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I've been 3D printing for 3 years, and PETG is the only filament I print functional parts in now
PLA made 3D printing easy for me, but PETG is what made my printed parts useful.…
California moves to ban the sale of 3D printers without a "firearm blueprint detection algorithm."
3D printers will be required to include a way to 'block' users from printing illegal firearms.…
The best 3D printer prints are the boring ones that fix problems you've learned to ignore
Flashy 3D prints get the attention, but the boring ones make the printer worth owning, those cable guides, brackets, organizers, and repair parts.…
Google shares Fitbit Air blueprints so you can 3D print your own accessories
Google has released 2D CAD drawings of the Fitbit Air.…
Google just made it ridiculously easy to 3D print your own Fitbit Air bands
Google has released official instructions and 2D CAD drawings to help brands and hobbyists create custom Fitbit Air bands.…
Turning an Old 3D Printer Into a Vinyl Cutter for Cheap
Replacing a 3D printer’s extruder with a cutting blade seems like an easy way to do things like vinyl cutting, but you cannot just put on any blade and expect good results. The rig…
California Assembly passes 3D printer bill that would criminalize bypassing mandated gun-blocking software
AB 2047 advances to the state Senate.…
My 3D printer pays for itself fixing broken household parts, not printing toys
The toys are fun, but the real magic of a 3D printer starts when something breaks, and you don’t have to buy the whole thing again.…
Testing Various Ways to Waterproof FDM Printed Parts
Along with layer lines, FDM printers are notorious for being neither air- nor water-tight due to the countless very small gaps between the layers. This is very unfortunate if you a…
7 everyday items I no longer have to buy thanks to 3D printing
I started 3D printing for making fidgets and toys, but the hobby has shown lots of practical uses, too…
I wasted half a spool of filament before I touched the one slicer setting that fixed everything
I blamed speed, temperature, supports, and filament before I finally checked the flow rate calibration.…
3d printing lab
Putin’s $26B mission to live forever includes 3D printed flesh, organ transplants and naked ice baths
Vladimir Putin has sunk billions of Russian dollars into outlandish human longevity experiments — but some critics are skeptical whether the so-called-science has any grounding in …
I stopped buying expensive kitchen organizers and 3D printed these custom storage tools instead
Maximize even the smallest kitchen's space…
A Fume-Control Cabinet for Resin 3D Printing
For a certain kind of intricate, highly-detailed manufacturing, there’s really no substitute for a resin 3D printer, and it’s therefore unfortunate that they require so many poison…
Bambu Lab teases new A2L 3D printer — June 1 launch confirmed
Without much to go on, fans speculate what the newest Bambu Lab 3D printer could be.…
3D Printed lab gear
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The LWN.net Weekly Edition for May 28, 2026 is available.…
'Born from basalt' — How a tiny Hawaii startup is rewriting the rules of naval shipbuilding with 3D printers and 100% recyclable materials
Military shipbuilding could change forever as Voltage Vessels tests 3D printed RHIB made from volcanic basalt plastic composite…
Claude Code organized my 3D printing chaos, but it taught me something more important about automation
Claude Code cleaned up my messy 3D printing workflow, but the bigger lesson was knowing where to stop automating.…
Print with dozens of colors: Our new open-source ColorMix for PrusaSlicer
For the past few months, the 3D printing community has been poking at a very interesting question: what if a multi-material printer were not limited to the colors physically loaded…
3D printing enthusiast smashes 59-second 3DBenchy for new speed world record —Minuteman 3D printer with revamped bed motion system breaches minute mark
Printer used was the 20th public iteration of the Minuteman design by nozzle-head Yan Roetz.…
Wells Fargo to offer mortgage incentives on 3D printed homes with Icon
Wells Fargo will provide a 50 basis point lender credit to buyers of Icon homes using its mortgages.…
3D Printed Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past Map I Made [OC]
3D Printing Space Cadet Pinball Into the Real World
Unless you’ve managed to avoid touching a Windows computer until after the Windows XP era, it’s pretty good odds you’ve played Space Cadet Pinball. Some of you may have even paid ……
Save up to $350 on the best 3D printers in the Memorial Day sale — massive price cuts on Bambu Lab, Elegoo, Creality, and Anycubic 3D printers including the 'exceptionally good' Centauri Carbon 2 and our top budget pick for beginners
I've picked out the best Memorial Day 3D printer deals for beginners, hobbyists, and small business owners.…
3D Printed Space Cadet Pinball [video]
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Save $170 on this lightning-fast, premium 3D printer combo featuring CoreXZ kinematics — Creality's Ender-3 V3 is on sale for just $419 right now with a multicolor upgrade kit
Solve the Ender-3 V3's biggest weakness with this combo deal.…
New video of melted Bambu Lab A1 sparks debate about whether the A1 3D printer is still a fire hazard — critics push for recall while redditors suspect external factors
Viral footage shows a scorched mess, should the A1 be recalled?…
Designing a Printable Cyclone Dust Separator for 99.95% Efficiency
Filtering sawdust out of an airflow is easy until you try to do it with cyclone separation, but the obvious appeal here is of course not spending a fortune on filters. Over the yea…
'Fuck you, Bambu': How one private message could change the face of 3D printing
Thousands are daring Bambu to take legal action.…
Putting Version 7.1 of the Direct Granules FDM Extruder Through Its Paces
Whether you’re using granules or filament, FDM printing relies heavily on a consistent flowrate of the extruder. This is also the challenge with [HomoFaciens]’s direct granule extr…
My side project: free 3D printing tools + a community printer/filament DB.
