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This episode starts with the question of whether content creators should have to license 3D printable models that others released under a non-commercial license or if the exposure alone is enough “payment”. If you would license your creation how would you even do that? Then there are rumors that Anet, the infamous maker of the Anet A8 is gone from the market. Next Tom and Stefan talk about the recently announced date for ERRF and if they consider going. Stefan asks himself if he killed his first stepper driver and Tom explains how that even is possible. Stefan talks about his plans on launching a German channel and if this might be worth the effort. Staying on the topic of running a channel, both discuss if video sponsors are good or bad for creators and content. Questions cover adding a pattern into a nozzle and if PLA really biodegrades in a home compost.

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Recording date: 2022/01/24

### SHOW NOTES ###

Using Non-Commercial Models in Videos: https://twitter.com/toms3dp/status/1483754897443106821
Anet gone? https://twitter.com/SZhustle/status/1478398033565925376
ERRF 2022: https://twitter.com/EastRepRapFest/status/1484654555266703362

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This episode is sponsored by JLCPCB. Take a look at their new online store for PCBs and 3D Designs: https://jlcpcb.store/collections/all
JLCPCB also offers affordable yet high-quality PCBs starting at $2 for 5 boards: https://jlcpcb.com/RHS

This episode starts with a short chat about the festive season and the presents Tom and Stefan got, followed by a talk about open source parametric CAD software and other professional yet affordable options. Next, Stefan shares some experiences running an e-commerce business and what options for selling products online are. After that, they discuss the dangerous practice of smoothing FDM prints by spraying on printing resin. Printed Solid is yet becoming another company that switches to cardboard spools for their filaments and will also be contributing to the Foundation E3D will set up in Sanjay Mortimer’s name who recently passed away. Fuslab claims that the recent community-developed Rolling Screw Extruder is infringing on their patent even though prior art was discussed and built years before they filed their patent. Staying on the topic of patents, both shortly talk about a high-flow hotend patent that E3D applied for. The questions cover topics on the compatibility of E3D Revo on the Prusa MK3 as well as converting an old Prusa printer into a CNC router and preheating filament for higher flow rates.

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Recording date: 2021/12/27

### SHOW NOTES ###

Covert Companion: https://covertinstruments.com/products/covert-companion-fully-loaded
GreenBox: https://berlingreen.com
Alternative Open Source CAD software (Solvespace): https://solvespace.com/
Spray-on Resin Finish: https://youtu.be/AuTVnx0Nslc
Printed Solid Cardboard Spools: https://twitter.com/PrintedSolid/status/1471661784415170564?t=EdmRsGqpDZuNSRzQNRlwZQ&s=19
Rolling Screw Extruder: https://youtu.be/JCINI5pHP4Y
Takedown discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/r43ey8/lets_talk_about_the_fuselab_rotary_extruder/hmegpsu/
Rolling Screw Extruder Prior Art: https://groups.google.com/g/3dp-ideas/c/YGFYajwyVrc?pli=1
E3D High Flow Patent Application: https://register.epo.org/application?number=EP21719221&lng=en&tab=doclist
Wooden CNC Router: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smIi4zrfatw

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This podcast episode covers the physics behind Stefans recently reviewed CHT nozzle and his DIY version of it. Both discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this design and how it compares to a Volcano hotend. Stefan briefly talks about how he got kicked from AMAZON with his threaded inserts. The big topic is the Prusa XL and its new, smart features. This new design includes an extrusion force sensor that another company is using to print fully dense FDM parts so Tom and Stefan analyze whether this might also be something that could be implemented on the Prusa. The last topic covers the CoPrint which is an MMU project that Creality seems to endorse, though also comes at a steep price tag. Questions cover a novel 3D laminating technique, the question of why thermal fuses are rarely used in 3D printers, and how much Tom and Stefan earn with this podcast.

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Recording date: 2021 11 29

### SHOW NOTES ###
CNC Kitchen threaded inserts (Affiliate): https://geni.us/CNCKitchenInserts
Check out the Prusa XL (Affiliate): https://www.prusa3d.com/product/original-prusa-xl-2?a_aid=CNCKitchen
Void free 3D printing: https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/bond3d-achieves-99-part-densities-with-void-free-peek-3d-printing-technology-200117/
CoPrint, the Creality MMU: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVJx01NhjS8
VORON Enraged Rabbit Carrot Feeder (Affiliate): https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_A8FrPu
Lamination 3D printing: https://www.br-automation.com/en/about-us/press-room/additive-manufacturing-ready-for-industrial-scale-production-16-11-2021/

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The episode starts with a quick discussion about recent events and the state of this year’s Formnext visit. Next Tom and Stefan talk about the recent Thingiverse Data Breach, how it was handled, and that this is just another nail in the coffin. This is followed by a discussion about Thingiverse alternatives and Prusa’s plans of re-branding PrusaPrinters. On the topic of Prusa, they talk about a recent incident where a heater block of an original Prusa melted away and what the reasons might have been. Next, they switch to resin topics including a double vat Elegoo printer and a Rotating Vat machine for high-speed printing.

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### SHOW NOTES ###
Thingiverse Breach: https://twitter.com/haveibeenpwned/status/1448592087687983107
have i been pwned?: https://haveibeenpwned.com/
Melted Heater block: https://twitter.com/repkord/status/1448341422332006400?s=20
Dual Vat Saturn: https://twitter.com/mattyxb/status/1449188770390200320?s=20
Rotating Vat 3D printer: https://twitter.com/fire/status/1451808650612203528?t=cnwMrrszmmBUksrBiNF3ug&s=19

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The first episode after the summer break covers E3Ds new Revo extrusion system and Prusa Automated Farm System that they are currently demonstrating in Dubai. Stefan quickly talks about his line-up of threaded inserts that he recently launched ((affiliate) https://geni.us/CNCKitchenInserts) and Tom gives his impression about the SL1S Upgrade that he installed on a live stream. Both discuss a controversial topic because Thingiverse seems to be automatically replacing the affiliate links from creators with their own ones. The questions cover the hotend of the upside-down 3D printer that uses a 90° bent for compactness.

