Amateur3DPod

Would you like to print yarn? We brainstorm ideas on this, and a few punny thoughts as we approach our topic. Kevin violated Andy's "Print something every week" expectations, and Chris printed a link ...

19 Mar 20231h 19min

In this episode we talked about AI and Printing SLA print-in-place upside down and a chemical solvent that can be used to melt for bonding or smoothing TPU. We also circled back on the S word a couple...

12 Mar 20231h 1min

We had a guest panelist, Carl Ballard, this week. We talked about Andy's Phone Case woes and making his printer do things it's not designed to do. Kevin rushed a dragon so he'd have something to talk ...

5 Mar 20231h

Don't make toast... or use the printer as a boat anchor... or to print a ball hitch. Don't drink SLA resin, or use a 3D printed gun, or use an SLA printer for a food container. If you like what you he...

26 Feb 20231h 21min

Andy has made progress on upgrading his fish tank pump impeller and Kevin has gotten down to printing mini-figures for his D&D game night. Frank and Andy dig deep into first layer height and Z-Axis co...

19 Feb 20231h 24min

Chris unintentially prints things that work in unexpected places. Andy unexpectedly upgrades when stuff is broken. Kevin unexpectedly prints new tools. Frank unexpectedly conforms to manufacturer's re...

12 Feb 20231h 13min

We went on a side quest for discussing supports, but in true Amateur 3D Pod fassion, we eventually came back around on Table Leveling, including the process Kevin uses for his SLA printer, and several...

5 Feb 20231h 16min

In this week's episode we discussed the file format our printers read. For SLA it seems there's a lot of machine specific files that resemble a slide deck with light exposure times. FDM printers on t...

28 Jan 20231h 16min