I Ordered 50 Rolls of Filament - 3d Print Farm Vlog 2

Another day in the life video from my 3d print farm for my Etsy shop. In this 3d printing vlog I start the day by packaging some Etsy orders that need to be shipped out, and then I unbox and organize a giant shipment of PLA filament that I ordered to start preparing for Christmas sales.

[@impetus444]

I like these videos, little 10-15 minute pieces of watching somebody be happy and productive really boosts my mood :)

[@macymakes3d]

Thank you so much! 😊

[@indianaholmes7960]

You’re killing it! Don’t stop! Chase your dreams, do what you love most, and just record it. The views will come from people seeing you ignited by your passions. You’re doing a great job! 👏🏻

[@nahkanukke]

I agree

[@macymakes3d]

Thank you so much for the kind words and for watching! Really means a lot to have the support ☺️

[@Baraaabdelsalam]

I’m thrilled to have stumbled upon this channel! The content is refreshingly straightforward, to the point, and incredibly inspiring. It’s been a great help!

[@macymakes3d]

Thank you so much!

[@DigitalDoyle]

Paused your video at the point where you're dealing with the stringing with the deburring tool and would like to suggest a much quicker way to efficiently deal with minor stringing like that. Buy a small butane torch like chefs use to finish caramelizing certain dishes and use the flame from it very carefully and in short targeted bursts to nearly instantly completely whither the strings. Takes a little while to get good at it, but it works really well and is super quick. Hope this helps add a few more useful seconds to your busy day. 😁

[@macymakes3d]

Thanks for the tip! This makes me so nervous but I’ll give it a try. Anything to try and save a minute or 2 lol. Just hope I don’t ruin too many prints while I’m getting the hang of it haha

[@galvani4987]

@@macymakes3d also, you could try to lower the print temperature a bit, it might be best for the sunlu filament. People say stringing and mate finish comes from too high nozzle temps. Maybe a temperature tower test would help.

[@John-gw3mj]

Small blowtorch is definitely the way to go. I find that you don't need to be too careful with it, obviously you can't be careless but it's not something where 0.1 seconds is going to ruin everything. If Bambu Slicer has it, you can also try using "Avoid crossing walls" to see how much difference that makes to the print time and whether that solves the stringing problem

[@vodzurk]

I hit mine up with a lighter... just quick clicks. I tend to avoid white though as lighters can make very very slight discolorations. Also, yep, sunlu strings like crazy sometimes... i find lowering the nozzle temp 10c helps a bit.

[@jameshunter4083]

Seconded on the lower temps. 200*C would cause stringing issues on moist filament, but 180 degrees with sunlu and I have zero stringing issues 👍

[@sevensheav]

In the name of recycling, you could turn the filament boxes inside out and then you can use them for shipping smaller pieces. And it saves you some money. 😀

[@Goosefang]

Also, just plain recycling ♻️! Reduce, reuse and recycle ♻️!!!

[@rattyboots]

A very inspirational channel. I'm just looking at getting my first printer, not starting a print farm, but your vlog series is very refreshing, compared to the dozens of technical videos and reviews I've seen else where.

[@FilamentStories]

Filament haul! Loved watching all of them come out of the boxes!!

[@macymakes3d]

Getting new filament never gets old! Thank you so much for watching 😊

[@chrismurray9172]

Thanks!

[@StrawTech8]

i like 3D prints and i get curious seeing how print farms are done! i found your vlog 1 on my homepage and decided to check it out and your content is great! you got a new sub. looking forward for vlog 3!

[@macymakes3d]

Awesome thank you so much! Excited to have you along for the ride :)

[@JonneytheKidd]

I would consider getting a Synology NAS for all your video archives. You will love, looooove it and never look back. It's like having your own iCloud, with many usable apps and network your video files for editing.

[@macymakes3d]

That's actually a great idea! Something I'll for sure be looking in to, thank you!

[@JonneytheKidd]

@@macymakes3d Ya, I love your videos, and they have been a lot of help to me as I get my feet wet in the 3D printing world. Feel free to let me know if you need help with NAS details and setup.

