The 3 D's of 3d Printing and Project Making

my biggest gripe with instructables as a concept is that writing them feels weird, even more so for the new skill challenge. I understand that theses challenges help inspire youth to make new things and to train us to become engineers and creatives which helps for the future, but at the same time, every person who writes an instructable has done all the work for the reader. the reader may learn how to assemble to robot, but not how to make it. that's why today, I, a high school student at archbishop mitty high, will be teaching you how to use a 3d printer, resin or filament based printer as well as how to get/make models to print on 'em. I will be taking you through the work flow, or process of using each tool, some tips and interesting things you can do with 'em. there will be pictures of various projects I have done that make good use of the tools and hopefully they will give you a little inspiration! there was no one specific project that was done for this instructable, instead it is a collection of various parts of projects in order to show off fun projects which I have been learning over a while.

fyi this guide was written for by memephis, the same person who wrote all 3(4 including the hub page) of the 3ds of 3d printing instructable. I wrote it in 3 parts for organizational reasons and I didn't feel the need to publish all of them to the contest.

there is no master supply list. all of the steps will have their own supply lists.

this is the instructable for design and file acquisition. it will cover, sources for models, what each website does the best, how to use fusion 360, get inspiration for mechanisms, and some additional resources for fusion.

https://www.instructables.com/Design-and-File-Aqusition/

if that doesn't work here if the pdf

this is the instructables for resin 3d printing. resin printing is faster than filament based (FDM), but also deals with toxic resin. it is great for little details and small prints. this instructable will go over resin, resin safety, printer choices, and some interesting techniques that you can do with resin printers.

https://www.instructables.com/DnD-Mini-Artistic-3d-Printing/

if that doesn't work here if the pdf

this is the instructable for filament based 3d printing, aka fused deposition modeling (fdm). this is typically the best choice for mechanical parts or anything bigger that a few inches. it is slower and more annoying to troubleshoot, but they are not toxic and are a great choice for a first printer. this guide will go over filament choices, printer choices, every part of the printer and their potential upgrades, slicers, general workflow, and some special tips I've been learning. there is no clear piece that I made to this, but it is an important part of you being able to make your own projects, so I figured I would include it.

https://www.instructables.com/Deposition-and-Fdm-Basics/

that's all I got folks, so why don't you go out and use all this info to make something cool yourself. it could be a robot, and instructable or something entirely different, because it's not what you build that matters, but the process of building. from one maker to another, good luck and happy printing!