends and likely will collaborate more in the future.

@gamernerd7139

10 күн бұрын

I have a Bambu Lab A1 with the AMS lite system. Absolute bang for the buck. I do a lot more printing than tinkering nowadays. In my country getting Bambu consumables like filament is expensive. But I have managed to configure it for other localy available filaments. And it works a charm! This and the A1 mini model could be the first printer for a beginer. I have an Anet ET4 pro, and the amount of tinkering I had to do inorder to get it tuned was humungus. Even an Ender 3 pro requires more tinkering before you can get quality prints.

A Forklift would be awesome!

@MIGHTYRAT

20 күн бұрын

That would be very cool

@alexeivaningen

19 күн бұрын

orrrrr.. .a set of forks for the skid steer?

The whole build is awesome but I have to ask this question. WHO CUTS PEPPERS LIKE THAT?

This channel is so underrated.Good job sir.

I am so blown away by this man

I would say in case you would ever want to automate it, i would just manually add a external potentiometer - then it would still be strong and cheap while also being space efficient

@professorboots

21 күн бұрын

That’s true, I might just have to do that

@NitroTrinker

21 күн бұрын

I wouldn’t t use potentiometers. As you need multiple turns on some axis. You can also use some magnetic encoders. They are relatively small and also easy to get.

@3DWolfEngineering

21 күн бұрын

@@NitroTrinker yeah magnetic encoders are more professional, thought about them too, just that they are less common and more expensive

@NitroTrinker

20 күн бұрын

@@3DWolfEngineering Oh. Had the prices in mind for 500 pieces. If you only need a few they are pretty pricie. What does a small poti in this sice cost?

@bmxscape

18 күн бұрын

@@NitroTrinker optical encoders can be very useful also as you can read anything that spins

This quality of content definitely deserves more subscribers! - Also, have you considered making a version that's inline with the Bambu Lab maker supply incentive program? I could definitely see this being a maker kit on their website and if you use solely parts available from Bambu you would also get a nice kick back from anyone buying parts through your makerworld upload :) - Great work!

Really fantastic! I’ve built two already. Working on the upgrades now. It’s lots of fun to have living room competitions with the family.

@professorboots

18 күн бұрын

That’s so great to hear!

Next week I will receive the final part of the puzzle - the screws, and finally can finish the v1 build. Good thing that i purchased all the components for 2 excavators so i can have spare for the accessories!

@professorboots

21 күн бұрын

Oh you’ll be good to go then!

Now this is awesome brother!

@professorboots

20 күн бұрын

Hey thanks man!

Can't wait to get a slip ring installed and the push blade!! Great work

This model is very cool and the upgrade too !excellent work young man!👍👍👍

As learned from my mini skiddi v2 I think I'll wait till v3 comes out, but this build is absolutely amazing!

Wow, this is _insane!_ Hats off to your CAD and design skills, this is such a cool project!

I vote crane. Then semi!! Great work!!

Awesome printed toy project. Congrats!

Hey just a tip, I’m working with really small 3D printed gears right now (I’m a mechanical engineer) and they DO work, even on a bambu, you just need to play around with the profiles as well as the amount of teeth!

@nicholasdelrossi3996

21 күн бұрын

Also if you need a donation place, my hometown is a poor high school and really need printers for their new engineering program!

Hello, nice upgrade. Create a TPU parts at the end of your claw, just to add grip ;)

Now you need the semi truck to pull around the skidi and excavator

@professorboots

21 күн бұрын

That’s what I’m thinking to

How does this only have 600 likes… this is insane!!! People get this man up higher , like his shit, comment, then comment again, and when you’ve commented, do it once more to make the algo notice him

I am a student at Forbush High School in NC. We are a small town high school being one out of only two in the county. We are very CTE based and not only me but many students strive to become an engineer or designer someday. We only have roughly 600 kids and not many classes that offer a design element like 3d printing. I myself want to become a mechanical engineer and learn how to 3d print, code and learn how to approach these projects. I think that with the donation of these printers this will help in our engineering and design aspect of our school.

I wish I had as much freetime as him

I can't wait to build one of these with my nephew , it's awesome!! There's a new nonprofit makerspace in my area and I believe a bambu printer would serve many people very well in many ways.

