To create functional press brake tools, prioritizing wall thickness over infill can be more effective. Thicker walls offer ...

Color gradient filament is fun stuff to play with. It lets you make 3D prints that slowly fade from one color to another along the Z-axis. [David Gozzard] wanted to do some printing with this effect, ...

Need a filament dryer for those exotic engineering materials? Why not print one? Filament dryers are rapidly becoming a necessity for FFF 3D printer operators. To achieve optimal results, filament ...

There’s another advantage to a CNC-AM hybrid setup: finishing. CNC equipment can produce very smooth surfaces, but a CNC ...

Started in 2018 as the East Coast RepRap Festival, the event has outgrown the community college basketball court it called home for the last several years. In 2026, 3DPrintopia will move to the ...

As anyone who has used an FDM printer can tell you, it’s certainly not the magical replicator it’s often made out to be. The limitations of the platform are numerous — ranging from anisotropic ...

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The Bambu Lab P2S essentially takes all the latest technology and experience from the Bambu Lab series of 3D printers and ...

According to Southern Illinois University (SIU) Carbondale, a new $200,000 National Science Foundation Engineering Research Initiation grant is enabling professor Sangjin Jung to design metal 3D ...

In the heart of Moscow, inside the high-security halls of Rosatom Additive Technologies, a revolution is quietly unfolding-one that could redefine how the world builds its rockets, reactors, and ...

It looks like fabric, feels like metal, and is as light as rubber. Meet the Ming Polymesh—the 3D-printed bracelet breaking new ground in horology.

To stay relevant in multifilament 3D printing, a new machine needs to be exceptional when it comes to print quality but also innovative. Here, with the Creality K2 Pro, it strikes a tried and tested ...