[@crafthappylife]

I used to use a heat gun, but a butane torch works better. It is a direct point on the heat so getting rid of hairs is easier.

[@DigitalDoyle]

Ha! Beat me to it! I need to read all the comments before responding. D'Oh! ;)

[@crafthappylife]

@@DigitalDoyle haha. All good. We are all here to support. :)

[@macymakes3d]

I’ll look into that! Sounds kinda terrifying though haha

[@oliveavenuecustomtsgifts5146]

@@macymakes3d I have one if you want to try it.

[@jakobhansen1396]

You need a deburring tool so you don't stab yourself and its faster than the knife. A cigar/storm/Créme brulee lighter is also smaller than the heatgun

[@macymakes3d]

Ooh a deburring tool! Ordering now. Thanks!

[@jakobhansen1396]

@@macymakes3d There's different shapes of the knifes, so you might need at selection, most are for giving small diameter pipes a chamfer, others are for a sharp edge on a straigth plate. the results will depend on the shape of the blade.

[@skaltura]

Empty boxes -> I just dump them all as is in van, and take them to carboard compressing / Press waste thing, goes into recycling. Easy, not much time wasted handling them

[@nahkanukke]

I did order 30kg of Filament and soon after spare parts and soon more;) Bambu AMS Carbon X1 you can feed the small rolls to finalize your work.

[@glanzone]

Good stuff girl.. If you can make them into light boxes you can double your sales.

[@macymakes3d]

Thank you! What do you mean by light boxes? Like put LEDs inside?

[@glanzone]

@@macymakes3d yes with a white backing. Still great work.

[@macymakes3d]

Awesome ok I’ll give it a try!

[@nahkanukke]

Some nice lights with selfgloving filament would be nice to try. I did order the haloween set from Bambu that have not still arrived. Cheap led light and some printed signs;)

[@TBL_stevennelson]

I like the Lexar professional Multi card reader it sits nicely on you desk and has a indicator light so you know when its ready. It hasnt failed me at all. Not even once. I would buy an extra long usb C cable if your computer isnt close

[@adamk552]

Look into purchasing filament from the suppliers. Usually they can offer a wholesale price when placing large orders.

[@macymakes3d]

Ooh good idea! Thanks. I’ve seen sunlu has some good deals but I haven’t checked overture. Definitely will though!

[@impetus444]

I was recently on Sunlu's site, they are/were having an 11th anniversary sale in July. after placing a massive order (great prices!) I went and looked on amazon and eBay and they were having the same prices there. I've always liked Sunlu especially their transparent colors look really nice when printing with 1mm nozzle and they are some of the best quality printing I've found.

[@EvyBenita]

Your videos are so lovely to watch! Keep up the awesome work, you got this 100%. Excited to follow along!

[@macymakes3d]

Thank you so much! And thanks for watching, excited to be on this journey with you :)

[@TitanumIchigo]

Those cardboard boxes when ground (or cut up) and mixed with water makes a great moulding compound for making one-time sprouting pods (you can design and 3D print a mould yourself). Saves a bit of funding when growing your own food. (I love to use those for plants that needs quite a bit of space like cucumbers or peppers, then I replant them into greenhouse, as climate here is kinda harsh -30C in winter and +40C in summer...). Also that cardboard mass mixed with sawdust creates a great fuel for starting a fire, however usage of that may depend on local regulations (I'm living in a country where using such fuel is a gray zone as long as it's dried well and does not contain plastics, gray zone because burning glue is considered harmful, but our govt does not care about that). Now I'm working on design of HDPE and PET recycling system as I can put my hand on nice supply of food bottles. LDPE too as I run through a lot of reasonably safe chemicals, which under heat decomposes or burns into safe products (N2, O2, CO2, H2O etc.) and those come in that UN-approved LDPE bottles. Garbage prices here are stupidly high. It's cheaper per month to get a symmetric 1Gbps fiber than to pay for a cubic meter of trash (recycling in my country exists only in theory)...

