Xtreme Bean phone cases

Getting the Creality Ender E3 V3 opened up a whole new side of Xtreme Bean. I could make actual branded stuff.

Started with phone cases. Printed the Xtreme Bean logo, dialled in the settings, ran off a batch for friends. They were not perfect. Early 3D prints never are. But they were mine. The logo on an actual physical thing you could hold.

The Ender taught me patience. Bed levelling. Filament calibration. Print speeds. Temperature towers. 3D printing is half engineering and half superstition. You develop little rituals. You learn to read the first layer like tea leaves.

By 2025 I upgraded to a Bambu Labs P1S with AMS which was a massive jump. Multi colour prints, way faster speeds, so much less tinkering. But I am glad I started on the Ender. It teaches you the fundamentals the hard way and that is the only way they really stick.