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### SHOW NOTES ###
Stefans/CNC Kitchen Threaded Inserts (EU only, Affiliate): https://geni.us/CNCKitchenInserts
E3D Revo: https://e3d-online.com/blogs/news/rapidchangerevo
Prusa Professional: https://blog.prusaprinters.org/the-future-of-manufacturing-by-prusa-research_55993/
Thingiverse replacing affiliate links: https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/mxxia7/anyone_else_notice_thingiverse_suddenly/
Upside-down 3D printer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAPaOevoeX0

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Thank you to DruckWege for sponsoring this episode! Check out their resins at https://shop.druckwege.de/ and use code “TOM2021” for 15% off!

Stefan joins this Podcast from his holiday in South Tyrol. Topics are not only how to properly relax but they also cover a Stop-Motion Benchy animation, an update on the Chitubox lockdown of the Mars 3 firmware, an upside-down 3D printer, and a simple way of multicolor 3D printing. They discuss the question if they should start selling plans for their creations. Questions cover more information around the licensing of the STL to Solid conversion in Fusion360.

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### SHOW NOTES ###
Benchy Stop-Motion Animation: https://twitter.com/Partiallyfrozen/status/1427323734277373952?s=20
Chitubox Update from Elegoo: https://twitter.com/Elegoo_Official/status/1425425357830713346?s=20
Upside-Down 3D printer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAPaOevoeX0
Ivan Miranda plans store: https://ivanmiranda.com/collections/all
3D Print Colorizer: https://github.com/Sakati84/3DPrintColorizer
Teaching Tech video on the Colorizer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnWxbU7Hfro
Pointmaster Software for 3D Scan reconstruction: https://www.wenzel-group.com/en/products/pointmaster/

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In this podcast episode, Tom and Stefan are fed up, that over the last years they are only seeing dozens of Ender-3 clones with little to no innovation. After this ramble, they talk about an artistic lamp Kickstarter campaign that uses orange peel filament which unfortunately seems to be only questionable marketing. Though during their research they’ve still stumbled upon a way how orange peels might really be transformed into a polymer. Next, they discuss 3D printer modifications to soldering robots and pen plotters. There is a short section about a new tool in Fusion 360 that can convert stls into nice, solid bodies. Finally, they answer a question on why there is no über-material that satisfies all our 3D printing needs.

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### SHOW NOTES ###
Voxellab Aquila 3D Printer (affiliate): https://geni.us/Aquila
3D printer company malpractices https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxbhgBZeMXs
3D printing using orange peels: https://www.core77.com/posts/109398/Another-Plastic-Reduction-Technique-3D-Printing-Using-Orange-Peels
Polymer from orange peels: https://www.ou.edu/class/che-design/a-design/projects-2005/Polymers%20from%20Oranges-Presentation.pdf
Soldering robot: https://youtu.be/7pUrcxzmpQs
PLTR V2: https://www.tindie.com/products/andrew_sink/pltr-v2-pen-plotter-toolhead/
Fusion360 stl to solid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVGtG-UjlYg
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (affiliate): https://geni.us/FUrB

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Thanks to JLCPCB for sponsoring this episode! Get custom PCBs from $2 with free SMT assembly at https://jlcpcb.com/RHS

This episode covers a ton of recycling topics starting from Stefan’s adventures into 3D print recycling over the PETBOT that allows direct recycling of PET bottles, to the number of wasted plastics in filament spools all the way to reinforcing PLA with shredded turbine blades. Tom and Stefan further discuss MRRF that happened the weekend before the recording and ERRF that was canceled. At MRRF Lulzbot presented their new 3D printer model that starts at a quite steep price tag. Then there is some discussion on the recent Chitubox Pro launch where many fear that their MSLA printers might in the future only work if they subscribe to the service (UPDATE: https://twitter.com/UncleJessy4Real/status/1411765198730448899?s=19). Questions cover what printer or method might be suitable for highly accurate parts.

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### SHOW NOTES ###
PETBOT: https://bazar.preciousplastic.com/machines/extruder/extruder-fully-built/petbot/
Recycling wind turbine blades: https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/engineers-recycle-wind-turbine-waste-into-tough-new-fiber-reinforced-pla-191831/
Lulzbot Sidekick: https://shop.lulzbot.com/sidekick
Chitubox Pro Lauch: https://twitter.com/UncleJessy4Real/status/1411311019381645312?s=19
Chitubox UPDATE: https://twitter.com/UncleJessy4Real/status/1411765198730448899?s=19

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Tom finished his VORON 2.4 build live streaming marathon and talks about his experience and the choices he made, for example using a DUET 3 with Reprap firmware instead of the usually used Klipper configuration. Stefan shows the latest Make magazine Germany in which this Podcast got featured. Both discuss the “Jugend Forscht” winning entry where ultrasonic modules are used to heat and disperse resin for better prints. Then there is a talk about the suspension of the Torshn Kickstarter and a still on-going crowd funding campaign on a 3D printed bike helmet. The questions cover topics on how to make 3D prints watertight, Siraya Tech resin availability in Europe and RRF on other boards besides Duet.

NOTE: A small correction we need to add: Even though the TMC5160 stepper drivers would be capable of handling 48V supply voltage, the DUET 3 board is only rated up to 32V!

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### SHOW NOTES ###
Jugend Forscht: Ultrasonic heating of resin: https://www.htwg-konstanz.de/hochschule/magazin/gratulation-an-jugend-forscht-bundessieger/
Torshn Kickstarter suspended: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/torshn/puzzle/description
3D printed bike helmet: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kavsports/kav-the-bike-helmet-reinvented
Mellow FLY-CDY V2 board with RRF (affiliate): https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_ASiCfD
Anker Powerline Cables: https://geni.us/2XZHI

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Thanks to Siraya Tech for sponsoring this video! Check out their BLU resin on Amazon http://go.toms3d.org/SirayaBlu or from Siraya Tech directly at https://siraya.tech/collections/all

In this episode, Stefan proudly presents the trademark certificate that he registered for his channel name and talks a bit about the process involved in applying for it. Tom discusses his plans on re-branding his channel. The following topics cover procedural G-Code generation and the FullControl GCode Designer. After that, Tom and Stefan briefly talk about a recent controversy surrounding Make Anythings Astrolabicon Design that popped up by another company on Kickstarter. Next, Tom introduces his plans for the VORON 2.4 Live build and talks about 3D printed solid-state batteries. Finally both answer questions on how to test the speed of a 3D printer in a review and what to do with filament leftovers.

