Should You Buy A 3D Printer For Nerf?
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I got my first 3D printer a few months ago. It's pretty cool when you finally get the bed level enough to actually make something.
Once you can get printing it's definitely a cool feeling.
I've never really considered getting one for much of the reasons you mentioned. Good video summing up the pros and cons.
Thanks, definitely a learning experience.
Excellent points Mr. Jangular. A 3D printer has crossed my mind many times but I just don’t have the setup for one right now. Nor do I have the patience to troubleshoot haha
Yo beret what up
Thank you, and I know that feeling lol
I just bought an Ender 3 Pro and it arrived a couple days ago and it's been printing non-stop since it arrived. Definitely a lot of learning done and much more to go.
Many of the same points also extend to the question "should you get a puppy?" XD
Should you print a puppy
@@thanhavictus that's how you test that you've assembled your ender printer correctly
I've never changed a fan on a puppy.
I'd argue can be much more fun at times lol
Yes you have to know how to assemble one
good vid man, i have one and i love it, but you are right, ive basically had to become a 3d print tech to keep it running and working correctly, but i still think 100% worth haveing for nerf, and d&d minis, and ive printed lots of little quarks and cool useful things
Thank you, and I'm glad you're enjoying yours and able to utilize it for multiple hobbies!
If you want good minis step up to resin printing its a whole new world of Detail.
Great video. I have thought about getting a 3D printer Many times and the time is always something that stops me from getting one, I’ve got two kids and a full time job, both are great but don’t leave me with the kind of time I would need to get into 3D printing... I might just try to convince my son to get into it haha. Have a great holiday, keep up the great work and stay safe sir.
Thanks, and clever idea to see if one of your kids may have an interest lol, though they may not be too happy if they do and you end up using their machine haha
man, I thought long and hard before I got my 3D printer, I know I don't want to spend too much time maintaining it, and not spend too much on it. I end up getting a fully assembled printer with a decent print space. It had being great, I did had to service it a few times, changing nozzle, fixing some connections. I enjoyed it :)
I'm glad you did, I enjoy seeing the things you create for the hobby, but I totally get the apprehension and wanting to get the right thing for you!
I'd like to add that what printer you get plays a large factor in how much maintaining and fixing you have to do. Something like a prusa is going to run a lot smoother and require less tuning than an ender 3. Of course, a prusa also costs a ton more. I'd also say assembling something like an ender 3 is also pretty dang simple. I followed a video and was able to put it together in something like 3 hours or so. (I would definitely follow a video over the included instructions, though, as they will go over things that you could screw up or that would trip up noobies) There's very little knowledge required to actually assemble one, its just screw parts together with the appropriate fasteners included in the pre drilled holes. Plug the plugs into the sockets. Its fairly comparable to a lego set. Now, tuning and trouble shooting the printer is a fair bit more complex, but there are loads of knowledgeable people around and tons of various groups where you can get support.
It is a substantial time and money investment though.
I got one just for blaster parts. It’s very difficult if you don’t know what you are doing. (I didn’t lol!) But now after a year of tinkering, I actually love it. So please don’t think it’s just plug and print.
I'm glad you stuck with it and are enjoying it now!
Heck I have spent more than 150% of my printers original price on just repairs/upgrades to get it to a good level.
I feel like I've heard that from a good number of people about their printers.
@@Jangular As a counterexample, I have had my machine about 3 years now, have run the hell out of it, and aside from electricity, have spent about $3 on it (by printing a new fan duct that I modified to fix a design issue and putting a silicone boot on the heater block). The PEI on the bed is getting pretty beat up and the bearings sound like a bucket of bolts in a dishwasher, but the hotend is factory untouched including the original E3D nozzle. I pretty well reject the idea that FDM printers should ever take constant wrenching or have a remotely high operating cost.
Granted, that's a machine (Prusa i3 Mk2S) that is mechanically well designed and has mostly good parts, critically, including a genuine E3D V6 hotend. I think the merit here is to consider the cost of either buying or building a reliable and capable nerf printer (all metal hotend, direct drive, decent bed setup, bed probe, mechanically sound motion system) a given and then do so completely. A stock Ender is NOT that, it is like a stock blaster. But once you have a good machine it's just a tool and doesn't need much worrying about.
@@TheDartZone yeah, but contra mine(clone of a prusa i3 clone) needed stuff due to cheaper parts and some parts that broke early. A proper branded printer is the better choice. I like to tinker and as such I can fix/upgrade my printer. But for people that doesn't have the time or skills a more expensive but "fool proof" printer is the best choice
Thank you for the video. I have been looking at getting a printer and this has given me a few things to not only think about, but also temper my expectations.