[@75keg75]

5:22 heat gun or one of those bunsen torches - the knife is not really required. Try tune your settings to eliminate. CHEP runs Enders so his profiles may help you out with stringing. Try stick with one brand for filament as it may help throughput if you’re not messing with strings and tuning etc. one profile for petg, one for pla, one for nylon etc…

[@JohnSmith-rt5yq]

I love the font you use in your signs ... Kinda wanna get the font just to use as a header, it's damn cool!

[@bac26c]

Also, another way to do those graphics, would be to remove/extrude into the block .01”, just enough to trigger a layer change, so the graphic is a “bridge” on layer two. Trigger a filament change on layer 2, then change back on layer 4. If you’re using a textured plate, then the entire bottom will pick up that texture and make the graphic look all one layer, rather than the cartoon-y extruded text look.

[@LudwigRuderstaller]

as you only print in PLA, for the tiny stringings.. safe yourself some time -- use your hairdryer

[@ronr179]

Thanks for the information on the brand of filament you like to use. I tried the overture but like you said it’s more of a matte finish I would say more like satin but went back to eSUN because of the glossy finish

[@davideinstein7887]

huge inspiration!

[@car_tar3882]

What you can do with the empty rolls is there’s an option for the ams to automatically switch to a new roll of the same color once one runs out if you want to get rid of them

[@mrgelvis]

You should do a review video about the brands of filament that you use or don't use. You're more than qualified than most reviewers.

[@patricktierney4392]

Do you have your AMS set to switch to a backup spool when one runs out? It would allow you to combine those ends of rolls you have without having to manually load when the spool runs out.

[@macymakes3d]

I tried it once but it created a hard line in the print that showed when it changed rolls and I didn’t feel good about selling it. If I print prototypes I do it that way for sure.

[@mrjayd]

Love your videos. Wondering if you could do a video on your complete workflow on creating and printing your signs. Would love to know how to make single and 2 color signs.

[@mrjayd]

So is that a yes? 😎

[@chrismurray9172]

Hiya, I’m just getting into 3d printing with the hope of monetizing it thru Etsy. Your videos are so helpful (that’s why I’m throwing you a few bucks every now and then). It seems like you found a formula and sales funnel (teachers/students) with a way to produce 3d prints that seem easier than printing a multi-dimensional 3d object - like a statue/figure - so smart. I’m wondering about your thoughts on this. I’m a visual/UX designer for a large insurance company - and I’m hoping to retire in 5-10 years with a side business. Also, have you done a video on printer maintenance? Anyway, don’t feel like you need to write a big response to this - just a big thanks to you.

[@macymakes3d]

Wow thank you so much again! I sorta feel like I'm cheating 3d printing 2d things all the time, but coming from Illustrator, it makes the most sense to me. I do hope to learn some actual 3d modeling also. There's definitely still room for more 2d type products though so definitely go for it!

[@nahkanukke]

My daughter did like to remove the hairs and supports.

[@FerLopezPaz]

This is so inspiring. I'm hoping to re-open my shop. May I suggest a deburring tool for 3D printing to clean some of the fuzz, bumps, etc.

[@thenextlayer]

Another great video. Pleaaasseee print yourself some repracks, it's going to change your life, trust me :)

[@macymakes3d]

What are repracks? I'll do it, I just don't know what they are lol

[@timothyjones7907]

Killin it. I’ll get to your level soon😈

[@MattHardyZ]

Are you using desiccant beads in those dry boxes? You need to be actively removing moisture otherwise the are not actually dry inside, it is just the filament absorbing all of the moisture. Color change desiccant will indicate when it is saturated so you can bake it in the oven to get the absorbed water out. You can buy gallon jugs of desiccant beads to pour into the bottom of those boxes.

[@macymakes3d]

I have some desiccant packs in there but I like your idea to put color changing beads in there. I’ll look into that!

[@SuperYanhan]

50roll good for you

[@johnbravo6499]

I just came across your channel and loving the content plz keep it up, i know it may take a lot to make these videos but you got fans now lol we need our videos lol jk but ur doing great

[@macymakes3d]

Haha thanks! More videos coming don’t worry! Thanks for watching 😊

[@miningsimple1924]

That's alot of filament! I bet that was a moment in your career where you noticed, hey this isn't no little hobby if I use this much

[@macymakes3d]

For sure! Finally starting to feel like an actual business

[@skaltura]

You need to scale up, all of that seems inefficient ... then again, manufacturing at home ... Yea if you are profitable at say 20+k $ a year level and hubby handles rest, you are golden already and winning at life :)

[@macymakes3d]

Scaling up is the goal. Slowly getting there!

