3D Print Farm and Warehouse Tour 2020

[@JakeDavis802]

I just ordered more or less every part out of dart had available for the Perses and kronos. The customer service, shipping and Lukes personal touch to everything is absolutely amazing very few companies can you talk to the owner of and also get him to reply to you when you ask a question or have a problem. Luke personally answered my questions and helped me through a wiring issue with the perses. He even went as far as emailing me a picture of the wiring diagram and personally drawing where I need you to wire in my parts. I was just very impressed and want everyone know what kind of business hes running and how awesome out of dart is.

[@thegreeklife2854]

This is how a business is supposed to be run,,, it’s well organized clean bright structured, you give off a great vibe and im sure your employees value that great video !!!!!

[@id104335409]

When you dream of a small business and then you see this... And your jaw drops.

[@MattProfa]

I love how highly this guy speaks of his employees.

[@failwheeldrive]

So awesome to see that this hobby is able to produce and support a fantastic business like OOD. I had no idea you guys had grown this much, but it doesn't surprise me a bit. I've lost count of the number of times Luke and team has helped me with random questions and issues while navigating custom builds, and your shipping speed, item selection, and prices are all top notch. Can't wait to see the continued growth going forward!

[@mathewcoppola8622]

Saw "3d Print Farm" so I clicked. I had no idea that modding nerf guns was a thing or one that could support $40,000 worth of Printers depending on how many Minis are coming. Very Cool, good luck in the future.

[@TRFH1]

Love to see how much your business has grown and the behind the scenes of what it takes to keep a successful business going. Thank you Luke!

[@Amichals83]

Looks awesome! My family was in the spring business for over 50 years, it made me smile to hear how you work with springs and do a lot of that work right there!

[@justinharris1132]

Great job! As a LEAN practitioner in the manufacturing world it is very exciting to see a small start-up following the ideology so early in development where it can really become ingrained in the culture. What a great mix of things I love. No kidding, I'm a little bit jealous! Keep up he great work!

[@Mojobuko1]

As a former manufacturing consultant it looks like you could scale production better if you used 3D printing for prototyping/low volume production and used traditional injection molding for high volume production.

[@outofdarts]

We're already working on injection molding for higher volume items, like our Tachi magazine. Before then, it was really hard to justify the upfront tooling cost that injection-molded parts require.

[@Mattbe72]

Amazing tour :-) I really love how you turned 2 passions of yours (Nerf mod + 3D Printing) into a successful business. Your optimism and energy radiate during all the video and it should be awesome to work with you. Keep up on the great job.

[@jeffreydorfman961]

I've been volunteering at Seattle Makers. Thank you so much for turning your print farm to making Face Shields! After hearing from Joel (Aka 3D Printing Nerd, who stopped by with his camera) about your print farm, It's awesome to see it. Thanks for this video and helping with the PPE shortage!

[@CountOfMontyCrypto]

Amazing set up. One of the best tour vids I've ever seen. Would like to see some vids on managing the store, dealing with suppliers, etc. Big picture stuff would be great.

[@Socalnik66]

Impressive shop. Just recently discovered the sport/hobby of Nerfing. From watching one of your videos. Have always been curious about Rival platform. Now, cause of you videos, has convinced me to order a Jupiter blaster. Can’t wait to build it and shot it. Thank you for yours and your teams hard work.

[@Haze887]

Cool

[@thedartdomain4197]

How did the build go? As you said, you just recently discovered Nerf. Maybe a bit much for a first project...

[@ManuelHefti]

To get rid of the many open spools, some Prusa MMU2 would possibly help, as you can simply add 5 spools and use them as it would be one. Great Warehouse btw! Super clean and organized, love it!

[@UncleJessy]

This video is unbelievable! That is such an amazing setup/organization/process etc. incredible!

[@outofdarts]

Thanks so much!

[@willierants5880]

8:41 this makes my inner organization and color harmonization monster sing with approval! I can tell you have and your team have an eye on "details", which I can completely relate to.

[@paulkiepert6270]

Thanks, that was fun. Great job on the organization. I've got a small 10' x 15' work area and can't keep it clean 😀

[@talscorner3696]

I feel you so much about humidity... I do some calligraphy in my spare time and recently it has been too humid to do anything for literal weeks

[@charlescampbell6104]

Might want to try desiccant packs for the humidity in the plastic cases. Would probably fit your immediate needs.

