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Actually, I know where some of you are from. I was thinking earlier that if we were all local and could go get a bite together, we probably wouldn’t argue as much. It’s easy to loose sight of the fact that most of us are human on the other side of the words we regularly regurgitate all over the forum.

Who are you? Where you from? Where we gonna get a bite to eat while we argue over all this 3d printer stuff? What was your first 3d printer, what was your first 3d printing fail? What was your first slicer?

Hi, I’m Josh! I’m in Portland, Oregon, USA! I’m gonna take you to Mamma Chows! it’s one of my favorite food carts. Top menu item is garlic noodles with lollypop wings. So good.

First 3d printer was a Robo3R R1! Great printer for the time. It had a glass bed that was larger than anything else in the price bracket and used the nozzle for auto-leveling. It set the benchmark for what a 3d printer should at least be able to do stock. It’s why I never even gave the Ender a glance.

My first major failure I really remember, ahh, ABS. I got the brilliant idea that I was going to get a perfect print by putting the printer under the air conditioner. Surely all that cool air will help! Wrong. I came back to spaghetti.

My first slicer was the Matterhacker’s slicer Mattercontrol? I got their tablet, the T10 with my robo3d. It was an android tablet that ran their slicer. That thing was a piece of junk, it was slooooooow, and I accidently broke it within the first month.

Remember, we’re all here because we love 3d printing. The more we argue and bicker with each other, the more it takes away from what we enjoy. I certainly speak from experience.

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HI, I’m Aaron from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia and if we’re going to get a bite to eat, it’s going to be at the A&K Lick-A-Chick in Bras D’or. Best fried chicken on the island.

My first 3D printer was a Monoprice Mini Select V2, which at the time was the greatest thing I had ever seen. 2025 me doesn’t miss glass beds at all. My first fail was actually the test model that came with that printer. It wasn’t a benchy, it was some kind of cat holding a sign. I was so excited to see this thing in action that I hadn’t considered my greasy fingerprints on the bed. My first slicer was Cura as that’s what came with the Mini.

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Hi everyone, I’m Anna from Poland. I’m gonna take you to Sao Mai which is a bar with Asian cuisine and we’re gonna eat some chicken breaded with sesame seeds.
I’m just at the beginning of my printing journey and my first 3d printer is A1 Mini (bought a few months ago). I am currently going through a phase of printing flower pots, skulls (made into flower pots), home decor and some cute articulated animals :wink: And I’m starting to make my own models, so far in the programs available in Maker Lab. I must say they have potential.
I think I haven’t had a big fail yet, a small fail might be a “bug” in Make My Vase which sometimes makes the bottom razor-thin (and I still don’t know why), once I printed a tealight holder with no bottom at all.

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What I remember of Portland was how much fun that place was. Between McMenamins brewpubs, Powell’s bookstores, and Fry’s Electronics (RIP), and all the parks to hike and enjoy, it was a grand time that I spent there (worked at a small instrumentation company).

Portland was fun!

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I’m Benjamin, a 40-year-old open-source developer from Düsseldorf, Germany. I work on TYPO3, a content management system that’s been around for over 25 years.

For food, Die Kurve is my go-to spot—it never disappoints. It’s an Israeli restaurant with the best Merguez sausages and homemade fries. The cozy but slightly chaotic atmosphere makes it the perfect place to cool down every heated debate.

My first 3D printer was (and still is) the P1S. I’d been interested in 3D printing
for a while but didn’t want another hobby that required constant tinkering—I needed a tool, not a project. Back then, I was building a photobooth with a digital camera, a photo printer, touchscreen, Raspberry etc. but struggled to create a proper casing. Living in an apartment with no access to a workshop limited my options, but a 3D printer lets me make exactly what I need.

So far, I haven’t had any major failures (knock on wood). Aside from the usual bed adhesion issues from tiny surface areas—or just measuring wrong and ending up with useless parts. But I mostly print my own designs—that’s the part I enjoy most. It’s nice to hold something physical when most of my work exists on a screen or powers tools in the background.

I tried OrcaSlicer, but I’m happy with BambuStudio—it does everything I need.

