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Chris Kaminsky is the lab manager at the Lakeshore Fab Lab at Muskegon Community College The facility, based in Muskegon, Michigan is an entrepreneurially focused makerspace working to give people access to technology and software that is typically out of reach for the general public. By night, Chris is an additive manufacturing evangelist working towards demystifying the complexities of 3D printing and design by making it accessible to everyone. To help do so, he co-founded the MI3D organization, which supports over 500 3D enthusiasts with local events. He is also involved in online communities, such as the 3D Printing Club (www.3DPC.tech), where discussions can range from basic concepts to advanced topics.Chris joins the show today to talk about his efforts to bring people together and empower communities by showcasing how innovative technologies, such as AM, can change lives.Before we get started head over to www.3degreescompany.com and subscribe to the podcast. Remember you can listen to the show anywhere you download your podcasts including Spotify, Apple, Amazon, or Stitcher.

Chris Kaminsky is the lab manager at the Lakeshore Fab Lab at Muskegon Community College The facility, based in Muskegon, Michigan is an entrepreneurially focused makerspace working to give people access to technology and software that is typically out of reach for the general public. By night, Chris is an additive manufacturing evangelist working towards demystifying the complexities of 3D printing and design by making it accessible to everyone. To help do so, he co-founded the MI3D organization, which supports over 500 3D enthusiasts with local events. He is also involved in online communities, such as the 3D Printing Club (www.3DPC.tech), where discussions can range from basic concepts to advanced topics. Chris joins the show today to talk about his efforts to bring people together and empower communities by showcasing how innovative technologies, such as AM, can change lives. Before we get started head over to <a href="http://www.3degreescompany.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.3degreescompany.com</a> and subscribe to the podcast. Remember you can listen to the show anywhere you download your podcasts including Spotify, Apple, Amazon, or Stitcher.

3Degrees Discussions #54 - Chris Kaminsky - Lakeshore Fab Lab

On today’s episode, we’re going back into our past stomping grounds as we were new people in business and industry. Reminiscing about Grand Rapids, Michigan, which is one of the first places we lived for a number of years and decided intentionally to go there for business purposes. There’s a guy named Chris Kaminsky who has started Mi3D for Michigan and has a Meetup group and association about 3D printing there in West Michigan. This is reminding us of how we were involved in multiple pre MeetUp.com meetups back in the day when we were there and we were young. There were some of those early CAD meetups because 3D CAD was really new. There wasn’t too many people who did it. They were very, very expensive systems like Alias on Silicon Graphics workstations that were six-figure systems. Your average people couldn’t afford that, big corporations only. Then there came this lower cost CAD and it started with 3D Studio, which had in the early days release 1 and release 2 back then. This was the early to mid-90s. People were really new to it and wanted to know about it and you would get together about all the CAD. We were using CAD and creating models and animations of products that we had designed and that was the real innovative thing. Today, we talk about 3D printing being able to rapidly prototype or manufacture products without tooling in an additive way. This is the big new hot thing going on. Back then, it was just about visualization, having a rendering. It wasn’t really photorealistic back then but it was a rendering. You didn’t have to draw and sketch it out by hand. The meetups around 3D CAD was the idea that we didn’t have quite as much resources to YouTube videos on how to do stuff. It gave us an opportunity to network with others who are struggling to solve problems; how to create textures or how to do these things and that’s really the whole point of it. When you’re in an emerging technology or a technology that’s learning how to get applied or that has a steep learning curve like 3D CAD. When you have all of those things, you really need to get together and have best practices and have conversations and get inspired and learn from other people and get out of just behind YouTube-ing it. YouTube did not exist when we were there. We’re remembering even the worldwide web was in its infancy. We had email but it was dial-up internet and you went to AOL or something. From within AOL, you’re on their platform, which is really like a bulletin board service on steroids. You would dial into a bulletin board in the early days. From there, you could click a button to go to the worldwide web. It was crazy. That’s where you would post on a bulletin board that you’re going to have this meetup and you would call people and do it the old-fashioned way. We wanted to really bring Chris Kaminsky on of Mi3D because we really wanted to talk about that there really is value in creating this local community meetups and getting the groups together and really organizing it. He’s been finding really good success in this and then finding good traffic because he has a great community there in Grand Rapids. We’re going to talk a little bit about that with him so you can see where he’s going. We want to encourage all areas to really do more of this 3D print meetups. It’s very, very valuable to have some face time. Chris presents what we think is a very common experience many of you may have had, or if not, a good model for what you might do in your local area. Let’s go to the interview with Chris and then we’ll talk some more on the other side.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Here’s How »  Join the WTFFF?! 3D Printing movement today:  3DStartpoint.com 3D Startpoint Facebook 3D Startpoint LinkedIn Hazz Design Twitter 3D Startpoint YouTube