[@Damicske]

@Out of Darts: get a filament joiner (or make one your self )and make full spools of those partially spools.

[@hunterroberts7549]

Awesome bro 👏

[@nicholasmazzarella2720]

OoD Wow that is a super fantastic look at your shop. Thanks for taking us around for a behind the scenes look at your operation. You rock thanks for all you do for the hobby.

[@TalhaKader]

I really like what you already established. I have started with 3 Ender3 and I wish some day I will have my own shop.

[@rzrider683]

I use Atomic Filament almost exclusively, was super excited to see you got their neon green on the shop! Looking forward to more colors in the future.

[@atomicfilament5825]

RZ Rider hell yeah bro!

[@3DProspecting]

@@atomicfilament5825 I love Atomic Filament. I have been buying your Jumbo rolls to make all my 3D Printed Gold Prospecting Gear. Great Stuff!

[@jacksoni349]

Buy a Palette Pro and use the remainders of spools to make custom one offs of your blasters.

[@Derek_S]

You don't need larger premises for a while. You've got enough headroom to convert those racks to a dual tier installation by extending the uprights and suspending walkways between the racks. The uprights might need extra strengthening depending on the shelf loading but it's all very easily done. I used to be a salesman/designer for an industrial racking and shelving manufaturer and used to love designing that sort of installation. You can double your usable space if you've got a high enough roof like yours.

[@outofdarts]

Thanks for the tip! We actually just moved into a new space last November. We're continuing to maximize space and efficiency, and that does include better use of our industrial shelving, as well as some other improvements.

[@SirWrender]

Loved the video, Luke! It’s inspiring to see your shop as organized and efficient as it is. Super cool! You’re a busy man though. Respect!

[@shimshimity5667]

Didn't think I'd see you here lol. It's a small world after all. 🌍

[@freckle3773]

@@shimshimity5667 me too!!

[@davidwelch9935]

I did one of the blaster wrapz kits and i liked it. It would be pretty great for you to carry some of that guys product to help his business.

[@machgt]

I'm always impressed how quickly you guys get your stuff out after an order! :)

[@willierants5880]

Are you using PRUSA's printer farm solution? This hasn't been officially released to the public, that I know of, but for you I can see Joseph sharing the technology, especially from a testing/feedback perspective. I'd be very interested in hearing how you have your farm configured. Thank you for sharing this.

[@Kendama_Nyche]

I was literally thinking about it, and you mention it at the end of the video; I love seeing how far you've come from your garage to this. I remember the crazy proton pack video and wondering if it was going to be legal at the first Endwar back when I ran it. I love your progress and glad to see you're doing well, and I hope for many more innovations over the years!

[@M1America]

Its amazing how big of an operation you can sustain with what seems like a few dozen printers.

[@bjkenne]

38 printers going… I’m thinking to myself that you must have 100% confidence in how you set up supports on your products. What have you found to be the best settings for clean breakaway supports?

[@simony5807]

So hyped for the proton pack!

[@tazanteflight8670]

@12:11 the scientist that told you that is only part correct. An empty bin with a hole will have the same humidity, given some time. But a bin with filament will drop to almost zero humidity, and the flow of humidity into the bin is so slow, you are in fact saving your filament. The flow into the bin requires turbulence to get humidity into the box, mechanically, and osmosis to get it in there any other way. Very slow process.

[@reforgedcriterion1471]

All you need is a ton of cad knowledge and the right market.

[@brenschiller6456]

I am so excited to see nerf wraps because I suck at painting blasters and I would love to see a product that makes it so much easier.

[@Ravencef]

Your tour was really cool. I have aspirations and this is encouraging.

[@Spartan412]

4:20 Seeing the Perses hopper and Jupiter, I think it'd be very cool to see the hopper have some sort of adapter that allows it to be connected to the Jupiter, making it essentially a paintball style blaster. If it isn't that easy as making a magazine adapter then perhaps integrating the hopper into the Jupiter, making it hopper fed, would truly be amazing for those of us who want to use the firerate and compact nature of the Jupiter to an even greater potential!

[@Spartan412]

@@outofdarts Just saw a previous video since I'm new to the channel, now I'm aware of what the pack is and boy will it do more than what I thought a Perses hopper and Jupiter integration would!

