Great idea until overnight print, a little support will save you a lot of effort.

A very interesting idea... I've inserted magnets, weights, etc before, but not other plastic parts! Why not! Thank you for the great tip!

Omg I was seriously thinking you hacked the P1P haha

Great idea, I have paused prints in the past to fill them with sand and epoxy resin to add weight to the part, but I never thought of dropping another part in to match the level and then having it bonded by the next layer, you have done the community a great service by sharing this method and I salute you for it!

Ah, that bamboo anti-gravity add-on kit was well worth the investment. 👍

This is the 3d printer equivalent of "if you shine a yellow light on a blue wall, what colour is the wall? Blue."

I read people use Rice in the infill to make prints heavier lol

A known concept integrated with clever thinking. Nice.

I’m not sure itll have the same strength as if printed normally. There will be a definite weakness at the interface between the old part since they are not bonded. Thus, the strength will decrease proportionally to the size of this interface.

This is honestly a really good idea Solvents work well for fusing sure I’m sure we all love avoiding those fumes where we can - after years in o-chem labs and working as a pharmacist, I think I’ve probably copped too much already hahahahahahaha

Bambu owners discovering the ancient ways of FDM

The bond is weaker due to the lower temperature in the preprinted part

This is absolute genius.

Nice looping edit. I like insetting G10 for strength enhancement. Magnets is another cool one.

Very good work, stress risers are still present at the joints and the structure isn't isotropic but still a usefully method.

Very cool. Implanting other 3d printed parts into the print. Adopted!

Thats actually really clever. I appreciate your creativity, it makes perfect sense and that’s hard to find on UKposts Shorts.

Love how you make your voiceover loop, too! ;-D

I tend to oversupport my prints but my fail rate is really low. Id rather have 10 minutes extra cleanup time other than a 5hr failed print

I usually cut M3-M5 threads directly in my PETG parts and this holds up perfectly

Composite 3d printing is awesome, i fused some hex nuts into one of my prints once to have a more sturdy screw base

Ahah nice trick! I'm used to embedding magnets and nuts this way, but indeed, embedding printed parts might allow nearly seamless fusion

Very underwhelmed by this "solution" to not using supports. Print two pieces? Uh, yeah.

nice job and i like how the voice over loops

That's actually very smart for parts that can be difficult to remove supports on. A little effort in meshmixer would go a long way! Maybe even making use of acetone or some super glue to increase the strength of the bond to more than a few surface layers for parts that could make better use of the extra strength!

That's brilliant. What a brilliant idea for smooth overhangs on neat designs like this. Great job.

okay that freaking brilliant, i thought this was a click bait scam video, but i left pretty impressed.

This is an ingenius idea. Now I want to see how to design this.

This also works if you want to embed a magnet into your models. Great advise.

I was going to say it's obviously 2 parts, but inserting it mid print is genius

I can't believe I never thought to do this. Brilliant.

The loop is so so perfect," and this is how"

This gave me an idea - for something not so pointy, one can insert some support ramp. But it has to be heated and fixed to be stable 💁

🤯So simple, yet still hard to implement. I will try it sometime.

What a great idea with huge potential. I'm going to rethink the way I slice from now on. I'm often wondering about orientation and this might solve some issues I've often had

The loop transition is SO SMOOTH. It almost looks like your video doesn't have a cut, until you go back and replay.

I love seeing videos like this. Now I have a ton more ideas for 3d models.

I love stuff like this because it takes an idea that may well have been considered by many people many times, but puts it into a context that effectively says “cool idea, now DO IT.” Way too many ideas never make it past the concept stage for no better reason than “meh, don’t feel like it” when all it would take is a handful of supposedly “meh” ideas to make something brilliant - for example somethin like, oh I dunno… strapping together a few hobby motors and a funky resistor to make some doohickey that leaks hot plastic into weird shapes.

Great content you earned a subscriber

I haven't thought of something like this. Very interesting I may have a project I could use this for. Thank you for posting.

At first I just assumed it was made in two prints but this is actually really cool. Might have to try this out.

You can always travel to the ISS where gravity is not an issue

Could you put another piece on the bottom cone to act like a surface? Like a removable support you put in during the print?

