13 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Started 3D Printing

Moby Motion β€’ August 20, 2025
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These are my tips for anyone starting out on their 3D printing journey. Prints from the video - My designs and remixes: https://makerworld.com/en/@MobyMotion/upload - Poop chute: (I’d recommend also printing the base): https://makerworld.com/en/models/913367-a1-purge-poop-bucket#profileId-874490 - Poop Deflector: https://makerworld.com/en/models/123164-poop-deflector-a1-a1-mini?from=search#profileId-132720 Making your next 3D printing purchase through my affiliate links helps support the channel, at no cost to you: Hygrometers: https://geni.us/xDPFHuK Silica: https://geni.us/TBqWD Chitu E1 Dryer: https://geni.us/equR Rechargeable Callipers (Mine, UK + Europe): https://geni.us/bLARU Rechargeable Callipers (USA): https://geni.us/oU3DS Superglue that works well with PLA: https://geni.us/7cEt6Xu Super Lube: https://geni.us/0aPBrk5 Q2 Printer: https://qidi3d.com/products/qidi-q2?sca_ref=10226122.zuPCbGnEBL PAHT (PPA)-CF: https://qidi3d.com/products/qidi-paht-cf-carbon-fiber-filament?sca_ref=10226122.zuPCbGnEBL PA12-CF: https://qidi3d.com/products/qidi-carbon-fiber-filament-pa12-cf?sca_ref=10226122.zuPCbGnEBL PLA Basic: https://qidi3d.com/products/pla-basic?sca_ref=10226122.zuPCbGnEBL I own a @BambuLab A1 with AMS 2 Pro, and @QIDITech Q2 with QIDI Box. 00:00 - Intro 01:15 - Tip#1 02:44 - Tip#2 03:54 - Tip#3 05:03 - Tip#4 05:38 - Tip#5 06:00 - Tip#6 06:40 - Tip#7 07:36 - Tip#8 08:30 - Tip#9 09:49 - Tip#10 10:21 - Tip#11 11:05 - Tip#12 11:48 - Tip#13 πŸ–₯️ My Animation PCs (links may earn me a small commission, at no cost to you) Desktop 1: CPU - https://geni.us/N3h2k0, GPU - https://geni.us/uBEC2, Motherboard - https://geni.us/kMrzvu, RAM - https://geni.us/uwC9m Desktop 2: CPU - https://geni.us/GxRFB, GPU - https://geni.us/WdA5daD, RAM - https://geni.us/TNiby4 Storage: Boot drives - https://geni.us/LReALn, SATA SSDs - https://geni.us/k60CiTq, HDDs - https://geni.us/J5leK0x Asustor NAS - https://geni.us/DDchf, HDDs - https://geni.us/J5leK0x, SSDs - https://geni.us/NHSr, NICs - https://geni.us/cqzcAX - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - πŸ”Œ My Plugins and .blends Autofocus Pro - https://blendermarket.com/products/aperture Physics Plug-in - https://blendermarket.com/products/physassist Total Render Time - https://blendermarket.com/products/total-render-time Domino Run Kit. - https://blendermarket.com/products/domino-run-kit Patreon - https://bit.ly/MobyPatreon βœ… My Socials Blog - http://www.mobymotionblog.com Twitter - https://twitter.com/MobyMotion Instagram - http://www.instagram.com/mobymotion Tumblr - http://mobymotion.tumblr.com Patreon - http://patreon.com/MobyMotion 😊 Affiliate Links Marble Run Kit - https://blendermarket.com/products/marble-run-kit/?ref=48 Marble Race Kit - https://blendermarket.com/products/marble-race-kit/?ref=48 Wooden Train Set - https://blendermarket.com/products/wooden-train-set/?ref=48 FLIP Fluids Plugin - https://blendermarket.com/products/flipfluids/?ref=48 Backrooms Tutorial - https://blendermarket.com/products/backrooms-in-blender-step-by-step-tutorial-4h40min-how-to-make/?ref=48 Poolrooms Tutorial - https://blendermarket.com/products/poolrooms-backrooms-in-blender-step-by-step-tutorial-beginner-friendly-how-to-create/?ref=48 Escalators - https://blendermarket.com/products/animated-procedural-escalators/?ref=48 Tube Buddy - https://www.tubebuddy.com/Moby render+ - https://blendermarket.com/products/render/?ref=48 Beautiful interior scene - https://blendermarket.com/products/interiorscene/?ref=48 Material Builder Suite - https://gumroad.com/a/418477171/vYItG Topaz Video AI - https://www.topazlabs.com/topaz-video-ai/ref/1717/

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