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Max Funkner @maxfunkner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Tested MeshyAI from prompt/photo to physical 3D prints. Personalized pets, a classic VW Beetle, multicolor 3MF export, Add Base, Agent, and more. 3dwithus.com/meshy-ai-han... #Imageto3D #textto3D #3DPrinting

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Max Funkner @maxfunkner.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Revopoint Trackit SR: Hands-On Large Object 3D Scanning From furniture to a Sea-Doo, plus Wi-Fi scanning, alignment, meshing, and 3D printable miniatures. 3dwithus.com/revopoint-tr... #Revopoint #3DScanning #3DPrinting

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Max Funkner @maxfunkner.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

New scanner arrived. Teddy has already completed the initial packaging quality inspection. 🐶✅ Creality Pika hands-on testing starts soon. #Creality #3dscanner #3dscanning

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Max Funkner @maxfunkner.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Turned my living room into a #3DScanning studio today. Now everything hurts 💪 Testing the Revopoint Trackit SR on something bigger this time. Is 3D scanning furniture a thing? I can see why. 👀

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Max Funkner @maxfunkner.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Power of tradeshows. Every little kick towards collaboration helps. #esun #3dprinting #filament 🐶 Teddy is definitely not amused that I forced him to work again 🐾

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Max Funkner @maxfunkner.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

🐶 'Daddy cmon - do it already' 🐾 The Revopoint Trackit SR has arrived. All in one big box. Size-wise, I can feel the difference straight away, as the original Trackit came in two big, heavy-duty cases. #Revopoint #3DScanning

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Max Funkner @maxfunkner.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Testing Tripo AI for 3D printing. Text-to-3D, photo-to-3D, Refine, Segmentation, Blender cleanup, 3D printing... I went a bit deeper than planned. Full review: 3dwithus.com/tripo-ai-rev... #3DPrinting #AI3D #TripoAI

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Max Funkner @maxfunkner.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Scanned an old dumbbell set 💪 with the Creality Sermoon P1 and 3D printed it on the K2 Pro. Great fun and a surprisingly good way to test the complete scan-to-print workflow: 3dwithus.com/creality-ser... #3DScanning #3DPrinting

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Max Funkner @maxfunkner.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

10 years of playing with 3D printers, and I still get a kick out of fixing something useful around the house. #3dprinting

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Max Funkner @maxfunkner.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

From broken RC boat parts to functional replacements. The biggest lesson from this project wasn't just the scanner. It was the workflow. 3D scanning → Blender → 3D printing, with a little AI help. Full article: 3dwithus.com/revopoint-me... @Revopoint3d #3DScanning #3DPrinting

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Max Funkner @maxfunkner.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

I had a blast 3D scanning and repairing RC boat parts with the Revopoint MetroY Ultra. I think I’ve just unlocked Level 2 of 3D scanning… thanks to a few tricks. 😄 Full article next week. #3DScanning #RCBoats #3DPrinting

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Max Funkner @maxfunkner.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Sniffing and stretching before the real work starts 🐶 The 3DMakerPro Raven has arrived. Looking forward to putting this LiDAR spatial scanner through its paces. #3DScanning

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Max Funkner @maxfunkner.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

This time, I also featured the Snapmaker U1 extensively. Purge towers proved surprisingly useful as marker blocks for 3D scanning. As for the printed foot… Halloween came early.

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Max Funkner @maxfunkner.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Revopoint POP 4 hands-on testing: I scanned feet for a scan-to-print shoe-stretcher experiment, tested color scanning, and even used purge towers from 3D printing as DIY marker blocks. 3dwithus.com/revopoint-po... #revopoint #3dscanning #3dprinting

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Max Funkner @maxfunkner.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

The new Creality Sermoon P1 just arrived for hands-on testing. Teddy already completed the mandatory sniff test 🐾 and seems cautiously optimistic #3dscanning

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Max Funkner @maxfunkner.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Finally completed the 3D Printed Shoes guide. Did some hands-on testing, talked to people wearing them, and explored both fully printed footwear and hybrid lattice designs. One thing I still need to complete is printing my own pair at home. Matter of time…

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Max Funkner @maxfunkner.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Less than a month to go until #TCT3sixty. I’ll be attending again this year, so come and say hello. If there’s anything you’d like me to cover, feel free to comment or DM. Previous years’ highlights: 3dwithus.com/tct-3sixty-3...

