Stop 3d printing so slow!!! 🤯 (how to print faster)

how long do you think it took to 3d print this or how about this and what about this but wait there's more how about this but wait there's one more how long do you think it took to 3d print this the answer to these questions might surprise you this is a slicing program it prepares a 3d model for 3d printing let's say we're brand new to the world of 3d printing and we want to 3d print something really big when we scale the model up and hit slice the print time shocks us the program is telling us that if you want to 3d print this object it's going to take more than three days and 22 hours to 3d print not only is the print time way too long it'll also cost more than 13 dollars to 3d print [Music] the first thing you do is you can increase the layer height just by changing the layer height to 0.28 the print time is now just over one day with this simple change we've reduced the print time by just about 60 percent but with a larger layer height you will see the layer lines more clearly did you know that a 3d printer can actually print a lot faster than you think and you don't need any upgrades my stock creality ender 3s have no problem printing up to 120 millimeters per second with this change the 3d print will only take 1 day and 2 hours to 3d print this is a 72 reduction by using a bigger nozzle you could get much quicker 3d print times [Music] [Music] with a bigger nozzle you could also increase the layer height now with these changes we've reduced the print time by 81 but there's still one more thing we could do when something is 3d printed it's not 3d printed completely solid inside there's a thing called infill and this is usually some sort of strong geometric shape if you're prototyping or 3d printing something that doesn't need to be incredibly strong you can get away with using what's called lightning infill this creates an infill pattern that looks very similar to tree branches it uses variable density with this change we've now decreased the print time by 85 percent the cost has been reduced from over thirteen dollars to now under nine dollars we are literally saving 80 hours of print time but there's still one more thing you could do to 3d print two three four five times faster you could do this by buying more 3d printers but 3d printers are expensive a lot of people say but i have some great news my good friends and the sponsor of this video micro center have a really great deal where he get a creality ender 3 pro for just 99 this deal is for in-person shopping at the physical store and it's for new customers only micro center is probably one of the best computer 3d printing and electronic stores out there you could buy tons of 3d printer filament you could build your own pc they have a bunch of raspberry pi's and raspberry pi accessories it's really just a fun store to go to i went there this weekend and i socked up on a ton of filament even though this shelf looks like a store shelf it's actually my personal shelves thank you to microcenter for sponsoring this video using all of these tricks and five 3d printers printing continuously i was able to 3d print this giant benchy in just about one day i hope this video helps you print significantly faster and if you liked this video please consider supporting 3d printer academy on patreon where you get access to premium stl files if you ever have any questions about 3d printing or designing things for 3d printing please reach out and i'll be happy to help my name is steven thanks for watching and happy printing

Channel: 3D Printer Academy

Views: 994,819

Keywords: how 3d print, design for 3d print, print faster, ender 3, prusa, 3d printing, education

Id: eBh_IXch1jk

Length: 4min 13sec (253 seconds)

Published: Wed Aug 24 2022