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3D Printing may be big here in the USA, but the scene in Canada is just as hot, in fact in this episode of WTFFF?! we learn that retailers in Canada are bringing 3D printing to average consumers in ways we have not yet seen south of the border. Tom and Tracy take a deep dive with John Biehler, 3D printing advocate, author, and adviser to Pinshape, into some of the exciting and unique ways Canadian artists and retailers are working together to expose 3D printing to the masses, including a 3D printed portrait of Canada. LINKS MENTIONED: johnbiehler.com 3D604.org Douglas Coupland - 3D Print Canada Tinkerine Skanect/Structure Sensor TinkerCAD 3D Printing with Autodesk Polar 3D We’d like to remind our listeners that we will be taking a hiatus from our “Ask Us Anything” segments for the rest of October to get out into the field and bring you some cutting edge content straight from the show floor. However, this does not mean we will be stopping all together – our regular Thursday Podcasts will still be on time! If you have a question about 3D print design, production, sales or more, Ask Us Anything and we will store it away in our super special box of questions and dive into them when we get back into the swing of things at the end of October. Thank you to all the loyal fans who will be sticking through this with us, we hope to bring you the very best information about this rapidly expanding industry we all love!   To send us a voicemail, go to hazzdesign.com or shoot us a message on our facebook or twitter! Its absolutely free, so ask away and and don’t forget to subscribe so you can hear more on our regularly scheduled Thursday podcast episodes!

3D Printed Robotics and Drones are all the rage these days. Companies developing them are racing to prove that their technology is better than all others. Our guests this week, Jesse Chang and Marc Gyongyosi, founders of two startups, MDAR and Intelligent Flying Machines (IFM), use 3D Printed Robotics and Drones to speed product development and keep costs down. Their advanced devices use motion contrast 3D scanning to sense the environment around them, both indoor and outdoor, and are real word examples of how 3D Printing is being used by entrepreneurs to develop products in ways that was not possible in the past. 3D Printing is critical to their business strategy and future success, without it the 3D Printed Robotics and Drones the path to market would be much more expensive and time consuming.   Jesse is also a member of the Spark investment team at Autodesk, so we get a chance to learn more about the program's goals and how it works. LINKS MENTIONED: MDAR Intelligent Flying Machines Autodesk Spark Investment Fund Carbon 3D Harvard Business Review ttools case study We’d like to remind our listeners that we will be taking a hiatus from our “Ask Us Anything” segments for the rest of October to get out into the field and bring you some cutting edge content straight from the show floor. However, this does not mean we will be stopping all together – our regular Thursday Podcasts will still be on time! If you have a question about 3D print design, production, sales or more, Ask Us Anything and we will store it away in our super special box of questions and dive into them when we get back into the swing of things at the end of October. Thank you to all the loyal fans who will be sticking through this with us, we hope to bring you the very best information about this rapidly expanding industry we all love!   To send us a voicemail, go to hazzdesign.com or shoot us a message on our facebook or twitter! Its absolutely free, so ask away and and don’t forget to subscribe so you can hear more on our regularly scheduled Thursday podcast episodes!

Who doesn't have a special memory of their favorite pet? In this episode of WTFFF?!, Ashley Saunders, Brand Manager of PetPrints 3D, shares how she and her partner, Mary Henin, turned their passion for pets into a successful and growing business using 3D printing technology. We learn about the process, challenges, opportunities, and what it takes to make Perfect Pet Prints. As fascinating as it was to learn about how Perfect Pet Prints are made, our discussion highlights how realistic it is for entrepreneurs to create a new business, find a new market, and provide great value to customers that would not have been possible without 3D printing technology. LINKS MENTIONED: PetPrints 3D ProJet 660 We’d like to remind our listeners that we will be taking a hiatus from our “Ask Us Anything” segments for the rest of October to get out into the field and bring you some cutting edge content straight from the show floor. However, this does not mean we will be stopping all together – our regular Thursday Podcasts will still be on time! If you have a question about 3D print design, production, sales or more, Ask Us Anything and we will store it away in our super special box of questions and dive into them when we get back into the swing of things at the end of October. Thank you to all the loyal fans who will be sticking through this with us, we hope to bring you the very best information about this rapidly expanding industry we all love!   To send us a voicemail, go to hazzdesign.com or shoot us a message on our facebook or twitter! Its absolutely free, so ask away and and don’t forget to subscribe so you can hear more on our regularly scheduled Thursday podcast episodes!

