Many people bought into 3D printing as a result of we “noticed one thing about it on YouTube and thought it was cool”. Since working at MatterHackers, one of many sudden joys I’ve had has been the chance to work with and get to know this passionate group of makers. Those that have taken their 3D printing experience to YouTube by creating their very own channels.
They’re a fiercely inclusive band of revolutionaries rising day by day. A devoted group making 3D printing accessible to anybody who would possibly wish to test it out, and utilizing their various personalities and backgrounds to show and encourage. They visitor star on one another’s channels, and suggest one another to the press and to producers for alternatives. They’re actually making a distinction in the way in which 3D printing is perceived by most of the people by offering sincere assessments of the state of 3D printing – the great, the unhealthy, and the superior.
Whereas certainly not exhaustive, here’s a checklist of channels I feel you’ll discover precious, and a little bit of perception from the creators in their very own phrases. We additionally talked to them a bit about ‘the right way to create a YouTube channel’ and steering they’ve for individuals who are curious about getting began.
*NOTE: Subscriber numbers are present as of article publish date. Please go to the channels for essentially the most present standing.*
Launched Sep 23, 2006
377,725 subscribers • 94,723,248 views
James Bruton from the UK is on the prime of the checklist for good purpose. His movies are inventive and informative, making Sci-Fi props and costumes utilizing sculpting, molding, casting, wooden, metallic, electronics, and more and more, 3D printing. Nearly each 3D printing YouTube creator credit James’ helpful movies as inspiration to create a YouTube channel of their very own. He’s a passionate Lulzbot ambassador, and a trustee of UK Southampton non-profit Makerspace, SoMakeIt.
James Bruton
What is the aim of your YouTube channel, and the way does it set yours aside from the others?
My aim is to provide project-build collection, largely about working Sci-Fi props and different associated spin-offs. It wasn’t at all times about 3D printing, however having 3D printing helps quite a bit to get the content material made in time. I present all the design course of in addition to the meeting, electronics, and coding.
What sparked your curiosity in 3D printing?
I bought my first 3D printer in 2013 (try this classic Lulzbot!) which was in all probability among the best choices I’ve made. I assumed it was a pure development from constructing issues by hand.
What conjures up you about the way forward for 3D printing?
The way forward for 3D printing is a tough one. I suppose no matter printer kind/mechanisms, the printing materials science is the place many of the innovation shall be.
What’s your day job, and/or some private element about your life exterior of 3D printing?
After working at an insurance coverage firm in IT for 10 years, my present day job is a toy designer for Bladez Toyz. I do a number of 3D printing, electronics and many others., though I am unable to speak about any tasks. I exhibited with Bladez on the Star Wars Celebration in London, July 2016.
Launched Dec 23, 2011
103,046 subscribers • 5,037,114 views
Invoice and Britt from Seattle, Washington wish to assist YOU make issues! Particularly if these issues are epic, high-end reproduction props and costumes from all one of the best films, TV exhibits, video video games, and extra. Within the final yr, they dedicated to publishing three or extra movies every week, and the onerous work is absolutely beginning to repay in main development of their YouTube following. The second season of their wildly profitable “Prop: 3D” collection (many of the movies bought not less than 20k views they usually’ve doubled their subscriber depend since then) shall be debuting summer season of 2016, and we are able to’t wait to see what they make!
Invoice Doran
What is the aim of your YouTube channel, and the way does it set yours aside from the others?
Our aim is to decrease the barrier to entry for newcomers to the prop and costume making interest by showcasing the instruments, supplies, and strategies that we use to create our personal tasks. The Punished Props channel is totally different from different prop and cosplay targeted YouTube channels, as a result of we now have a give attention to creating in-depth tutorial content material that anybody can observe, and we publish these tutorials on a constant weekly schedule.
What sparked your curiosity in 3D printing?
I’ve a level in 3D modeling and pc artwork, so the idea of 3D printing was at all times very intriguing to me. As soon as I bought my paws on my first printer I used to be shocked by the flexibility for me to take an idea from my mind, type it in a digital house, after which make it actual via the printer, in an astonishingly small period of time. The sort of fast prototyping makes it extremely quick for me to get precisely what I need out of a prop or costume piece with out having to make any compromises.
What conjures up you about the way forward for 3D printing?
