3D Load Letter

3D Load Letter

From Crossed Wires by James Bilsbrough & Jae Bloom

July 14, 2025 · 1h 44m · Episode 83

About this episode

The episode discusses 3D printing and features a guest who has developed a self-hosted project for managing 3D model files.

Did you grow up wishing you could make real 3D objects from your computer, maybe if you're British you remember the cartoon 'Penny Crayon'? Well, in this modern world we live in, you can do all of that with a 3D printer. Our guest is friend of the show and all-round self-hosting nerd, James Smith, who has been working on Manyfold which is a self-hosted project you can use to manage all of your 3D model files. Of course, none of that will make any sense if you don't know your Z-Axis from your extruder, and so James and James attempt to give a comprehensive guide to 3D printing, with an unintentional bias towards filament based printing. Have you gotten into 3D printing yet, maybe you've got some horror stories to share of prints gone wrong, or want to share your amazing creations? We'd love to hear from you, so please send us a note to podcast@crossedwires.net, or why not come join the discussion on our Discord server. If you liked this episode or any of our content, we’d greatly appreciate any little bit of support you can throw our way over at our Ko-Fi page. Affiliate Promotion Backblaze "Don't you people backup? I backup, and I don't even know what backing up means!" - Nicola…

People in this episode

Hosts: James Bilsbrough, Jae Bloom

Guest: James Smith

Topics covered

  • 3D printing
  • self-hosting
  • technology
  • filament printing
  • 3D models

Keywords

  • 3D printing
  • Manyfold
  • filament
  • self-hosting
  • 3D models
  • Penny Crayon
  • Backblaze

Sponsors

Backblaze

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Manyfold

Books & works: Penny Crayon

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