First Tests for any 3D Printer ⛵

[@JJShankles]

🔥My Favorite Starter 3D Printer: amzn.to/3hMi2r2 Favorite Mid-sized 3D Printer: amzn.to/3Eq9KNa 🌈FAVORITE PLA Filament: amzn.to/3VNqTIc 📂STL Links: www.printables.com/model/3161-3d-benchy www.printables.com/model/118657-calibration-cube www.printables.com/model/209121-cali-dragon

[@Mobsterthelobster-y6s]

What’s the starter 3-D printer called

[@JJShankles]

These are old links, but I would recommend the Ender 3 V3 SE, or the KE. They are both cheap and really easy to use right out of the box@@Mobsterthelobster-y6s

[@Mobsterthelobster-y6s]

@@JJShankles thanks

[@Minty_vr007]

Hey what If I want to make big things with a small price it’s my B-day on 19th June so getting close and I want a 3D printer got any ideas on Amazon? If not don’t Worry

[@JJShankles]

@@Minty_vr007 I think Elegoo has some of the best cheap big printers. I have the Neptune 3 max and it is huge for the price, maybe even too big for most people because of the space required

[@kdkdldld5356]

I just started 3d printing, and sometimes my prints looks like the second cube, but I have absolutely no idea how to calibrate it right 😅 (I use Cura slicer) can you maybe show some settings for a good print 😅

[@botherednickel5930]

When it comes down to the default configs from cura most of the changing you will be starting with will be printer side. Making sure the belts, screw, and attachments are tight but not to tight. Properly leveling your bed and getting the right z leveling. Measuring and getting the extruder motor is tuned right so its ejecting as much filament as it needs to be. Make sure you have all of those things down first before you get to messing with retractions and all the extra stuff that comes with your 3d printing slicing software. The physical and printer software is much more important at the start. Just look up as much info online about working your printer model and issues they have and what to take notice of. Learning from the community will be your biggest help and that will come with time. No one person has a video or article for every 3d printing problem you will encounter. Get out there and learn, think, and have fun!

[@JJShankles]

I'm planning on a series to help with calibration, but if your cube is turning out like the second one. I would start with retractions and speeds. A retraction tower is most accurate way to calibrate that. The speed could also be too fast for your extruder to push plastic. So either slowing down the print or making sure the gears are tight enough gripping onto the filament as it passes through can help.

[@Ericweird]

Honestly print a benchy. That will show alot of your issues thats what im doing to dial my printer in. I bought some silicone dampeners for it too so it stays level for once im tired of leveling my printer every single time i use it

[@Aweoe]

Dude, it's really not that hard

[@codeyvargas9880]

@@Aweoe dude’s just getting started. Be nice, you weren’t born an expert in 3D printing either.

[@MekazaBitrusty]

This is great advice as long as the calibration devices come with instructions on how to fix the issues they highlighted.

[@dabob2652]

You forgot to mention the torture toaster

[@JJShankles]

That will be the next video

[@icebird76]

That's so much filament and time though

[@BillBard]

It's a good test, but it's way too big of a print for just a test. Torture toaster is more of a flex than anything

[@core36]

@@BillBard don’t calibrate using the toaster immediately, work your way up. Basically, check your calibrations one last time with the toaster.

[@Eric_In_SF]

Torture toaster is an absolutely model. I don’t know how that caught on. The design itself is just so poor. The toast doesn’t come out straight and it’s always floppy. All I needed was one guide Support. and then the fact that he put all the holes everywhere that actually increases the print time. And in general just takes forever to print and it uses way, way, way too much filament for its size.

[@121Zales]

This is all good advice. I personally recommend a variety of torture tests, but especially single parameter tests. If you have a terrible looking benchy, it can be hard to figure out where to start. But if you try a couple of specialized tests, like an overhang test, bridging test, stringing test, etc. you can isolate issues and correct them immediately.

[@LegacyNesferatu]

Finally, a 3D printing channel that shows ways to better your prints. Rather than just, "Look at the thing I made!". Great work, dude. Keep it up! 👍

[@matrodmedia]

The “straight overhangs” you highlighted are typically known as “bridges” rather than actual overhangs, since they bridge to parts together, vs overhanging from one part but not connecting to another. I think that’s an important distinction to understanding slicer settings because most use that terminology.

[@matrodmedia]

Community: Please tell me if I’m wrong on this or if there is any further nuance.

