After being unemployed for 7 months I may have a lead on a manufacturing job. The issue is that he needs me to be conversant in 3D printing by April 1 when they move into larger digs and increase their production capacity. I don't think he's expecting me to be a master at it, but I need to be able to get up to speed as quickly as possible. YouTube may be my best tutorial in the meantime, but if anyone has suggestions on how to make the path to competency as short and effective as possible, please IM me.
It's a broad topic, any clue which type of 3d printing process you need to know most about? Here's a good 101 short course.
3D printing 101
For youtubez I follow 3D Printing Nerd and Thomas Salander both pretty tolerable and informative. They mostly focus of FDM printing and consumer printer reviews.
There's a lot to be learned about 3D printing and hands on is the best way to do it. If you have the time, interest and a few hundred dollars of disposable income pick up a Creality CR10 or Prusa MK2. I have both of those printers in my stable among a few others (I have 4 printers total right now) and think they are the best bang for buck out there.
Any other questions don't hesitate to reach out.
Edit: I mostly do hobby printing but was in pretty deep with a few professional machines at my last job. We did some pretty wild stuff that a lot people didn't think was feasible at the time.
What type? Its not exactly something I would expect someone in a manufacturing environment to need to 'get up to speed' on. Are you just running the printer(s)? Designing geometry for 3d printing?
The basics:
Create a good model
Export a good mesh
Print it on a good printer
Are you going to run the machines and fix whatever breaks ?
Or design the part ?
What programs do they use for design , that's what you are going to need to learn ,
If you are starting from zero you are going to need to find a maker group to get some hands on experience ,
I am working to get an old CNC back working , so need to learn basically the same thing....
Udemy.com has courses for free on Fusion 360 and many other programs.