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### SHOW NOTES ###

Procedural, parametric pattern generation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfMyGad1Gmc
FullControl GCode Designer: https://t.co/OdDRrUoadn?amp=1
Kickstarter with design “inspired” by Make Anything’s Astrolabicon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly02Lve1K0s
VORON 2.4 Formbot kit (Affiliate): https://geni.us/VORON24
3D printed solid-state battery (GER): https://www.elektroauto-news.net/2021/sakuu-feststoff-akkus-aus-3d-drucker
Heliox video on filament welding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIEp6-mnMGc
Simple Filament Welder (Affiliate): https://geni.us/8iaZ1AO
Mosaic Palette 3: https://www.mosaicmfg.com/products/palette-3-pro

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This episode is full of weird 3D printers, starting with a 3D printing simulation from Spee3D. Tom and Stefan further talk about a new dynamic build platform concept to reduce the support amount and a Japanese project that converts a 3D printer into a production line plus the Thermorph concept that allows automatically folding 3D prints using a smart combination of PLA and TPU. Then they discuss the morality of selling a community firmware as their own and that the popular Dragon Hotends that seems to be wiped from the market as a result of SliceEngineerings patent on it. The Q&A section covers the question of when slicers will finally support real CAD data in the form of STEP or IGES files.

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### SHOW NOTES ###

3D printing simulator: https://spee3dcraft.com
Dynamic build platform: https://hackaday.com/2021/04/10/dynamic-build-platforms-for-3d-printers-remove-supports-and-save-material/
3D printer/printing production line: https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/scientists-convert-low-cost-fdm-3d-printer-into-all-in-one-production-line-called-functgraph-188243/
Thermorph: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3173574.3173834
Creality firmware as “own development”: https://twitter.com/sebazzz91/status/1383855322440163343
Slice engineering vs dragon hotend: https://twitter.com/xarbit/status/1383721631374184455?s=19

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In this episode, Tom and Stefan present their new logo and talk about a semi open-source approach to electric driving vehicles, Lulzbot’s new “as low as $750” printer, Stratasys’ last heated build chamber finally expiring and a slicer integration to finally print 90° overhangs without support. The main topic is about the question if we are genii since so many reach out to us as their last hope for support and why we often have to refuse direct assistance. Questions cover “why PLA doesn’t get soft in hot tea water”.

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### SHOW NOTES ###
Self-driving car platform: https://www.pixmoving.com
Lulzbot $750 printer: https://twitter.com/lulzbot3D/status/1375524595718033408
Heated build chamber patent: https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/stratasys-heated-build-chamber-for-3d-printer-patent-us6722872b1-set-to-expire-this-week-185012/?feed_id=482&_unique_id=603631702b554
90° overhangs without support: https://xyzdims.com/2021/03/03/3d-printing-90-overhangs-without-support-structure-with-non-planar-slicing-on-3-axis-printer/?s=09

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Freebooting everything! Tom’s whole website got copied and translated to French by an Affiliate Portal. One of Stefan’s videos was re-uploaded by an Instagram channel as well as shots from his videos were taken to advertise threaded inserts on Amazon. Both talk about their way to appeal and defend themselves against those cases and correct a couple of things from a recent episode. They further discuss the eco-friendliness of PLA and a recent news article where the German website Heise found a trojan in the SD card files that can be downloaded on Crealitys website. Questions cover SLS printing with PLA and PETG powder, thermo-mechanical simulation of FDM 3D prints, and a set of rules for the 10 minutes 3D Benchy challenge.

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### SHOW NOTES ###
Stolen content from Chelsy: https://twitter.com/ChelsC423/status/1358527762105999361?s=19
https://twitter.com/ChelsC423/status/1358909591405219840
Stolen video from Angus: https://twitter.com/makersmuse/status/1356535075446218755?s=19
French website copying Toms content: https://www.myron-3d.com/myron-3d-est-desole-de-son-erreur/
“Plastic Free” PLA tea bags: https://twitter.com/andy_spoo/status/1358843782503030786?s=20
Proper Tea Sieve: https://www.teegschwendner.de/tee-zubehoer/teedauerfilter-gross?c=73
Malware in Creality download: https://www.heise.de/amp/news/Trojaner-Alarm-bei-3D-Drucker-Software-von-Creality-5061290.html?__twitter_impression=true&s=09
3D printed house for sale: https://3dprinting.com/construction/first-3d-printed-home-up-for-sale/
AdditiveWorks AMPHYON: https://additive.works/
#speedBoatRace: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zkKcFtLAks
Try AMAZON Prime (Affiliate): https://geni.us/8NzOuIz

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In this episode, Stefan talks about his VORON 0 build he started right after the last podcast episode on his hunt for a 10 minutes Benchy. The news cover a lot of recent 3D printers and printing technologies including the current Plybot Kickstarter, Formlabs finally releasing the Fuse 1, electrochemical metal 3D printing, and a 4th axis for the Prusa that tries to save on support structure. Both shortly discuss the things that recently happened around Gamestonks and also the Bernie Sanders meme. The questions cover how deep UV light penetrates resin, closed-loop stepper drivers, and our new Podcast setup.

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### SHOW NOTES ###
VORON project: https://vorondesign.com/
VORON 0 Kit (Affiliate Link): https://geni.us/VORON0
PlyBot Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/plybot/plybot
Electrochemical 3D Printing: https://hackaday.com/2021/01/23/low-cost-metal-3d-printing-by-electrochemistry/
4th axis for the Prusa: https://www.zhaw.ch/de/engineering/ueber-uns/news/news/event-news/upgrade-fuer-den-3d-drucker-spart-zeit-und-stuetzmaterial
Chelsey’s Bernie Model: https://twitter.com/SirWrender/status/1355683712113889280
Bigtreetech Closed Loop Stepper (Affiliate Link): https://geni.us/Miv6XaD

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First, Tom and Stefan talk about the recent Corona situation and how it’s affecting them. They quickly change the topic and discuss their latest experience with the CR-30 belt printer they have for testing. The news topics cover yet another Kickstarter where Ulendo is claiming that we can print 2x faster with their cloud service. Then XOLO announced their first volumetric 3D printer and a new patent was granted for an interesting fluorescence switch SLA printing method. Tom talks about his recent work with the new WhamBam Mutant quick-change system and other ones that are on the market. The last big topic is an uprising 3D printing channel called marsgizmo with roots at TikTok, which is bigger than any other 3D printing YouTube channel, and both didn’t even know about it before! The questions cover Stefans recent trimmer line video and printing fume safety.

