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New Bambulab P1P & Creality "Laser Eye Surgery" at Formnext 2022 Nov 22, 2022

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This episode starts with a quick chat about solar batteries because Stefan was faced with a power outage on the morning of the recording. After that Tom and Stefan switch over to a discussion about new ways of 3D scanning and AI image and video generation. Then they talk about Bambulabs’ next budget printer, the P1P, and also touch on why there might not be a ton of coverage on Ankers Ankermake M5. Next, there is a quick discussion on the 3D Printing Industry Award and how they recently nuked themselves with very questionable behavior. After that, Stefan shares his impressions on Formnext 2022, and they discuss an incident where Creality used they open-style laser engraver on the event without any safety precautions. Finally, Tom presents his new coffee equipment, and Stefan answers a question about his plywood CNC router.

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Stefan (CNC Kitchen): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiczXOhGpvoQGhOL16EZiTg?sub_confirmation=1

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Tom: https://www.patreon.com/toms3dp
Stefan: https://www.patreon.com/cnckitchen

Intro Jingle by Thomas Herrmann: https://raise-uav.com

Recording date: 2022/11/21

### SHOW NOTES ###

Corridor Crew – NERF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YX5AoaWrowY
Bambulab P1P: https://youtu.be/JOzAMTbb0Fs
3DPI nuking themselves: https://twitter.com/joeltelling/status/1593558038455148546?t=TfdQk4IncmKeECwPhnRCFg&s=19
Creality Incident: https://twitter.com/moorviper/status/1592921116703870978?s=20&t=HS-s7GkBNjouu95EVXzD7g
Espresso Maker – Gaggia New Classic (aff): https://geni.us/UZ3DN
Espresso Grinder – Eureka Mignon (aff): https://geni.us/9zUmnB

When 3D printing isn't the right solution Nov 04, 2022

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Thanks to Bekonix for sponsoring this episode! Check them out at https://bekonix.com and use code MELTZONE for 3 months of Pro access for free.

In this episode, Tom and Stefan talk about the reasons why this Podcast was postponed for so long which covers, ERRF, new/old studio, and taxes. Then they talk about Formnext 2022 that’s right around the corner and where to maybe find an affordable room. This leads to a tangent about EVs and fully suspended baby trailers. Next, there is q quick chat about Twitter being bought up by Elon Musk. Tom explains why he changed his review policy and will accept Kickstarter products in the future. After that, they talk about the similarities between coffee brewing and 3D printing and Makerbot’s new Sketch Large printer. The questions cover “Gridfinity”, criss-cross layers for better part strength, merging channels, and opening a maker space.

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Tom: https://www.patreon.com/toms3dp
Stefan: https://www.patreon.com/cnckitchen

Intro Jingle by Thomas Herrmann: https://raise-uav.com

Recording date: 2022/10/31

### SHOW NOTES ###

Full suspension baby trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj0CmnxuTaQ
James Hoffman on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMb0O2CdPBNi-QqPk5T3gsQ
Makerbot Sketch Large: https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/ultimaker-launches-new-makerbot-sketch-large-3d-printer-technical-specifications-and-pricing-216130/
Gridfinity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra_9zU-mnl8
Clockspring Basement: https://twitter.com/DreadMakerAdam/status/1585059479019671552?s=20&t=3yJ1umuRQ-8kf119iMNpTA

Back to the new old Studio & Cherry-picked Review Units? Sep 29, 2022

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This episode is not only about chatting and chicken but also a little update on Tom’s move back to his new old studio and his plans to completely move in before he flies out to ERRF2022. After a bit of rambling, Tom and Stefan talk about a 3D printed robot arm, Fusions360s implementation of lattice structures, and an open-source high-temperature 3D printer. After Tom got his loaf of bread out of the oven and shared his recipe, both continue talking about pathogens on 3D prints and the newly unveiled name of the Ultimaker and Makerbot merger. The question section covers cherry-picked or modified review machines, Voron vs. Ratrig, more stringing on longer nozzles, LDO vs. Formbot Voron kits, and a brief chat about alternative part cooling systems.

