The best 3D printed projects from Maker Faire Bay Area 2018! Engines, Theme Parks, Electric Motors!

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[@buckaroosan5571]

The maker community gives me hope for the world. The sharing of intellectual property helps it grow.

[@WhereNerdyisCool]

Those 3D printed motors...and the LEDs for sparkplugs....that's amazing!

[@IBWatchinUrVids]

15 years ago, my dad and I built a plastic V8 engine kit, with lights indicating when the plug would fire, but it used the engine cam to determine when. While it is cool to look at, it's rather old technology. That said, it doesn't detract from the fact that lots of people can learn from it. I'm all for a future with educated people. Everyone, keep learning!

[@jamesdean7412]

Name of his business?

[@dylanp935]

@@jamesdean7412 I am 95% sure that is Ericthepoolboy on Thingiverse.

[@3DPrintingNerd]

The wipe that starts at 0:20 is AMAZING.

[@therealpanse]

do you like it as a former AE developer? or just because it's you in the picture? :D

[@Wintergatan]

well spotted :)

[@thepapatech2067]

You turn up everywhere!

[@103798]

Hey drunky

[@3DPrintingNerd]

therealpanse I like it solely for it's technical execution.

[@gaspererjavec7108]

The brushless motors with encoders could be the future for big scale home made cnc machines, Awesome idea guys, amazing idea

[@jacky4566]

I wish them all the best but this tech already exists with the big boys. Trinamic has a line of BLDC motors with encoders up to 40,000 steps. Steppers still win for stall torque and thus are better for CNC.

[@cetubuth7461]

this is old technology

[@Defeshh]

The Drive guy is a wizard

[@obeb787]

Defeshh do you know a web page for them?

[@Skwerll]

Gotta say I had a bit of a "what?" moment when he said the 48V control board was twice the power of the 24V board. Wouldn't a board for double the voltage have to handle 4 times the power?

[@refraggedbean]

possibly, it depends on the amperage

[@adriankelly3338]

They control the current going to the motor. And both versions are rated for the same current.

[@adisharr]

Same current but the higher voltage (double power) gets you more speed due to the motor's speed constant.

[@thehovable]

Only 5 seconds in, but bold choice rocking camo and a blue leather jacket. Props, brah!

[@jackwatson7323]

Tiny rides guy was genuine and very cool

[@kschaub62]

I am so excited to learn about maker muscle. Exactly what I need for a upcoming project!! Thanks Thomas

[@eco-racers9542]

Thank you Tom it was great to see and fun to watch! Have a Great Day

[@Tubaii25]

That 3d printed engine was awesome! I also liked the BLDC controller boards... Maybe someday a BLDC powered CNC...?

[@RafaelEKH]

Almost all serious cnc machine uses bldc motors with rotary encoders I think

[@ProtonOne11]

Serious machines actually use AC motors with some type of inverter driver (mostly variable frequency drives). It's kinda similar to the BLDC motors, but you drive them with a controlled analogue waveform instead of just switching the motor phases on and off in a pattern. It's harder to make these drivers, but in the kilowatt and above region, the better efficency starts to pay off quickly compared to simpler BLDC motor drivers.

[@spikekent]

Fantastic Tom. Thanks for letting me be there vicariously

[@CuguTuxo]

I think that precise stepping motors is definitely the greatest project you've came around by far. Others are mainly for fun or for empowering your creativity but this one is REAL.

[@rafaelcardoso612]

Eric and the 3D printed engines. Amazing.

[@michal_king478]

srsly mad respect for all the ppl making their models free for everyone

[@benfruehling]

That looked like it was overwhelmingly fantastic.

[@skydance1151]

Everytime i watch your videos i wonder why u got so many sub in my opinion, you spend so much time and energy and that makes me inspired. Nice editing, amazing image and sound quality, tones of compacted and structured information. Einfach überragend! Danke Tom !! Your videos helped me to join this amazing world of 3d printing !

[@MakersMuse]

O Drive!!! I really really need to get off my ass and use mine... and return their email. Awesome coverage Tom wish I could have been there.

[@duane1234561]

is there anything like this in aus?

[@karoma7898]

OMG! at 7:00 I thought about doing this, but thought "someone already done that"... i guess that's what parts the talkers from the doers... mad respect

[@charlieracho785]

First time attending BAMF! I missed Friday but was there on Saturday and Sunday. Spent most of the day in Zone 2 drooling over the Prusa I3 MK3 & MM2.0, Atom3D 3 FDM-SLA Combo, and the Peopoly Moai :)

[@lysander51]

this engine. WHOOOOO i needed that in school.

[@gimmetheacoountplix]

Wow this was amazing! Really liked that 3d printed motor!

[@ChrisRiley]

Very cool! Thanks!

[@alexandrevaliquette1941]

7:12 This part was VERY impressive! That thing is f... fast and precise. Encoder/Brushless combo, like Thomas said long time ago, are the future in 3D printing. Thank Thomas for sharing, thank sooooooooo much all the open source community.

