10 Secret 3D Printing Tricks Only Experts Know…



“As a engineer who has been 3D printing for 7 years these are some amazing tips. I wish I had when I was first getting started and that chain idea is actually new to me and glad I watched!” – Mathew Gonzalez • (April 2023)

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26 thoughts on “10 Secret 3D Printing Tricks Only Experts Know…”

  1. One tip that was not mentionned that literally makes the difference between someone who knows the limit of 3D printing is using inserts.

    Not only do they make your threads reusable, but they also force you to make your parts intelligently since you can't install them at random.

    I'm kind of sad an "expert" did not mention this.

    Edit: I'm working in engineering.

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  2. Hi, I'm new to 3d printing and especially fusion 360. I've figured out the basics of threads and such but i'm wondering is there a way to seperate the threads to make them wider apart?

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  3. As a beginner with my first printer, these are some golden tips. I have background in industrial design but no real skills or knowledge engineering, apart from what I've got from school, so these are really useful things to know. I did not realize one can print chains in place!

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  4. For strength, you can actually cheat better than digging a hole into it. When you extrude down, create a new component, made it solid. Load the Components in together, select the second component and set it to a desired infill, keep the other component at the lower infill. In a cylinder you can do this in alternating rings, or you can generate extra thick walls around certain holes if they are being utilized for thread inserts or have a rod running through them that will apply torque or tension to the body of the hole. Yours definitely has the benefit of being quick and easy though. No extra work involved.

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  5. Yeah, Fusion 360 is free for personal use, unless they decide it isn't = ))
    I know it is easy and all. But yeah, sad reality tells me that not-so-easy FreeCAD is what I should stick around. I could not learn how to use it yet, so I use Blender, as it was really easy to use, and you can just load STL and make changes right away. Also OpenSCAD was very funny to use, and it allows to create customizers so ordinary people could create own modifications with a couple of clicks, at thingeverse for example.

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  6. I am a designer with an engineering degree. Everything I design for my job gets made out of sheet steel so I appreciate the tips for a different medium, even though the CAD stuff isn’t as new/helpful

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