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Tom: https://www.patreon.com/toms3dp
Stefan: https://www.patreon.com/cnckitchen

Intro Jingle by Thomas Herrmann: https://raise-uav.com

Recording date: 2022/09/27

### SHOW NOTES ###

3D printed robot arm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3TNaIyTAnY
Lattice in Fusion360: https://twitter.com/adskFusion360/status/1563173303162130435?t=i6ra_VDlih-kzlH8I_0TaQ&s=19
Open Source High Temp Printer: https://github.com/RoyBerntsenDesign/Project-Valkyrie
Gina Häußge bread recipes: https://food.foosel.net/
Pathogens on 3D prints: https://hackaday.com/2022/09/05/food-safe-3d-printing-a-study/
UltiMaker: https://www.makerbot.com/stories/news/ultimaker-and-makerbot-announce-closing-of-merger/

Bambu VS Voron VS Prusa XL & Kicked out of the Studio? Aug 25, 2022

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This episode starts with a short and frustrating story on why Tom might have to leave his new studio again. Next, Stefan and Tom talk about Corridor Crews YouTube channels once again, which recently was hacked. Stefan gives a quick insight into his new home automation setup that sends him notifications once a print is finished. Then there is a quick ramble about the “influencer playbook” that was published by a marketing agency that explains how to annoy influencers to promote a product with little to no pay. The question section covers the difference between sandpaper grids in Europe and the US, a quick comparison of the BambulabX1, a Voron 2.4, and the upcoming Prusa XL. Finally, Tom and Stefan answer whether small nozzles can be used for significantly wider extrusions and if they plan to build the upside-down Positron V3 printer.

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Tom: https://www.patreon.com/toms3dp
Stefan: https://www.patreon.com/cnckitchen

Intro Jingle by Thomas Herrmann: https://raise-uav.com

Recording date: 2022/08/22

### SHOW NOTES ###

Corridor Crew got hacked: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdELfn1WK0Q
Home Assistant Octoprint Plugin: https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/octoprint/
High Endurance SD Card for HA: https://geni.us/E7TRZ
WiFi Smart Plug: https://geni.us/hk2f
“Influencer Playbook”: https://twitter.com/joeltelling/status/1561163197121306624?s=20&t=29XfVOdjDQjC9CVUBXAvKA
Positron V3: https://github.com/KRALYN/PositronV3

Prusa XL Delayed, Scams & NoZZles Aug 11, 2022

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Thanks to Siraya Tech for sponsoring this episode! Check them out at https://siraya.tech/products/build-resin-high-resolution-engineering-resin or on Amazon at http://go.toms3d.org/Siraya

In this episode, Stefan talks about what recently put him out of order for almost 4 weeks but how he used the time to discover some amazing new channels. Tom talks about his experience of redeeming his Prusameters and his recent CF lamination projects. Both quickly discuss their most recent videos on obsolete 0.4 mm nozzles and obsolete Volcano hotends. Next, they go through Prusa’s recent blog post in which the latest developments regarding the Prusa XL are discussed. Finally, Tom and Stefan talk about their plans with the upcoming ObXidian nozzle and the scam comments they were both victims of.

Drop your questions for upcoming episodes in the comments below or tweet them @TheMeltzone (https://twitter.com/TheMeltzone).

Support us on Patreon
Tom: https://www.patreon.com/toms3dp
Stefan: https://www.patreon.com/cnckitchen

Intro Jingle by Thomas Herrmann: https://raise-uav.com

Recording date: 2022/08/08

### SHOW NOTES ###

Corridor YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Corridor
Prusameters: https://www.printables.com/prusameter
Easy Composites YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/easycompositestv
Prusa XL Update: https://blog.prusa3d.com/development-update-reworked-nextruder-new-features-and-updated-shipping-information_69967/
YouTube Spammer Purge: https://github.com/ThioJoe/YT-Spammer-Purge

Why stuff breaks, Robot Arms & Home-Compostable PHA Filaments Jul 21, 2022

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Thanks to Private Internet Access for sponsoring this episode! Check them out at https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/TheMeltzone

This episode starts with a discussion about the longevity of common 3D printing materials and why sometimes filament snaps on its own in the Bowden tube. Next, Tom and Stefan take a look at Formlabs’ new FUSE 1+ 3D printer that claims to be able to do wasteless SLS printing, which would be an amazing step forward for that technology! Then there is a quick update on the BambuStudio source code that just was recently released. After that, Tom shares his interest in building a robot arm for filming, and 3D printing using DUET hardware and rambles about the ongoing E3D ObXidian teases that he’s fed up with. Then they talk about an STL subscription service and if that’s an alternative to buying files separately or by being a Patreon of designers. Finally, they have a talk about new PHA filaments that were just released to the market and claim to be really home-compostable.

