BEST 3D Printer For A PRINT FARM? My favorite machines for my business

Do you want to make money by 3D printing products? This technology may be intimidating, but the industry has innovated a lot in the last few years to make printing for yourself or your business much more attainable! Over the last few years, I've used many printers and built a pretty diverse print farm. I hope this video helps you learn a couple of things about some of my favorite printers and the reasons why I decide what to keep, use or sell.
I use my 14 printers to make dozens of products for tool organization. Check out my products for Milwaukee Packout, Dewalt Toughsystem, Flex Stackpack, Klein Modbox, AND MORE Below!
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Printer Recommendations:
ASX2: amzn.to/3pNYruX
Ankermake M5: amzn.to/3XUwkXx
Sovol Sv06: amzn.to/3NS6nmT
Sovol Sv06 Plus: amzn.to/3rkHgBB
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[@ccweihe]

Very informative and very beneficial to those considering one of the many 3D printers you discuss! 👏

[@ItsEggo]

This is so informative thank you! I have been printing since 2018 and now have 3 ender 3 pros 1 Neptune 3 pro and 1 carbon X1c I’m looking to get another printer I think I’m gonna go with the p1p I just love the touch screen on the X1c

[@dronejoe5098]

Thanks for sharing your passion. I am curious about what is needed to create a printer farm. Thanks again! Joe😀

[@3DThird]

As someone who's been into 3D printing since 2012 and I have my company, it is very important to minimise variety within your farm. Let's say you have a farm of 50 3D printers, you should have at max 4 different types/brands. This ensures that your quality is consistent and spare parts are at minimum. Prusa printers are a workhorse and I recommend them, one good thing about bed slinger type of printers is that you can automate the process and print/eject easily. Recently we have added Bambulab printers to our farm and they are quite good after adding a few upgrades.

[@leroy7647]

I agree. Even though the maker has good information on his printers, I'm amazed at the amount of different types. Next to your points I'd also argue that the learning curve is annoying if you diverse much. At some point problems will start and if you have wildly different printers it's just more headache to get to know all their quirks and the required tweaks. I went with Sovol SV06 to complement my Prusa MK3S+ simply because they share a lot in design philosophy. I could have gone coreXY but I prefer next to my printers using standard parts and not a completely proprietary hotend also to also keep my software workflow simple, so BambuStudio is not for me until they dominate the market and I can migrate all printers to that.

[@johnwayne6775]

What’s your advice on starting a print farm from scratch today?

[@3DThird]

@johnwayne6775 it depends on your use case and the products you want to manufacture. Consider the size of your printers, material compatibility, if products require postprocessing, your budget & designing skills. These are some factors, but it really depends on how you want to establish your business. For my business, we're focused on making customised products in a short duration. So we don't do what many people do on KZbin & Etsy. We advertise our work to high-profile companies and showcase what we can make. They usually request things that are unique to them and sometimes it's a few pieces(

[@yayinternets]

@3DThird What upgrades are you doing to the Bambu? I have an X1C and starting to nail down a couple of products I want to try in the market and see what happens. Definitely going to go to bigger external spools at least.

[@mauritzg1]

Thanks for sharing!!

[@cheetahkid]

I have the Sovol SV06 PLUS with Klipper (mod). Very much useful but silicon sock suck! Where can I get another one? I also just received a modified zero g mercury one.1 eva 3 (Ender 5 PLUS it was) and loving it.

[@skaltura]

Just got SV07 Plus -- how did you make standard volcano nozzles work with these? Got some CHT style coming ... ;) SV07 & Plus shares the same extruder with SV06 Plus

[@andrewlongfellow8745]

I would definitely love a comparison video. Seems like every print farm now is Bambu so I’m interested in how the cheaper bed slingers go against the Bambu.

[@JakeWeihe]

My use of bed slingers has decreased drastically since this video. I use bed slingers about 5% of the time now

[@andrewlongfellow8745]

@@JakeWeihe oh really. Is it about print failures or what? I saw Bambu has 2 bed slingers now that interest me.

[@JakeWeihe]

The bambu bed slingers are nice. I don’t think I’ll get one anytime soon since It’s easier to have all of the same P1 series printers in my farm but everything they make is good. Honestly I don’t know if my print failure rate was noticeably worse with the bed slingers( bambus still mess up) but the quality is better and they print parts so much faster it’s just easier to use the bambus.

