It feels like yesterday we were high fiving round the office when we hit 20,000, the response from the community was just amazing to see. Now only 5 months down the road we’ve hit yet another milestone! It’s exciting to see so many new machines, expert users and talented people joining the platform. Now it’s time to highlight how we got here, thanks to you, the best darned community out there!
We want to shout to the rooftops how proud we are of the experience you give your customers. So, here’s the idea: post your Hub review you’re most proud of, using #weare25k.
Bonus points if you include a shot of you and your printer. Or even better, you and the customer that did the review!
As always we will be joining in, promoting a number of Hubs each day on social media. Using the #weare25k we’ll check out some of the best, funniest, or most inspiring reviews out there and broadcast it over to 20,000 3D printing enthusiasts.
Here’s an example of one of our own “love letters” (pardon us blowing our own horn):
How it works:
Catch-up on your reviews and select your best one(s)
Post them online using #weare25k and / or comment on this thread.
We’ll take care of the rest
Finally, let me say one more big thank you from everyone here at 3D Hubs! It’s truly a pleasure to be around so many highly talented community members that share a passion for 3D printing.
“Edward’s Hub surprised me a lot! One of the best orders I ever had! The quality was impressive and the service was more than I asked for, I’m thrilled with the overall experience :)” #3DHubs#weare25k#3dprinting
I can’t speak highly enough of the excellent service from 3dprintingguy. I arrived in Melbourne from New Zealand for a Conference but had left some key parts behind. 3dprintingguy printed the parts for me and delivered them in less than 24 hours. He really saved the day and I would wholeheartedly recommend him to anyone.
Very hard to chose from all the reviews I’ve got from my customers…
I chose an english one:
“René was really friendly and very helpful. Because I was not very sure about the material I ordered the print in, René offered to print it also in a second material. very fast service. I could pick it up the same day as the order was accepted. Great service!!” #weare25k
Every once in a while, I go back to the following 2 reviews as motivation.
“To anyone reading this page to get a great print job done, Shook Designs is your solution. Justin provided an outstanding design and manufacturing experience and delivered my prints in a timely fashion. Had I requested the same service with Shapeways, Sculpteo, and even Stratasys Redeye, my order would not have been produced as quickly or as reasonably priced as Justin had made it. Shapeways can take days to get back to you; Justin took hours. From one avid 3D printing enthusiast to the next, I would recommend Shook Designs to anyone who wants excellent physical manifestations of their modeled designs. Needless to say, I will be using this hub again when I need my next large print volume produced.” -Henry Q.
“Fast, Reliable, Affordable, and Friendly – what more could you ask for!? This is my second time using Shook Design’s Hub and it won’t be the last. Justin has a lot of knowledge on product design, engineering and 3D printing and he’s a great resource beyond just being a 3D print hub. He always responds quickly to inquiries and keeps me informed on the project status. Justin is great to work with and I highly recommend him.” Eric W.
Allright then. But my hub is our hub, so here are pictures of my wife and I, separately, because otherwise, we would hide our printers too much :-)))
Lest’s share one of my coolest experience thanks to 3d hubs:
" Laurent printed the unprintable (a 15x15x7 cm³ model with loots of filigrane details, overhangs and spikes). He gave me good support about the "do"s, "don’t"s, "can"s and "can’t"s of 3D-printing and patiently waited for new revisions of the print object until in the end me and my collegues had a great welcome-back-present for another collegue Great job! "
It was a spaceship! A Raven to be precise, for the passionates. It had a dozen of spikes and antennas, and to make it right we had to split it in no less than 6 objects. Perfect leveling was not an option. And for the smalest spikes, I had to come up with a solution where the spikes were splitted in two in their length, printed on the glass, then glued together at the end. The smallest , once assembled, was 30x2x0.8mm, and was printed at the crazy resolution of 20 microns on a Flashforge! I had the feeling that what I was doing was something half way between 3d printing and analog wristwatch assembling!
Once in a while customers come up with these crazy challenges. They do not know what you cannot do. And they make you do it! Every of these orders is giving you weeks of experiences condensed in days…
