13 Must-Know Sites to Find the BEST 3D Printed Models

[@ItsMeaDMaDe]

CORRECTION! Someone informed me that printables.com does have NSFW content on the site but you can only see if of your logged in. Also the thumbnails are blurred and you have to approve it to see them. Sorry that I misspoke.

[@iPixelDot]

Would you be able to create links in the description that goes to each website to make it easier to check out for viewers?

[@Itsnotfunnyanymore]

There are also nsfw groups that do have models visible without a login.

[@jordankessler7932]

0:46 Thingiverse 2:24 CGTrader 3:46 Yegi 5:03 My Mini Factory 6:42 Threeding 7:52 Cults 3D 9:26 Pinshape 10:30 Thangs 12:04 Printables 13:30 STL Flicks 15:40 Maker World 17:07 Etsy 19:19 Patreon

[@bretmkal]

Saved me 20 minutes, thanks brother.

[@raven19702003]

i bought stl pak from etsy and the shop was removed so no access to the files..but all the others are cool

[@Steve-rm5bi]

Thank you very much!

[@gordonkane9608]

Looks like #10 should be STLFlix (or at least - that's what worked for me)

[@congthanhtruong89]

Thanks...

[@tilted_skirm]

Can you put a list of links to the sites in the description? Would be very useful!

[@alshuwaiee27]

Agree 👍

[@ModdyFLG]

Also agree! Thanks for the great vid tho - a few sites in there I have never seen before.

[@rb30e]

He does not want you to be able to skip watching his video. Thats how you make money.

[@82Heniu82]

You can go through the transcript. I guess that will speed things up and skip him talking 😂

[@slicedpage]

Thank me later 00:45 Thingiverse 02:23 CGtrader 03:45 Yeggi. 05:02 My Mini Factory. 07:53 Cults3d 09:25 Pinshape 10:29 Thangs 12:04 Printables 13:31 STLflix 15:40 Makerworld 17:07 Etsy 19:19 Patreon

[@leeanndasher4252]

I’m new to this world and I just wanted to thank you so much for your videos I’m learning so much from you.

[@monicakelly3636]

this video is spot on! I just got my hands on the S1Pro, and it's exactly what I needed.If you could throw in a link to a site with more details or tips, that'd be rad!

[@camwoolley]

Great video. Please consider adding timestamps/segments in order to jump to the sections. I'll go over this a couple of times, but will need to search/stop/play/search again to find the sites you've highlighted that I am most interested in. Otherwise, great rundown.

[@mattobrien4849]

This was considerably more detailed than I was expecting it to be.

[@codyrollins3894]

To everyone crying about, they’re not being linked in the description you know you can actually just take what he says and go to your own search bar and your Internet browser and type it in and find it crazy concept, right

[@freefalling]

Anyone else get the sense that he is obsessed with not safe for work content

[@RC-Flight]

Ya a regular perv

[@DaHitch]

I"m 10 minutes in and I can't stand it anymore.

[@mikehusoy8513]

Grats on 70k subs!

[@ItsMeaDMaDe]

Woah! Didn’t even realize. Thanks so much! It’s kinda crazy I’ve grown so much.

[@mikehusoy8513]

@ItsMeaDMaDe I noticed the 69.9k last night and I was like heck yea. Hah

[@PJRayment]

I would have liked you to include, where appropriate, if a site concentrates on certain types of 3D files. For example, I'm not at all interested in game parts or character models, but am interested in practical prints and tools.

[@ThePapaVader]

There's A LOT of thieves on Etsy, selling other creators STLs, free or paid, and no good way to report them.

[@joejvitale]

Agreed. I cannot believe he left out that glaring omission because I'm a member of a number of patreons that, as soon as the model is released, the next day it's on Etsy for $2. Total thieves.