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Tom: https://www.patreon.com/toms3dp
Stefan: https://www.patreon.com/cnckitchen

Intro Jingle by Thomas Herrmann: https://raise-uav.com

Recording date: 2022/07/18

### SHOW NOTES ###

FUSE 1+: https://3dprint.com/292630/formlabs-launches-fuse-1-30w-sls-3d-printer-nylon-carbon-fiber-filled-powder/
Bambu Slicer Source: https://github.com/bambulab/BambuStudio/
Elephant Robotics: https://www.elephantrobotics.com/
Skyentific YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/Skyentific/videos
Jeremy Fielding YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/JeremyFieldingSr
STLflix: https://www.stlflix.com/
ColorFabb allPHA: https://colorfabb.com/de/filaments/materials/pha-filaments/allpha
REGEN PHA filament: https://filaments.ca/collections/regen-pha-filaments

I caught Covid at MRRF2022 & Slicing Revolution in CURA and PrusaSlicer Jul 12, 2022

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This episode is sponsored by Linode! Check out their scalable cloud solutions and get $100 free credit at https://linode.com/themeltzone

This episode is slightly different because Stefan records it straight from Covid isolation which he caught, as many others, at this year’s Midwest Reprap Festival in Goshen, IN. After a short status check and some stories from MRRF, Tom and Stefan discuss the recent merger of Ultimaker and Makerbot and what this will mean for the two brands as well as Thingiverse. Staying on the topic of Ultimaker, both talk about CURAs new Arachne slicing engine that dynamically adjusts extrusion width for more detailed and denser parts. Since CURA is open source, Prusa also implemented that feature in their new 2.5 alpha version of Prusa Slicer. Talking about open source, Tom and Stefan discuss the recent issues of Bambulab and QIDI not releasing the source code of their modified PrusaSlicer and CURA builds. The final section covers the question of what happened to PlyBot?

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Tom: https://www.patreon.com/toms3dp
Stefan: https://www.patreon.com/cnckitchen

Intro Jingle by Thomas Herrmann: https://raise-uav.com

Recording date: 2022/07/04

### SHOW NOTES ###

Makerbot Ultimaker merger: https://press.ultimaker.com/makerbot-and-ultimaker-agree-to-merge-to-accelerate-global-adoption-of-additive-manufacturing/
Ultimaker 5.0 with Arachne: https://ultimaker.com/learn/ultimaker-cura-5-0-beta-release-notes
Paper – A Framework for Adaptive Width Control of Dense Contour-Parallel Toolpaths in Fused Deposition Modeling: https://repository.tudelft.nl/islandora/object/uuid%3A202cfa0a-4c59-415d-beba-6bc7d16568b9
PrusaSlicer 2.5 alpha: https://github.com/prusa3d/PrusaSlicer/releases
BambuSlicer Source Issue: https://github.com/prusa3d/PrusaSlicer/releases
QIDI Source Issue: https://twitter.com/a65519528/status/1542786250909724672?s=20&t=3smW24NOMEz40lWbliBpoA
Bambulab Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bambulab/bambu-lab-x1-corexy-color-3d-printer-with-lidar-and-ai
PlyBot Kickstarter Updates: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/plybot/plybot/posts

Anker Make M5 & BCM3Ds novel resin printing method Apr 13, 2022

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This episode is sponsored by Linode! Check out their scalable cloud solutions and get $100 free credit at https://linode.com/themeltzone

This episode starts with a quick update on Tom’s new studio as well as the office space Stefan has an eye on. Next, Stefan quickly tells the story of how All3D has been using content from a ton of creators without their permission over the last years and how they want to change their business practice now. BCN3D formally known for their dual-head FDM machines are getting into the market of resin 3D printing but with a real twist, which will allow using higher performance resins and even multi-material printing. Prusa has done a lifecycle analysis of their new recycled materials they are offering and Tom and Stefan talk about “real” recycled 3D printing filaments from the German Start-Ups RecyclingFabrik and QiTech. Then there is an update on the Prusa XL which will stick to regular and open-source nozzles in stark contrast to E3Ds REVO. The last topic covers the just-started Kickstarter of the Anker make M5 and if it might be worth the $759 MSRP. In the question section, Martin asks if Copper would have advantages over a Brass volcano adapter.

