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Amateur3DPod
If you like what you hear you can subscribe to our podcast through your platform of choice and get new episodes as they become available Please join us in our Facebook group, Amateur3DPod You can email us at panelists@amateur3dpod.com You can also reach us individually at Franklin, Kevin, Andy, or Chris @amateur3dpod.com The transcripts, written by Open Ai's Whisper, can be found at https://amateur3dpod.com/transcripts/
Episodes
Amateur3DPodIntended Value
How did Frank forget Feeler Gauges? Tram, don't level! Andy is trying to avoid keeping his fish in hot water and more‽ If you like what you hear you can…
Amateur3DPodMeasurement Strategies
How is it that a fully constrained drawing in your CAD program relates to how you measure the subject? We don't know either. Probably. If you like what you…
Amateur3DPodPrinting For Molds
Andy's on Vacation, so Frank and Chris decided to contend for the most words in his absence. If you like what you hear you can subscribe to our podcast through…
Amateur3DPodProject or Purchase
Andy's minibus has ADHD... or something. Kevin is printing figurines and Frank is NOT printing legos. If you like what you hear you can subscribe to our…
Amateur3DPodColors! Pretty pretty colors
Kevin accidentally marbled a rock base, Chris is working through some 2D printing, and Andy has fitured out how to increase his print space... finally. If you…
Amateur3DPodScrew Threads! Degrees of confidence
Andy has finally finished the props for James and the Giant Peach! Metric has become the US standard despite the best efforts of Congress! and more! If you…
Amateur3DPodFamily requests and reactions
Kevin shares the epic adventures of configuring his new FDM printer, and "Air Quotes" was the rest of the story... except when we found the topic that is. If…
Amateur3DPodMaterial Storage
Buckets and Power Supplies and Brown Bottles oh my! If you like what you hear you can subscribe on your podcast vendor of choice to get new episodes as they…
Amateur3DPodHappy Easty
Enjoy your respective Pagan fertility rituals y'all If you like what you hear you can subscribe on your podcast vendor of choice to get new episodes as they…
Amateur3DPodFree Space
Just in case there was any confusion on the subject. We don't know what we're doing... Like ever. If you like what you hear you can subscribe on your podcast…
Amateur3DPodGarbage filament and Resin
This week Andy's woes revolve around tightening Delrin wheels with an eccentric bearing. Also, English kind of sucks as a language. If you like what you hear…
Amateur3DPodSupports
Would you like to print yarn? We brainstorm ideas on this, and a few punny thoughts as we approach our topic. Kevin violated Andy's "Print something every…
Amateur3DPodFun Toys Games
In this episode we talked about AI and Printing SLA print-in-place upside down and a chemical solvent that can be used to melt for bonding or smoothing TPU. We…
Amateur3DPodRobotics
We had a guest panelist, Carl Ballard, this week. We talked about Andy's Phone Case woes and making his printer do things it's not designed to do. Kevin rushed…
Amateur3DPodThings you should not do with your printer
Don't make toast... or use the printer as a boat anchor... or to print a ball hitch. Don't drink SLA resin, or use a 3D printed gun, or use an SLA printer for…
Amateur3DPodHindsight Solutions
Andy has made progress on upgrading his fish tank pump impeller and Kevin has gotten down to printing mini-figures for his D&D game night. Frank and Andy dig…
Amateur3DPodUnexpected solutions
Chris unintentially prints things that work in unexpected places. Andy unexpectedly upgrades when stuff is broken. Kevin unexpectedly prints new tools. Frank…
Amateur3DPodTable Leveling
We went on a side quest for discussing supports, but in true Amateur 3D Pod fassion, we eventually came back around on Table Leveling, including the process…
Amateur3DPodgCode
In this week's episode we discussed the file format our printers read. For SLA it seems there's a lot of machine specific files that resemble a slide deck with…
Amateur3DPodThere! I fixed it.
Andy uses his printer to fix everything, including a project we all contributed to when he was the only one that had a printer. From rollercoasters to sink…
Amateur3DPodBio Representative
This week we talked about using a 3d printer to create prosthetics, casts, and braces... eventually. Subscribe on your podcast system of choice to get new…
Amateur3DPodMaterials and Properties
In this episode we discussed some alternate materials for both SLA and MDF printers, and some of the properties. Subscribe on your podcast system of choice to…
Amateur3DPodNew Intro and Outro
We improvised a quick get together to wish everyone a happy new year and to present our new theme music. Subscribe on your podcast system of choice to get new…
Amateur3DPodMerry Christmas 2022
Subscribe on your podcast system of choice to get new episodes as they become available. To join the conversation come visit our Facebook group Amateur3DPod If…
Amateur3DPodExtruder Types
We all learned something new about Kevin's M-SLA printer, and discussed nuts and bolts of FDM extruder categories. Subscribe on your podcast system of choice…
Amateur3DPodCare and Maintenance
How do we care for and maintain our respective printers? There's (perhaps) surprisingly not a lot required to keep your printer is good shape, but we covered…
Amateur3DPod3D in engineering
Some family members who are in professional Engineering positions agreed to discuss their thoughts on 3D in their respective fields, and in their lives…
Amateur3DPodCAD software
This week Andy and I discussed CAD software and why we're such big fans of it's use. Subscribe on your podcast system of choice to get new episodes as they…
Amateur3DPodFunctional Prints
This episode we talk about functional prints that we have worked on and applications to daily life that we use our printers to create. Subscribe on your…
Amateur3DPodBed Plate Adhesion
This episode we discussed the wide world of getting parts to stick properly to your build plate, and our process on how we got to where we are now. Subscribe…
Amateur3DPodSoftware
We explore the variety of software we use for CAD and modelling, for slicing, and resources for collecting prints designed by other creators or to learn from…
Amateur3DPodLessons Learned
In this episode we talk about lessons we've learned, or for some reason we regularly fail to learn, about process and printing. For instance, Kevin goes in…
Amateur3DPodTools pt. 2
We took the opportunity to go deeper into Tools related to our printers, covering subjects from software to vanishing medium aluminum casting. Subscribe on…
Amateur3DPodTools
This week we discuss the variety of tools both that we have acquired and that we have printed for our printers and in an effort to make our lives easier in…
Amateur3DPodSystems
This week we talked about systems that we had seen and heard about. Andy's focus was on varieties of FDM printer, Kevin's was on slicing systems for SLA…
Amateur3DPodWhy go 3D?
Panelists are myself, Frank, and my friends, Andy and Chris. We talk in a general way about what we love about 3D printing and why we got into it in the first…
Amateur3DPodAmateur 3D Podcast
We are a hand full of 3D enthusiasts who have day jobs. We are planning regular publication to begin on the first weekend of October 2022, and hope to hear…