[@tonystout1545]

Lose the plastic totes for opened filament spools, and go with resealable plastic 5 gallon buckets. Put 4" of white rice in the bottom of each bucket, store filament rolls inside each bucket with the lid sealed tightly, on top of the rice. All humidity problems solved.

[@syxx7670]

Will you guys ever get in to creating the rival hyperion? I know hasbro more than likely wont incorporate the assault rifle slash sniper system but i feel as if out of darts could execute this beautifully.

[@TheUserid82]

For the photography and video area have you looked at overhead track mounts to reduce the tripods and stands needed for cameras and lights? With a good setup you can have marks for repeat setups to save time when you need the same shot over and over without fear of what happens if someone spills something or hitting a tripod when sweeping. Have seen as simple as a cut up sheet of plywood to make the track using 45 degree cuts for the part to ride in to as complicated as a monorail setup for a moving shot. Any thoughts on resin casting for mass produced parts? Lots of pigment and additive options for fun effects like glitter in a semi transparent part using the same base resin and some simple silicone molds.

[@FulcrumSpeedworks]

A+ on transparency and humility on successes and failures. Having read 2 second lean, you know you actually have way too much space... Gemba!

[@danielbojanski4243]

Is there any chance you could point me in a direction where you got this racking for the printers specifically? Huge respect :)

[@outofdarts]

We got them from ULine's catalog. I can't remember the item number, but it should be obvious which one it is.

[@bekincai]

i bought a battery cover that was pretty ratty. looked like it came hot off the printer. 7:55

[@outofdarts]

I’m sorry to hear that! Shoot us an e-mail to [e-mail] regarding any order issues and we would be happy to get it resolved for you.

[@LawnD4rt]

What is the black part on the right side of the Prusa front panel?

[@CapnSlipp]

Ziploc sells a bin that has a foam rubber seal and snap-down handles that make sure the seal seals- this is how I store my humidity-sensitive stuff (with silica gel packets). They aren't much more expensive that any other brand of bin, and you can find them at major retailers (Wal-mart, Target, etc.)

[@daltonlightfoot6889]

Why not use a quarter of those 3-D printers to make a robotic arm that automatically empties each printer when done into a prearranged box?

[@trixter192]

It's incredible to see such a big 3d printer production line. Injection molding should be within your grasp.

[@noneofyourbusiness3553]

That's what I was thinking when he said that he was running 38 3d printers. It looks like he is running and awful variety of parts though...

[@Damicske]

Molding is very expensive, you need to keep the molds clean and up to spec.

[@waynefilkins8394]

If u started a farm now, what printer model would you use?

[@b.morris2816]

Can you make a video on what mods you have implemented on your Prusa 3D printers?

[@RestorationAustralia]

Super cool print farm and I'm so jealous. You are very lucky to have the opportunity to do what you love. I also have a very small print farm with 3 printers but that is a start right? Keep it up friend well done.

[@outofdarts]

Luke started with just one, so three is completely reasonable to have starting out! - Perry

[@N0body247]

Thank you. As you are a small business i completely understand the struggles, and im glad you guys are working thru it. awesome wearhouse.

[@DougHanchard]

Very nice setup. Well organized and efficient given the constraints and competitive demands to save money.

[@DrewC41]

I love the fact that I watched this right next to a printer using Proto-Pasta. Stuff is amazing!

[@DrewC41]

Out of Darts Thanks for the recommendation!

[@TheSybermedic]

This was an awesome video Luke, stay safe and thanks for all you and your team do for our hobby.

[@nirodha7028]

Mad respect for the way you carry your shop, bussiness and team! Clean and lean... Well done budy! Them walls are never gonna get painted eh? Most of them are hidden behind a wall of boxes anyway ^^

[@nirodha7028]

Out of Darts most important comment there is ‘for a few years’... you have your growthrate planned to a T.... Good on you ^^

[@mavericksimulations8249]

Fantastic organization and shop! Great job!

[@grnhel8663]

Wow yes i do love the look of the warehouse snd the print farm excites me love the wrk and the time you put into your product awesome job bro and keep it up

[@Hohmies86]

You should get them to make you some belt printers, shave a lot of time collecting finished products

[@Hohmies86]

And then sell me some of your used printers

[@outofdarts]

We have found that with a production on a scale like ours, having a single make and model of printer -- with a single slicing profile and a single set of replacement parts, helps keep us running as close to 24/7 as possible. It's one of the reasons we ended up selling our Prusa Minis last year. Introducing a different printer would negatively impact that efficiency.

