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3D Printing Today

Andy Cohen & Whitney Potter·Hosted by Andy Cohen and Whitney Potter·50 episodes

TechnologyCo-hosted shop talk3D printing30-50 minWeeklyHands-on technicalStandalone episodes

Dr, Andy Cohen, with 28 years in the high tech industry, and Master Craftsman Whitney Potter both use 3D Printing, 3D capture and 3D Design professionally. These guys dig through all the hype to reveal the real value in what is happening today in the exciting world of 3D Printing. They discuss topics such as how to tune, upgrade and maintain your desktop factory, capturing physical objects into virtual 3D space, how to develop your own designs for 3D Printing, developing businesses related to 3D Printing and all the latest innovations. Each episode includes current events, 3-5 technically focused segments, and...

Why listen

3D Printing Today is practical shop talk for people who actually print things, not just follow the hype. Dr. Andy Cohen and master craftsman Whitney Potter compare real printer behavior, slicer settings, materials, scanning, design choices, failures, fixes, and oddball experiments in a steady co-hosted format. It is especially useful if you own a desktop printer, want better prints, or like hearing experienced makers reason through problems out loud.

Episodes

57 min
May 28, 2026
3D Printing Yesterday (Repeat from 7/2/15)

Optimal Layer heights, Printing Food Safe, Using the last bits of filament, Voronoi it!, Thingiverse Spam, Bronzefill finishing

59 min
May 21, 2026
3D Printing Yesterday (Repeat from 6/25/15)

Slic3r and Mightyboard based bots, Voxel Stacking, Julia Vases, Different Infill for Top and Bottom, Bed Leveling, Ben Franklin's Key

39 min
May 14, 2026
3D Printing Yesterday (repeat from 4/16/15)

Terrain2STL, Adjusting fit in Blender, 3d Printing and Pet Birds, Stepper Motors for Beginners,

40 min
May 7, 2026
3D Printing Yesterday (Repeat from March 12, 2015)

Different Ways of Controlling Toolpaths, Barker Dam Scan

46 min
Apr 30, 2026Episode 611
3D Printing Today #611

Facet Knife Tool, Five Things You Should Not Print, Seams

31 min
Apr 23, 2026
3D Printing Today #610

Paint Vs Part, More Elegoo Mess, Kicking the old machines to the curb

30 min
Apr 16, 2026
3D Printing Today #609

XL nozzle crash, Controlling Color Depth, Prusa Material Temps

38 min
Apr 9, 2026Episode 608
3D Printing Today #608

Wiping, When others print your stuff, Textured Color

31 min
Apr 2, 2026
3D Printing Today #607

Seam Position, Controlling over extrusion, Color Exploration

28 min
Mar 26, 2026
3D Printing Today #606

Our prints and ambient temps, How to ruin an online object resource, Thingiverse posts getting unpublished

35 min
Mar 19, 2026Episode 605
3D Printing Today #605

Designing for printing in colors, Skirt, Brim or Helper, Copyright Strike

28 min
Mar 12, 2026
3D Printing Today #604

Use a Mirror, So ya got a 3D Printer, Printing on cloth

45 min
Mar 5, 2026
3D Printing Today #603

More Complex coloring, Retraction Settings, Impact Printing

49 min
Feb 26, 2026
3D Printing Today #602

How to tell if it's PLA or PETG, Ars Moriendi 3D, EFSA Article about micro plastics

46 min
Feb 19, 2026
3D Printing Today #601

Infill, Printing Multicolors, Interesting Printer Innovations

31 min
Feb 12, 2026
3D Printing Today #600

Support Style and Pattern, Soap Mold, Yet Another Prusa XL surprise - Stuck Filament Sensing

36 min
Feb 5, 2026
3D Printing Today #599

Material Cooling, Multicolor printing, How to Verify Sizing

37 min
Jan 29, 2026
3D Printing Today #598

Avoid crossing Perimeter, Can 3D Printing take the place of low value production?, Tops and Bottoms

29 min
Jan 22, 2026
3D Printing Today #597

Gigantor Build plate, Micro control of Z Height, The Elegoo controversy

33 min
Jan 15, 2026
3D Printing Today #596

Bambu LiDAR Lens, 3D Prints longterm, Smart Plugs

35 min
Jan 8, 2026
3D Printing Today #595

No More 3D Printed Guitars, Perimeters/Outlines/Shells, Dealing with stringing

25 min
Dec 18, 2025
3D Printing Today #594

XL Nozzle Blockers, Bambu Studio and Helios Thermal Analysis, Bambu and DJI

39 min
Dec 11, 2025
3D Printing Today #593

Resurrecting a JackoLantern, 3D Systems Settlement, Most Popular Halloween Downloads

