3D Printing Today #613

[3D Printing Tips and Tricks]

News: 

Thingiverse changes

3D Printed insoles.

https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/superfeet-takes-custom-3d-printed-insoles-direct-to-consumer-with-iphone-scanning-252093/

Segments: 

Blood Bucket Marketing, Reload Can Holder, Micro plastics in tumors

Thing of the Week: 

Heavy Duty Bag Hanger

https://makerworld.com/en/models/570536-bag-coat-hanger-heavy-duty-version?from=recommend#profileId-491295

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[Anthony Rothert]

I actually printed one of those Iron Lung popcorn buckets for a coworker.  I haven't seen the movie and have no interest in seeing it.  I read the Wikipedia synopsis and quickly determined I would probably never watch it. 

Just for reference; the outer bucket piece is the creature from the movie.  The inner section is the blood.  The movie is based off of a video game of the same name.  "Markiplier" is some random youtuber... I never heard of any of this until I read Wikipedia and the Printables pages.  Still no interest in Markiplier or the movie.
Regal cinemas released special/limited edition molded popcorn buckets for the launch of the movie.  The 3D print files were released as a promotion because the buckets sold out to my understanding.

The original model was not designed to be printed... at all.  I assume the model used for the "official" molded ones was quickly cut into 2 pieces for printing.  If you peruse the Printables and Thingiverse pages of the originals and remixes you would see many complaints about the poor effort done to make it a 3D printable item.
I used a remix that hollowed out a significant portion of the base to save A TON of filament.  I painted the model in Bambu Studio to get the full color print.  It was very painstaking because its a highly detailed organic model.  The slicer couldn't do a good job with edge detection.  I spent many hours painting it.
I had several failures for a few reasons... none were actually because of the design.  The outer parts took 190 hours to print on my P1S using the .16 layer High Quality profile at 50% speed..  There were so many color changes that I had to run the print at 50% speed so the purge chute catch bin wouldn't back up before I could dump it.  I'm talking like every 8 hours I had to dump it.  One of the failures was specifically because the purge chute backed up all the way into the printer... and knocked the fan cover off and print head out of register.  When it restarted, it was at least 10mm off of the print - and this was at about 70% completion.
 
Either way it came out really awesome and my coworker was so excited.  I also made a handful of mini ones just to see how they would come out (A1 Mini .2 nozzle).  Not bad!  But if you so much as consider thinking about the teeth, they disintegrate (only on the tiny buckets). 

I used a silk rose red from amazon and some black PLA run at 230 or 235°C to shine it up.  The teeth are Polymaker matte army tan.

      

   

[Kurt The 3D Printer GUY!!]

What - people are supposed to eat Popcorn out of that bucket - with Teeth sticking up - that you could Impale your fingers on???

Dang - it's Crazy! 

From the sounds of it - it's a Horror movie that I would Also have NO Interest in it. 

Cool pics. But - Ouch - 190 hours - that's 7.9 DAYS of printing! Dang!!!

Thanks for sharing the pics and the story. 

-K

[Anthony Rothert]

I definitely told her use a bag inside of the bucket if she actually wanted to use it but she only wanted it as a display piece.  There are several comments on the various model pages mentioning not putting food directly in it.  

[Bryan Eckert]

I didn't realize they had a 3D printable version. They also sold it at theaters, I remember seeing it when we went to the movie:

https://store.regmovies.com/products/iron-lung-160oz-popcorn-bucket?srsltid=AfmBOopA7A4uemymlQ8XKIUjIG58RVePOd53xRsZ9TTR91j54bVNt7Sg

I thought it was awesome but I wasn't about to pay $45 for it.  I will have to go grab the model, and print it with the shadow red filament I have.

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[Bryan Eckert]

Also, as far as Markiplier goes, he's not just "some random youtuber". He's worth about $100 million now and has over 20 billion views on his videos and nearly 40 million subscribers. He's been doing it for a long time, and financed the movie with $4.5 million of his own personal money.

[Anthony Rothert]

Who he is, is simply perspective.  Whether he is a millionaire or some young kid posting videos of his toys, it doesn’t matter to me.  I use a very small corner of YouTube for learning and a microscopic corner for entertainment when I get caught in a mindless spiral of doom scrolling.  It’s like a “valuable” collectible… it’s only worth what someone actually pays for the thing.  If he makes millions of dollars making videos of whatever, good for him.  I place no value in his material and I literally have no idea what he posts about on YouTube.  If I stumble across his stuff and learn how to do something from it, then I will appreciate it.  I’m sorry if this comes off as negative or like I am offended. I’m not at all, but felt it appropriate to share my thoughts on who he is based off of the “random YouTuber” statement.

[Kurt The 3D Printer GUY!!]

So - in regard to the "Reload Can Holder" segment - I just went on a serious hunt thru this forum - to find my original posting - and I found it!

This was an online article that popped up in my news feed - and I felt at the time, this past February, I really HAD to post this. Not only cause it was 3DP related - but, because this entrepenurial kid is so young and did SO Well at such a young age!

Also, and this was not specifically mentioned by Andy in the podcast - but, the design is also referred to as a Koozi. And, although Andy and Whitney mentioned the device being used for beers or can drinks with THC - the kid in his video specifically shows it being used for Sodas...

The Link:   An 18-year-old brings in $300,000 a month selling 3D printed reload can holders. Here's how he comes up with unique product ideas.

Here is the young kid:

Michael Satterlee is the founder of Cruise Cup, the company behind the viral tactical reload can holder. Dylan Ethier© Dylan Ethier

And - a pic of his production facility:

Satterlee's warehouse is lined with more than 130 3D printers. Dylan Ethier© Dylan Ethier

-K

On Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 3:55:53 PM UTC-4 3D Printing Tips and Tricks wrote:

[Lee Foulkes]

Enjoyed the episode again this week.

Quite an interesting juxtaposition on display: talking about printing food-containing objects to start off, then flipping to microplastics in tumours.

The research on MPs [microplastics] in tissue is a bit of an eye-opener and goes far beyond our topic—just look at the output of a tumble dryer or the dust fibres accumulating on your office fan. How many times has a small piece of film slipped inside your food unnoticed?

As I indicated previously, I am a waste manager here in Wales, UK, and we see plastic. Plastic everywhere. I have a suspicion that in 100 years, society may treat it like asbestos. Okay, maybe that's a bit extreme, and we probably can't get there until we come up with a viable thermoplastic replacement.

It's the elephant in the room for 3D printing, and I do believe authorities, particularly overreaching Western democracies, will start to grapple with the subject in terms of policy.

Research institutions know the next step is digestible, fully biodegradable polymers, and some of them have started to crack it. That’s good news for us if they can scale it, but it remains very expensive to "grow" plastic in a bioreactor.

The current trend of "flexi-dragons" and other single-use garbage is an absolute regression in terms of sustainability and product safety.

Sorry, I have to go—a batch of 3D-printed lollipop sticks is coming off the U1.

[Kurt The 3D Printer GUY!!]

Hey there Lee,

VERY Funny last line of your message. I enjoy the humor. How'd you like that Can Reloader segment? I thought it was super cool when I came across the original article about that kid!

-K