I attempt to think about being a highschool aged child right this moment with entry to modeling software program and a 3D printer. The issues that children may be taught now and apply to the subsequent 10 years of innovation are limitless. Essentially the most inspiring factor is that we will not even think about what the probabilities shall be like in one other decade.
What’s your day job, and/or some private element about your life exterior of 3D printing?
My spouse and I run our firm, Punished Props, as our full time jobs. We spend nearly day by day in our store constructing elaborate reproduction props and costumes from our favourite video video games, TV exhibits, and flicks. We do a number of touring, particularly to conventions the place attendees like to decorate up in stated costumes for enjoyable.
Launched Jun 14, 2013
34,316 subscribers • 2,760,360 views
Representing Germany is Thomas Sanladerer, whose informative channel focuses solely on construct guides, tutorials, suggestions and fundamentals of the open-source RepRap-style 3D printers.
Thomas Sanladerer
What is the aim of your YouTube channel, and the way does it set yours aside from the others?
My YouTube channel has at all times been about sharing high-quality, instructional content material. Whether or not it is guides to assist viewers perceive their 3D printers higher, or critiques to permit them to make an informed shopping for choice within the first place.
What sparked your curiosity in 3D printing?
Once I began 3D printing about six years in the past, I used to be fully fascinated by the potential for making low-cost, fairly exact, and complicated components for tasks that you simply’d in any other case need to craft from wooden, plastic or metallic, or simply would not be capable to create in any respect in relation to extra advanced components like gears or detailed instances.
What conjures up you about the way forward for 3D printing?
Now that the massive hype is virtually over, we are able to give attention to the purposes the place 3D printing actually shines – and there are nonetheless so many prospects left to discover by the group.
What’s your day job, and/or some private element about your life exterior of 3D printing?
3D printing in all its varieties is my day job, whether or not it is creating content material for my very own channel or for others.
Launched Apr 3, 2015
34,178 subscribers • 1,654,436 views
Seattle, Washington’s charismatic Joel Telling has made a huge effect on the 3D printing YouTube group for having launched simply over a yr in the past. He appears to be in all places as of late, and followers have misplaced depend of what number of producers have despatched Joel printers and filament to overview. With a full-time day job and a household of 5, Joel works on 3D printing in his workshop from 11pm until 3am, fueled by an extremely efficient mixture of Purple Bull, poop emojis, and unbridled ardour for individuals and 3D printing.
Joel Telling
What is the aim of your YouTube channel, and the way does it set yours aside from the others?
The aim I’ve had for my YouTube channel from the start is to entertain whereas I educate. I have been described as awkwardly hilarious, and I take that as a praise. I am advised I’ve the flexibility to narrate even the toughest to know technical ideas right down to a stage anybody can perceive. I feel what units my channel aside from others is my persona and the way in which in how I carry a video collectively.
What sparked your curiosity in 3D printing?
I am a nerd. Have been all my life. I really like devices and gizmos. 3D printing wasn’t one thing that I used to be simply magically curious about in the future – it was the fruits of every thing I knew and beloved whereas rising up. Wait, I can reproduce, in actual life, 3D fashions from the pc? SIGN ME UP.
What conjures up you about the way forward for 3D printing?
I am impressed by what the long run holds for additive manufacturing. So many fields will profit from additive manufacturing. Issues will be capable to be constructed that no different manufacturing methodology may make. Individuals could have entry to low-cost medical prosthetics. Additive manufacturing is without doubt one of the core applied sciences that may allow house journey and colonization. It is loopy and thrilling and great.
What’s your day job, and/or some private element about your life exterior of 3D printing?
My day job is within the software program business. I’ve an exquisite spouse and three superior youngsters.
Launched Dec 29, 2013
27,734 subscribers • 2,129,853 views
Maker’s Muse is thought and revered for its sincere, unbiased, and honest critiques of 3D Printers, 3D scanners and software program. Australian, Angus Deveson, has constructed his viewers on candid unboxings and testings, in addition to dwell chats, and his standard Sunday Stream collection.
Angus Deveson
What is the aim of your YouTube channel, and the way does it set yours aside from the others?
