Shooting the videos for assembling the Frankenbot this week. Any suggestions as to how I should do it?? I was thinking I would do lower frame in one video, then bed in another, then upper assembly + extruder, then wiring and firmware. I have watched countless videos from Tom for assembly but never a complete how to. Just want to know what you guys have to suggest. I want to make it easy for my teacher to show kids next year when I am gone.
If i can say one thing about videos Ive seen,
Make it to the point.
Worst thing is having to sit through minutes of watching people trying to do something that takes 3 seconds to show what needs to be done, even though it may take 10 minutes to do it. like putting in screws. An instructional video doesn’t need to be as long as it takes to build a machine. (that’s what the pause button is for)
Also voice over the video with instructions vs live instruction while doing it, voice over after tends to describe what you’re doing and how you’re doing it. where as if you’re talking while you’re doing it people tend to say what they’re thinking.
Case and point I looked up how to replace the LCD on a Samsung tablet for a friend. the one video shows how you unclip the back cover, and goes at high speed through doing it in about 10 seconds while saying unclip like this and work around the screen. The other video has 5 minutes of the guy trying to get the thing off. talking while he does it and telling you how you unclip the next one that same way as you did the one next to it. The 1st video shows you exactly how its done in about 5 minutes. The other one is somewhat vague and takes 15 minutes
As for different video’s split them into hardware / electronics / firmware / setup / printing.
I love videos that make use of high speed for repetitive motions.
And, try this: disassemble and re-assemble the printer a few times. Sure don’t tighten down the bolts to spec, but you want to be sure everything goes together as it should.
Anything that can be assembled in 30 minutes realtime, should be able to be put into a 5-10 minute video.