3D Printers: A Beginner's Guide (Fox Chapel Publishing) Learn the Basics of 3D Printing Construction, Tips & Tricks for Data, Software, CAD, Error Checking, and Slicing, with More Than 100 Photos Paperback – January 1, 2015

Grandson loved it. He went out and bought a 3D printer

High quality printing and well written. Not particularly in depth, but provides a good introduction to the world of 3D printing. Definitely worth while of some one who knows nothing about 3D printing, and wants to acquire enough knowledge to make an informed decision on the next steps.

Got this for my son who has been interested in 3D printing for some time. Very useful.

I had just ordered a 3D printer (haven't received it yet) and this book has helped me greatly with what is required to have as far as tools and programs to have in preparation. I would highly recommend this book for anyone who wants to dive into 3D printing. It's not a big book and it contains lots of pictures for reference. Very easy to read and understand even for someone who has never interacted with 3D printing.

3D PRINTERS: A BEGINNER’S GUIDE promises to teach the basics of 3D printing construction and to provide tips and tricks for data, software, CAD, error checking, and slicing. The book is useful for its explanations of the differences in the way various 3D printers work (e.g., some use undesirable threaded rods for the frame), but the printing and designing tips are based on screenshots of web sites (e.g., Thingiverse) and of specific software (Netfabb, Slic3r, Printrun, Turbocad) that you may or may not be using.Personally, I lack the patience to study how-to manuals that teach with screenshots. Also, although all 3D printers require modeling software and slicer software, so that one can learn from discussions of how to use specific 3D software apps, this is generally NOT an efficient way to learn.For one thing, an app discussed in the book may have settings or steps that aren’t available or applicable to the 3D printer that you happen to own. Also, the icons in the screenshots will probably look very different from the equivalent icons (the ones that perform the same type of operations) in your own software. This is true even if you’re using the same software as the book, because software designers are constantly issuing new versions with redesigned interfaces.The general discussion of 3D printer maintenance (pp. 115-117) is useful, but you’ll need YouTube videos to help if you start tightening or adjusting parts. The discussion of failed prints is extremely general, so if you want to understand what’s going wrong with your prints, you might consider the excellent 3D Printing Failures book instead.This book has nice full-color illustrations, and some of the photos (e.g., the one on the cover) are quite inspirational. Of course, some of the photo gallery models shown are far beyond the capabilities of a hobbyist’s tabletop 3D printer, but they do prove that anything can be printed on a 3D printer.

why do I have to give a damn explanation for give a book 5 stars.

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Very good.