I even managed to race @Josh-3D Train in Forza Horizon, but I’m usually more of a World of Warcraft gamer. :sweat_smile:

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For food, Die Kurve is my go-to spot

I almost spilled my tea when I read this. In Polish this word means, how to say, a lady of easy virtue :grin:
I remember when we were on a school trip to Germany many years ago, everyone was laughing at the Kurvenstrasse :slight_smile:

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Haha, i know what you mean - but the correct translation is “The Corner” :sweat_smile:

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Hi everyone - I’m Matthew from Arkansas in the US and I’m a product manager in my day job. If we were hanging out locally, maybe we could get some pupusas from a good Salvadoran place nearby?

My first printer was an Ender 3 V2 - I was able to complete a few small projects but spent a significant portion of my time working on the printer. I did learn a lot, though, and used Cura as a slicer.

I’ve always been making things but since last year, 3D printing has really accelerated things for me and made it much faster to go from idea to final product. Now I just need to revisit some old projects to see if they could be made better with 3D printed parts.

As far as big failures go, my biggest was a failure of design - I was working on a project for my nephews that required significant assembly. After spending about 4 hours soldering and hacking together the final project, I went back to the drawing board and redesigned it for easier assembly. Now only about 45 minutes with no soldering. And as a bonus I had an additional finished product to give away.

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Hmm.
My name is Jay.

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That reminds me so much of a place here. I’ve only been there a couple of times. Delicious place. They give you the chicken and fries in a box though. I mean, like the sort of thick sturdy box that Bambu uses when shipping stuff.

Good riddance! Ha. The thing that killed my Robo3d was breaking the glass bed and not being able to fix it. At the time they didn’t have any spares, and so I was kind of SOL.

The nice thing about 3d printing is finally you don’t have to justify why you have a bunch of human skulls you’re using as decoration. They’re 3d printed! Stop hounding me about all those dug up graves; I had nothing to do with it!

Oh man, I haven’t been to any of these in so long. Well, especially not that Fry’s is gone too. Bums me out. I think they would have had some cool 3d printing stuff. Although someone told me about a store in Portland. I need to look it up again.

I’m starting to think about conventions and stuff. I know the 3d printing nerd, he’s in this area. Watching his videos is what gave me the impression that there are such events here, although I’ve never looked into it. That’d be cool though.

What made you decide to dive in with the P1S? Just reputation, or?

Nice! :smiley: It’s an oldie, but still one of my favorite works. I was looking at screenshots of that the other day thinking shoot, if I had time for this train competition, I’d rail it. :sweat_smile: It’s easy to stay away though and just assume I’d win, easily. No need to prove it and potentially prove how wrong I am.

Wait, so like, is it Jay Ohnf Cooley, or Jay Ohn Fcooley, or, hehe. Alright, I’ll stop.

I never managed to get into Cura. I tried it several times, but I don’t know. I mainly used Simplify3d for awhile, but at some point it just became too outdated. The 3d printer I built though, the touchscreen had support for thumbnails that could be generated by Cura, and that kind of forced me to use it a bit more.

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I live in Minnesota. Honestly I do not know anyone on this forum at all, and this is my first introduction. I work as a designer and sculptor. I make all manner of things but I am not very good with software yet, and am looking at scanning my sculpture work and then digitizing it to print. After seeing a lot of the intellectual property theft on here, I am hesitant to share my work due to the simple fact that there are no penalties for the theft, and no one getting banned or booted for posting stolen models.

I do like this place, and I have downloaded a lot of free stuff to try out my P1S. I just wish it wasn’t as finicky about filament as it can be at times. Though I have found some amazing stuff via Protopasta.

At any rate, I’m an old guy who makes all manner of things, ranging from props to toys, to car parts, and various other items in the real world. Nice to meet you all.

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I have an Ender in my studio. I got zero successful prints out of it. Bought the Bambu P1S, purely because I watched it print a Benchy in 15 minutes successfully. It was a low bar to sell me. My P1S is a great machine but have upgraded a lot of stuff on it so it runs flawlessly.

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Indiana here

Been to Portland a few times (Hiked the Timberline trail at Mt Hood in 2023)

Smaller town life here. We eat at Tarouya- the only Japanese spot, Or elChili Poblano for Mexican. Food is good, but the atmosphere is as important for us- we don’t like crowds!

My work bought a Markforged X7 printer, and soon after I had a couple of Ender 3’s. We bought an X1c at work later, and the same weekend I bought one. Followed by a couple A1 minis and a reg A1.

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Hello everyone, and thanks to @Josh-3D for this fun thread!

I’m Michele from Ancona, Italy, a small coastal town facing Croatia with incredible beaches. That’s why I’d take you to our bay to try our famous “spaghetti coi moscioli” (look it up on Google).