[@elktrip2000]

I’m wanting to get into 3D printing as a hobby. But what kind of computers and software do you need to do it right?

[@AiTeee]

We all knew that you going to finish with bambu. they are fire.

[@szymonszczurek2406]

Hi, do you have any issues with fumes on that scale? Do you use some measures to filter air inside your print farm?

[@JakeWeihe]

I don’t think I do yet. If I was printing ABS I would worry more but pla and petg are safer. Once I move all my printers into one room together I’ll put an air filter in there but they’re spread out in my house right now so it’s not as big of a deal

[@corniel657]

Thoughts on the SV07?

[@Shinesso]

Hi, I'm thinking about buying my first 3d printer. For now I consider Sidewinder x2 (its about 210 USD from bangood with coupons). I want the printer to be the most silent because it will print in my bedroom. I'm little worried about the support from banggood. My friend had a problem with this printer that after few prints, the surface of glass started to stratify. What do you think? Is it a good choice for a start?

[@JakeWeihe]

It’s worth a shot. My bed was fine for over a year and then I just upgraded to a pei for about $30 to avoid any future problems with a higher volume of printing. I personally always liked the glass finish, just gotta dial in the first layer height

[@7kortos7]

out of these printers which ones do i NOT have to assemble? i'm not intrested in building my own. i believe Bamboo P1P is plug and go? or am i wrong. thanks in advance.

[@JakeWeihe]

Bambus are as close to plug and play as possible. A few screws to remove and an auto calibration proves.

[@Thadopeera]

We use Prusa and Bambu only.. No need for anything else. We run 5 MK4, 5 x1c and a Prusa XL 5 head.. And a Prusa Mini

[@JakeWeihe]

Ooo XL 5 head. Nice I wish they were a little cheaper tho

[@Thadopeera]

@@JakeWeihe 🤣🤣 5 grand is a lot bro

[@Jaze2022]

how well does the bambu lab print petg? I can't print petg at the limit of my old machine. Does the bambu make sense for petg? If it can print petg faster does it handle simultaneous printing well? ie travel 3/4 of the bed without oozing? Should I forget about printing petg fast if I care about strength? Thanks!

[@JakeWeihe]

Printing PETG was such a challenge on my old machines…Now I don’t ever think twice when sending it to the Bambus. As long as a printer has an all metal hotend and is direct drive it should be able to print petg pretty well buttttt the bambus are next level

[@Solider134]

Hello, I don't understand why BambuLab X1 Carbon isn't good for a printing farm, can you be a bit more specific?

[@skaltura]

OG Ender-3 -- i am yet to see nicer print quality. No, i'm serious. It's something about the slow speeds, slow accels + bowden, yet precise motors which makes it capable of producing very very nice prints. ALSO, reliable and very very little maintenance required. I just had my Ender-3's gathering dust for a year in my garage, lots of dust etc. I simply dusted off, wiped with barehand the "carborundum" (anycubic ultrabase) print surfaces and started printing again. Just used a blower on the spools sitting there and off to races. 4 machines worked right away, 5th needed a hotend replacement (put in bi-metal throat .. hope it doesn't lower reliability!), 6th i did not bother to setup but all it needs is a new extruder by the looks of it -- hell might just work, but it has a BMG with stock firmware ... so no go.

[@jankas64]

i got 2 ender printers and cant make me change them. im not for extreme speed and dont have overdue of money and live in Sweden. im just making a 8 foot tower crane and its 193 files. for us 110 volt moight be other things. got failöproof ender3 v3 SE and ender 3 neo. last i have had some issues with but man made not printers fault. got 2 old prusa clones anet A8 but getting rid of them only problems.

[@tylerbaldwin1633]

it must be nice to still get sales, because of inflation i don't sell anything hardly anymore most people here in Canada can hardly afford their home and food.

[@ctrl_alt_del100]

Sorry to hear that what were you making for profit? I started at the beginning of 2018 and at first only did print to order sales with heavy marketing it took off now that’s died down a little I focus on printable items that are not sold by the manufacturer should look into that as there will always be something out there like that

[@aletrip642]

How much faster is the SV06 Plus compared to ender 3? Which is more reliable and need less maintenance?

[@JakeWeihe]

Sv06 plus is wayyy better.

[@aletrip642]

But the ender 3 can be easily automated for continuous printing..it will save time

[@chriscolameco6850]

With the Solvol plus can you download the free designs from the internet and print them? Also how difficult is it to use these things. For people who work with a hammer for living 😂

[@JakeWeihe]

The sovol plus was one of my favorite printers… until it stopped turning on. 😑 I still need to investigate that.