Incredibly good!

Alright, this is what I've got my 3d printer for!

Dozer for sure. Maybe a PLA track instead of TPU. So its actually linked together.

Great evolution.

Put a little camera on the esp32 and make it controllable via the internet! So people can share it with friends or just use it from another room via WiFi. Crawl space adventures would be a cool thing to do .. 😊

As someone who is into RC, 3D printing... I cannot believe I haven't just done this. lmao

@professorboots

20 күн бұрын

Well now’s the time!

i hope you make a lot of money selling these kits cause they're awesome

I love your vids also this thing is a beast

Thanks for sharing the step files too for free!

Have you thought of trying a push/pull cable(bike cables) actuation for the tool ends and remote mounting the motors in the body? Then you will be able to power different types of tool heads with a slimmer profile

@bmxscape

18 күн бұрын

then you can make the housing of the cables look like the hydraulic lines

I gotta say, With these 3d printed mini machine vids, You're really making me want to get buy a 3d printer to start making this type of stuff, Anyway, I was wondering if you've seen a spider excavator before, Building one of those would be pretty crazy considering all of the extra movements, Just throwing the idea out there

Awesome 😎🔥🫑🥪

@professorboots

20 күн бұрын

Always a pleasure 👍

Make it easy for you to change tools on your excavator, for example, to put a jackhammer on the end and lots of other things 😍 I'd love to give a bambulab machine to my nephew, he's learning mechanics and he's passionate about it, like many of your creations :p

cant you use the audio jack slip ring for the claw. its smaller than the one for the tracks and has enough pins

Best intro ever❤

I am 13 years old and having a printer like that in the laboratory would be wonderful

Super cool

Some schools are literally overcrowded. The class sizes are double of what they used to be. understanding on how much time they have for each course and how many students they need to handle. They could make use of the extra two printers that were given to you.

Had to like AND comment within the first 30 seconds because I got moneys worth and then some. I subbed too. Wanted to the 1st vid of yours I saw. But this 2nd one. 35 seconds in and I'm throwin $$$$ at the TV. I gotta make one with a 56" track width just to flex. And do some stuff 🤩🥰🤑.

omgggg i need this in my life!

IBIB (It Begins In Brockport) is a makerspace near me run by my college professors that just celebrated their 1 year anniversary. They have a couple older printers we have been using to make some 3d printed sumo bots (as well as many other projects) and I'm sure they would be ecstatic to get a new one!

worlds best sandwitch💯

Shameless plug here, I just started as a STEM teacher at a middle school and we have some flash forge printers but they… are small and unreliable. A bambulabs printer could be used to make some mini skidis at the end of my coding and technology class and improve my quality of life for myself in my 3d printing unit for 6th grade 🙃 On a side note I love and hate you for these projects, I’m currently getting my ender 3 dusted off to start producing my soon to be desktop construction yard. Just drop all of the upgrades before I start printing please!

I love these! Please ship the electronic packages to europe!

I think it would be neat to give one of the 3d printers to the local library where a variety of people could use it for just the cost of materials or something. Not sure how maintenance would work and such though.

If you want to automate it, you could use magnets + hall effect sensors to determine the absolute position of each part, independent of motor rotation

@professorboots I heard you mention automation! This would be perfect to help clean up my kids small toys after playtime haha!

Good job getting some printers for the school! Also sweet sandwich maker upgrades. 😂

You make the crane I guarantee you I will buy it

I love it man waiting to get electronics. Also it’s at the point time to go from ps3 controller to a real radiomaster air transmitter I’m sure there’s a way but the controls would be so much smoother

You can get a clip on magnetic encoder for the n20 that you can use to monitor its movement.. won’t be as granular as a stepper but will allow you to know where the part is 😊. My suggestion for next steps - add in LiDAR and a camera then hook it up to an off the shelf ai model that will make it autonomous 😊

Make it !!!!!!! A love your videos so much

amazing work again, so if you were to make it fpv what camera would you use and where?