My aim is to empower creativity via fast manufacturing processes – this could possibly be something from 3D printing to laser chopping, CNC machines and extra. I wish to assist individuals make knowledgeable choices to allow them to make cool issues! There’s a number of misinformation round 3D printing and I intention to alter that.
What sparked your curiosity in 3D printing?
I’ve at all times preferred making issues and taking issues aside, so when 3D printing got here alongside, my first thought was an superior new option to simply produce prototypes and assist with my tasks. As quickly as I may afford my first 3D printer I took the plunge and have been hooked ever since.
What conjures up you about the way forward for 3D printing?
I am excited to see machines develop into extra dependable and accessible. Though they’ve come a really good distance, there may be nonetheless a steep studying curve for newcomers and even myself when approaching new 3D printers. I am wanting ahead to the day when you may hit print and know that 99% of the time it will work completely it doesn’t matter what design you ship to it – so you may give attention to creating!
What’s your day job, and/or some private element about your life exterior of 3D printing?
3D printing has develop into my day job and it is superior! I am educated as an industrial designer so 3D printing was at all times used as a prototyping device. I noticed there was a marketplace for printing on demand, so I labored for a number of years as a 3D printing technician earlier than taking the plunge to give attention to YouTube full-time. I work for myself, and may lastly make it to all of the cool engineering shops that are not open on weekends. Maker’s Muse simply handed 25,000 subscribers just lately, an enormous milestone and I am vastly grateful to everybody who has helped help me and the channel!
Launched Mar 7, 2010
10,308 subscribers • 628,960 views
Michigan-based CHEP is a certain and regular presence on YouTube showcasing sensible family makes use of for 3D printing, like common wire holders and substitute wheels on your barbecue grill. Filament Fridays are a dependable supply of sensible design and printing tutorials, mixed with Tech Tip Tuesdays, CNC Sundays, and dwell conversations with different makers.
Chuck Hellebuyck
What is the aim of your YouTube channel, and the way does it set yours aside from the others?
My aim is to be the PBS model, New Yankee Workshop channel for 3D printing and a few electronics. I present how you should use them in your on a regular basis life with sensible prints and tasks. To me a 3D printer is a device not a toy, similar to a desk noticed or drill press, however much more because it’s like having an assistant in your store that helps you construct that subsequent thought or creation.That is what I attempt to encourage on my channel. That anyone can do it. I present all of the steps, from thought to design to 3D print. Create it in Tinkercad and print it in MatterHackers plastic after which use it in life.
What sparked your curiosity in 3D printing?
Once I noticed the primary stereolithography machines (now known as 3D printers) at my job about 30 years in the past, I used to be immediately , however they had been $100k+ machines. That by no means left me. It took a very long time however we lastly have dwelling printers, and I needed one primarily for my work with electronics. I have been designing digital merchandise for over 40 years and one space that’s at all times an issue is packaging the ultimate design. There are many “off the shelf” containers however all of them want modification. A 3D printer provides me the flexibility to design the packaging the way in which I need it, with out modification. It provides me the chance to create an entire digital product, from idea to closing full design.
What conjures up you about the way forward for 3D printing?
That anyone, from child to grownup, can now dream, design, and create a product or gadget with out having to get professionals concerned. It additionally brings collectively generations the place everyone can contribute. Now anyone can create absolutely anything they think about and share with the world. It is superb to see how far dwelling 3D printing has are available a short while and the way far it may go.
What’s your day job, and/or some private element about your life exterior of 3D printing?
I am {an electrical}/digital engineer by commerce and have designed many digital merchandise, however I am additionally an element time creator and have written 12 books and lots of of articles targeted on serving to individuals get began with electronics and now 3D printing. Deep down I simply take pleasure in making issues and have been doing it my entire life. It is superb to me to have over 10,000 individuals subscribe so they do not miss what I will do subsequent on my channel.
9,806 subscribers • 3,051,942 views
Joined Apr 16, 2014
A design pupil out of Pasadena, California, Devin Montes’ Make Something 3D Printing YouTube Channel just lately shot from 100 to over 9000 subscribers thanks to a different social media big for 3D printing – Reddit. Devin designed and 3D printed Kokichi Sugihara’s Ambiguous Cylinder Phantasm (also called the “squircle”) and his how-to video went viral in a single day. New viewers got here to his channel to see the squircle, and caught round to view his high-quality 3D printing content material, which exhibits Devin figuring out an issue (just like the floppy cellphone mount in his automobile,) sketching a design, modeling it in Solidworks, printing a prototype, testing, iterating, and at last utilizing his new half.