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### SHOW NOTES ###
Ulendo 2x faster printing: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/s2a/ulendo-better-faster-3d-printing
Klipper input shaping: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96xWN8bFarA
8 minutes Benchy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDvOVyiH7as
Voron 3D printer: https://vorondesign.com/
XOLOmetry: https://www.fabbaloo.com/news/xolo-announces-first-volumetric-3d-printer
Fabcon – rotational printing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYqDzqsjxhQ
3D printing resin science: https://youtu.be/ht4tbCiFxeM
Volumetric 3D printing: https://www.fabbaloo.com/news/new-volumetric-3d-printing-patent-granted
Marsgizmo: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMgE5ns0gsEvbYiiCwnyaDA

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After a bit of a break, Tom and Stefan are back talking about their responsibility as “influencers” and the new hype around Belt 3D Printers that are currently on Kickstarter. Belt 3D printing doesn’t only require suitable hardware, but also software that supports this uncommon kinematic. Both talk about the importance of hardware and software upgrades and how they are necessary to improve the technology over time.

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### SHOW NOTES ###
Creality CR-30 on Kickstarter (affiliate): https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/3dprintmill/creality-infinite-z-axis-build-volume-printer-3dprintmill?ref=2xjrq8
iFactory One on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ifactory3d/ifactory-one-4-in-1-conveyor-belt-printer

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This week, Stefan and Tom have a guest on the podcast – Gine Häußge, main developer of OctoPrint! They talk about what it’s like creating and maintaining open-source software, what her learnings mean for other projects like FreeCAD and what it’s like to be a solo entrepreneur.

Check out OctoPrint
How to test OctoPrint release candidates

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SHOW NOTES

Formext is now an online event:
STEP Export stays in Fusion 360

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With Stefan’s last day on parental leave, he and Tom get together once more to talk about the developments in the 3D printer scene. It seems like Belt printers are making a comeback, Fusion360 is again making drastic changes and E3D have somewhat quietly released their hybrid manufacturing toolhead for the toolchanger.

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SHOW NOTES

Fusion360 removes features from the free license
Batch .step export

Non-planar slicing

Robot factory belt conversion
Sanjay’s autoeject

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Episode 38
3:21 Stefan’s Drone License
13:52 Tom’s studio un-move
16:52 Fusion360
47:05 E3D ASMBL
52:46 Non-planar slicer
58:56 Belt printers
1:13:12 BTS
1:22:56 Questions

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After another short break due to Stefan becoming a father, both talk about recent projects involving 3D scanners & sublimating 3D scanning spray. News cover KFC planning to print with lab meat in Russia, 3D printing gunpowder, a Standard for Open Hardware and Open Source Computer Vision Algorithms for print correction. Due to recent events, both rant about an allegedly “fully” 3D printed motorcycle, 3D printed houses, and how Kickstarters rarely are used anymore for what they should. Questions cover, exotic material printing, printing services, and testing out your designs for different printing technologies.

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### SHOW NOTES ###
3D printing spray: https://aesub.com/de/produkte
KFC printing lab meat: https://mashable.com/article/kfc-3d-printed-chicken-nuggets/?europe=true
Superstrata 3D printed bike: https://road.cc/content/tech-news/superstrata-first-custom-3d-printed-unibody-carbon-bike-275399
Fully 3D printed motorcycle: https://twitter.com/BigRep/status/1283007771097669633
3D printed gunpowder: https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/scientists-3d-print-gunpowder-substitute-achieve-420m-s-bullet-velocity-173623/
Open Hardware Standard (GER): https://netzpolitik.org/2020/offene-din-norm-fuer-offene-hardware/
Free DIN SPEC 3105-1: https://www.beuth.de/de/technische-regel/din-spec-3105-1/324805763
Vision QA algorithm: https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/mtus-joshua-pearce-develops-open-source-computer-vision-based-print-correction-algorithm-174295/
Spaghetti Detective: https://www.thespaghettidetective.com/
3D printed house: https://www.mightybuildings.com/configurator#/specs
Toms review guidelines: https://toms3d.org/review-guidelines/
Formlabs ceramic resin: https://formlabs.com/de/blog/ceramic-resin-form-2/

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3D Printed “meat” is the hot topic right now! Stefan and Tom cover two approaches that aim to print texture into vegan “steak” and “salmon”. Both look promising, but like with most 3D printed food, the hard challenges remain to be solved.
Can a huge show like Formnext happen in the current pandemic? Apparently the answer is “yes”, as TCT Asia has just finished.
Staying with Asia, Creality is reporting record shipments for the month of march – but might be infringing on a patent with their latest model!

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SHOW NOTES

Printed salmon
Printed steak
Creality’s shipment record
Potential conflicting patent
Slicer tuning is 3DOptimizer and CNX-Software’s tool

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Episode 36
2:24 What Stefan & Tom were up to
6:25 PV Solar
17:40 Printed Salmon & Steak
59:54 Print settings auto tuning
31:50 TCT Asia & Formnext Germany
36:17 Creality’s shipment record
44:19 Patent conflict
1:17:49 Questions

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After thinking about buying a lathe for ages, Stefan finally bought himself a new machining tool for the workshop. Tom shares his own experience with his Mini Lathe. Tom recently received a Prusa Mini and talks about his first impressions as well as some plans for it in his upcoming 3D Printing Beginners Series on YouTube. Both discuss the recent theft of fellow YouTuber Heliox’ channel and a new “Ultra Fast” printing process that slightly resembles an old CRT television as well as locally pre-heating a print for better layer adhesion. Miele released some printable upgrades for their appliances, so Tom and Stefan discuss the feasibility of these parts and what we could see in the future. Topic of the week is the maintenance of 3D printer – how much is necessary and what to regularly check? Questions cover automatic bed change and the applicability of a filament-width sensor.

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### SHOW NOTES ###

Mini Lathe(affiliate): https://geni.us/3kJpp
Heliox Stolen YouTube account: https://twitter.com/Heliox_Lab/status/1256686366110486528?s=20
“Wanna be YouTube Friends” video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07aliklZ1Ao
Ultrafast Nozzle Based Printing: https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/researchers-create-ultrafast-nozzle-based-3d-printing-technique-171376/
Local Pre-Heating: https://phys.org/news/2020-05-technology-remedy-d-weak.amp
Miele 3D printer accessories: https://m.miele.com/de/com/3d4u-3d-druck-anleitungen-6343.htm

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Lots of interesting topics this time! Tesla is apparently using last-minute 3D printed parts in the first Model Ys they delivered; Adrian Bowyer is proposing a novel print removal system; and the US Army has been working on a non-homogeneous 3D printing filament.

