I 3D PRINTED SHOES And WORE Them For A WEEK! (WHAT HAPPENED?!)

We definitely need a v2 of these!

RIP the Ender 3 in the trash 😔 Its actually a really good 3d printer for the price, wish I could have helped you out before you tossed it!

Ender 3 is really good printer for the price. I use mine for 4 years now I think and it still works really good. You just need to make few adjustments when is out of the box. You shouldn't throw it away, you should have give it to someone who knows how stuff works.

It doesn’t matter how big your printer is. You will always need to print something just slightly larger than your available area.

This kind of content is honestly what makes you stand out among others in the same niche. I didn't expect much going into this video after seeing the shorts, but boy was I wrong. I didn't know that something so simple, a 3d printed slide/shoe at that, can create a nice little narrative. Appreciate what you do, just like how you've re-crafted the $20 series to create more interest while listening to the feedback of your audience. Keep on keeping on beyond the norm!

The ender usually needs adjusting to get working well initially, but it's a great printer. Absolutely a waste to throw it away

Hey, if you haven't done so yet, get a larger diameter nozzle (eg. 0.8mm) and crank up your layer height to 0.4mm so you can prototype quicker. You could probably cut your print time in half, all while getting thicker, more sturdy walls.

If you ever intend to do a V2, I would HIGHLY recommend Gyroid infill, as the pressure will be dispersed evenly across the entire sole and much more uniform simply because of the 3D structuring of Gyroid infill. That and a couple more walls to allow for better sole rigidity. Edit: also probably a more conventional color for testing just so you don't draw attention to test shoes, but that's fully up to you

My dude, this needs to be a series. There were a lot of learning discoveries for you and I'd love to see you make improvements and eventually make a decent shoe.

Going overboard on the supports really hurts your print-time. Also go for more infill, because that was not much at all. I'd also try to bump up the printspeed, with flexible filament you can try pushing 40mm/s, especially with a direct drive machine like you have. All those things combined will result in a more comfortable shoe in like half the print time

Two tips to help you increase the durability of your next shoe print: 1 - If your going to print the shoe on it's side like you did with this version, increase the wall amount by at least 5, this will give the bottom of the shoe a thicker wall, trapping the air inside so you wont have any problems involving the shoe deflating. 2 - Play around with Infill patterns! Some of them can be pretty shitty when it comes to sustaining heavy weights so it's all about finding that perfect pattern as well as the percentage.

I've seen a lot of great comments about suggestions for a v2, so I figured I'd throw in my 2 cents as well-- - You can probably bump up the layer height from 0.2mm to 0.3mm which will give a MASSIVE reduction in the print time. - You might also want to try a 0.6mm nozzle, or increasing the extrusion width parameters with the 0.4mm nozzle. - You may want to try some of the 3D infill patterns in PrusaSlicer, such as Gyroid or Cubic for better foot support. - (The terminology got a bit confusing, as "support" generally refers to the external material that is removed after the object is printing and "infill" refers to the grid-like structure inside the object.) I am definitely a bit envious that your feet are small enough for a shoe to fit on a Prusa MK3S. I don't think I could print a shoe that fits me on mine. Looking forward to a part 2 (hopefully)!

Would love to see v2 of the ‘fear of clogs’

I used to 3d print Crocs and heels for my X-wives doll(1/12th size) company. Always wanted to do life size models and this motivates me to try. Thanks for the video!

This definitely needs to be a series! This was super interesting to watch and I'd love to see you iterate on the design to make some actual good, comfy 3d printed shoes

I think printing the soles and printing the uppers separately and then gluing them together would probably be quicker, allow for some adjustment also give you the ability to add arch support. It is a very cool project however, 3D printers are really almost becoming a staple of a lot of households it seems, I’m going to have to buy one at some point soon

Interesting concept I think if you would have done maybe 40-50% infill with either the cubic or gyroid pattern they would have been alot more comfy in the soles, the heel problem could be easily fixed by widening the back of the shoe by maybe 10mm?

I'd love to see even more attempts. maybe with more holes like a foam runner or pair of crocs to maybe cut down on print time. maybe try some different structures in the midsole, like a cross kind of structure that could give them more durability and spring. really fun idea though.

I'm glad I found this video. I've been designing my own pair of shoes for months now, trying out different methods of making a sole from scratch including 3D printing them out of a flexible material. So far, I've found that coating the sole in something like latex, silicone, or rubber will give it more strength and durability while maintaining flexibility.

Fun to watch this over a year later! Consumer printers have come a looong way. You could now buy a printer for well under $1,000 that would fit these on the print bed more easily and print them in 1/2 the time or less. Probably a lot less if you dialed in your TPU settings. You also could have saved time with a different style of supports or some other infill strategies. Also possibly by angling the shoe with the sole facing the bed, but the front down and the back angled way up. Most of the support would have been under the sole then, which is the least visible part, and you probably wouldn't have needed interior support. Lots of other improvements include different infill pattern and density of course, as well as more bottom layers on the sole, and probably an extra wall or two. Would be nice to print a different number of walls for the sole and the top of the shoe, but that's a bit more complicated. Plus a different pattern on the sole would help with grip. Could also add something called fuzzy skin to the outside of the shoe which would decrease visibility of layer lines and geometry, though obviously it would be a different look. The bright blue color definitely contributed to the arts and crafts appearance, but I don't think they looked bad. No worse than Crocs! Definitely demonstrates just how rugged TPU is though. Mostly just sharing thoughts for others reading comments since I'm sure the video creator already knows all of this now. First video I've seen by him though.