[@MyManRaptor]

How much did the filament cost? And where did you buy it?

[@Naxtrack]

sorry to ask but can't you print with the spools until they ran out and swap to a new one when that happens (the ams can also do that automatically)

[@caseysilk8789]

Did you do the Hydra upgrade on the AMS unit? I can't get cardboard reels to work on mine, even with the adapter rings.

[@macymakes3d]

No I’m just running a stock ams. My cardboard spools actually work better than the plastic sunlu ones. I don’t do too many color changes though. Maybe if I was I’d think differently.

[@hoocli]

Try using electrical tape on the edge. Seems to work for me but only had 1 so far.

[@UniversalGamer647]

the hardest thing for me right now is messing with font. What do you use to change the font for each print :)

[@JasperDeGraaf]

Try to blur the shipping labels on your packages

[@B143DP]

I also have a print farm but in the opposite end of the spectrum, I do Resin Printing and Painting services XD Love seeing everyone's process. I actually have a related question, where do you procure your boxes? I am trying to find some but the prices I find are kinda crazy XD

[@macymakes3d]

I just get them on Amazon. I can get 50 for around $40. I’m planning to do a whole video on my shipping process. Seems to be a common question

[@B143DP]

@macymakes3d Yeah I am trying to find/source some for the statues I make and well 50 for 90$ isn't exactly the best price XD

[@michaeldaniels5067]

i hope your recycling, and not throwing all those boxes in the dump

[@JoseDeJesus-gr7nw]

At what temperature do you use the overture filament in bambu?

[@97JoMiller]

now that Christmas is over, did you end up making the sales that you thought that you would?

[@macymakes3d]

I did. It was slightly slower than the year before but I still got the rush of sales I was preparing for.

[@dmawzx]

Молодец!

[@JasonFornelli]

Curious about the storage bins you are/were using for open filaments. Do you have a link for that particular bin? Looks like you’re fitting 4 spools with an additional one on top and might be a good alternative for me as well.

[@macymakes3d]

I believe it’s this tub from Walmart. If it’s not this exact one it’s very similar. But it’s from Walmart for sure Sterilite 27 Qt.Clear Plastic Latching Box, Blue Latches with Clear Lid www.walmart.com/ip/46001917

[@kylejohnson4284]

Does the Sunlu filament work good with AMS? I am new to 3d printing and ordered a a1 light with AMS. Right now I ordered Bambu filament but might look into switching to Sunlu just worried about it working.

[@macymakes3d]

Sunlu doesn’t work great for the AMS lite but I love it for the normal AMS. You’ll have to print a modifier to be able to use them on the AMS lite. I have the file linked in the description of my A1 vlog.

[@kylejohnson4284]

@@macymakes3d awesome thanks for the info and getting back to me.

[@Coolfwip]

Have you heard of hueforge?

[@macymakes3d]

No what’s that?

[@Coolfwip]

@macymakes3d its a software where you can turn 2d images into stl's. No ams needed, just layer swaps.

[@macymakes3d]

Oh cool that sounds awesome! I’ll look into it and see what it’s about

[@robcaseyire]

​@@macymakes3d& alot of hueforge prints can be very thin (

[@carpaithian]

Do you iron the surfaces of your prints?

[@macymakes3d]

Nope just print them normally

[@carpaithian]

@@macymakes3d I've noticed using ironing function in the slicer can give nice top surface results. When you're not super busy, I'd recommend testing it out on small sample prints :)

[@neonblowfish]

What infill percentage did you end up using for you projects?

[@macymakes3d]

For most prints I use 30% but for the multi color prints I use 15% for the first 15mm and then the last 5mm I use 30%

[@neonblowfish]

Thanks! Those look like they can eat up a lot of filament! Nice work! @@macymakes3d

[@filipegervasio1956]

I like you, you're nice 😊