But Stefan and Tom haven’t been idle, either and have been working on the Toolchanger and on finally getting an old CNC working. All that and more in this episode of The Meltzone Podcast!

Notes and timestamps:

3:50 Getting married in special times

13:42 Tom’s Sienci CNC adventures

21:24 Stefan’s experience with the E3D toolchanger & discussion on the Creality CR-6 SE
https://e3d-online.com/tc-ms
https://creality.com/cr-6-se-3d-printer-crowdfunding-on-6th-may-p00296p1.html

33:17 Correction on SeeMeCNC’s efforts of injection molding faceshield frames
https://twitter.com/SeeMeCNC/status/1244760010514739200?s=19

35:10 Adrian Bowyer’s print ejector concept
https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/adrian-bowyer-releases-proposal-for-continuous-unattended-3d-printing-system-171135/

46:20 Tesla is patching production Model Y with FDM 3D printed parts
https://insideevs.com/news/410927/tesla-3d-printing-fix-model-y-hvac/amp/
https://www.fabbaloo.com/blog/2020/4/21/the-very-good-reason-3d-printed-parts-were-found-in-the-tesla-model-y

51:00 FabLab Munich’s open-source metal 3D printer (FabMX)
https://www.heise.de/make/meldung/FabMX-Open-Source-Projekt-will-einen-Metall-3D-Drucker-entwickeln-4700614.html

58:08 US Army’s reinforced 3D printing filament
https://newatlas.com/multi-polymer-3d-printer-filament/
Full paper: █████████████████████████████████████████

1:04:10 Brook Drumm is back on his feet
https://www.patreon.com/posts/bankruptcy-new-36365339

1:08:52 PTFE 3D printing by 3M
https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/design-and-specialty-materials-us/3d-printing/

2:19:40 Questions

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It’s The Meltzone Lockdown edition! Tom is running out of home improvement store goods while Stefan is holding himself over with VR and finally building his E3D Toolchanger. We’re also talking about printing faceshields and other PPE and how getting organized is really important right now. Also, Makerbot is supposedly opening up their Method 3D printer to filaments from other manufacturers. In the questions, we cover filament diameter conversions, building a new printed CNC and Autodesk’s patent on non-planar slicing.

### SHOW NOTES ###

Smarter Every Day’s video on organizing PPE distribution
Copper 3D’s alleged antimicrobial filament
Makerbot’s “Open Material System”
Tom’s video on converting a printer from one diameter to another

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On this content packed episode, Tom and Stefan talk about their recent live streaming efforts, VR, the newly added FFF slicer in Fusion360 and why Stefan thinks it’s a challenge to add gears to his new plastics shredder. There are currently a lot of efforts being done to use 3D printing for medical equipment due to the current Corona pandemic. Both discuss the positive and negative sides of those and why there also can be a danger in printing medical supplies. There is a “new Thingiverse” but is it better than the old one? Tom and Stefan try to answer viewer/listener questions on high power lasers in SLA printers, the right material for 3D printed CNCs, if E3D really performs quality control, if Fusion360 might implement non-planar slicing, trouble with white filament, under-water curing and their favorite thread profiles for 3D printed parts.

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### SHOW NOTES ###
Power density calculation:
Form2: 250mW laser, 140um spot ⇒ 16.2W/mm² ⇒ ~500mm/s ⇒ 0.005J/mm²
Elegoo Mars: 40W LED & 10% efficiency – 50% polarization (2W) , 120x68mm ⇒ 0.0003W/mm² ⇒ 8s exposure ⇒ 0.002J/mm²
3D printing supplies during corona:
https://www.3dprintingmedia.network/covid-19-3d-printed-valve-for-reanimation-device/
https://www.opensourcemask.com/en/
Criticism on 3DP equipment
https://twitter.com/CworthDynamics/status/1241041354718711809
https://3dprintingcenter.net/2020/03/22/doubts-around-the-copper-3d-n95-mask-naomi-sexy-cyborg-wu-calls-it-a-scam/
“Hackathon” https://twitter.com/KatzUndTinte/status/1240634913486929922
Prusas efforts: https://blog.prusaprinters.org/from-design-to-mass-3d-printing-of-medical-shields-in-three-days/

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Update: After the blanket travel ban from Europe, MRRF has officially been canceled / postponed. In this episode, we talk about Stefan’s new Toolchanger, more use cases for LW-PLA and our (back then still relevant) plans for MRRF 2020!

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Prusa’s heatbed analysis
PLA resin mentioned: 3D Print Works, RepRapWorld

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Tom and Stefan talk about the upcoming events that they’ll attend including Malta Maker Fair and MRRF2020. Both recently released a material testing video and discuss if resin prints are really isotropic and why lattice or porous structures performs the way they do. Tom got kicked from the Amazon.com affiliate program and explains how that happened. Stefan got a new Pellet Extruder and expresses his first experience with it. Both talk about the impact of the Chorona Virus on the China and the 3D printing industry. The Makerbot Classroom Sketch was unveiled recently – is it worth $1800? Questions cover copyright on Thingiverse uploads, ceramic hotend liners, dimensional issues of high prints an the Dragon Hotend.

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### SHOW NOTES ###
Pellet extruder: https://mahor.xyz/
Ceramic liner in the IVI hotend: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ivi3d/ivi-the-closed-loop-3d-printer Makerbot
Classroom Sketch: https://www.makerbot.com/3d-printers/sketch-classroom
Lattice scaling law: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lin_Cheng45/publication/325132246_Design_testing_and_mechanical_behavior_of_additively_manufactured_casing_with_optimized_lattice_structure/links/5c13c5414585157ac1c1a755/Design-testing-and-mechanical-behavior-of-additively-manufactured-casing-with-optimized-lattice-structure.pdf?origin=publication_detail

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Flashforge first cloned Makerbot – and now it looks like Makerbot are selling Flashforge’s machines? That and a discussion on the (non) availability of the Elegoo Mars Pro, our take on Linus’ “I’ve been thinking about retiring” stream and our pros and cons to using “servos” on 3D printers in this episode of The Meltzone!