[@jimcree3283]

That’s the nice thing about STLFlix You get files and are allowed to sell the prints (can’t sell the file) I just got the lifetime the other day

[@thrrax]

They operate in a grey legal area. Just like a lot of creators that make sculpts of trademarked IPs. If any of them actually get a C&D order, they have to legally comply and stop making stuff based on the respective IP. Example: Papsikels (who does mainly AvP based stuff) wanted to do DUNE inspired stuff back in 2021, but they received a C&D order from Warner, and they had to stop, on the basis that the models looked too close to the DUNE characters. However, Cyber Forge was doing the same thing, and somehow they managed to get away with it, with models that looked way more accurate than the Papsikels ones. Also, a lot of STL resellers work on the idea that they won't be reported, if the original creator doesn't want to draw attention to themselves, in case their creations are not a completely original IP, for example C27 Minis, Legion Miniatures and Trident Studio, that make stuff mainly to be used as Marvel Crisis Protocol proxies. It is bad for original IP creators and creators that make generic fantasy/sci-fi stuff though.

[@Reekarose]

I saw stolen models are he strolled through etsy is terrible for stolen stls sadly most are stolen if they are on there.

[@holamix]

This is kinda why I just bought my own 3d printer, i was on Etsy about to buy a bunch of stuff and found almost everything I was going to buy on one of these sites that I could download and try and print myself

[@JrnMortensen1956]

I have just bought a Bambu A1 and become a pensioner, so I have all the time for it. And I need something to do with all that time 😜

[@gordonkane9608]

I'm almost in the same boat. Have a job, trying to stay employed at my current salary until I'm 70. But if the rat race tells me to go home and grow old - my newly purchased A1C should help ward off the cerebral cobwebs.

[@cyanidebass6519]

Dear videast, you should add chapter in your videos timelines, it would helps a lot

[@EvLmongoose]

I paused the video and checked every new site. Thanks!

[@ItsMeaDMaDe]

Awesome hope I helped you discover some new resources

[@sergeantsapient]

OP: There's a lot of ads! Me (with an ad blocker): Wait. There's ads?

[@JayKus373]

ikr

[@dkev001]

You missed Gambody. Every file is printed and tested. They also provide files specifically for both fdm and resin.

[@anthonylong5870]

Gambody are the most expensive site you can buy from and their models are no better then anyone Elses.

[@dkev001]

@@anthonylong5870 I disagree. I trust their models above anyone else's. Short of my patreon artist. You get what you pay for. They guarantee their models and provide tech support for those having trouble printing them and will fix them if there's an issue.

[@makertime6296]

Great video! Which sites offer the most offerings of files I can print and then sell? The licensing stuff is pretty confusing for a beginner other than the obvious stuff like Disney ect.

[@DennisCrawfordJr]

Thanks. A couple I have not heard of.

[@ItsMeaDMaDe]

Yeah a few have been around a long time just not well known. Like threeding has been around since 2013. When I got started that and thingiverse were the places to go.

[@laneOfCricket]

Just what I was looking for. Could you add the list of the sites in the description? Thanks!

[@hanson933]

FYI pretty sure old mate filters on comments. I just posted the URL to all these sites and it immediately vanished.

[@bretmkal]

Lots of creators do this for security reasons so someone can't leave a random link within the comments. It might even be a KZbin thing, happened to me. However, still pretty lame the creator didn't put them in the description as a few people asked.

[@eggyhead-g2f]

something i find with thingivers, it sometimes doesnt work im actually having this problem right now, as nothing loads and i cant see or click on anything if anyone can tell me how to fix this, that would be great

[@jorgocharalampidis1995]

Can i use all those sides with bambo lab or am a limited with bambo lab 3d printer? (Looking to buy me first 3D printer)

[@sebatiis]

You are only limited to models which you can print on your specific printer, fdm in this case. For example, you should avoid models with really thin ropes/chains or just really small highly detailed models with lots of overhangs. Of course you can try to print them but even if successful, it wont have resin quality.

[@ulisesnavarro8696]

Just got my son a anker make m5c do those links work for this 3D printer to?

[@anatamo7860]

0:07 almost started this video as another person lol

[@tynabrenner6203]

yay new video

[@TheFanaticPainter]

0:06 Superman! You are here!?!? *gets glasses* Clark! You just missed Superman. He was sitting right there where you were!

[@alshuwaiee27]

I'm still confused what to print

[@johncaldwell9842]

Does anyone know how to print the transcript?

