David Tobin

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Making Awesome - 3D Printing, Inventing, Making, Small Business · 3D Printing Laws are CHANGING ft. David Tobin!! - Making Awesome 260 · 25 May 2026 podcast

So many people in 3D printing that don't know anything about 3D printing.

I go to conferences all over the world with thousands of people and half the people there don't understand the concept all the way, but they're there to learn.

And they walk away learning more and learning more.

But that's such a fraction of a fraction of a population.

Most people don't know anything about 3D printing.

I have very, very, very, very smart friends that are not versed in 3D printing.

And

That's part of it.

And I think part of our job as a community is to explain them.

Like Joel likes to talk about Joel from 3 Pretty Nerd says, you know, it's an information vacuum.

Yep.

And when we say, oh my God, that's not possible, it's it is it it makes them not want to engage anymore.

You know, it's like, oh, you you're making fun of me, you're making me feel stupid.

Like I didn't know that wasn't possible.

The news showed me this thing.

I don't know anything about 3D printing, but the news showed me this thing happening.

So how am I supposed to know?

You know, and it's really unfair that this lack of information is being taken advantage of.

And I think it's our role as educators, as experts in the field, to be like, oh, okay, and calm their nerves and let them know.

Like people have reached out to me and said, Do I have to get rid of my printer because my kid can print print a gun?

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