{"id":2990,"date":"2020-09-29T18:41:39","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T18:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/volksswitch.org\/?page_id=2990"},"modified":"2025-12-24T10:16:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T17:16:21","slug":"who-can-i-turn-to-on-youtube-when-i-want-to-learn-more","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/volksswitch.org\/index.php\/getting-started-with-3d-printing\/who-can-i-turn-to-on-youtube-when-i-want-to-learn-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Who can I turn to on YouTube when I want to learn more?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><a style=\"color: #999999;\" href=\"https:\/\/volksswitch.org\/index.php\/getting-started-with-3d-printing\/what-is-3d-printing\/\">What is 3D\u00a0 Printing?<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><a style=\"color: #999999;\" href=\"https:\/\/volksswitch.org\/index.php\/getting-started-with-3d-printing\/what-are-the-flavors-of-3d-printing\/\">What are the flavors of 3D printing?<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Who can I turn to on YouTube when I want to learn more?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">YouTube is a wonderful source of information and training, but not all information is created equal.\u00a0 Having a 3D printer and a YouTube channel doesn&#8217;t automatically mean that the ideas someone shares are necessarily useful or reliable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I recommend that you start your exploration of 3D printing with two individuals.\u00a0 Stefan Herman at <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/CNCKitchen\/featured\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNC Kitchen<\/a> and Thomas Sanladerer\u00a0at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/ThomasSanladerer\/featured\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Made with Layers<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In particular, I&#8217;d recommend that you begin with Thomas&#8217; <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLDJMid0lOOYnkcFhz6rfQ6Uj8x7meNJJx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3D Printing Basics playlist<\/a>.\u00a0 Stephan created a similar, single-video version describing <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/B84CgaPdixc?si=VprdUxagLwpq5YQC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3D printing basics<\/a> but I think it&#8217;s actually a valuable review after you&#8217;ve been printing for about six months.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For additional insight and fun, I recommend the channels of two other YouTubers:\u00a0 Michael at <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/TeachingTech\/featured\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Teaching Tech<\/a> and Angus at <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/MakersMuse\/featured\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maker&#8217;s Muse<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>For pure fun (and great ideas), visit Devin at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCVc6AHfGw9b2zOE_ZGfmsnw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Make Anything<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To be completely transparent, Thomas does a good job of explaining why <a id=\"_idgpn_21\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/38gXuk6HoEM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">you might not want to get into 3D printing<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>And <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zBz8qvj8MgI?si=_tTrX4MHslb748SN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Angus speaks<\/a> about the key things he&#8217;s learned after 10 years of 3D printing.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><a style=\"color: #999999;\" href=\"https:\/\/volksswitch.org\/index.php\/getting-started-with-3d-printing\/what-3d-printers-do-you-currently-recommend\/\">What 3D printers do you &#8220;currently&#8221; 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