[@RoadRunnerMeep]

it's always nice to see business tours about how they lay out their factories.

[@3Dprint-techandTL]

Cool setup but how do you get around copyright / mods for a licensed product?

[@outofdarts]

While I (Perry) don't know, that might be a good subject for a video. I'll put it on the list and ask Luke myself!

[@rescuebox7]

What's the box on the side of the mk3s control panel?

[@Man-go-Everywhere]

network connection to control the farm

[@MartinKoistinen]

@@Man-go-Everywhere I know this is a year later, but, do you specifically know what part/product it is? Thanks in advance.

[@ashtonmay1812]

Just saw your video, that's a pretty fantastic setup. Question about your humidity issue, why are you not using silica gel? That might would help maintain better control and maintain quality assurance.

[@diggyperfecto1667]

Will you do a guide on how to work a prusa mk3 for printing nerf

[@Marcusaralius76]

2:57 why does that mug look like it's been digitally added in?

[@outofdarts]

Now why would we digitally add in a mug? 😉 - Perry

[@bjorndropshot8585]

Thats so funny, he uploaded this video yesterday morning, and it got taken down, he re-uploaded it, absolute legend

[@Trinity43421]

Luke is an absolutely amazing person and business owner

[@droidxsc]

Luke - Great lean operations!! Very impressive.

[@TheMarketingShowChannel]

This is awesome...we started with 12 Ender 3's but starting to switch over to Prusas. Will have 6 mk3s+ and two minis soon!

[@waynefilkins8394]

Do u use petg? I use pla and tried using heat gun and melted the part b4 the strings disappeared lol

[@ElixirEcho]

I really enjoy videos about the inner workings of business.

[@eclogites]

6:09 dang that printer in the bottom is doing a great job

[@vader540is]

I feel like I just watched this video yesterday.

[@driohd4259]

Rob E hmmm that’s suspicious

[@esoterra1024]

Ya, there was a version of this uploaded yesterday that is now private. I was half way through watching it, stopped, came back to it later and it as gone. Anyone know why? kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5jXq6KXfcRlfrM

[@BronzeDragon0009]

@@esoterra1024 Maybe they had to go in and censor Corona virus. KZbin has labelled the word as not advertiser friendly, so they might have re-edited it to make money on this.

[@poseidonbrine916]

@@esoterra1024 there was a shot that said frame need cropped

[@vader540is]

@@BronzeDragon0009 nah, the different video I saw yesterday still censored "Covid19" I think Luke ended up filming a prototype that we were not supposed to see.

[@bloodmantis1]

Super dumb question but what do yo clean your build plates with, rubbing alcohol you said? Is there a brand you like?

[@fish3dp372]

Cool. Do you load the printers with a SD card?

[@outofdarts]

Yes we still currently use SD and USB flash memory for our 3D printers. - Perry

[@Raether608]

+Out of Darts at 6:07 are they the best 3D printers for nerf? And why when the screen says COVID-19 your voice gets bleeped?

[@everythingnerf4334]

KZbin isn't happy when people mention covid-19. They have demonetized some videos because of it!

[@darrenvoong9013]

There is no best 3d printer. Prusa is more or less plug and play but you pay for that simplicity. An ender 3 is another popular printer in the community because of its cheap price and the fact that most of us like tinkering. This is just a quick incomplete summary

[@Raether608]

Darren Voong ok thanks

[@Raether608]

Out of Darts same

[@Raether608]

Out of Darts what ammo types do you have?

[@mrganavyogirl]

any worry of voc's with that many printers running 24/7?

[@outofdarts]

No major worries. Since this video was uploaded, we've moved into a much larger warehouse with better ventilation.

[@senurasenaratne5782]

hey so i saw a video of another print farm with prusas same as urs. his i3s he said was near 100% success rate but his minis were a let down in print quality and reliability so he had to mod them severely. did u run into the same problems with the minis?

[@outofdarts]

Yes. Since this video, we actually got rid of all of our Prusa Minis for more of the Mk3S+ printers. We've also started rigorous testing of the Prusa Mk4 and Bambu X1 Carbon as eventual replacements for our fleet.