Devin Montes
What is the aim of your YouTube channel, and the way does it set yours aside from the others?
I hope my channel conjures up individuals to assume exterior of the field in relation to 3D printing. I wish to present the world how enjoyable and superb this expertise is, and the way it may be used to create helpful, practical issues. I feel my channel stands out as a result of I give a reasonably in-depth have a look at my course of, so others can be taught from all my successes, and my errors!
What sparked your curiosity in 3D printing?
I did not start 3D printing till my first yr at design faculty, however I’ve at all times beloved inventing issues, and that is the true purpose I am so curious about 3D printing. With the ability to consider some sort of product that does not exist after which making it a bodily, working factor inside a day is simply so, so superb! I do not assume I will ever recover from it.
What conjures up you about the way forward for 3D printing?
3D printing is already enabling individuals to unravel issues a lot faster, and to do issues which have by no means been finished earlier than. Persons are already printing prosthetics, organs, rocket engines, hamburgers, and homes… it is only a game-changer! So I suppose you may say I am impressed by what number of lives it is going to enhance.
What’s your day job, and/or some private element about your life exterior of 3D printing?
I am presently finding out Product Design at Artwork Heart Faculty of Design in Pasadena, CA. My two favourite issues in life are to create and discover, by any means essential. You will get a good suggestion of what my hobbies are by the tasks I make on my channel, and I am so excited to share my ardour with extra individuals!
Launched Might 20, 2011
6,456 subscribers • 1,109,894 views
RichRap, out of the UK, has been a extremely revered and influential supply of details about open-source 3D printers because the early days of the Rep-Rap motion. He offers informative critiques, tutorials, construct suggestions, and undertaking concepts (some developed along with his personal daughters) that contain design, electronics, and a little bit of wholesome perseverance. He blogs his adventures in DIY printing recurrently, and is deeply concerned in each Rep-Rap and OpenSLA growth.
Richard Horne
What is the aim of your YouTube channel, and the way does it set yours aside from the others?
The overall aim for my YouTube channel and likewise my weblog is to assist make 3D printing somewhat simpler to know, and additional the event and exploration of desktop 3D printing. I prefer to encourage individuals to experiment with their machines and likewise share what they do with the broader 3D printing group. I take pleasure in making and innovating, so sharing each successes and failures is meant to spotlight that we’re nonetheless within the early days of this expertise. Rather more will be finished to enhance and make 3D printing helpful for extra individuals sooner or later.
What sparked your curiosity in 3D printing?
The spark for me was the RepRap undertaking, (self-Replicating Speedy Prototyper) began by Dr Adrian Bowyer on the College of Bathtub. The aim was to make a self replicating machine, and essentially the most handy means to do this was a 3D printer, so the RepRap undertaking grew slowly, after which when extra individuals bought concerned, it continued to develop in a short time. Cooperation, open-development, and innovation of expertise ticked all of the containers for me as an attention-grabbing undertaking to get entangled with. It is naturally Open-Supply as a result of for one factor, you may’t actually management one thing that may self-replicate!
What conjures up you about the way forward for 3D printing?
Each time I see youngsters getting concerned with virtually any side of creating, craft, and studying I’m completely satisfied. 3D printing is a improbable expertise to assist take one thing that’s digital and make it bodily. 3D printing is a really highly effective device for each training and real-world manufacturing. It provides us a touch of what might come sooner or later and that is very inspiring and thrilling.
What’s your day job, and/or some private element about your life exterior of 3D printing?
Within the mid 80’s I used to be fascinated with the early machines by 3D programs, and in the course of the late 90’s I labored on electronics tasks that used 3D printing as a technique of fast prototyping enclosures and plastics earlier than needing to tool-up for injection molding. I’m and have been an electronics engineer for the final 25 years, so using 3D printing typically goes hand-in hand with product growth. I actually benefit from the instructional aspect of 3D printing, and having younger youngsters which might be additionally curious about expertise. It is actually nice once we can use 3D printing to unravel an issue or make an attention-grabbing undertaking collectively.