[@Tyler-zm5nu]

This might be an extremely dumb question. My A1 gets delivered today and have only been looking on the Bambu website. I assumed the import to bambu studio and import profile etc was for the A1. Do profiles get downloaded when I download a STL from another site?

[@ItsMeaDMaDe]

Not a dumb question you can select your printer and then send it to your printer and it’s using default profiles that are already in Bambi studio. If you’re new to Bambu studio I did a full series teaching it that you should check out. It will help you hit the ground running good luck!

[@MarkoVukovic0]

STL files don't contain any profile. Just open it in your slicer and set your filament, quality, supports as necessary. You'll probably waste a few prints figuring out the best settings, but that's part of the learning.

[@pokenchoke]

Just a heads up. There are NSFW models on printables if you're signed into an account.

[@ItsMeaDMaDe]

@@pokenchoke thank you very much for letting me know this. I made a pin comment to let everyone know. I just personally never seen any. I appreciate the feedback.

[@PeterAgostiniJdcap26]

Some of them are difficult to download and extract files to get them downloaded Also so are paid membership

[@DJDupre]

I need the best site for kids and school appropriate searching?

[@jtschwinghammer]

Cults 3D has it at least marked as "naughties" or something like that and from scrolling through they're good about keeping the nsfw stuff only in that section

[@WaynesForge]

No mention of Kickstarter?!

[@ItsMeaDMaDe]

Oh you’re right that is a good place as well. I even support kickstarters often. Thanks!

[@christianlainesse4281]

Does anyone know of any China-based 3D file site?

[@im_linus]

Just use a adblocker like ublock :P

[@Shykar0]

Awesome video! May you add skipping points with the names for every site please? Would be awesome to repeatedly skip through the video when coming back to it again for information :) thank you!

[@mrburns366]

My man searching for TMNT and Thundercats! Did we just become best friends? 😂

[@ItsMeaDMaDe]

Your name is Mr. Burns. Heck yeah we did just become best friends!!

[@rasimons1]

For future videos maybe just mention at the top of it that “pretty much all of these sites have nsfw content and filters rarely work even if they exist” instead of repeating it over and over haha

[@TheDyslexicDragon]

Being for Bambu is still a con if you want to print using a AMS/ACE on non-Bambu printers for Makerworld.

[@Augusttdy]

Didn’t knew you could use the AMS on other printers

[@xkernalsandersx]

So pretty much - don't let your kids go searching for what they want printed, ever

[@jt3000o]

If you're going on these websites use ad blocker

[@JimboHurt]

Thanks for pointing out nsfw details for kids. Really appreciated that

[@ItsMeaDMaDe]

@@JimboHurt no problem. I know a lot of people get printers for their kids and unfortunately the internet isn’t the safest place for kids. Also A viewer informed me that I misspoke about printables they also have NSFW content you just have to be logged in to see it.

[@evrekin]

@@ItsMeaDMaDe thanks for pointing out nsfw for average artists like me that are just sick and tired of the internet assuming i consent to see every piece of filth

[@nathanmackenzie1174]

21 minute video to give 13 sites and no links in the bio……? Like I get maximizing your Adsense and all, but come on dude that’s ridiculous. That’s a “never sub” red flag to me.

[@TheGUNdalf]

I rly understand why you did the video like this but not having links to the sites and or even having their names listed in the description is just annoying and makes me not want to watch your videos ever again 😢

[@jasontaylor2503]

Good lord. He bought the whole try hard nerd costume

[@Anthony-G2G]

MY GOD MAN, push your taskbar to the LEFT!

[@JingleStic]

Downvoted, no links, no chapters, no ones got time for that.

[@bonniebutler5490]

I am far more disturbed by the fact you have less problem with ads than you do with NSFW.... ...

[@lizardspock4746]

I would have subscribed to your channel if you had included a list of sites in the description, or at least chapters

[@ejcatmul]

Telegram channels stl

[@TheTimer81]

:)

[@jckf]

This title is upsetting. You can print a model, and what you'll have is a 3d printed model. But the files aren't printed, they are printable.

[@MrRachnel]

If semantics are your thing, start your own channel. 🎉

[@cptmiche]

So many NSFW supported web sites. Clearly, I am the target audience XD