👉🏼I’ve been having a lot of fun figuring out how to use my 3D printer in my business. These photos show the progression of my new Perfume Oil Sample Set. I started with a box file from MakerWorld, then used ChatGPT to design and redesign the removable insert that holds my six perfume oil bottles.😁 📷Each redesign brought the insert closer to what I needed. The bottle spacing, overall fit and presentation were all adjusted until the set came together the way I had pictured it. I printed the box using Bambu Lab PLA Matte in Latte and PLA in White. I really like how the soft Latte colour looks with the clean white insert. (These are also my brand colours...kraft paper brown, white and lilac)) 🥳What I’m enjoying most about 3D printing is being able to take an existing design and adapt it for a completely different purpose in my business. I didn’t have to settle for packaging that was almost right. I could create an insert specifically for my products. Now I have a reusable Perfume Oil Sample Set that looks polished, keeps the bottles secure and fits my business beautifully. What do you guys think?

I have been prepping for the University District Night Market that is today (Sept 23rd) here in Calgary and this is my first market so I am going in somewhat blind. Thankfully, I have my H2D Laser Combo which I am using to design and craft all my own signage for the market. And in the background I am staining boards and printing brackets / parts from STLFlix for my displays (https://platform.stlflix.com/product/fair-vendor). [Video provided by STLFlix] Without my 3d printers, I would be buying all the displays premade and making with what I can put together. But with access to a large variety of files on MakerWorld but also through my other Subscriptions like STLFlix, I can customize my booth and make it feel like my own. I purchased a rare lifetime access to STLFlix in the early days and I DON'T regret it one bit, I will share pictures once it’s all up and ready for prime time; in the mean time here are a few snapshots of what I am working on!

Hey Tyler...can you help with this info? (Before I buy the wrong one)

I was just looking on Temu for something business-related, and I saw filament. But like brand-name labels such as Sunlu. I don't have any experience with that label, but was wondering if you could even trust that??

Prints that used to be fine have gone rough. Surfaces look fuzzy. There's stringing you didn't used to get. Before you touch a single slicer setting — check whether the filament has absorbed moisture, because if it has, no setting will save you. The test: Grab your spool, try to bend a piece off the end. Does it snap like a dry twig or bend nicely like a fresh branch? Check out the video and try it yourself! 👎🏼 If it snaps, it's water logged and you should dry it! 👍🏼 If it is still pliable and breaking it requires a considerable amount of flexing. ✅ The fix: dry it. A filament dryer if you have one, 45–50°C for 4–6 hours for PLA. No dryer? Most enclosed printers now have a drying function for this reason, and a lot of people started there. What does not work is leaving it out and hoping — humidity is the thing that put water in it, so more air is more of the problem. 🔰 And the part people skip: PLA absorbs moisture too. The "only PETG and nylon care about this" thing is not true, it's just that PLA degrades more slowly and so you notice later. This is the quick test BEFORE you hit print and see all the visual consequences of wet filament. Anyone had a spool go bad on them? How long had it been sitting out if at all? 🤔