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How to make money out of 3d printing

Jason Reynolds is a printer with 3D Hubs. We learned a ton! And big prints are susceptible to warping a corner or two up off the bed, as heat is applied on top. And they still need to be easily removed with a putty knife, if not your fingernails. But in the long run, you lose time babysitting the first 10—30 minutes of the print, and messed-up prints waste even more material. For a professional printer, that really adds up. Simplify3D is his slicer of choice, with endless options for customization. It plugs into many other software tools as. Customer education is front-and-center. Having printed hundreds of models over a year of professional manufacturing, Jason knows the ins and outs of print orientation, sizing, materials, strength-to-weight with infill percentages, and .