[@alexandrevaliquette1941]

Open source = caring by sharing for the futur of humanity.

[@GoldenAura32]

I always find Eric a beacon for some of the best mechanical creations that 3D printing can put out.

[@dorianeric]

Awesome video, will you make a follow up video to the prusa i3 mk2 clone, fixing the Z-wobble etc.

[@jimbo386]

Wow! I'd love to go to next year's maker faire!

[@toniwryan]

Could you see Tom getting excited about the ODrive board? I think the MPCNC he's building will be getting an UPGRADE! Really nice job & some really nice picks highlighting those folks work.

[@gianbachofer7031]

The O-Drive dude from William Osmans video is there lol

[@onecarwood]

Man the video looks awesome. 4K Baby!

[@JAYTEEAU]

Thanks Tom, great coverage. Cheers, JAYTEE

[@thomasmroz]

Eric is awesome! Currently building his LS3 engine now. I'm upscaling mine a bit.

[@DoctorSinister1987]

Thanks Tom

[@agepbiz]

This looks like so much fun! I would be fun to attend something like this one day in the future

[@rotagbhd]

Those engines are wicked!

[@blowenfuse]

The working electric motor is just incredible

[@bwilliams1815]

Very inspiring! Great video

[@RoadRunnerMeep]

Damn, loving everything

[@LouisCognault]

Hi, thanks for the video. Could you edit the description to add some info about the projects (at least their names), and some links if possible? Thanks!

[@twisted_seraph]

Hope to see you next year

[@AvivMakesRobots]

The 3D printed engine was unbelievable.

[@BrainSlugs83]

I love that the acronym for this faire is BAMF.

[@Georges3DPrinters]

um, everything was friggin awesome!

[@darkshadowsx5949]

I wish i seen this 2 years ago when it uploaded. O Drive looks incredibly useful.

[@FJB2024_]

ODRIVE. Can't get enough. Linear slides 2nd runner up. Also super excited to see true makers like theme park guy.

[@Gab20783]

Cool Videos Thank you Thomas!

[@ts3dprints732]

Could you put links in the description of who you talked to?

[@ts3dprints732]

bigfilsing thanks for the correction. Danm auto correct

[@TheDanbulance]

Those drive angles though! U-joints will blow out like crazy and all that vibration at speed ;)

[@Mobile_Dom]

Nice LEather Jacket

[@ConnorWeller]

love the jacket tom

[@devjock]

3dprinted electromotors. Wow, I would have never imagined that to be possible. I have seen the future, and it's bright!

[@thekingofthething]

A nice video again Thomas - thanks for sharing these cool prints with us. Does anyone know, where I can find the rotary engine from 1:10?

[@lghammer778]

The 600w motor looks exceptional ! I definitely want to check that out if I transform my bike into an electric bicycle 😃

[@davidshorey1017]

fantastic video

[@V0X4455]

Great video!

[@chrismofer]

seeing those brushless motors hit the mark- clearly a very nicely functioning loop- it's a game changer. even if it were a little fast for 3d printing (though the dice seems to do 800mm/s no problemo) it would shrink the rapid's time to near nothing.

[@pyromanci2736]

Those Drive motors encoder system. Would love to see the coast control and what sort of drift it has in a repeatable sequence..

[@joshuabell6835]

Odrive was so awesome. That was really impressive and has a lot of potential. If they go places please do a video.

[@GregAtlas]

Where can we find more information about that 600 watt 3d printed motor? Edit: found it on the maksea website.

[@paco3447]

Amazing the brushless 3dp motor. How can handle torque with 6000 rpm/600W?

[@ruzbehmusic]

Just on point

[@Scott_C]

James Bruton's (XRobots) openDog is using the ODrive for the motor drivers.

[@pawelszczyrek7510]

amasing video very good!!

[@adisharr]

CNC systems would really benefit from brushless closed loop systems. 3D printers, maybe not as much - mostly from travel speed but it would be neat to see a comparison. As far as his resolution comparison, that's not that accurate. No one runs a stepper at full steps. Also, since steppers are not using PID loops for position, they are faster to settle and there's no overshoot from that. They start moving and stop almost immediately as commanded. Servos are error driven and there are always delays associated with that.

[@phillhuddleston9445]

There are exceptions but steppers are more accurate than most applications require and you can always hear them to be more accurate if need be.

[@xIsouLcruSHca]

These people who have the brains, willpower and creativity to make these project and also make them opensource restore my faith in humanity! Please do more of these interviews at events like this!

[@minhhieunguyen2956]

It's great!

[@rogermiller6049]

i fly rc aircraft all the time. I like the brushless stepper motor idea.

[@devalopr]

One day... ...i'll be there

[@Faiq_h]

I cannot like this video enough

[@loganpaulmason5601]

Another event the most talented person in California has missed

[@parttimetourist]

Excuse me please, can you print an EFI 6 Litre Super & Turbocharged V6 ?

