Building the Printrbot 3D Printer (Printrbot Simple Maker's Edition)

[@qzorn4440]

good thing your son was there to coach you. :) most adults are on there own.

[@datadev1]

Nice father and son project. Building memories and a skills for the future. I still remember building a go cart with my dad 60 years ago. It gave me a lot of confidence to build things.

[@BillVanLoo]

That's awesome! It really was special being able to work on this with him.

[@NicholasGomez]

Awesome project!! Thanks for sharing. Look forward to hearing more about the tweaks and upgrades you and your son do.

[@BillVanLoo]

Thank you! I will keep updates coming as they happen.

[@Iliketomakestuff]

Nice! Good info here! I'll be building my printer next month, glad to see your process.

[@BillVanLoo]

Thanks, Bob! Looking forward to seeing what you do as well. We may be criss-crossing on the digital fabrication tools; I would love to get a CNC machine. I've definitely been checking out your Shapeoko videos!

[@MrHolozip]

I Like To Make Stuff Bill's videos are amazing, just a shame so few know about them yet; perhaps a BrainPick? .. it'd help Bill reach a wider audience, and would be really interesting getting perspective from someone relatively new to making professional videos. Discussions around Electronics / Arduino / 3D Printers / CNC would be great too! :)

[@BillVanLoo]

Gareth Crispin that is really kind of you to say! I am still in the process of building my channel and my projects, but getting to the level of what I Like To Make Stuff and others are doing is certainly a goal! Thanks for the support and enthusiasm!

[@MrHolozip]

Loving you videos - thanks for sharing. Congrats on your new printer, and for putting it straight to work at your Son's science fair - nice one :)

[@BillVanLoo]

Thank you, Gareth! It was a lot of fun to do; I'm looking forward to getting a chance to use it more!

[@An-fe3mm]

wow, amazing vid and your team is the best team i ever seen :)) i'll learn more to made one for myself :) thanks for sharing !!!

[@BenBrandt22]

Looks like a nice entry level 3D printer and a fun father-son project... I haven't done much research myself, what led you to choose the Printrbot specifically?

[@mazdademehri1930]

I build this but i don't know how to set the machine setting in cura?

[@andrewkeener5480]

For the low end materials and the fact that you had to completely build this printer, $350 seems really high.

[@BillVanLoo]

+Andrew Keener At the time I put it together, it was easily the most affordable 3D printer on the market. Over the past 12 months, a number of other printers have popped up at around that price point (notably, the Monoprice printer and the Printrbot Play), so it's not quite the deal it was a year ago, but it got me going on 3D printing for a low price, and I learned a ton by assembling it. As I think I mentioned in the video, I wouldn't recommend it if you have no interest in building the printer and just want to start printing right away - I would now recommend the Printrbot Play, or just check out Make Magazine's yearly 3D printer roundup. Thanks for watching!