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Max Funkner @maxfunkner.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

While the Revopoint3d POP 4 campaign has already broken past the $1M mark, I’ve received both the POP 4 and Metro Y Ultra for hands-on testing. Teddy, as usual, gave the packages a few barks and sniffs before approving them. Testing starts soon. #Revopoint #3dscanning

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Max Funkner @maxfunkner.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Added another calculator and guide. 🧮 This one helps estimate how much filament is left on partially used spools before printing. 3dwithus.com/filament-rem... #3dprinting #filament #calculator

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Max Funkner @maxfunkner.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

My first vessel named after me 😄⛵️ Thanks Clive for continuing to upgrade this 3D printed speedboat at our local boating club. Great seeing it back on the water today. #3DPrinting #RCBoat

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Max Funkner @maxfunkner.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

I thoroughly tested U1. Apart from the included models, I also printed a bunch of miniatures for keychains from 3D scans. Scaled-down DeathRacer and RC Boats miniatures printed surprisingly well. Great printer for this kind of work. 3dwithus.com/snapmaker-u1... @snapmaker.bsky.social #3dprinting

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Max Funkner @maxfunkner.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Finally, the weather cooperated, and we had a great day out with Teddy 🐶🐾 and gave PollyFab’s 3D printed shoes a proper test along the way. More testing: 3dwithus.com/pollyfab-3d-...

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Max Funkner @maxfunkner.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Pretty impressed with the choice of test models included. Could not stop printing one after another. Might give some clues on how to slice my own models. Featured models: @snapmaker.bsky.social, @lucky13toys.bsky.social, JINQITOYS #snapmakeru1 #3dprinting

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Max Funkner @maxfunkner.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

What is scarier than a DeathRacer? A Battle Hardened DeathRacer! This one became a real hero across a few guides and made it onto Sketchfab. Einstar Rockit did a great job capturing the punches and bruises on this beast. Hands-on: 3dwithus.com/einstar-rock... #3dscanning

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Max Funkner @maxfunkner.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I hope this project goes well, as it could be a good start for wider 3D prints/plastics recycling at home. I have three boxes of unused prints. Turning them into reusable material, maybe even for molding, would make much more sense. #recycling

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Max Funkner @maxfunkner.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Detailed guide by Jeandre Groenewald. Looks like a good way to learn basic coding by designing 3D models 🤓

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Max Funkner @maxfunkner.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

New PollyFab 3D printed shoes just arrived. Unfortunately, our Chief Inspector Teddy is currently on light duty after surgery… but still insisted on supervising the unboxing 🐶 #3dprintedshoes

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Max Funkner @maxfunkner.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

One gadget I tested at the recent trade show was AirPods Pro. Surprisingly helpful for hearing in noisy talks and demos. I wouldn’t want them all the time as I still enjoy silence, but for events like this, they made a real difference.

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Max Funkner @maxfunkner.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Fingers crossed 🤞 I might receive one for review. Interesting to see LiDAR spatial scanning technology becoming more accessible. #3dscanning

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Max Funkner @maxfunkner.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Siraya Tech was at SMRRF. I was impressed by their FDM TPU prints.

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Max Funkner @maxfunkner.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Events like #SMRRF remind me why I started @3dwithus.bsky.social in the first place: to document the community. Experiences like this deserve more than a short 3D news update. I’m proud of how the journey unfolded and already looking forward to the next one.