[@insidious_crow]

Ahh yes thanks to your video I now know the calibration needs calibrating so I’ll just calibrate the hell out of it. Gonna do some crazy calibration up in here which I definitely know how to do. Thanks again for your priceless advice.

[@Ruzgar2Go]

Do u know rn

[@BluePhantomCreations]

Great video highlighting calibration! Sending love to all you 3D printing nerds out there like me!

[@JJShankles]

Thank you! Much appreciated!

[@BluePhantomCreations]

@@JJShankles I just found your channel this last week and I’ve been binging it, It’s great inspiration! Definitely leagues ahead of my videos! Thanks for just being awesome

[@robertdeen8741]

The speed 3D printing advanced for at home printing just blows my mind. Who would of guessed this 20 years ago? I might of thought the tech would be there, but also that it'd be so expensive, it'd only be realistic for big companies to own and operate the things.

[@CommanderWiggins]

I honestly love how the 3D Benchy incorporates so many stress tests into a simple little boat model. Some great design engineering there!

[@madelinewhitney832]

benchy!! cool! and functional! yey. i just started LEARNING about 3D printing (and i mean JUST--- its still gonna be a good long while before i ever may get to print something myself/own a printer) and I have recently watched a whole buncha KZbin videos (your content is great-ty!!) and followed a whole buncha peeps on other socials that post, well, whole buncha prints n info n stuffs.... and man.... i seriously kept seeing that lil boat and kept wondering WTH was with it & what significance it could possibly have!! haha 🤦‍♀️ now i know 😎 ...and feel like i learned the secret password to the club . heh. double 😎😎 thanks !

[@elijahaitaok8624]

"Can it wait a moment Shepard? I need to do some calibrations."

[@literallyblue]

Bruh right now my benchy has so much stringing it looks like it was taken over by spider webs :/

[@JJShankles]

Retractions can be the fix for spider web stringing. Try increasing your retraction distance, or using some decent filament. I find the cheapest filament that comes bundled in with a printer can cause the worst stringing, while a decent $15 - $20 spool prints perfectly with the same settings.

[@Howza_the_lego_guy7784]

The first thing I printed ages ago when I got my printer was a mando helmet it worked well

[@dynamitebeastgaming7720]

For me who will probably never get a 3d printer I personally like the toaster evaluation

[@mrcloud234]

we all know you need to print the benchy first, then cal cube, its tradition!

[@eggabacon]

That cube and boat look cool for if I ever get one of these

[@Izayoink_Saccuy]

I prefer the benchy with benchy infill

[@external316]

One of my he best ones is the toaster. It mainly tests spacing and angle.

[@Eric_In_SF]

And it takes hours to print and uses half a real filament. It’s an awful thing to test with and the guy who designed it is a terrible designer.

[@cirklare]

The best sentence "STL in description"

[@daniel-is6zf]

It's the worst when you get half way through a large part and you forgot to do your maintenance and the bastard under extrudes haha... Prep first print second don't get too excited 😆

[@marcotoo777]

The first test should be the temperature tower. At what temperature will you print the cube?

[@andresacosta5318]

“Now your printer can tackle larger prints” Kink in the Z screw: “allow me to introduce my self”

[@dosdont]

the problem is even though you see problems there's no information that tells you specifically how to adjust the settings to eliminate the "issues" on your print.

[@matthewmathis62]

Actually, there is one. Simplify3d has a "Print Quality Troubleshooting Guide" which gives you a chart with pictures of many different issues and has a page for each to tell you what causes it and how to fix it (including settings adjustments).. It's honestly pretty awesome, imo. I wish I knew of something like this for Resin printing. If anyone knows of such, please share.

[@TechnoBabble]

So you look up the issue you're having and you read...

[@dosdont]

@@TechnoBabble Thanks captain obvious, like people don't know that's how simple it should be? and where exactly in *the manufactures documentation* should one read? Oh right, there isn't any that provides answers to those questions. Go troll some place else 🤡

[@dosdont]

@@TechnoBabble Did you fall on your head genius? Did your printer come with documentation that explains how to resolve the "issues" Did you buy a printer to read? Did your printer tell you where to go and read? No? With a little help with your reading comprehension from someone with you might better understand the points being made, but probably not.

[@TechnoBabble]

@@dosdont HAHAHA, you're so mad that you wrote a whole rant, deleted it, and then wrote another one. Plenty of hobbyist devices don't have mountains of manufacturer provided troubleshooting/tuning instructions. You're arguing that you shouldn't have to do any research to use a fairly new technology in the consumer space that has essentially no day to day use for the average person. Oh, and a bunch of 3D printer manufacturers DO provide a bunch of pages are guides. If you can't look something up online then you probably don't have the technical capabilities to properly operate a 3D printer.