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Show notes:
Linus thinking about retiring
Precious Plastic recycling initiative
MKS Servo42B

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Tom and Stefan are back from their holiday break and meet up in the “real” CNC Kitchen. They talk about current projects like Stefans work on Colorfabbs Light Weight PLA (LW-PLA). Both discuss the recent problems with the Hermera Extruder and how E3D is handling it. The topic of the week covers the differences between Teflon-lined hotends and full metal hotends, where the differences are and that the latter isn’t always the best choice. Questions cover the differences between PETG and ABS as well as printer advice and it’s better to buy a machine or to build one from scratch. At last both talk about the harmful fumes of additive manufacturing and how to pre-vent them.

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### SHOW NOTES ###

Colorfabb LW-PLA: https://colorfabb.com/lw-pla-black

Eclipson Airplanes: https://www.eclipson-airplanes.com/

3DLabPrint Planes: https://3dlabprint.com/

Hermera Gear Problems: https://twitter.com/E3DOnline/status/1215328003816873984

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Is Prusa turning on the open-source community by requiring you to physically damaging the Mini’s board to run custom firmware? That’s our big topic of the week! Well, technically, topic of the bi-week? Stefan has been working on a surprisingly simple and universal variable infill algorithm while Tom has been trying to combine the advantages of filament and resin printing. In other new, Marlin 2.0 has finally come out of beta and the E3D “not a Hermes” has started shipping! We talk about our experiences with both of them. And we also got some good info from you all in the comments from the last episode – there’s lots of interest and some corrections on metal 3D printing.

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### SHOW NOTES ###

Marlin 2.0
E3D Hermes
Twitter thread on the Prusa Mini requiring you to break its board to flash custom firmware
DIY DED manufacturing (via Erik Cederberg in the comments)
Filamentive’s announcement on the PLA shortage
Project Air’s channel

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Tom and Stefan have been at Formnext 2019 the week before and talk about their impressions.The news cover the current state of Lulzbot and also that Generative Design for Fusion360 is currently available for free. Podimo, a German startup wants to be the Netflix of Podcasts. Both discuss if they like their business model and if the even want to be listen in the Podimo app. Tom got into RC flying, talks about his first experiences and both discuss 3D printed airplanes and also Colorfabbs new Light Weight PLA. Listener questions cover bulletproof 3D prints, home metal 3D printing and why Youtubers only review Chinese printers.

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### SHOW NOTES ###

Lulzbot: https://www.tctmagazine.com/3d-printing-news/aleph-objects-finds-buyer-3d-printing-lulzbot/
Generative Design Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSSt8wswNJQ
Podimo arcticle (DE): http://www.dervierteoffizielle.de/wp/podimo/
3DLabPrint: https://3dlabprint.com/
Eclipson Planes: https://www.eclipson-airplanes.com/
Colorfabb LW PLA: https://colorfabb.com/lw-pla-black
“Bulletproof” 3D prints: https://gizmodo.com/researchers-3d-printed-plastic-cubes-with-complex-patte-1839858999

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It’s finally a normal episode with Stefan & Tom again! We talk about our experiences with travelling to shows and what we enjoy doing when our calendars are not stuffed with events. Tom uses an E3D Supervolcano for the first time and gets different findings to what Stefan has seen in other high-speed printing setups. Also, there’s been a lot of stuff going wrong lately: Lulzbot seems to be going out of business, the UK is creating even more uncertainty by delaying Brexit and impacting UK manufacturers like E3D, NordVPN is screwing up and an Original Prusa MK3 has caught on fire. Good times!

SHOW NOTES

Speed Benchy livestream
Prusa fire photo (possibly a repost, but couldn’t find from where). More info on what they found soon
Fabaloo on “The end of Lulzbot?”
Jay’s Two Cents and Tom Scott on NordVPN
Dagoma’s claims of preventing gun parts being printed
Fusion360’s new terms
Prusa’s silent heatbed

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In this week’s special episode from the East Coast RepRap Festival 2019, Tom talks to Keith (as a non-representative of Proto-Pasta) about their ERRF highlight, how the terrorist attack in Halle seems to have used 3D printing to fabricate firearm parts and what we should (or can) do about it. Also, Proto-Pasta’s experiences in shipping a filament extruder all the way across the US and whether 3D printer manufacturers should be providing a functional machine to buyers!

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On this special Podcast Episode Stefan visits a YouTube Creators Event in the UK and talk with his two fellow YouTube creator Tom Stanton and Ivan Miranda about cool gadgets they own and how they use their CNCs where 3D printing is not sufficient anymore.

Tom Stanton: https://www.youtube.com/user/tomstanton282
Ivan Miranda: https://www.youtube.com/user/superazote

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SHOW NOTES

PROXXON Lathe (aff): https://geni.us/18hTB7
Chronos High Speed Camera: https://www.krontech.ca/

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Stefan talks about his recent trip to the UK where he visited E3D and the XYZSummit, a YouTube creators even. YouTube did it’s “thing” again by removing the verified status from most of their creators but shortly changed their mind again after lots of complaints from the community. LEGO has taken down lot’s of community designs from MyMiniFactory and Thingiverse. Tom and Stefan discuss how far 3D printers have come from the Sells Mendel and at which point both got into the hobby. They both talk about if a belt printer would be something for them to consider and what the advantages of a combined additive and substractive process might be.

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SHOW NOTES

MyMiniFactory “Beyond the Brick” //www.myminifactory.com/de/competition/beyond-the-brick-183
Sapphire Pro Linear Rail 3D printer (aff): //geni.us/CsER

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It’s been a while! Now that Stefan is back from Japan, he and Tom can finally get back together for a new episode of The Meltzone Podcast – and there’s lots to catch up on!
They about Stefan’s Japan experiences, andTom’s MPCNC experiences, as well as news on the
Smoothieboard v2 and the end (or new beginnings?) of rigid.ink.
You’ll also find tips on how to optimize your 3D Benchy for ERRF’s printing contest and an insight on how Makerbot’s Method printer may actually be a good choice for ABS – but possibly not as much as Makerbot would like to have you believe.
And for the big topic this week, is non-planar slicing and printing actually worth it? Tom has already tried it out and reports his findings.

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Intro Jingle by Thomas Herrmann

SHOW NOTES

Stefan’s art museum recommendation
Stefan’s drying video
Smoothieboard v2 Kickstarter
SKR 1.3 Board
ILTMS’ / Bob’s book “Making Time”
MK3 stepper details (via printedsolid)

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Stefan will soon be on a 3 week holiday trip to Japan and talks about his preparations in terms of camera equipment and Tom presents his latest 10-25mm f1.7 lens he recently bought. Both discuss if YouTube is a suitable platform for their podcast and if they should release their show as audio-only. Stefan made a discovery how STL files can become inaccurate if they are exported in the wrong coordinate system. Both talk in depth about the meaningfulness of topology optimization and lattice structure. Since Stefan recently received a Cetus3D Mk3 and is annoyed by it’s noise he asks Tom to explain if implementing silent stepper drivers is hard and expensive and why they didn’t become a standard in current-gen 3D printers.