[@senurasenaratne5782]

@@outofdarts awesome I’d love to see a video comparing mk4 and x1c from a manufacturers perspective. because exterior quality and strength are more important to you than ur average hobbyist who buys these printers. 😁

[@rgssj3040]

amazing video and business set up!, well done.

[@outofdarts]

Glad you liked it! We're hoping to film an updated tour in the next couple weeks!

[@rgssj3040]

@@outofdarts looking forward to it! We are a domestic 3D filament manufacturer. Let me know if you need some premium filaments. BTW, I sent you an email today.

[@contractorpete]

Thanks for the tour and congrats on your success! Love the organization and shipping table flow 👍👍

[@carlo261981]

hello Luke how are you been? I sow in this presentation your 3d farm and it's amazing specially your organization by the way about that where i can find that sd card pretty cool like your? thank you !!!!

[@thanhavictus]

You've come a long way from that guy who showed up with a Zeus at BURN. Really proud of you man.

[@jasondalton6111]

I was happy to hear you mention 2 second lean. I love that book and have such respect for Paul and what he's done at FastCap. When I saw your warehouse ship and pack stations, I saw the inspiration from them. Well done!

[@certified-forklifter]

wow, this is fantastic! i do pretty much nothing with nerf, but wow, this company looks cool! thanks

[@bitosdelaplaya]

Hi. A great video. I want to buy prusa i3 or mini to make electronic case or automotive parts. Can these printer respect object size/dimension on printing ????? Thanks for your response.

[@outofdarts]

If you input dimensions in your CAD, Prusa printers and PrusaSlicer will respect those dimensions unless you tell it not to.

[@bitosdelaplaya]

@@outofdarts Is that i made with my actual printers (i3 clone + anet A8) with no succes (especially for the holes). So i'm going to buy one.

[@rodsnyder6020]

WOW! You guys exploded since the vid with Joel! Happy to see that!

[@V1N_574]

Would you ever move to injection molding?

[@Black_Francis]

Great to see where all those packages come from.

[@arcadeuk]

Are you manually running your Prusa's from the LCD or do you have some farm management software?

[@Q8Police777]

Id like to know this as well

[@mirco485]

outofdarts.com/blogs/news/prusa-3d-print-farm-for-nerf-mods They wrote about it here

[@Z-add]

They use sdcards as mentioned in the articles.

[@Kendama_Nyche]

He also says in the video they queue up prints remotely from the laptops

[@outofdarts]

We are looking into farm management software! Currently though, we queue up prints as a document on Notion for our print farm tech to fill demand with the proper files on SD cards. - Perry

[@grandmoffrevan4933]

Luke is more efficient than multi-million dollar companies

[@xiaocuiSun]

Hello, may I ask how many hours it takes your machine to print a model? Can you give an example? What are the advantages of this kind of machine

[@berencam]

Could you do a more in depth view on your print queue management. I run a print farm with 100 printers and are really struggling with the best solution moving forward

[@SaHaRaSquad]

In an article they wrote that they do it manually via SD cards because they have to do manual individual work anyway, like removing the print, cleaning the printer etc. I wonder if Prusa published their farm printing firmware by now(Josef Prusa said they'd do that in some video once), they have a pretty neat system where the printers run a custom connected firmware and every finished print automatically updates the part database.

[@robertswanson4384]

Have you uploaded the stl for your bottle hanger anywhere?

[@grimghost2024]

Hi guys, is there any chance you could re-tool and provide parts for ventilators? I here a number of companies that do 3D printing are doing that. Just putting that idea out there. With the Defense Act in a effect, the Feds will provide a government contract for you to do this. Stay Safe.

[@kylem9503]

Excited for you congratulations on your success I wish you nothing but the best in the pursuit of your passion thanks for sharing

[@rollerboogie]

Is 3d printing really worth it on this scale? Injection molding is expensive to get going but it seems like the way to go.

[@truedoh2831]

3d printing just makes it easy for guys like this guy to do it on this scale.

[@Jinguapingi]

Hi, Nice shop ! I see you have a lot of spools and thus a lot of spool waste. Are you trying to migrate towards masterspool refills ? They usually are a bit cheaper and more importantly produce less waste as they come without a spool. Thanks and cheers ! ;-)

[@CornishCarper]

I LOVE MAINTENAING MY PRINT FARM! :)