One of the best techniques I've seen for the past years, Chris! Thanks for posting. I'll subscribe. You could also print the top cone in a different colour ( same material ) way faster than doing it with supports.

I normally just make multiple parts and fuse them with a solding iron set to the correct temp.

This is simple but brilliant! I'm honestly a bit upset I didn't think of it myself haha

Great idea. I think a tutorial explaining how to add whatever the necessary g code to a more standard printer would be a great follow up. (If this already exists on your channel I apologize)

I used this method to place a cylinder weight inside of a closed egg so it can wobble. I got it to the right layer where the cylinder was the support and doesn't shake around inside.

sealing it after like this is SO cool.

I never even thought about doing this. This is genius

this wasn't a click bait, im surprised !

Nice idea, how did you pauze it?

How do you perform the final patching operation?

great idea.can print in separated time frame.dont hv to wait the whole night to finish.

Unfortunately it will not result in the same strength, layer adhesion is one of the biggest deciding factors in part strength, having no layer adhesion in a certain part of your model drastically reduces the strength of the overall part especially on the Z axis...

What's the nozzle size ?

Is there a tutorial on how to go about doing this? ie how to cut out a section and how to pause a print in the correct spot or how to get it to print over the part?

I used this method to insert filter paper into a coffee filter print!

Can you move the unfinished part? Don’t you get an offset when you return printing?

What an awesome idea! Congrats bro! 👏👏👏

This is a very clever technique O hadn't thought of. I'll add this idea to my 3D printing toolkit. Thanks for sharing.

Feels like someone smart could embed this in the design program so it detects where this is a strategy that works! Really cool idéa!

pretty great hack! 👏😎

Nice idea, it’s always very useful to pause prints tonight insert parts

Pretty smart! This actually lived up to the hype

Now we need the machines to think of this themselves

Is there a way to make it automatically pause to wait for you to put the part in? Or do you have to just watch it when it's close?

That's wicked smart! Thank you for sharing!

Nice idea, I will keep it in mind for future prints. In the model you show in the video I particularly like that you will not have any signs of supports on the cones! Big plus in my opinion... Cool!

Sadly not many people know about this technique. I frequently see questions like "how do I print this without support". Keep in mind that it makes waterproof connection while still looking good. I made rear light for e-bike this way - printed black case, paused and inserted red transparent piece to print on top of it. Earlier i tried glueing red piece, using silicone, but this is the only aesthetic solution, which works perfectly. Also it's a way to have overhangs without this rough texture that support leaves

Do have the video tutorial please 🙏

Could this part be printed in one go if you orient it on its side?

Do you have a tutorial on this? I would love to embed magnets.

Could also print it sideways. Would need a little support to prevent rolling, but not much, and could be more easily removed than a large bridge support. And only pass needed.

The printer should have a robot arm to do stuff like this

Sneaky sneaky!! I love it

So question. How did you know where to stop it and how to make sure the other part would fit in nicely without bulging up at the top. I’m confused because I want to use this method but don’t know how

That's a really cool trick!

Genius! I’ll put this to good use if I remember to haha

was actually thinking that you added a removable support part that is directly implemented when you designed it.

That is a really good idea.

I only watched it to say cap! But in the end i was impressed! Wow great idea!

Very clever idea 👍🏼

What was your software for designing the parts

Very nice idea!

My man just casually making EFPs over here

This is a good technique, I have done similar pause + prints

Great. Pause at layer is perfect for this. I have known about magnet inserts and such. So this falls into that category. So impressed 😮

Great example, of an advanced 3D print technique.

Supports will save so much effort and worrying about not getting stuff like that in the right spot. 3d printing is about patience

CEO? Heck no! CGO, chief gigachad officer.

Slick hack. Love it

Dumbfounded... way to find a solution without overthinking it! The answer really was in front of us this whole time.

You are a genius!

Great idea!!! Definitely wanna try it!

This is a nice idea thanks

how do you stop the print at the top, add the new part, and then fuse the two? edit in Gcode or just pause the print when you get to the top?

Almost clickbait but I completely allow it. Great short!

Super clever idea 💡

Well done! So on the slice you just eliminate the top cone until the top layers?