Interview with CNC Kitchen | Slant 3D Podcast Ep 153

This week on the Slant 3D Podcast, we sit down with Stefan from CNC Kitchen for a deep conversation about engineering content, 3D printing education, open-source tools, YouTube production, and building a real product business around a technical audience.

Before the interview, we cover the latest 3D printing news and updates, including Bambu Studio color mixing, Desktop Metal assets being used with Oak Ridge National Lab for AI-enabled manufacturing, the SlantBox concept, OilStick production updates, Teleport pricing improvements, direct Etsy listing, photo prototypes, and Portals upgrades.

Then we dive into CNC Kitchen’s process: how Bump Mesh was built with AI-assisted coding, why open-source software is harder than it looks, how Stefan structures technical YouTube videos, what it takes to turn a niche engineering channel into a full-time business, and how the CNC Kitchen store grew from heat-set inserts into a real product operation.

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00:00 Intro
00:25 Bambu Color Mixing
05:18 Desktop Metal & Oak Ridge
08:17 SlantBox Update
15:32 OilStick & Teleport Updates
22:26 Photo Prototype & Portals
24:44 CNC Kitchen Interview
25:54 Bump Mesh
27:40 AI Coding Tools
32:28 YouTube Production Process
35:53 Technical Storytelling
38:38 Growing CNC Kitchen
43:20 Going Full-Time
49:23 CNC Kitchen Store
53:22 US Fulfillment & Tariffs
57:02 Scaling the Business
01:04:13 Building Useful Products
01:11:34 Why Stefan Started YouTube
01:14:37 Testing 3D Prints
01:17:03 Maker Community
01:21:25 Closing Thoughts