Exactly, and just because people who don’t have this problem are the ones who are posting every 5 seconds, doesn’t mean that it isn’t a real problem that needs to be solved.
Well now you have a faculty member on your side. Your ranks have grown.
Next you’d have to find out who makes the decisions and what they use to make those decisions. Find out the budget, and make a presentation as to why switching to BL printers would be better both educationally and financially. Make a pretty powerpoint. Office folk love powerpoints.
BL gives a small (very small) educational discount to students for the mini. Before you make your presentation you should contact BL and see if they offer a discount for institutions as well, if there’s a minimal buy and what it is.
I would be respectful and not confrontational if denied. Look at why it was denied and then approach the specific reasons and try to overcome them. Think creatively. Schools love that stuff.
If financing is in the way try a fundraiser. Sell candy, wash cars, sell prints if you can, babysit, hire yourself out for assasinations, whatever works.
This is not something you’d want to include. Not personally, but if you could make it out as a problem the whole department or group experiences (with evidence) it would go a long way.
Lastly, look for loopholes. Don’t be obvious if you find one and park it in your back pocket should you need it. Something along the lines of “educational materials” or the like. You could also have donations of filament. My daughters school has a wish list, we donate filament.
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These are the ones everyone can find online and ready for chromebooks. Some even lets you export in known 3mf files, ready with multicolor printing.
And lastly, free and both Orcaslicer and Bambu Studio, created with KASM workspaces and functional. This last one lets you slice files without any problem at all. Your school just has to provide what they want and create a workspace for it.
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Thanks for sharing this. I wasn’t aware that these resource existed. It would appear that now you’ve provided the original poster of this thread with an option. The thing now is; can they mount a better argument to get the school district to apply resources to create a workspace as the KASM appears to require.
@3dPrintingKid, @Square3d just provided you with a solid option. I checked out the KASM website, and it seems straightforward. Here’s your chance to turn your idea into reality.
While getting a school district to adopt new curriculum can be challenging (especially without connections like ties to a board member), you might have better luck starting an academically-inclined student club, like an engineering or model makers club. If such a club doesn’t already exist, try finding a passionate teacher who might be interested in starting one. Many school districts have a growing STEM focus, so the timing could be ideal. You can pitch it to a teacher as a chance to lead a new initiative—some districts even offer extra incentives for club advisors.
You’ll also need enough students interested in a 3D printing club to get it off the ground. And, as @johnfcooley suggested, consider reaching out to printer manufacturers like Flashforge, especially since they’re already in your district. They might offer sponsorship programs for STEM-related activities. Also, don’t rule out an piggybacking off of an existing club.
Here are five example clubs sometimes found in schools that may already exist in your school. You may not have to start a club from scratch if one of these can be convinced to add 3D Printing as part of their draw.
- Robotics Club – Members could use 3D printing to create custom parts and components for their robots, enhancing design flexibility and innovation.
- Engineering Club – Students can leverage 3D printing for prototyping and testing designs, allowing hands-on experience with real-world engineering processes.
- STEM Club – A general STEM club often explores a range of science and technology projects, where 3D printing can be a tool for building models, testing ideas, and exploring design.
- Art and Design Club – 3D printing can expand creative possibilities by allowing students to design and produce sculptures, models, or intricate pieces for exhibitions or competitions.
- Environmental Science Club – Members might use 3D printing for eco-friendly projects, like creating tools for environmental monitoring or experimenting with sustainable materials for printing.
This is also not a bad thing to have on your high school resume when applying to colleges. If you have “President of the XXX Club”, more competitive schools like Ivy league schools and military academies look for demonstration of youth leadership when considering applicants. Who knows, you could be the next Mark Zuckerberg. 
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OOf. I had to get a work permit. Working since 15.
McDonalds gave me all the money I needed to pay someone for Mad Dog 20/20, Milwaukees Best, all the essentials a growing boy needs in a small rural town.
Oh wait, I mean bubble gum and candy kids. Really.
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Slic3r was before Prusa Slicer.
It was Long John Silvers for me lol.
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I knew it was something that started with an S and that was older than most.
We already have a club like that, it’s called “Science Olympiad” and we also have a class dedicated to making things called “Design & Design 2” and I personally hate Flashforge because they screwed me over when my AD5M broke.
I will check those out, but let’s be honest, being able to use Bambu Studio on the web would be better just because it is made specifically for Bambu Lab printers. Hopefully the slicers you posted will only be a temporary solution for me.
No offense, but solution after solution is being thrown your way and you keep putting up a wall of reasons you don’t like Flashforge.
Your bias is going to derail you.
Well, consider both of these aspects. You may have a solution with a less desirable partner vs a more desirable partner who does not share your interests. In the words of Stephen Stills “… 
If you can’t be with the one you love, love the one you’re with…”
Or put simply: Politics makes strange bedfellows.
I think there may be some kind of misunderstanding or… you are reading 50% of the answers here given. The last option is in fact bambu studio on the web 
… it’s only temporary if you want it to be. You just need to configure it. That’s it.
This is the solution! That or pay someone to host it for you and even code what you want. I wish all my problems were so easy to resolve as this one that had already answers. My post alone gives you what is asked.
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I know that, and I was only saying that I haven’t yet given up on the whole web based Bambu Studio, and that I would still love to have it. As for the whole coding thing, I am sure you have already figured out that I am a minor, and do not know how to program complicated things like that, nor do I as a single person have the funds to hire someone. I am just a kid with a 3d printer who would love for things to be more convenient 
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I get that, really, i do. But my daughter is 11 and can already make some 3d printable models. She can also do simple coding (she does roblox maps, or tries to). That is only to show that for coding you don’t have to be 40. You just have to want to learn it and on this day and age, everything is already there on the internet for you and everyone else.
Search on google “how to KASM hosting” and you will get lots of tutorials on how to do it. Maybe it’s viable, maybe it’s not, but the answer is there for anyone that asks.
I really wish you the best luck because my kids also would like to have things simplified in school and sometimes, as a parent, i put my wisdom to work and help the school, helping also the kids, but sometimes it’s not viable ($$$), be it for me or for the school and we can’t do all.I wish i could snap my fingers and make the world a better place, but i am only one.
Again, good luck and hope to see your models
I’m not sure how this point has been missed but the Linux version of Bambu Slicer can be loaded on to most Chromebooks and slice files. The most common roadblock is that the network plugin to “connect” to Bambu printers is the issues.
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Me too. I have Bambu Handy but would like to design my own stuff as well
Ummm, I already do a lot of 3d modeling, I just normally am not allowed to print them. So that’s why I don’t upload a lot.
As I have already made clear in the other fourm, my school has blocked Linux and they will not allow me to use it no matter how many arguments I put up that show it would help me as a student and not just as a maker.
Also, you sound like you are a good parent and teach your daughter things that will only help her in life, so for that, I respect you 
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