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SHOW NOTES

Infill video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmEaNAwFSfI
Tom’s new 10-25mm f1.7 lense (aff): geni.us/wRek2

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Why are white goods getting more and more unreliable? What are the dangers of cloud software? How are these two successful YouTubers steering the YouTube algorithm?
We’ll answer that in this episode of the Meltzone podcast!
Also, news on non-planar slicing with a paper on “CurviSlicer”, questions on filament-based metal 3D printing, a free Solidworks version for makers and advances slicer tuning options for FDM.
Topic of the week: What are we actually using 3D printing for and are there even applications that make sense for “normal” people?

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SHOW NOTES

TubeBuddy for optimizing a YouTube channel (aff)
CurviSlicer
BASF Ultrafuse 316L at Matterhackers (aff)
Pretty much the only reference we found to a “free” Solidworks Premium license (German)

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After 5 weeks of no PodCast together, there are a lot of things to chat about. Tom and Stefan talk a bit about recent Prague Maker Fair and the awesome spirit of it. Tom gave topology optimization a try and Stefan talks about how he could use his new 3D scanner to measure the strains in it during testing. Stefan got back to some filament tests and talks about his experience with part cooling and layer adhesion. The guys show their admiration for David Shoreys current work on 3D printing on diffraction grading sheets. They discuss why resin printing seems to be becoming so “popular” at the moment and if 3D printing camera gear is a viable option as shown with the Edelkrone Head.

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SHOW NOTES

David Shorey
MiniTab (DOE)
GOM Correlate (Strain from video)

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After Maker Faire Prague, Prusa let Tom, 3D Printing Nerd and 3D Maker Noob have their studio for an hour to jam about recent 3D printing topics! In this episode, we talk about the demise of Maker Media, the creators of Make Magazine and licencors of Maker Faires – and what that means for the future of faires in general. In other news, a CR-10 caught fire and a Twitter user was caught advertising a 3D printer with photos stolen from several community members.
And for the “big” topic, we fantasize about the future of consumer / maker / “low end” 3D printers and what there even is left to improve. Which… gets a bit awkward.

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SHOW NOTES

3D Printing Nerd’s channel
3D Maker Noob’s channel
Maker Media ceases operation
CR-10 is lit
“Felanfeli” stealing photos

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The big topic this week: Is Kickstarter still what it used to be? What are the risks involved in backing crowdfunding campaigns? Tom and Stefan discuss their experiences with past crowfunding projects and try to make sense of today’s landscape on Kickstarter and Indiegogo.
In other quick topics: Stefan’s recap of hitting 100k subscribers on YouTube and his experiences of trying “Premieres”, Apple’s interesting new Pro lineup and a follow-up on keeping filament dry.

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SHOW NOTES

Stefan’s premiere’d video
Panasonic’s new lens
Snapmaker 2.0 Kickstarter Campaign
Printrbot Kickstarter (though not the one we were referring to)
Questionable FilaDry featured in Tom’s video

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Tom and Stefan talk about PPE (Personal Protective Equipment), 3D printer nozzle wear and vapor smoothing. The news section covers the question if bio plastics are not as biodegradable as advertised and Prusas newest release of their slicer, now called PrusaSlicer. Both talk about the necessity of backlash compensation that Lulzbot just announced for their new printers. In the Topic Of The Week, they discuss Auto Bed Leveling and if it’s cleaner to just level the bed properly in the first place manually. Question cover, if you can over-dry your filaments and if and how you can print g-code that was pre-sliced for another nozzle diameter.

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SHOW NOTES

The Olsson Nozzle Tool
Bio Plastics (GER)
PrusaSlicer
Lulzbot backlash compensation
Marlin backlash compensation
Lulzbot Z-axis issue

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In this super-sized episode, Stefan and Tom dissect the potential issues of Prusa’s new model and gcode sharing site prusaprinters.org and talk about the ever-newsworthy topics of 3D printed glass, organs and “large” metal drone frames. Projects this week include the modular Mendel9000, advanced heated bed investigations and wearing down nozzles on purpose.
And the big topic: Can you trust YouTubers to give their honest opinion? We show how companies try to influence what influencers tell you about products and what our stance is on neutrality.

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SHOW NOTES

Prusa’s new website
3D printed glass
3D printed “UAV”/Quadcopter/Drone
3D printed heart
Matterhackers coated beds
iFixit pressured by Samsung [DE]
Tom’s sponsorship terms

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Tom and Stefan recap the last in-car recorded podcast episode and what they were doing in the 2 weeks after MRRF2019.

Tom is improving his live stream gear and Stefan tried to silicone cast his own hotend silicone socks. This episodes news cover their efforts to replace their current video editing software with DaVinci Resolve 16, the World of Tanks DMCA Takedown that happened on Thingiverse, Article 13 status and Makerbots Red Dot Design Award.

Both are discussing how much material tuning they usually do for their prints and what a good approach could be.

SHOW NOTES

Thingiverse – World of Tanks DMCA Takedown
Makerbot Method RedDot Award
BlackMagic DeckLink Quad HDMI
Elgato Cam Link 4K (aff)
High Temperaure Silicone (DE only) (aff)

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This week, Stefan and Thomas use their 3-hour drive back from the Midwest RepRap Festival to recap all the awesome community projects and products they saw there!

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A new epdisode of the Meltzone Podcast has landed!

Stefan and Tom talk about the highlights from Make Munich and what to expect from the upcoming MRRF, as well as their experiences with adding threads to 3D printed parts.

Fiat has announced a customizable car (using 3D printed parts), E3D have announced their impossibly long Supervolcano hotend and Gearbest have release a huge dataset of their customer data into the wild – unintentionally. We hope.

Lastly, Stefan and Tom talk about way to make money with 3D printing and also about the ways you should probably avoid when trying to generate income in the maker ecosystem.