[@claws61821]

There's something to be said for the claims that you should never print a calibration cube but instead fill the print volume (or a significant portion) with a triaxial indicator. There's also some merit to those who say to measure the axial steps before you print any axial calibration test so that you know that any wrong dimensions aren't from the motion system.

[@Loucfr]

After using filament 3D printers and switching to resin print, the resin prints win hands down. The only downside is that it can be messy to print if you’re not careful and the wash and cure part is sometimes annoying but over all still much easier to use than a filament printer hands down. The best part is you get prints without lines!

[@graciefarnsworth165]

I would love having a bunch of tiny dragons around my house

[@FeralEngineer]

For any new plastic, I do the following: 1) Linear/pressure advance test (with some coarse tuning of retraction over the course of printing, thanks Klipper and FW retraction). 2) A retraction test (often coupled with the temperature fine tuning). 3) A flow multiplier test (a 20x20 mm box with two perimeters of a known width is sufficient). It all takes less than an hour and provides all data needed to really fine tune the printer. *For a new brand of low-temperature plastics like PLA or TPU I also sometimes run a simple overhangs test and bridging test. For crystalline non-composite plastics like ABS or Nylon, I also run a fast, but accurate shrinking test (a 1.2-1.5 mm high and 10 mm wide L-shaped ribbon with 150x150 mm XY dimentions so it fits my calipers). For the initial setup of a new printer or some major hardware change, after running tests 1-3 and dialing in acquired optima, I also run an acceleration "curvy box" test (or an accelerometer-assisted resonance test in case of Klipper) to dial in optimal acceleration values.

[@ttiollesivad]

lol I need to adjust my settings then, my first print was a calibration cube and it took an hour and a half. It came out great tho

[@santiagoarrieta2175]

The cube is good but is we add add something for the blank faces we can use it as dice. It self could be cool if the printing test form a aditive board game.

[@travis.nguyen6760]

Thank you for posting this video. I’m doing so much testing now😂

[@Frappe3621]

Creality Calibration Cat my beloved

[@diy_wizard]

The great question of course is: which setting do I have to change with which issue?

[@YHDiamond]

I love sloaps

[@MrRickle]

I just printed the cool geometric vase at the end of this video.

[@JJShankles]

That's one of my favorites!

[@DocKrazy]

Me, watching these videos like I could afford a 3D peinter ever: interesting

[@CoJoGrizzlo]

The amount of plastic in landfills since the rise of 3d printing has got to be staggering

[@harrygreene8669]

I printed the vase at the end, can't find the STL for the life of me now.

[@sumptersmartt3591]

A bad benchy that don’t need no man

[@87edia]

That was helpful . Thanks

[@thekillerdog5228]

A true 3d printer such as myself knows the reprogram that dammmmmm eprom chip

[@troublesome3379]

is that boat like the teapot of 3d printing or something I see it everywhere

[@sleal1194]

Man I wish I could afford a 3D printer! That would be cool to make stuff.

[@discosanandreas]

Thanks!

[@Unicornrokinu369]

Me waching this trying to figure out how to around this just so I can make a small dragon

[@Deleted_Eevee]

My favorite has to be the toaster

[@onebg3450]

fuck it desepticon keychain go brrrrrrrrrr

[@Darthdoodoo]

I kinda want to get a printer but then i have to learn all the lingo and it just seems s so tedius to get going. 😂😂

[@SinanAkkoyun]

Disclaimer: Do *NOT* calibrate _dimension_ with the calibration cube. (it will introduce more error for anything other than a 2cm cube)

[@rocketboyjv5474]

Forget about dimensional accuracy (you didnt mention that with the cube and it is not good anyways.

[@Kady3DPrinting]

I never printed any of these

[@JJShankles]

They are so easy. They are always the first print on every new machine!

[@jcksklngtn1]

The dragons be like 😘

[@brianlavoie1234]

These links were super helpful! Just started my 3D print journey today!

[@zgames_official]

Not owning a 3D printer, I see this as an ABSOLUTE WIN!