@professorboots

21 күн бұрын

I’d pry do a very similiar setup to what I did the MiniSkidi a while back

Awesome addition to a great build. Where/how did you get that remote? Is there a vid or link on how to get it? Would any receiver/transmitter work for these provided it has the proper amount of channels.

Avery handy tool for opening pickle jars. I always have to ask my wife

I would be absolutely delighted to have a Bambu lab printer, I’m young but an aspiring engineer and love 3d printing and 3d modeling, my printer just broke and it is really old so I cannot be repaired, so having an a1 would be amazing!

The FIRST Robotics team 4655, would love to have a 3d printer

Upsala high school in Minnesota could definitely use the A1 combos

im new to your channel and love the content your creating, from designing to builds. Have you thought of a mobile crane/truck? that would be amazing!

I am a student at a school in Australia who has some Zortrax M200s which barely work, and the school has many electronic resources such as Arduino kits which are itching to be put in a 3d printing project. I do not really think the school needs an A1 Combo, but we would absolutely love one of these. Thanks for the amazing video! Also, any idea when a purchasable kit for the excavator might happen?

It would be nice if you put the link of all the parts you need

Hey one more thing, have you thought about making the claw assembly as a posible quick swap like you did originally to be able to wap out sizes of buckets? Another words make it easier to swap from the claw to the bucket and back again? I only ask because I printed both but don't want to have to go through the hassle of screwing different parts on and off and eventually wearing out the plastic that holds the parts and screws!

Bambu doing that is amazing

Forklift and pallets!

I I still think bulldozer, but a Kit of all the parts you need (accept the 3-D printed ones )to build all three would be pretty cool and convenient

you can buy hall sensor module for the n20

I am currently trying to save up for a bamboo a1 but I don’t know if I want to buy the a1 mini or keep saving up and buy the a1?

Where is the voting page? I'd vote for a diy "rwe bagger 288". It'd be awesome to have scale model mining rc vehicles. I can imagine getting some friends together and creating a miniature quary

Maybe I'm just looking over it, but I cannot seem to find the gerber files for ordering a PCB? is it in his course thing? I don't really mind paying for it and probably would pay for it just to support him, but I want the file to get a quote on ordering one as I couldn't find one the he sold. I may end up just using standard RC electronics like I did with the mini skid.

@StevenWilliams-lb9tf

12 күн бұрын

Did you manage to find it, I'm having the same issue

I vote for a crane!

The moment he took the knive told me everything I need to know.

any online stores in australia i can source most of the electronics needed for this?

Is shipping to Germany an option? I started teaching 3d printing and electronics with your skiddi and dumper at the local Berlin elementary school.

I would love to have the bamboo printer I run a 3d printing business out of my house and this would drastically speed up my work

Ahhhhhhhhhhh. I want!!

is there an electronics list? I can 3d print all day long but don't have the electronics or know how to program it.

Columbus library for the 3d printer

You couldn't share a ground for plow and both tracks? That would be 4 wires

2 Things, 1 I say go Dozer, 2 any chance you might have the kit for sale on the excavator anytime soon and or the dump truck kits available on your website for purchase rather then having to order it all ourselves to then put together? I have the 3D print files already I'm just looking for the electronic kits to make them work without having to make several purchases for all of it through different websites! I'd rather just purchase from you and be done! LOL. Either way please keep up the good work your stuff is amazing!!! working on printing the mini skidi now and then gonna order the kit from you the next time I get paid, LOL!!!

So how can I make my mini skids use a controller but I don’t want to buy the workshop pass?

I do alot of mini rc stuff we use a servo (ramp crab ) 12kg servo 2 for 20$

was the code for v2 added to prof boots tutorial?

@professorboots

20 күн бұрын

You’re able to use the same code, I coded it initially with these upgrades in mind

Would love to see a crane!

could bambulab sponser a Group that make workshops for kids wanting to 3d print happening?

If you could donate it to Weddington Middle school I’m sure the robotics team would have a field day:)

I am an art and technology teacher. I would love to have one of these for my classroom. Your mini skids would be an awsome project (though I may add an FPV camera to it LOL)

it would be awesome if you made an antweight combat robot

A mobile Crain would be awesome

Why did you use cheap leds that are warm instead of white chip leds

👏👍

what about 270 degree servos?