Launched Sep 1, 2006
3,915 subscribers • 591,299 views
California primarily based, A Pyro Design, delivers as marketed – he brings different YouTube creators’ “Logos to Life” utilizing CAD modeling, 3D printing, and a complete lot of paint! Travis shares his time-lapsed design course of, printing, and portray with informative and addictive captions that give useful how-to particulars, and enjoyable insights into his relationships (typically private – at all times fanboy) with the actual YouTube creator he’s immortalizing. He’s discovered a singular and inventive area of interest for his abilities, and shares it with different YouTubers in 3D Printing, meals, and extra.
Travis Womack
What is the aim of your YouTube channel, and the way does it set yours aside from the others?
The primary aim of my channel is to carry issues from the digital world to life in a means that no one has finished earlier than. My childhood was crammed with video video games and imaginary characters which led me to YouTube and online game associated channels. Youtube creators have been an enormous inspiration in my profession. My channel’s differentiating issue is that I’m working virtually completely with different YouTube creators, taking their logos and utilizing the abilities I’ve to carry them to life, all whereas introducing individuals to the world of 3d printing.
What sparked your curiosity in 3D printing?
I stumbled into 3D printing in 2008 when the faculty I used to be attending bought a Dimension UPrint 3D printer. I used to be beforehand actually into 3D modeling and animation. The Artwork Director knew that I might be the right individual to get the brand new 3D printer up and operating. I didn’t object. Since my very first print eight years in the past, I’ve continued to make use of 3D printing to push my creative imaginative and prescient and couldn’t think about my world with out 3D printing right this moment.
What conjures up you about the way forward for 3D printing?
I’m impressed by the truth that as 3D printing evolves and will get extra consumer pleasant, increasingly more individuals with be capable to carry their creative and sensible visions to life. I really feel as if 3D printing goes to alter every thing about creating as we all know it. We’re on the very starting of what this expertise can carry to our world. I’ve by no means been extra excited a couple of expertise than I’m about 3D printing.
What’s your day job, and/or some private element about your life exterior of 3D printing?
I presently work at a small store that recreates classic metallic indicators. We do a number of customized laser reduce indicators and I’ve begun together with a few of that kind of labor into my “Logos to Life” movies. I’m fortunately married happening 16 years now. Now we have a 5 yr previous daughter who can also be moving into 3D printing and even has her personal YouTube channel.
Launched Dec 22, 2011
1,737 subscribers • 398,812 views
This award-winning Swedish 3D designer and 3D printing evangelist is the daddy of the favored #3DBenchy mannequin, and the creator of The OpenR/C Undertaking in addition to The OpenRailway Undertaking. The channel showcases tutorial data on the right way to print with unique supplies, in addition to movies of the R/C vehicles, whose 3D printed components embrace tires, rims, diffs, gears, internal driveshafts, and lots of, many extra. A thriving Google + group additionally grew out of this, and has develop into an incredible supply for additional growth. All .stl recordsdata can be found on Thingiverse.
Daniel Noree
What is the aim of your YouTube channel, and the way does it set yours aside from the others?
YouTube is a means for me to showcase my designs and tasks such because the OpenR/C undertaking. It´s additionally an incredible place for me to go on a number of the issues I’ve realized in the course of the years of growing these all these tasks. I am not a video man, and so you will not see any unboxings, critiques or any of that stuff. However I’ve finished a number of experimenting with 3D printing during the last 5 years, and if you wish to know what I’ve realized from that, you higher subscribe.
What sparked your curiosity in 3D printing?
Once I noticed a Stratasys for the primary time again in 2000 I used to be blown away and I needed a 3D printer so unhealthy, however out of my attain after all. Once I later noticed a MakerBot Factor-O-Matic in 2011 I purchased it on the spot and the remainder is historical past!
What conjures up you about the way forward for 3D printing?
So far as the technical stuff goes, I am actually wanting ahead to seeing a number of steps being taken on the software program aspect. I additionally hope to see extra tasks like e-Nable come to life.
What’s your day job, and/or some private element about your life exterior of 3D printing?
I work at CreativeTools, a reseller of 3D associated {hardware} and software program. Outdoors of labor I spend my time with my spouse and children. Alone spare time I work on numerous 3D printing tasks such because the OpenR/C undertaking
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