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Max Funkner @maxfunkner.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

My digging into 3D printed shoes continues. Here are the shoes I spotted and tested at #SMRRF @The_SMF_ D7 by @David_Tobin, Flush by Pollyfab3D, 3D printed in various TPU at @SirayaTech stand #3DPrinting

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Max Funkner @maxfunkner.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Piranha DeathRacer is on its way to #SMRRF in Manchester. Follow the quote tweets in order to see the nearly year-long evolving story. It's time. Today is the day! #3DPrinting #DeathRacer @The_SMF_ @samprentice.bsky.social

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Max Funkner @maxfunkner.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

👍 Rest assured that Teddy has been paid handsomely... in treats and hugs 🐶 🐾♥️

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Max Funkner @maxfunkner.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Just in case my DeathRacer gets destroyed 😬 at #SMRRF, I decided to preserve it in 3D. Maybe even as a keychain. @EinstarOfficial Rockit did a great job. #3DScanning #3DPrinted #DeathRacer @The_SMF_ @samprentice.bsky.social

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Max Funkner @maxfunkner.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

It’s here. Snapmaker U1 has officially landed. Chief Inspector Teddy 🐾 has already approved the delivery. Setup and testing coming soon. #snapmaker #SnapmakerU1 #3DPrinting

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Max Funkner @maxfunkner.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

First test of the freshly built DeathRacer. Finally running in the wild. The gears need a little fine-tuning, but I’m very pleased with the result. Getting ready for SamPrentice’s DeathRacers show at The_SMF #SMRRF #3DPrinting

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Max Funkner @maxfunkner.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Thanks, Gabe, appreciated! I also designed and posted a few original models on file repositories. I understand the issue very well.

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Gabe @ Lucky 13 @lucky13toys.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Good reminder (for both buyers and sellers) that the biggest contributor to cost is usually labor. As someone whose designs are popular with sellers, this section stood out to me. I can say from experience that very few people are bothering to tip the designer. So kudos for encouraging it.

A section of the text of the article linked above. Every example calculation includes a $1 tip for the designer.

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Max Funkner @maxfunkner.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Updated 3D Print Cost Calculator, now cleaner and more user-friendly. Yes, it still includes the controversial “3D printer life expectancy (h)” metric 👀 3dwithus.com/3d-print-cos... #3dprint #cost #calculator

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Max Funkner @maxfunkner.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

If you need to justify your 3D printing hobby at home, here’s a handy electricity cost calculator 😉 Spoiler: it doesn’t use as much power as you might think. For UK folks, it’s even more reasonable. 3dwithus.com/3d-printer-e... #3dprinting #electricity #calculator

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Max Funkner @maxfunkner.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Update: It is probably an anti-record, as I have been building this since April 2025, but there has been some progress. Electronics left 😅 Getting ready to @SamPrentice’s DeathRacers show at @The_SMF #SMRRF #3DPrinting

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Max Funkner @maxfunkner.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

3DPI Executive Survey 2026: What does 3D printing look like in 2036? 3dprintingindustry.com/news/the-fut...

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Max Funkner @maxfunkner.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Significant funding flowed into Chinese personal 3D printing companies in late 2025. The full impact will take time, but 2026 should begin revealing faster product cycles, tighter integration, and broader expansion.

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Max Funkner @maxfunkner.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Tool-changer systems proved their value in 2025. In 2026, more brands will introduce alternatives. Less waste and faster multi-material workflows are hard to ignore.

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Max Funkner @maxfunkner.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

AI made a noticeable leap last year, and in 2026, adoption will accelerate. Chat-based tools are already generating simple printable models. They are lowering the barrier to entry, and more users will rely on AI for usable starting points. #AI #3Dprinting

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Max Funkner @maxfunkner.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

I was invited to contribute to the 3D Printing Industry 2026 Executive Survey. Based on what I see daily in the personal and prosumer market, here is my perspective on where 3D printing is heading: 👇🧵

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