I’ve had a 3d printer for about 2 years and have just upgraded to a Prusa i3mk3s+, and after all this time, I can 100% tell you, if I tried to make a 3-D printed Nerf blaster within the first 6 months of owning it, I would’ve given up halfway. It takes a lot of commitment, effort, troubleshooting, etc. Plus, i’m putting together a Zinc right now, and even though its a pretty hard one to make, even a normal 3-D printed Nerf gun takes a certain amount…no, a HUGE amount of experience and effort to create. So I would say don’t get one EXCLUSIVELY for foam blasting. 3d printers can do a lot, but wasting hundreds of dollars on one just to fail at making community nerf guns just ain’t worth it
I got my 3d printer after watching this video a few months after it came out. It was a genie lamp of Nerf-related and unrelated fun. Highly recommend!
Dude those shelves behind you are cool. Where'd you get them?
I think I got them on amazon
Solid points made here mate! Had been thinking about for quite some time but realistically would only use it for the hobby. To deal with the troubleshooting, i'm just gonna send it off to a service that prints or ask a friend and pay for the service.
thanks for the heads up of the troubles these things cause won't buy one of those
It's all things you can learn, but certainly a bit of time required for it.
I've been working with a 3D printer for quite some time now, and yes, I aggree, a 3D-Printer isn't a Plug-and-Play-Toy, and you're totally right, before buying a 3D-Printer, you should do a lot of research. But The 3D-Printing itself isn't so bad as how you described it. It's his own hobby, and it takes some time, but thats not necessarily a negative aspect, because I think is a lot of fun. And of course a 3D-Printer isn't only for Nerf. Independent of Nerf-Gaming, I would recommend a 3D-Printer to anyone with the time to get to know it. There are many beginner-friendly machines out there, which can produce an enorm quality even out-of-the-box for under 250$. So yes, be critical and ask yourself if you need this multi-purpose-machine, but you may consider buying one on next black friday. And no, it's not a Trap, even though it's no special nerf-wizard-magic machine.
Great video. I honestly knew I didn't have the time to commit to it as a hobby to get the results. Some times its worth paying for another's expertise!
I agree with that!
Excellent video!
Thank you :)
I agree theirs alot of cons to it. Mainly trouble shooting small problems if you want good quality prints. It is another hobby. But their really isnt much mantanice on it, just check your belts tention, bed level an roller wheels
Thanks for the info! I was debating on whether to buy a project or a product. I'd much rather build one anyways.
I actually enjoy fixing and building machines so this video basically made me want to get into it more :D
That's awesome :)
I finally broke down and bought a prusa, I had wanted a printer for a while but I really am not looking foward to maintance. I think being able to print parts for nerf is well worth it though.
None of these cons apply to resin printing the only real downside is limited print volume on cheaper printers.
How do I get an stl file for the parts of a nerf gun
Hey. If my printer breaks down, can I just take it to someone to fix? Or do I have to fix it myself?
Thanks for the video! It was awesome, as always.
Thank you!
My opinion is don’t buy it if you are only going to use it for nerf but if you have other projects for it then go ahead
One thing I'd like to add assembling a 3d print from my experience it actually pretty easy it's basically screwing in screws and plugging in plugs that are all ment to go together. If you have basically any experience with modding it's not that big of a step and I don't think it should be that big of a turn off.
I think it can vary depending on which printer you end up with, but fair point.
If you know how to use fusion 360 or solid works and your into dart blasters. Absolutely. You can design and print your own stuff.
You certainly can, just takes that time investment to learn those things.
I would argue that if you are already a serious modder than you can think of a 3D printer more as a tool than a hobby. I bought a 3D printer long before I became interested in Nerf and it sat ideal for years because I personally found 3D printing as a hobby not that interesting and very time consuming. However when I started Nerfing it became more of a tool that I used to make things I wanted for Nerf. I rarely use it for things outside of Nerf. I will agree that it does take time and effort to understand but it can be looked at as a skill your learning to improve your Nerf hobby and doesn’t have to be a hobby of it’s own.
There are certainly parallels between the two, but doesn't change that there's a time investment necessary, but I agree that you can view 3d printing as a tool for the nerf hobby, but you still have to essentially learn the hobby basics of 3d printing to get to that point.
Could have used this video a month ago... -_-
Sorry it's late for you :(
3d printers are basically identical to modding blasters.
Do you want to take the time to learn how to do it or do you want to pay someone else to do it for you.
Just get a 3D Printer! If you like to Mod you are the perfect candidate for 3D Printing.
This assumes you have the time/space for it still.
Pront
You should buy a second hand 1 off someone who found 3D printing wasn't 4 them🤣😅
That's for sure an option
3d printers arent toasters.
Once you learn how to operate and fix it, youre golden.
If it was such a big deal no one would be printing 3D blasters or parts.
Really it isnt rocket science
That's essentially the point, do you have the available time and willingness to learn those things? Not everyone does, that's the point.
3d Printers, because why have one hobby when you can have hobbies in electronics, mechanics, material science.......
Lol, let's just do it all