John Gordon 📷Trying the new Portals Storefront from #slant3D... just have some battery storage solutions for Canon camera batteries on there right now, but will probably add more over the coming weeks.
Adding more designs to my #Etsy store. Have three things up there for #Halloween now, and three for Canon camera folks (battery holders). I also have a design for the simple battery trays that come with most batteries, but the shipping on them would mean selling multiple in a pack.
Everything 3D printed; the camera accessories by #Slant3D and the Halloween decor by me.
More things coming soon...
For those wondering about #Slant3D and their print on demand service (this was from a design uploaded using their new Portals service), this is the box I received from them today.
Each piece was about $4 to print, and shipping added another almost $5.
Took a while to get printed, but arrived 8 days after I ordered them (ordered on a Friday, which isn’t ideal as they don’t work weekends).
Playing with the idea of starting a second income stream to leverage 3D printing. Started an Etsy store to sell things. Currently, just two products but I will add more over the next few days.
One of these prints from #Slant3D and one I have to print (Slant3D don't do multi-color printing).
RyanI think I just realized why #Slant3D uses a 0.3mm first layer, and 0.2mm layers. It means that every 5th layer is at a 0.5mm mark, which makes the math easy for setting the height of the triangular relief cut at the top of holes in vertical walls can come to a point in one layer, and have a continuous layer line above it.
At least, that's my guess.
StarkI think, if we as a community were to trust someone to do this and be transparent during the process, #Slant3D might be the best option.
KarlOnSea#Slant3D also showed this recently on Youtube, but I haven't tried it yet.
One thing #Slant3D on Youtube pointed out is the problem that it is Chinese based, and the cloud integration could be a problem in the US with confidentiality and #privacy.
The #Bambulab slicer is #opensource now because they had to because it is a fork. But I wonder if they will open the rest.
The AMS and the #Pallette are two of the best multi-material solutions, both of which are closed sourced. I think a lot of engineering went into it, and they have custom boards in them.
That being said, the #Klipper community is insane when it comes to these things, and I won't be surprised if we have open-source competitors soon.
The only thing #Prusa gets more hate for than the orders and the #XL is the MMU. I basically haven't seen a positive comment or recommendation for it, and people are hesitant to buy the MMU3. So it just shows it is difficult.