It’s trade show Season! We are getting out of the studio to bring you cutting edge content right from the show floor. The Pasadena Convention Center was the perfect venue for the 3D Printshow California, the quality of exhibitors and seminars was much better than expected. We took our AV crew on the road to capture all the highlights. In addition to this podcast of the best of our on site interviews, we have created a new YouTube channel where you can see videos of the people, products, and exhibits, and our complete interviews. LINKS MENTIONED: Metaform Tools Feel Color Toner Plastics Big Rep - Big One Ultimaker 3D Gence Airwolf 3D Adobe Artist Ryan Buyssens Staples 3D Printing Web Portal We’d like to remind our listeners that we will taking a hiatus from our “Ask Us Anything” segments for the rest of September and October to get out into the field and bring you some cutting edge content straight from the show floor. However, this does not mean we will be stopping all together – our regular Thursday Podcasts will still be on time! If you have a question about 3D print design, production, sales or more, Ask Us Anything and we will store it away in our super special box of questions and dive into them when we get back into the swing of things at the end of October. Thank you to all the loyal fans who will be sticking through this with us, we hope to bring you the very best information about this rapidly expanding industry we all love!   To send us a voicemail, go to hazzdesign.com or shoot us a message on our facebook or twitter! Its absolutely free, so ask away and and don’t forget to subscribe so you can hear more on our regularly scheduled Thursday podcast episodes!

What printer should I buy? That is one of the most frequently asked questions we get at WTFFF?! Once you have decided to take the plunge and buy your own 3D printer, your head may spin as you weigh the options and ever-growing choices of 3D printers on the market. The multitude of features and benefits that differentiate each printer mean that there is no one printer that is a perfect fit for all users. So the question is very hard to answer, because it depends on WHAT kinds of things you want to print, your skill level, and your budget. We first saw the Polar 3D printer when it debuted at CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in January, 2015. Its open design, circular build plate, and rotational movement immediately caught our attention. Fast forward to August, and Polar 3D submitted one of their printers to WTFFF?! for a formal review. We have now spent a considerable amount of time over the course of more than a month getting to know and understand this unusual but impressive 3D printer. After weeks of working closely with the printer, we interviewed William Steele, CEO of Polar 3D, and the chief engineer/creator of the Polar 3D printer. To view the complete written Polar 3D printer review with detailed photos click here to go to the blog post. LINKS MENTIONED: Polar 3D Polar 3D Video Tutorials DonorsChoose.org Cura Simplify 3D Repetier Raspberry Pi 2 CES Diamond Hotend Minecraft_Printcraft We’d like to remind our listeners that we will be taking a hiatus from our “Ask Us Anything” segments for the rest of September and October to get out into the field and bring you some cutting edge content straight from the show floor. However, this does not mean we will be stopping all together – our regular Thursday Podcasts will still be on time! If you have a question about 3D print design, production, sales or more, Ask Us Anything and we will store it away in our super special box of questions and dive into them when we get back into the swing of things at the end of October. Thank you to all the loyal fans who will be sticking through this with us, we hope to bring you the very best information about this rapidly expanding industry we all love!   To send us a voicemail, go to hazzdesign.com or shoot us a message on our facebook or twitter! Its absolutely free, so ask away and and don’t forget to subscribe so you can hear more on our regularly scheduled Thursday podcast episodes!

