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[@davydatwood3158]

Who else thinks the advertising industry lost out on a great Epic Voice Guy when Gabe decided to become an engineer? As a person how prints in black ABS 90% of the time, I do hope your efforts with Tangled manage to push down prices of all kinds of filament. Glad to hear its making progress! As a person who's job involved picking things up and putting them down somewhere else, I feel the need to observe that moving 4 kg / 10 pounds every two minutes is a lot more work than moving 1 kg / 2.2 pounds in the same time frame. So a manual line will probably not be quite four times faster with 4 kg spools, because the schmo will need a break more often. Unless you have enough schmos to routinely rotate them, of course. And as a possible news idea: local media has been going on about a new "3d printing food" endevour opening up in Leduc, Alberta. Some exploration of the idea of printing food and how it is and isn't related to 3d manufacturing could be a suitable topic for Layer by Layer.

[@SHAD0WZOMBIE]

yes. black abs.. only abs.. prolly black.... fk pla

[@WatchesTrainsAndRockets]

I am really looking forward to more clear PLA. I have been very pleased with the results from the lot that I bought a while back.

[@slant3d]

Thanks

[@mgarza5157]

What temp are you printing it at. I just can't seem to dial it in. Thanks

[@WatchesTrainsAndRockets]

@@mgarza5157 First layer at 217C the rest at 207C. Bed temp is 65C (partly due to low ambient temps). Printer is a Prusa Mini+

[@mgarza5157]

@mikepennington8088 thanks!. Been trying 220 to 240 without success, now I know why! 🤣

[@mgarza5157]

Last noob question, what speed? I am trying anywhere from 100 to 300mm/s...

[@Werdna12345]

5:45 Imagine printing a pool, rock landscapes with water slide, the pool house with exterior shower area, and outdoor kitchen

[@ChristosAdamMorsy]

This tangled testing projects sound very promising and important for people using 3d printing for end use parts

[@SeaTaj]

There is a UK or Australian company that uses a big robot arm on a truck to stack concrete blocks. They can build a concrete block building very quickly and accurately. The robot mortars the blocks, too. Truck cost around $ 3 million. It looks like calibration/setup is real simple.

[@Churchys_adventures]

FBR in Perth Western Australia. Called the Hadrian X

[@JimHarmer]

Will we see matte black 4kg spools? Our farm uses a TON of it.

[@MrBaskins2010]

that 4KG is a brilliant idea at a solid price

[@agrariancraftsleather]

Some things I think would be valid for the review of different filaments that could affect the printers or the print results as you guys expand your testing: -Filament diameter consistency, does it match stated specs? Any deformation of the extruded filament. -Moisture content upon opening. -Any major variegation in color with random sampling of filament throughout the spool.

[@slant3d]

A single spool is not a larger enough sample size.

[@ratherrelatablemantisshrim2409]

I'd love to hear you talk about the role of robotics/automation in the cost reduction of Tangled filament. Specifically the example of the person pulling the spool off the winder by hand springs to mind. I'd be interested to hear about either how you could use robo in the future to cost reduce or talk about why robo just isnt practical either at this stage or period.

[@TopherTheLost]

Have you looked at spooless weld wire? We use them in our shop and they have an inner cardboard tube for structure. They are also wired together, being weld wire it take more force so.... maybe not. All in all that sounds like more labor and complexity which you preach against.

[@Werdna12345]

8:43 I don’t think customers want decision fatigue or permanent customizations. Many buy boring phone colors because they are going to put a phone case on it and those come in way more designs and easy to change your mind.

[@reneslijkoord2239]

Just out of curiosity, why do larger (more kg's per spool) also come with a larger core diameter? Like the hollow area in the middle of the 4kg spool is a lot larger compared to a 1kg spool. Would it not be more worth to have the same core diameter of a 1 kg spool and only enlarge the outer diameter/thickness. The spool that you showed has a lot of air/ lost space in the middle.

[@willofthemaker]

Backyard sheds is such a good idea for 3d construction

[@Werdna12345]

4:45 sounds like a modified pumper truck. Weird that they haven’t pursued that till now.

[@raf_the_riffer]

Will your PLA Pro (Ingeo 850) spools be offered in a larger format as well?

[@nWestie]

I think anotgrr interesting application would be useful to consumers is if you could pull off custom clothes, from a 3d scan. Patterns are generated and cut automatically from a scan, then sown and shipped to you. Seems like nearly everyone has trouble finding clothes that fit. The software and scalability of it would be tricky, but doable I think

[@upscalelures]

Have you ever had a 3d printer or filament start on fire? How safe to do you feel it is to 3d print at night when the printers are not being consistently monitored? Kool vid and thanks for all the great content!