[@streaky81]

That brushless motor thing is *very* interesting. In fact a lot of this stuff is..

[@Side85Winder]

Optical encoder on a brushless motor has the best application to 3d printing by far. When he says speed is to fast for 3d printing you can gear it down then the resolution will be even more crazy than the 8000 steps per revolution. With a simple 4:1 ratio thats 32000 per revolution, the mind boggles on the applications on how precise this system is and you have slowed it down to a more reasonable usable speed.

[@keenanwengert423]

Where can I find the model for that engine that looks like a tpi Chevy small block? It's the one right under the driveshaft for the Toyota assembly.

[@luckyram7681]

brushless motors with encoders is a amazing idea, iam also working on that idea i.e.., controlling dc motors with encoders for a accurate motion to fix them in the 3d printers and the cnc machines. they will reduce the cost of the motors and are highly accurate

[@BartZudell]

Yeah Oscar. Odrive ROCKS!

[@readyross]

Awesome music intro

[@BeyReaper]

I really like that high powered ecu. I would really like to see a 3d printer use it

[@omercancakaloz]

what is the printer at 0:37 ? green one

[@TheDgdimick]

I just started printing the Transmission, lots of Print time, however, less then a 1kilo of filament.

Great video but I always wish people would edit the social media profiles in or mention them in the description

[@arebelfromhell]

i like the blue jacket buddy

[@WilkoVehreke]

Any links to the 3d printed engine available?

[@eugenewii]

This made me think of taking an old exploded diagram and try to render each piece of my car or something.

[@dennisblokland1938]

i cant find the rotary wankel engine anywhere. i really need that in my life

[@Kmachman72]

search for Ericthepoolboy on Thingiverse. Thats his model.

[@josephulbrich7523]

Where is the link to Eric's 3D printed parts?!? I can't find his site anywhere

[@ProtonOne11]

MakerMuscle needs to team up with ODriveRobotics! (And it would be cool to add some links to the interviewed companys/projects in the video description)

[@caseyjensen5341]

so you thinking of stopping by ERRF next month?

[@wojciechpietrzak55]

what type of camera are you using?

[@rookyandb]

I want to know where Eric Harrell got the model, or if he has the model, for that 3d printed rotary engine? I don't see a complete one on thingiverse and his website doesn't have anything past his first 3d engine project.

[@Waltkat]

Eric told me at the show that the Wankel is currently a work in progress and he'll upload it to Thingiverse when he's finished finalizing the STL files.

[@rookyandb]

Thank you! Glad to know someone was able to talk to him about it since I wasn't able to go this year.

[@adriaan7627]

Could you put links to the persons you have interviewed? That's the goal right?

[@reid-dye]

we need the Bay Area RepRap Festival: BARRF

[@shamslab5464]

At 4:55 its the evil stare guy! with the purple coat.

[@android4cg]

Fully 3d printed motor ... wow!!!!

[@ProtonOne11]

you should probably go check out Christoph Laimers Channel here on KZbin... ;-)

[@khaledmostafa3023]

what is the community of the controllers's makers are in ?this community was mentioned from o_drive founder

[@potatojz38]

Where would us as the public find out about these maker fairs? Every time I see one of these videos I always wish I could have gone but I only ever hear about it after it already happened is there some sort of forum that says when these happen annually obviously you get invited because you're a KZbin celebrity in the field of 3D printing I'm just curious how someone off the street could find out about something like this. I've been really excited to see the last two fares that you've gone to were in North America so it seems slightly more achievable for me to go to one

[@reinholdu9909]

www.makerfaire.com

[@ConnorWeller]

makerfaire.com/ i went this year it was awesome

[@caseyjensen5341]

next one i know of is the first annual East Coast Rep Rap Festival in bel air md at the end of june. im stoked that its coming to the midatlantic, just 2 hour drive for me.

[@AmusementLabs]

Some are in the makerfaire website under 'meet the makers' or at least mine was (TinyRides).

[@kahllackey5619]

Go to the Maker Faire website: makerfaire.com/map/ They are put on by Maker Media, which publishes Make Magazine, online maker content, and a KZbin Channel: kzbin.info/door/htY6O8Ahw2cz05PS2GhUbg You should definitely attended the San Francisco or New York flagship Faires, if you have the means. There are a ton of local Maker Faires across the US and the world. Go to the site above and find one, or many, and go. It's an awesome experience!! I met Tom at the Bay Area Maker Faire this weekend.

[@kkuenzel56]

Building the Toyota transmission as we speak. Did the rear axle last month.

[@davidtriune8028]

this is like a school volunteer science fair

[@kevohill]

Tom's shirt is awesome! What brand is it?

[@remyarnaud5996]

Good vidéo

[@tobiastho9639]

6:09 What's the URL of the Platform? Thx!