[@brotundwasser]

I thought the dragons were kissing- 💀

[@brotundwasser]

I didn't expect you here

[@starwarsgeek7567]

I really want a 3D printer 😔

[@ItzReindeer500]

My first print was a golf ball 😅

[@dallasgauthier3543]

My very first print took 30 hours and definitely wasn't a fucking benchy🤣

[@SpurritialTheories]

My cube at the given size takes 1 hour 10 minutes 😭😭😭 what am I doing wrong

[@ArabellaPottery]

Calibration models are useless if you don't show people how to calibrate. SMH

[@xKyroo_]

I have a Ender 3 S1 and all my corners over extrude. I'm using Cura slicer and I would like some help from someone to calibrate that. Really annoying whenever I'm trying to make parts that need to be precise. Have a great day!

[@fishbowlpig]

DID I SEE TECH BAD BATCH BASE HELMET THERE

[@Ren_Zekta]

I really want a 3d printer with auto calibration

[@JJShankles]

Hopefully some day they all will be that good!

[@timvallier9701]

Just put 3-D printer together for my 11 year old son, we went straight to Mjolnir for our first print. Not sorry.

[@ewangray8111]

Nobody is going to talk about how he said sloap instead of slope

[@Toothl3s]

When i 3d print if I don't use a foundation to protect the bottom it will burn is this normal?

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

Simple, 1930 sedan. 1/70 scale.

[@MrdangerJ]

I PRINTED 31 TEST PRINTS TODAY, :-)

[@TheMerchant3773]

How y'all printing 90° overhangs with no support

[@Yaroslav_Tselovanskyi]

"detailed writing" 😂

[@DumbCup]

I printed. 5ft benchy

[@Azurath100]

DON'T FORGET TO LEVEL THE BED!!

[@joshfoley8862]

It would be great to talk about the printer settings that were changed from the print issues.

[@aljazbrilj1698]

Feels good

[@timothyjones4682]

I've seen another one where it was a toastsr

[@The3dprintingchannelofficial]

Im in love with that small boats 🛥️!

[@that_small_boy270]

I have been looking for a calibration print and I thought I found a design that would still work but I thank that the popped up as it is designed to calibrate. I do have a question however, if my print comes out poor should I only change the slicing or would I sometimes have to change the heating preset ( If you can’t tell I’m new to printing as of Christmas 2022)

[@marisagoodyear8030]

Personally I think the calibration toaster is the best for testing

[@Alperen_The_Protogen]

WHAT ABOUT THE TOASTER????

[@Epic_the_musical_hermes]

Wait what about the toaster looking one to test it?

[@BarbusCraft]

Isn't that Tech's helmet?

[@Guenounovitch]

"big print", meantime showing a V0

[@juliaithinal4835]

A printer at my school has a small turtle one you snap together. I love it.

[@MondoMurderface]

10mins for a cube? Damn.. What settings are you on?

[@daltonstreet1]

BONELABS CUBE

[@r.cstuff]

I use the rocktopus.

[@hylactic]

I've been 3d printing for about 6 years now, and I refuse to print benchy. Never have, never will. No particular reason, just hate that boat for some reason, So when my father printed a buddha benchy, I looked at him with disgust and we both laughed

[@gyrostabilizergracen]

Its not as good of a bench mark as a benchy but i love the cali cat on thingiverse

[@JJShankles]

The cali cat is way cuter than a benchy!

[@AckzaTV]

All benchys are bad because none of them actually float upright! Make a new benchy out of the lego duplo boat

[@butter4123]

I would print a slug

[@lettuce9612]

My corners on parts are never square, what might fix that?

[@JJShankles]

Speed and acceleration could be too high

[@neptunenora]

hello! im looking for a good, hopefully cheap 3d printer for beginners. my budget would be around 100-200 euros if thats possible. also i would have to ask if calibrating is hard and expensive to do

[@TuckerSmith-xm8es]

Nah I started off printing 24+hr robotics parts and surprisingly I got it right pretty fast (don't be like me)

[@SmollRuby]

If i had a 3D printer i'd probably only make DnD minis because i have none.

[@denkithedhmislover]

Thx bro.

[@CornDogShaun]

first you should start with a benchy.... it shows all of the setting and printer weaknesses

[@socialus5689]

Thank you! I did none of these... Idk why this got recommended, i've had my printer for two years.

[@gleeber]

So in our school we have a 3d printing class where you can do it with friends so me and my friends decided to 3d print cereal so we will 3d print a bowl, spoon, milk carton and cereal like Cap'n crunsh oops all the berries

[@bot-just-bot]

Okay but...how? How do you calibrate?? What am i looking for??