4:07 Shaper Origin
12:00 Tiny PCB Mill
17:57 MRRF 2019
28:02 Projects
39:43 News
1:00:10 Make Money with 3D Printing

SHOW NOTES

E3D Supervolcano
Fiat Centoventi
Update on Artillery3D vs. The Community

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On this news-packed episode Tom and Stefan talk about E3Ds Nozzle X drama and their new slicer Pathio as well as the ruthless marketing campaigns of some 3D printer manufacturers.

The EU is about to vote on a new copyright law where Tom explains why this will be harmful for them as creators and for the general freedom of speech of everyone.

Tom installed a new ventilation system in his studio because he had the suspicion that SLA resin fumes caused him having problems working there for longer periods of time.

Both have already been working with different types of 3D scanners and outline which techniques there are and what you can use them for.

Nozzle X drama

Stolen pictures from FilamentFrenzy

Pathio

Photogrammetry videos

Einscan 3D Scanner(aff)

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Should Simplify 3D cost (more money)?
Is the newly announce “superfast” resin 3D printer approach actually practical?
Are we all being infiltrated by Xiaomi and Huawei?

Those very important questions and more are being discussed by Stefan and Tom in this Episode of the Meltzone!

Stefan also talks about his plans to open-source his Universal Test Machine, why Tom goes into details of YouTube’s broken video processing queue.

SHOW NOTES

S3D costs money

The new superfast resin 3D printer

Gadget of the week

Huawei Bluetooth Earbuds
Xiaomi Amazfit Bit Smartwatch

Stefan’s video on smart infill
Tom’s video on milling PCBs

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Tom and Stefan talk about their travel plans to MRRF 2019. Tom explains how he’s getting back into PCB design and what techniques can be used to manufacture them. They discuss the differences between stepper motors and servo motors and if 3D printers could become better if they used servo motors.They also speak about if 3D printing is making the world a better place or if it’s only creating more waste. Finally they answer viewer questions on 3D printing education, materials for car parts and their video editing software of choice.

Our MRRF 2019 arrival and departure times:
▼ Fr., 03/29, 1:30 pm: Chicago O’Hare
▲ Mo., 04/01, 4:00 pm: Chicago O’Hare

3D Meetup UK

Educational programs (some of many more):

(GERMANY)

• Univerität Paderborn
• Frauenhofer IAPT
• Frauenhofer ILT
• VDI
• HS Schmalkalden

(USA)

• Virginia Tech: https://dreams.mii.vt.edu/
• Penn State

Intro Jingle by Thomas Herrmann

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It’s the first episode of 2019!

Along with a 3D printing wishlist for 2019, Tom and Stefan discuss their current capabilities of driving in the snow and moan about doing taxes. But also, about whether printing ABS still makes sense in today’s landscape of advanced materials, their plans for MRRF 2019 and what 3D printers and 3D printing projects they’ve been working on!

SHOW NOTES

MRRF 2019
Solid-state dehumidifer on bigclivedotcom

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Stefan talks about his upcoming project on paste extrusion and his Dremel 3D45 printer he’s testing. He discusses with Tom the “Makerbot Method” and what could make it different from other currently available 3D printers. Furthermore they argue weather PLA or PETG is their material of choice and what the advantages and disadvantages of both are. Finally they both talk about their year as a YouTube creator, what they think is going on with platform at the moment and the gap between the content they “want” to make and what they “should” actually make to get views.

### SHOW NOTES ###
Linear Actuator Stepper Motor
Dremel 3D45 (aff)
The Makerbot Method
YouTube Rewind
Corridor YouTube channel

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In this episode, we discuss the proposal to use “virtual fibers” to strengthen FDM 3D printed parts that work by adding tiny holes to your model! We also go through whether you actually need to buy a slicer or if the free and open-source ones are now just as good – and finally, Tom twist’s Stefan’s brain with continuous belt 3D printers and why they can’t use a vertical Z-axis.

### SHOW NOTES ###

RepRap Ltd. article on “Virtual Fibres”
Joel’s video on Simplify3D issues

Stefan’s PC parts
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
Asus Prime X470-Pro
MSI RTX 2070
1TB Samsung 860 SSD
also, a new Synology 6-bay NAS

Tom’s PC parts

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Stefan talks with Tom about his visit to TCT Formnext 2018. They discuss two recently released papers on potentially harmful emissions of 3D printers. They further debate if it is worth buying a cheap printer and then investing a lot of time on upgrading it or if it is more efficient to buy a decently working one right away. Finally, they answer viewer questions regarding grinding up plastic scraps for recycling and the usefulness of infinite z-belt printers.

### SHOW NOTES ###

News article on 3D printer emissions

DIY3DTECH YouTube channel

Air quality monitor (aff)

Creality Ender 3 (aff)

Original Prusa Mk3 (aff)

Filastruder Kit

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Tom and Stefan talk about their experiences in annealing PLA prints and discuss the recent change in Fusion 360’s pricing model. Recently a paper on a so called “3D printer fingerpint” was released that claims to be able to track prints back the printer they were made on, with stunning accuracy, so they talk about how realistic this could be and what the implications of such a method might be. Tom recently came back home from his roadtrip all over Europe where he filmed bits for his RepRap documentary and talks about the new high temperature products he has seen at E3Ds headquarter. Finally Stefan recently built his DIY filament extruder and talks about his first experience in making his own filament at home.

SHOW NOTES

Proto Pasta HTPLA
Formfutura Volcano PLA
NanoDiamond PLA
Fusion 360 pricing update
3D printer fingerprints at All3DP, Buffalo University
E3D high temperature products
Filastruder

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Tom, Richard Horne (RichRap) and Sanjay Mortimer (E3D) discuss who 3D printer kits are for and when you should self-source instead, as well as what FDM materials are being developed, which ones are already available and where they each fit in!

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Tom explains the drama that has been going on with MWRRF 2019 and discusses with Stefan the advantages and disadvantages of bowden and direct extruders used in 3D printers. Tom also got himself a new FLIR thermal camera and talks about its applications in 3D printing. They finally discuss the question when FDM printing will become obsolete.

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### SHOW NOTES ###
(Affiliate links)
FLIR One:
http://geni.us/F1Hl
FLIR One Pro:
http://geni.us/rr6kf
Seek Thermal Camera:
http://geni.us/qWANW

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In their first Podcast episode Tom and Stefan talk about current projects, Prusa’s recently announced SL1 resin printer and discuss whether they would prefer a much faster or a much bigger 3D printer. They also answer community questions about lasers, warped beds and cheap V6 knockoffs from China.

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