On today’s episode, we’re going back into our past stomping grounds as we were new people in business and industry. Reminiscing about Grand Rapids, Michigan, which is one of the first places we lived for a number of years and decided intentionally to go there for business purposes. There’s a guy named Chris Kaminsky who has started Mi3D for Michigan and has a Meetup group and association about 3D printing there in West Michigan. This is reminding us of how we were involved in multiple pre <a href="http://MeetUp.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MeetUp.com</a> meetups back in the day when we were there and we were young. There were some of those early CAD meetups because 3D CAD was really new. There wasn’t too many people who did it. They were very, very expensive systems like Alias on Silicon Graphics workstations that were six-figure systems. Your average people couldn’t afford that, big corporations only. Then there came this lower cost CAD and it started with 3D Studio, which had in the early days release 1 and release 2 back then. This was the early to mid-90s. People were really new to it and wanted to know about it and you would get together about all the CAD. We were using CAD and creating models and animations of products that we had designed and that was the real innovative thing. Today, we talk about 3D printing being able to rapidly prototype or manufacture products without tooling in an additive way. This is the big new hot thing going on. Back then, it was just about visualization, having a rendering. It wasn’t really photorealistic back then but it was a rendering. You didn’t have to draw and sketch it out by hand. The meetups around 3D CAD was the idea that we didn’t have quite as much resources to YouTube videos on how to do stuff. It gave us an opportunity to network with others who are struggling to solve problems; how to create textures or how to do these things and that’s really the whole point of it. When you’re in an emerging technology or a technology that’s learning how to get applied or that has a steep learning curve like 3D CAD. When you have all of those things, you really need to get together and have best practices and have conversations and get inspired and learn from other people and get out of just behind YouTube-ing it. YouTube did not exist when we were there. We’re remembering even the worldwide web was in its infancy. We had email but it was dial-up internet and you went to AOL or something. From within AOL, you’re on their platform, which is really like a bulletin board service on steroids. You would dial into a bulletin board in the early days. From there, you could click a button to go to the worldwide web. It was crazy. That’s where you would post on a bulletin board that you’re going to have this meetup and you would call people and do it the old-fashioned way. We wanted to really bring Chris Kaminsky on of Mi3D because we really wanted to talk about that there really is value in creating this local community meetups and getting the groups together and really organizing it. He’s been finding really good success in this and then finding good traffic because he has a great community there in Grand Rapids. We’re going to talk a little bit about that with him so you can see where he’s going. We want to encourage all areas to really do more of this 3D print meetups. It’s very, very valuable to have some face time. Chris presents what we think is a very common experience many of you may have had, or if not, a good model for what you might do in your local area. Let’s go to the interview with Chris and then we’ll talk some more on the other side.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! <ul> <li><a href="https://3dstartpoint.com/how-to-subscribe-rate-our-podcast-5-stars-on-itunes/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Here’s How »</a></li> </ul> Join the WTFFF?! 3D Printing movement today: <ul> <li><a href="https://3dstartpoint.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">3DStartpoint.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/3dstartpoint/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">3D Startpoint Facebook</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/18104503" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">3D Startpoint LinkedIn</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/hazzdesign" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Hazz Design Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaEyt24-6ZImPEanIREHWw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">3D Startpoint YouTube</a></li></ul>

3D Print Meetups with Chris Kaminsky of MI3D

3D Professional Networking - Chris Kaminsky – Ep42   Chris Kaminsky runs  MI3D.co, which is a professional networking association focusing on all things 3D. The group is located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Chris is a Mechanical Engineer by degree, currently working for GM. He started the MI3D so he could get together with other 3D printing enthusiasts. They meet once a month and have had guests such as reps from Ultimaker, Autodesk, and more. We talk about how he came up with starting the group and his future plans for the group. Then we move into some 3D printing projects he has done (like making molds for chocolate). His number one tip for the engineering entrepreneurs: Get to know people. Even if the meeting isn’t what you wanted.   To contact Chris: YouTube videos about the group (including meetings):  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX-HdXIZVFTNEGFyzPLrOog Website (including blogs about events): www.mi3d.co Email: michigan3d@gmail.com Personal site: www.criscodesigns.co     The Engineering Entrepreneur Podcast is produced by Scott Tarcy, President of CADdesignhelp.com. You can reach me at info@caddesignhelp.com

3D Professional Networking - Chris Kaminsky – Ep42 Chris Kaminsky runs  <a href="http://MI3D.co" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MI3D.co</a>, which is a professional networking association focusing on all things 3D. The group is located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Chris is a Mechanical Engineer by degree, currently working for GM. He started the MI3D so he could get together with other 3D printing enthusiasts. They meet once a month and have had guests such as reps from Ultimaker, Autodesk, and more. We talk about how he came up with starting the group and his future plans for the group. Then we move into some 3D printing projects he has done (like making molds for chocolate). His number one tip for the engineering entrepreneurs: Get to know people. Even if the meeting isn’t what you wanted. To contact Chris: YouTube videos about the group (including meetings):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX-HdXIZVFTNEGFyzPLrOog" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX-HdXIZVFTNEGFyzPLrOog</a> Website (including blogs about events): <a href="http://www.mi3d.co/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">www.mi3d.co</a> Email: <a href="mailto:michigan3d@gmail.com" rel="noopener">michigan3d@gmail.com</a> Personal site: <a href="http://www.criscodesigns.co/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">www.criscodesigns.co</a> The Engineering Entrepreneur Podcast is produced by Scott Tarcy, President of <a href="http://caddesignhelp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CADdesignhelp.com</a>. You can reach me at <a href="mailto:info@caddesignhelp.com">info@caddesignhelp.com</a>

3D Professional Networking - Chris Kaminsky – Ep42