Co-Extrusion

We talk about a few new continuous Carbon Fiber 3D Printers. These are a huge improvement in the print strength compared to a normal chopped carbon fiber filament. This might be a innovation getting cheaper in the next few years, hopefully making it to consumer 3d printers.

We talk about Creality's upcoming M1 and R1 at-home filament maker and shredder. Not much is known about this upcoming release, but it could be popular at the right price. It seems fun to tinker with and customize your own filaments.

We talk about Jerry's trip to see the Adamform Palette 300. A new 12 nozzle 3d printer coming out soon. It's a new idea to multi-color printing that is coming from a smaller brand.

JJ and Jerry talk about the shift away from open source projects in the 3D printing industry, the impact of closed source projects, and the potential for brands to contribute to open source. It also explores the role of open source projects in driving innovation and the challenges faced by small teams in the industry.

We talk about how Bambu Lab's MakerWorld has made complex 3d printing projects so much easier for creators and consumers. Integrating the basic hardware store into the STL sharing site makes it a cohesive experience that other STL sharing site are lacking. Their crowdfunding project integration is another great feature to make a Kickstarter like experience built into one unified platform.This is not sponsored by Bambu Lab; we just really get excited about awesome projects in the 3d printing space.

We talk about our expectations for TCT Asia 2026 and the RapidTCT in Boston. What brands we are expecting and some of the future things we hope to see.

JJ got a Prusa Core One+ and Bambu P2S, so we talk about the differences that make Prusa different than any other brand printer. Both brand philosophies can exist next to each other for different end users.

We cover several new 3d printers released and announced already in early 2026. Anycubic released the Cobra X, and have announced the large S1 Pro. The Centauri Carbon 2 is an interesting multi material revision of the original Centauri Carbon.

JJ and Jerry talk about 3D Printing designing for functional parts, and talk about Jerry's 3d printing repairs for his car.

We have a discussion about what we have been printing with our 3D Printers instead of just talking about the machines.

We talk about 3D Printer reliability after Jerry was having some printer issues. Printers have some a long way in the past few years, but there is still areas to improve.

JJ and Jerry talk about using 3D printing and CAD in real life projects. Jerry designing custom parts for car repair using Fusion 360.

JJ and Jerry discuss the new Creality SparkX i7 that JJ has been testing. A new budget multi-color printer with a lot of little changes and a new CFS Lite.

In this end-of-year Awards Episode Part 2, JJ and Jerry discuss more of their favorite printing features and products that have come out this year.

In this end-of-year Awards Episode Part 1, JJ and Jerry discuss their favorite 3D printers in different categories: high-end, mid-range, and budget for the year.

We talk about 3d printing shoes. JJ has finished his 3d printing shoes, but they weren't the most durable. Jerry received some more durable printed shoes. We also talk about the economics of other hobbies compared to 3d printing.

So much to talk about with Multi-Color printing systems that have come out or been announced this year. We compare the ones we have tested out, and what we think the future will be for these systems.

Talking through new announcements by Prusa, New Liquid Silicone 3d printing, a new RFID filament tag system by Prusa that hopefully will unite the filament market, and general open source in 3D Printing.

We talk through CyberBrick projects that JJ has been 3d printing, the general CyberBrick project in general, and then how the rest of the 3d printing world needs more DIY projects like this.

We talk about holiday 3d prints, and a deep dive into our testing of Filament Dryers.

We talk about our current multi-material printing projects, the future features we want to see on printers, and Spaghetti Detection.These first few episodes are posted out of order, so this was recorded first.

Talking about new Bambu P2S and other things

Join us on the first episode of our new 3d printing podcast. Our previous podcast, The Perfect First Layer, is ending, and this is our new video podcast.