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Support us on Patreon
Tom: https://www.patreon.com/toms3dp
Stefan: https://www.patreon.com/cnckitchen

Intro Jingle by Thomas Herrmann: https://raise-uav.com

Recording date: 2022/04/08

### SHOW NOTES ###

All3DP stealing content: https://twitter.com/Adam_V3D/status/1504122075723747335?t=p8fbkLwHUkCYEcXXMdRE3w&s=19
All3DP response: https://twitter.com/All3DP/status/1509492997397925896
BCN3D VLM: https://vlm.bcn3d.com/
Prusa Recycled Filament: https://blog.prusa3d.com/introducing-prusament-petg-recycled-with-calculated-life-cycle-assessment_65806/
RecyclingFabrik: https://recyclingfabrik.com/
QiTech: https://www.qitech.de/
Prusa XL will use open-source nozzles: https://twitter.com/toms3dp/status/1504252567831912452?t=mRhOAU-Sl3OMOBn1WBrF-Q&s=19
Anker Make M5: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ankermake/ankermake-m5-3d-printer-5x-faster-printing-and-ai-camera
Volcano Adapters: https://cnckitchen.store/Volcano-Adapter-p442912086

Dream Studio, Macro Photography & Sneaky 3D Printing Quiz Mar 14, 2022

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In this episode, Tom talks about finally finding his dream studio and office space! Both Tom and Stefan recently reviewed professional machines where they got a ton of negative feedback from viewers that made comparisons to maker and DIY tools. They ask themselves if there is space for taking a look at professional machines on their channels or if it’s generally negative for them and the manufacturers. Tom also received a request for reviewing a Markeforged printer and debates whether he should have a look at it (a second time). After purely technical materials, Markforged also just recently introduced simple PLA on their machines – why? Stefan talks about his passion for macro photography and how he’s able to shoot amazing pictures with a $20 objective. He also talks about the reasons why his recently released Volcano Adapter failed during testing and what he did that this doesn’t happen at customers. Finally, they talk about an advertised 3D printing quiz which they think is rather used to create classification data for an AI. In the questions section, Tom and Stefan discuss why most 3D printers use thermistors and not thermocouples.

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Support us on Patreon
Tom: https://www.patreon.com/toms3dp
Stefan: https://www.patreon.com/cnckitchen

Intro Jingle by Thomas Herrmann: https://raise-uav.com

Recording date: 2022/03/11

### SHOW NOTES ###

Formlabs Form 3 Plus review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMrvJRWVvfM
Mekanika CNC review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJAPUVgmCrE
Markforged Precise PLA: https://markforged.com/de/resources/blog/introducing-precise-pla-the-efficient-material-for-concept-validation
Stefans Makro shots: https://www.instagram.com/cnckitchenyt/
Buy a Volcano Adapter: https://cnckitchen.store/
3D Printing “Quiz”: https://quinlyvision.com/quiz
Google QuickDraw: https://quickdraw.withgoogle.com/

Simplify3D V5 "confirmed" & REVO problems Feb 17, 2022

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The first topic of this episode covers a controversial article where the author “has the feeling” that the release of S3D V5 might not be far away though there is very little substance to that claim. More substantial news is that Anker, the power bank and electronics accessories maker, will get into the 3D printer market and will launch their first machine on Kickstarter soon. Next, Tom and Stefan cover 3D printable accessories for a new Ford truck and the Steam Deck, for which Valve recently released the CAD files. Next Stefan talks about an issue he recently had with his E3D REVO review unit and Tom discusses his Form 3 review machine that turned out to be an unreleased Form 3+ which he didn’t know about. Stefan quickly gives an update about the “killed” stepper driver. Questions cover 3D printer recommendations, especially pre-built core XY, and what happens to additives and pigments when you compost plastics.

Drop your questions for upcoming episodes in the comments below or tweet them @TheMeltzone (https://twitter.com/TheMeltzone).

Support us on Patreon
Tom: https://www.patreon.com/toms3dp
Stefan: https://www.patreon.com/cnckitchen

Intro Jingle by Thomas Herrmann: https://raise-uav.com

Recording date: 2022/02/15

### SHOW NOTES ###

S3D V5 “Confirmed”: https://www.fabbaloo.com/news/confirmed-simplify3d-v5-is-on-the-way?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=fabbaloo
Anker 3D printer: https://www.ankermake.com/
3D printed accessories for Ford: https://www.3dprintingmedia.network/2022-ford-maverick-ford-integrated-tether-system-3d-printable-accessories/
Steamdeck 3D files: https://gitlab.steamos.cloud/SteamDeck/hardware
Snap-On Controler Modifications: https://www.prusaprinters.org/contest/16-snap-controller-mods
Revo heater cores: https://www.3djake.com/e3d/revo-heatercore-with-spring