# From Desktop to Factory Floor: AM’s Expanding Reach

- Show: [Additive Snack](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack)
- Published: 2025-06-04
- Length: 40m
- Episode: 12
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack/2025-06-04-from-desktop-to-factory-floor-ams-expanding-reach
- Listen: https://share.transistor.fm/s/550f0337

## Summary

Carolyn Schwaar, editor of All3DP.com, discusses the evolution of additive manufacturing from hobbyist desktop printers to industrial applications, highlighting the role of their platform and sister company Kraft Cloud in connecting users with contract manufacturers. She details how hobbyists transition into professional roles, such as an automotive technician implementing carbon fiber nylon parts, and explains how specialized contract manufacturers are lowering barriers to entry by offering small-batch services. Schwaar also analyzes the impact of global tariffs on supply chains, noting a shift toward local US manufacturing, and shares favorite industry stories involving 3D printed jewelry, body armor, and vintage motorcycle restoration.

## Chapters

- [0:07](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack/2025-06-04-from-desktop-to-factory-floor-ams-expanding-reach#t=7) Introduction: Carolyn Schwaar and All3DP.com Overview
- [2:50](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack/2025-06-04-from-desktop-to-factory-floor-ams-expanding-reach#t=170) Kraft Cloud: The 3D Printing Marketplace and Contract Manufacturing
- [4:34](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack/2025-06-04-from-desktop-to-factory-floor-ams-expanding-reach#t=274) Transitioning from Hobbyist to Professional: Automotive Case Study
- [7:07](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack/2025-06-04-from-desktop-to-factory-floor-ams-expanding-reach#t=427) Educational Resources and Industrial Additive Manufacturing Trends
- [11:19](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack/2025-06-04-from-desktop-to-factory-floor-ams-expanding-reach#t=679) Contract Manufacturing Insights: Specialization and Pricing
- [18:15](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack/2025-06-04-from-desktop-to-factory-floor-ams-expanding-reach#t=1095) Global Trends, Tariffs, and Local Manufacturing Shifts
- [29:27](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack/2025-06-04-from-desktop-to-factory-floor-ams-expanding-reach#t=1767) European Market, Defense Applications, and Chinese Competition
- [34:26](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack/2025-06-04-from-desktop-to-factory-floor-ams-expanding-reach#t=2066) Favorite AM Stories: Jewelry, Body Armor, and Motorcycle Restoration

## Topics

- [Manufacturing partners & offshoring](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/manufacturing-partners)
- [Prototyping & iteration](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/prototyping)
- [Policy, trade & tariffs](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/policy-trade-and-tariffs)
- [Industrial & consumer product design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/industrial-design)
- [Scaling production](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/scaling-production)

## Most relevant to

companies scaling up

## Mentioned

- All3DP.com (company)
- Kraft Cloud (company)
- Bambu Lab (company)
- Stratasys (company)
- Markforged (company)
- EOS (company)
- SLM Solutions (company)
- Concept Laser (company)
- Victus (company)
- Carbon 3D (company)
- Mechler (company)
- Endeavor 3D (company)
- Fusion 360 (tool)
- 3MF (other)

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- [Post print: The dirty little secret of additive manufacturing](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2022-11-29-post-print-the-dirty-little-secret-of-additive-manufacturing) (The Manufacturing Executive)
- [124: Tariff Talk](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/thoroughly-considered/2025-05-08-124-tariff-talk) (Thoroughly Considered)
- [Dylan Lundberg | Protolabs](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2022-08-05-dylan-lundberg-protolabs) (Being an Engineer)
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