Now that just about every one carries a smart phone, they have a powerful computer with a high resolution camera in their purse or pocket. Wouldn’t it be great if these high tech devices could take more than just flat pictures? Thanks to Bevel, by Matter and Form, your smart phone can now capture 3D Photos as easily as you check your email or Facebook page. You can even post your 3D Photos on social media platforms through Matter and Form’s custom app. In this episode of WTFFF?!, Drew Cox, CEO of Matter and Form, reveals how their new flash drive sized smart phone accessory turns any smart phone into a powerful 3D scanner, and how your 3D Photos can even be turned into 3D Prints! We discuss the history of Matter and Form, what led them to create Bevel, their vision for the future of 3D Photos, and the opportunity it opens up for 3D Printing. We were so excited about this innovative new product that we backed the Kickstarter campaign that brought Bevel to life. We can’t wait to test it out and start making 3D Prints out of our 3D Photos.  LINKS MENTIONED: Matter and Form Bevel Kickstarter page We’d like to remind our listeners that we will be cutting down on our “Ask Us Anything” segments for the rest of September and October to get out into the field and bring you some cutting edge content straight from the show floor. However, this does not mean we will be stopping all together – our regular Thursday Podcasts will still be on time! If you have a question about 3D print design, production, sales or more, Ask Us Anything and we will store it away in our super special box of questions and dive into them when we get back into the swing of things at the end of October. Thank you to all the loyal fans who will be sticking through this with us, we hope to bring you the very best information about this rapidly expanding industry we all love!   To send us a voicemail, go to hazzdesign.com or shoot us a message on our facebook or twitter! Its absolutely free, so ask away and and don’t forget to subscribe so you can hear more on our regularly scheduled Thursday podcast episodes!

Are you an entrepreneur looking to cut costs down on your next big venture? Curious how 3D Printing can help with that? Well in this Ask Us Anything segment, Tom & Tracy explain how expanding into 3D printing can create a more viable option for your entrepreneurial venture! We’d like to remind our listeners that we will be cutting down on our “Ask Us Anything” segments for the rest of September and October to get out into the field and bring you some cutting edge content straight from the show floor. However, this does not mean we will be stopping all together - our regular Thursday Podcasts will still be on time! If you have a question about 3D print design, production, sales or more, Ask Us Anything and we will store it away in our super special box of questions and dive into them when we get back into the swing of things at the end of October. Thank you to all the loyal fans who will be sticking through this with us, we hope to bring you the very best information about this rapidly expanding industry we all love! To send us a voicemail, go to hazzdesign.com or shoot us a message on our facebook or twitter! Its absolutely free, so ask away and we look forward to reaching you on our regularly scheduled Thursday podcast episodes!

Reaching 100 WTFFF?! Podcast episodes is a milestone for us and to commemorate it, 3D Print Metal additive manufacturer, Addaero printed the Angel design that started it all for us, only this time instead of PLA, it is printed in Titanium. Using Electron Beam Melting or Powderbed Fusion Technology, 3D Print Metal manufacturing is changing the geometric constraints on aerospace, underwater, space and other industrial (and consumer) applications for machined parts. Rich Merlino, David Hall and Dr. Cesar Terrazas talk not only about the process and application of 3D Print Metal but have dissuaded any preconceptions that 3D Printed parts on a plane are unsafe. In fact, Tracy is convinced that she would rather be in a plane with 3D Print Metal parts - without all the machining and handwork involved in traditional fabrication, it should be safer! We talk also about what's holding back widespread adoption and the types of projects that can benefit from additive manufacturing especially when looking at high mold costs and low initial volume. The guys at Addaero even gave us some special tips for 3D Print Metal design - Wall thicknesses greater than 1/2mm are best One cubic foot overall build volume Complexity is fine - even preferred Be careful of traps - areas smaller than 40 thousandths that might trap powder MENTIONED LINKS: Addaero Manufacturing Kohler Faucets Boston Dynamics Vicki Somma - TGAW Thanks to all our subscribers and binge listeners. We look forward to one hundred more episodes! Be sure to subscribe to the WTFFF?! Podcast on iTunes so you don't miss our upcoming episodes - we have a great Fall line-up! Do you have 3D Print questions? Since its 100% free, why not send us a voicemail at hazzdesign.com or shoot us a message on our facebook or twitter? We're here for you, so ask away!