1 hr 16 min
Dec 4, 2025
3D Printing Today #592

Cocoa Press2, Bambu Vortek Vs Bondtech INDX, Layer Height

46 min
Nov 20, 2025
3D Printing Today #591

Flexible PEI sheet on the N2, Glues, Auctioned Industrial machines

43 min
Nov 13, 2025
3D Printing Today #590

US Filament Producers, Local Plastic Recycling, Ridwell

37 min
Nov 6, 2025
3D Printing Today #589

Re-evaluating glass plates, Graphite infused bushings, Auto-loader Vs Toolchanger cost radeoff

48 min
Oct 30, 2025
3D Printing Today #588

Timeplast filaments, MakerTech Toolchanger, US Filament Producers

30 min
Oct 23, 2025
3D Printing Today #587

Saltgator Injection Molding, Purge Calibration, Halloween Ideas

35 min
Oct 16, 2025
3D Printing Today #586

To plate or not to plate, Another Ikea lamp fix, Reliable Supports

36 min
Oct 9, 2025
3D Printing Today #585

Elasticity in Extrusions, Printer Speedometer, Bricklayers

47 min
Oct 2, 2025
3D Printing Today #584

3D Printed Stool, Mixing PLA and PETG revisited, TPU LW with Vase Mode

41 min
Sep 25, 2025
3D Printing Today #383

Section Analysis in Fusion360, Autoloader Weakness, Adding Text to an STL

34 min
Sep 18, 2025
3D Printing Today #582

Designing for Vase Mode, 3D Printed Bellows, Two Design Approaches

36 min
Sep 11, 2025
3D Printing Yesterday (REPEAT from 8/28/2014)

Drybrushing highlights, Giving up on printing for hire websites, Nervous System

31 min
Sep 4, 2025
3D Printing Yesterday #047 (REPEAT from 8/19/2014)

4 Modeling Exactness in Blender, MSimple Spool Holders, Supportless Printing=YHT, Poro-Lay

28 min
Aug 28, 2025
3D Printing Today #46 REPEAT (from 8/14/2014)

Setting Filament Diameter, PLA Goo , Fuel3D Scan, Crucible

36 min
Aug 21, 2025
3D Printing Today #017 (REPEAT from 5/6/14)

Thermocouples and thermistors, Infill by Layer height, 3DScanning on the Moon, Bridge Nylon, Spike

39 min
Aug 14, 2025
3D Printing Today #581

Guitar restoration project, Working with Meshes in Fusion360, Proportional Editing in Blender

40 min
Aug 7, 2025
3D Printing Today #580

Efficient Iteration, Raise3D Sends a Thank you., Printing for strength

37 min
Jul 31, 2025
3D Printing today #579

eSun TPU LW, Prusa Easy Print, Additive Manufacturing class from MIT

55 min
Jul 24, 2025
3D Printing Today #578

Changing out nozzles on the XL, IS FDM different from FFF?, XL Gripes

39 min
Jul 17, 2025
3D Printing Today #14 (REPEAT)

Making Better Prints Step1,2,3. . ., FF Extruder fun, 123d Catch, Cells Bowl

37 min
Jul 10, 2025
3D Printing 013 (repeat)

Makerbot Gen5 FAIL, Essential tools, Replicator 2 Upgrades, Copper finish

39 min
Jul 3, 2025
3D Printing Today #577

Changes to the latest XLs, Foaming Filament, Foam Infill

27 min
Jun 26, 2025
3D Printing Today #576

Layer lift bubble issue, Faint strings on the XL, Non Bambu TPU in the X1c

42 min
Jun 19, 2025
3D Printing Today #575

Mixing PLA with PETG, Printing Shoes

37 min
Jun 12, 2025
3D Printing Today #574

Micro LiDAR Sensor Clean, CO2 Meter Case, Plastic Electric trucks

30 min
Jun 5, 2025
3D Printing Today #573

F360 Quirks, Fusion Tip from listener, Non Bambu filament in the AMS

32 min
May 29, 2025
3D Printing Today #572

X1C update, Filament Choices for Closed Vs Open Source, End of de minimus

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Best for: commutes, workshop time, housework, long drives
Tone: practical, technical, conversational, hands-on

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