[@hirenpatel877]

Hi , pls guide any of these machine are avaulable in india ?

[@user-gp8sz9de6t]

What is your opinion about VORON Design 3G-printers?

[@JakeWeihe]

If you’re the type of person who wants to build a printer and tinker with it then go for it!

[@Liberty4Ever]

I'm waiting for Sovol to make a Klipper version of the SV06 Plus, or for Elegoo to make a larger version of the Neptune 4. I was interested in an enclosed core XY machine but I mostly print TPU so I don't benefit from faster printing when the filament can't print that fast even with better cooling. I'm now leaning toward a less expensive non-enclosed bed slinger design that is more reliable and easier to service, with Klipper for improved print quality with a slight speed increase. We're seeing the first generation of Klipper bed slingers in the last few months but they're all lacking in a few key areas. Someone will market a Klipper bed slinger that checks all of the boxes soon. SV08 Plus? Neptune 4 Pro Max?

[@MrMadmazz]

I own a sv06+ as well and now that the sv07+ is out and comes with kilipper pad that can run more then 1 printer was thinking of getting it and have my sv06+ connected via the svo7+ kilipper pad since it can be done making the sv06+also wireless

[@Liberty4Ever]

@@MrMadmazz - An SV07+ Klipperizing your SV06+ sounds like an excellent plan. My Neptune 4 Pro is the first Klipper machine I've had and I love Klipper. Being able to upload and print from a browser window is very convenient and saves a lot of time. It's light years better than the micro SD card shuffle I was doing.

[@MrMadmazz]

@@Liberty4Ever yeah bro I run my sv06+ direct from PC with simplified3d and a USB repeater. If everything works the way I would like the sv07+ will make my sv06 wireless and not more need for a damn cable

[@MrMadmazz]

I been running my sv06+ via PC since week 2 of my printing adventures. Never used the software that come with it since a friend with 8 years under his belt allowed me to run as his 2nd PC so I was lucky and had simplified3d from day added edit: down side is I've have 2 power outages that destroyed the prints all coz I didn't put in a SD card and click send to SD WHICH would have saved 2 prints during power spikes

[@Liberty4Ever]

@@MrMadmazz - I used Simplify3D for a couple of years when it was arguably the best slicer available. I'm a huge fan of free open source software and that was the only closed source software on my computer. I bought into the "buy it for life" free upgrades forever but that business model only works as long as the company is rapidly growing. The open source slicers were rapidly advancing and soon eclipsed Simplify3D in features and IMO ease of use. It's difficult to compete with an active open software development project where a lot of talented people all over the world are working for free. I was already wondering why I was sticking with Simplify3D when they demanded that I pay for the latest major release after selling me the software based on paying once and getting all future upgrades for free. I never liked the confusing method of managing profiles in Simplify3D that never improved the entire time I used it. Apparently, it wasn't confusing for the developers. Simplify3D was always a pain to install in Linux because it was trying to keep people from stealing it which made it difficult to install and use. It was always phoning home, again as part of its license management scheme. I doubt it was sending my STLs or other data to the Simplify3D team, but I didn't like it always being in contact with them. So when they demanded more money to keep using Simplify3D it was easy to switch. I think I installed PrusaSlicer. That's what I've used almost exclusively since then. I recently tried OrcaSlicer and it has much to recommend it, but I still use PrusaSlicer. All of the popular open source slicers are advancing rapidly, all these years later. Gotta love free open source software. I was a bit surprised to read your post about Simplify3D. I haven't read anything about it online since before I stopped using it and I assumed it had disappeared because open source slicers are better without the cost or hassles of proprietary software.

[@WallxTRY52]

Do you know about elegoo neptune 4 pro?

[@JakeWeihe]

Looks like A decent machine. Will definitely be a good competitor for sovol

[@fotisxevgenis]

you know that your logo is aufully similar to western digital's logo ,right ? I would be carefull if i were you.

[@Falney]

I wouldn't touch bamboo for a print farm. Have one sure, but not only do you have to use their slicer, they are one update away from preventing you from using 3rd party filament. "they said they wouldn't do that" I hear you say. Yes they did, but why add a feature if they have no intention of using it. Building a print farm with them means having a lot of machines you need to offload if they make the change.