Okay, so 3D printing is cool and all, but is it actually production quality? In this Ask Us Anything Segment, Tracy and Tom Hazzard discuss whether or not a 3D printed part can stack up to its traditionally manufactured counter part and be production quality. From airplanes to fashion, does 3D Printing hold its own as a manufacturing process? Press play to find out! Do you have a burning question to ask Tom and Tracy? Well what are you waiting for?! Ask Us Anything is 100% free to ask, well... ANYTHING! So visit our website at hazzdesign.com or check us out on twitter and facebook and ASK US ANYTHING! 

Can't figure out how much to charge for your 3D printed product? In this Ask Us Anything Segment, Tracy & Tom expand on their own process of determining the right sales price for their custom 3D Printed Products. Do you have any more questions? We've done nearly 100 episodes so far, but we know there has to be more questions out there! If you'd like to Ask Us Anything, please go to www.hazzdesign.com to send us a voicemail, or visit us through facebook or twitter to send us a message.

Are you planning on taking your 3D Print Model to mass production? Or maybe, you want to double check you design before it goes to tooling. In this Ask Us Anything Segment, Tom and Tracy delve into why they think 3D Printing is an essential tool for designs preparing to be made for the mass market. Do you have any more questions? We've done nearly 100 episodes so far, but we know there has to be more questions out there! If you'd like to Ask Us Anything, please go to www.hazzdesign.com to send us a voicemail, or visit us through facebook or twitter to send us a message.

Perhaps you think 3D print operations and the operating system is the least interesting topic for a podcast and you would be in good company with us as well. Everyone said we had to see and talk to 3DPrinterOS for ourselves and they were right! The 3D print operations are absolutely critical to smooth running for any business, school or makerspace, but it doesn't have to be complex and confusing. Our guest, Aaron Roy discusses with us their mission for making the 3D print operations and workflow streamlined so that deployment can be the same no matter what printer you add. Imagine that... a system you easily learn once and allows you to grow and expand with the technology instead of having to overhaul the system every time you make a change or addition. The data tracking and details of the 3DPrinterOS system although fairly intuitive to learn, have rich depth. So, we decided to add a visual to the podcast mix. Be sure to see the video on either YouTube or embedded below for a quick guided tour of the functions and features including the management of 3D printer farms and multiple users. Don't let the overly techie topic scare you away, these 3D print operations are critical to clarifying exactly how you might deploy and manage 3D printers in your organization. 3DPrinterOS Yeggi SketchFab NetFabb Be sure to subscribe to the WTFFF?! Podcast on iTunes so you don't miss our upcoming 100th episode - it will be our Titanium anniversary podcast! Do you have 3D Print questions? Since its 100% free, why not send us a voicemail at hazzdesign.com or shoot us a message on our facebook or twitter? We're here for you, so ask away!

Whether you're in your garage, basement, or the heart of Africa, you need power to run your 3D Printer. In this Ask Us Anything Segment, Tom and Tracy Hazzard discuss the best ways to power your "what" no matter your "where." Do you have a questions? Well that's why we have this Ask Us Anything Segment! And since its 100% free, why not send us a voicemail at hazzdesign.com or shoot us a message on our facebook or twitter? We're here for you, so ask away!

Hey, remember that time we talked about 3D Printing materials...? Well here we go again! In this Ask Us Anything Segment, Tom and Tracy use some new information they got from this week's podcast guest Aaron Roy of 3D Printer OS to give everyone an update on the cost of 3D Printing materials. Check it out to find out if filament cost is actually what you think it is! Do you have a question? Ask Us Anything! Leave us a voice message at our website hazzdesign.com or feel free to contact us on facebook or twitter as well @hazzdesign!

In this WTFFF Ask Us Anything Segment, Tom and Tracy open up about why its not the right time for them to be selling 3D Printers, and what they would need out of product to really make it worth it for them. Do you have a question? Ask Us Anything! Leave us a voice message at our website hazzdesign.com or feel free to contact us on facebook or twitter as well @hazzdesign!