I’m a software developer, and in just a few days, I’ll be turning 49. I love traveling, and right now, I’m writing this from a beach in Vietnam. Unfortunately, I can’t do any printing at the moment, but it’s totally worth it. :blush:

I started 3D printing a few years ago with an old Anycubic that gave me quite a hard time. When I switched to Bambu Lab, everything changed so much that my passion took over, and I started studying 3D design, which was completely unknown to me before. For that, I’m very grateful to Bambu Lab.

I don’t remember my first epic fail, but there have definitely been a few, mistakes are the best way to learn, like realizing you shouldn’t leave a print running unattended. :grin:

Sending warm greetings from Phu Quoc and I’ll be back active in the spring! :desert_island::wave:t3:

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Ho nice idea this post .thank you Josh-3D

Hi, I am from France , I am nanny and my preferate food is chocolate ! I know its bad but a day without chocolate is a very bad day . So if you come to see me we’ll go to the best patisserie in my town to talk about 3d print.

my first printer was an anycubic , and most of the time fail (I tryed so many things with friends and changed so many pieces on it that I cant remember when I have print something good on it except the benchy on its sd card ) , after that i had an elegoo that worked very fine until i changed it for a mini .

I used Ideamaker slicer it was a very good one , still very good.

Have a nice day

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Hey everyone! I’m Daniele from Italy, near Venice – you know it? :smiley: – and I got into 3D printing for myself, but also for my twin boys who have been changing my life for a few years now. It’s a great opportunity for all of us to spend time together and learn new things. I have a technical background, I’m a developer, so I tend to create parametric models using Fusion 360 and OpenSCAD.

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Wow, this is so cool, I’d love to see this!

Aaah, sh!t, that’s 100% true, unfortunately :confused: Perhaps you’re right that you don’t post it here.

I think I like you already :slight_smile:

Sometimes I envy today’s kids the opportunities they have and how the world is developing. My childhood was totally different, a completely different world :slight_smile:

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That’s awesome! I love traveling and hearing about it from others. What have you enjoyed most in Vietnam so far? I’m writing this from a beach in Roatan, Honduras :slight_smile:

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Checking in from the Netherlands! The part reclaimed from the sea, Flevoland, not much to see here and not much to eat here so I think I’ll have to whip up something myself (tartiflette anyone? even though I mostly eat vegitarian). I have never really bought a 3D printer but I have used them a lot right from the start. (Ultimaker 1, PrintrBot simple, upgrading to Felix 3D, etc) and the first slicer I used was KISSlicer.

Then was commissioned to design my own 3D printer for educational purposes in 2017 which became the Dutchy. Now overpriced it was one of the few printers that was solidly built and just worked, still in daily use without big issues.

I’m not sure what my first fail was, I never print big things overnight and for more complex designs I print small tests before committing. Never encountered the spaghetti monster or major clogs, even though I print a lot.

During the day I’m a designer as well, currently working on cargo bikes. University schooled but I like to get my hands dirty as well, welding some frames or performing maintenance, I think working both ends of the spectrum makes me a better designer as well.

Apart from that I can get a kick out of sports: cycling, climbing, rowing, skating, hiking, (mono)skiing, you name it, as long as it is outdoors and I don’t need team mates.

Right from the start I was always interested in the boundaries and possibilities of 3D printing, most of my (public) designs start with a thought experiment or design challenge. But my personal designs are mostly small, functional and solve a specific problem only I need solving. Parts for my 2cv, connecting my phone to my bike, stuff like that. Nice to meet you!

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Hello, I’m Christof! I live in Bierbeek, a quiet rural town in Belgium. Not much happens here, but we do have In De Molen, an old-school bar with a great beer selection and delicious food—a perfect spot for chatting about plastic spaghetti.

I started 3D printing four years ago with an Anycubic Mega Zero. It was a budget-friendly machine… until I started upgrading it :sweat_smile:.

As I got deeper into printing, I needed custom parts that I couldn’t find on Thingiverse, so I started designing them myself—and I never looked back. Now, I spend most of my time creating 3D-printable art and trinkets.

I currently test my models on a couple of Bambu printers, and I have two new Anycubic machines on the way. I recently tried some resin printing too :scream::sweat_smile:

The 3D printing community is mostly amazing (a little drama here and there, but that’s part of the fun :blush:). Still, I sometimes wish there were more people nearby who share the same passion—it’d be nice to talk shop in person!

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