3D Printing Gone Wrong3D Printing Gone Wrong

While 3D printing can produce amazing objects, sometimes additive manufacturing can go haywire.

Rob Spiegel

March 13, 2023

1 Min Read
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A few brave souls have been willing to show what happens when 3D printing goes off the track despite the best efforts.

These videos may be entertaining to watch, but we hope you can avoid these mishaps during your own projects.

Following are a few processing SNAFUs shared on 3D Print King's YouTube channel, and more videos below.

 

 

Here’s an example of fail and fail until you succeed:

 

 

And this video lets you know the Top Ten Reasons your 3D printing is failing:

 

 

About the Author

Rob Spiegel

Rob Spiegel serves as a senior editor for Design News. He started with Design News in 2002 as a freelancer covering sustainability issues, including the transistion in electronic components to RoHS compliance. Rob was hired by Design News as senior editor in 2011 to cover automation, manufacturing, 3D printing, robotics, AI, and more.

Prior to his work with Design News, Rob worked as a senior editor for Electronic News and Ecommerce Business. He served as contributing editolr to Automation World for eight years, and he has contributed to Supply Chain Management Review, Logistics Management, Ecommerce Times, and many other trade publications. He is the author of six books on small business and internet commerce, inclluding Net Strategy: Charting the Digital Course for Your Company's Growth.

He has been published in magazines that range from Rolling Stone to True Confessions.

Rob has won a number of awards for his technolloghy coverage, including a Maggy Award for a Design News article on the Jeep Cherokee hacking, and a Launch Team award for Ecommerce Business. Rob has also won awards for his leadership postions in the American Marketing Association and SouthWest Writers.

Before covering technology, Rob spent 10 years as publisher and owner of Chile Pepper Magazine, a national consumer food publication. He has published hundreds of poems and scores of short stories in national publications.

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