[@SeaTaj]

I have +100 empty 1kg spools of a single manufacturer. We are in CO. Should I get in touch or should we toss?

[@KaleyDuke]

hell yeah stepping up getting sponsors lets go

[@slant3d]

Yep. Selling out.

[@cesarx1000]

How can we acquiere the muscle massage roller??? Can you put the stl's on cults or something pleaaasee????

[@eslmatt811]

For your blender like series look into teaching tech's custom hammering machine. Repeated accurate blows.

[@ChrisEldridge]

I emailed and asked about sending my spools back and was told no. What is the actual answer?

[@jackhickin]

Will you be doing compressive strength and flexural strength testing as well?

[@slant3d]

All of them

[@jackhickin]

@@slant3d I'm curious, does that one machine do all of it? From what I've seen it is a lot like my concrete testing machine just smaller and more accurate.

[@SirSpence99]

I find that generally when I purchase filament I purchase 4kg of filament anyways. Now, I do different colors but 90% of what I do, black is a great color. Still waiting for ABS though. :( I almost never print with PLA.

[@mackmack5]

Are there any concerns with the extruder needing to pull 4x more mass?

[@Liberty4Ever]

The issue is much less inertial mass. The issue is friction. Bearing spindle is your friend.

[@AerialWaviator]

Mass of filament per linear foot (m) is the same for a given dimension of filament along the continuous production process. Any constraints turn into speed constraints, as speed (mass flow rate) of the line should be constant and consistent. Thermo management is likely limiting factor to maximum speed. The ability to heat raw pellets and then remove heat from the molten filament fast enough are only things that change with speed. Think this is why Slant acquired a longer filament cooling bath.

[@everettcass7904]

For shipping is such a cost for the spools, what are the chances you could offer a discounted pickup option? If we’re local to Boise Idaho, it saves the hassle of you needing to get it shipped and reduces the overall cost

[@slant3d]

Unfortunately pickup is not an option right now. We can't allow access to our factories broadly due to proprietary client projects.

[@everettcass7904]

@@slant3d That's understandable, thanks for the reply.

[@Brandon-jf9cv]

I was looking at getting a 3-DVo for my local 3-D print shop but ain’t no way I’m paying monthly for that

[@np8781]

Why 4kg vs 3/5kg like some other filament manufacturers? Just to stay under 10lbs shipping?

[@Liberty4Ever]

It looks like 4 kg spools were driven by the least expensive large reels that most manufacturers wind with 3 kg of filament that Tangled can wind with 4 kg to maximize filament to reel.

[@aetherguy881]

When will you narrate a book on audible? Likely on 3d printing adventures.

[@slant3d]

He has to write it first

[@GeekGarageDK]

I hope there is some Eu shipping center in the future, else this would cost an arm and a leg to get :(

[@slant3d]

Very true.

[@YouTubestopsharingmyrealname]

Does anyone know how IIID Max is so cheap? when you buy 10 1kg spools it's ~$12/kg. I wonder if they're really USA manufactured or if they're reselling Chinese made spools.

[@yellowajah]

maybe check out CNC Kitchen and how he does testing.

[@slant3d]

Stefon does a great job

[@Stubones999]

You need to make a 4 kilo spool holder that can be 3d printed...

[@slant3d]

already done. Check our old videos. Design of Spool Holder

[@icequark1568]

In for a big spool. GIVR

[@markwebcraft]

There's no way it's "greener" to ship empty spools back to you vs just making new ones.

[@TheTakumiBrennen]

Lfg!

[@JW-452]

The main issue I have with you running a testing lab is your testing yours and competitors products. By definition that is a conflict of interest. Like I love the idea of a testing lab and I like the idea of somebody getting into making a more standardized idea of filaments but you are actively selling product in that space which kind of precludes you from being a neutral party. It's not that you are inherently going to cheat the system, but I also don't know you so I have to assume you will because you're human and that's what humans do. It's why testing bodies are always neutral or at least they should be.

[@slant3d]

Data is data

[@slant3d]

Difference between a test and a review

[@JW-452]

@@slant3d i mean, data is what i say it is, since if i make it i can edit it, im not saying you will lie, or cheat it, but there is a reason we internal investigations are worthless, and that we dont trust companies to do their own testing for alot of things. money will always win out. as i said, I love the idea of testing the filaments and getting standardization, but when it comes to testing, you will ALWAYS have the temptation to change stuff, no matter what you say, because that's human nature. this is not me calling you out as a bad person or a bad company, this is just facts of how companies and people work.