My first week with a 3D printer taught me that defaults destroy prints, not build them
Default settings feel safe, but my first week with a 3D printer proved they can quietly wreck prints.…
Faster 3D prints came out cleaner, and I finally understand why default speed is just a safety net
Faster 3D printing can actually improve results when the printer, slicer, and filament are already dialed in.…
Water-cooling a 3D Printed Rocket Isn’t Quite Practical
Consumer-grade 3D printers are useful for lots of things, but they kind of fall down when it comes to making stuff that survives high temperatures. [Mr. More Gooder] wasn’t deterre…
Elegoo’s Centauri Carbon 2 Combo 3D printer gets a $50 discount — brings beginner friendly 3D printing at $399
One of the best budget 3D printers from Elegoo.…
Filament Manager is the boring AMS upgrade that actually matters
Bambu Studio’s Filament Manager isn’t flashy, but it finally gives AMS owners the material-tracking workflow they have needed for years.…
I switched back to OrcaSlicer for my Bambu printer, and the cloud integration changes everything
OrcaSlicer already gave Bambu users more control than Bambu Studio. Now that the cloud workflow is smoother, switching back makes far more sense.…
Save up to $300 on a new 3D printer right now, thanks to these Memorial Day discounts — filament and resin 3DP deals from Bambu Lab, Elegoo, Creality, and more are perfect for beginners and pros
Get started on a new hobby over this Memorial Day weekend…
Save up to $300 on a new 3D printer right now, thanks to these Memorial Day discounts — filament and resin 3DP deals from Bambu Lab, Elegoo, Creality, and more are perfect for beginners and pros
Get started on a new hobby over this Memorial Day weekend…
Vibe coding works best when we treat it like a 3D printer – you read that right
Vibe coding is great for rapidly sketching new systems…
Open-source non-profit claims Bambu Lab violated license — move follows cease-and-desist demand on OrcaSlicer fork that restored cloud printing features without using Bambu Connect
The Software Freedom Conservancy is looking into the situation.…
3D Printed Train Whistles [video]
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Investigating the Health Impacts of UFPs and VOCs from FDM Printers
FDM 3D printing is fairly messy on a molecular scale, with the filament being heated up to temperatures high enough to melt it, which produces ultra-fine particles (UFPs) and volat…
Could 3D printing lead to 0% waste in manufacturing products?
A DIY 3D Printing Filament Dryer
In a recent video [Saša Karanović] revisits the DIY filament dryer that he gave a shot a couple of years ago. Back then he reused an existing filament dryer, adding a custom contro…
Using 3D Printers To Make Circuit Boards
Custom printed circuit boards have become more and more accessible to the average hobbyist over the last decade. But one problem still remains: your circuits will take at least a c…
How Consumer Goods Companies Use 3D Printing to Cut Time-to-Market
How Consumer Goods Companies Use 3D Printing to Cut Time-to-Market In competitive consumer...…
Multi-Color 3D Printing Without Material Waste: Is Low-Cost Finally Realistic?
Three Things to Know Up Front Purge waste during color transitions has historically been...…
What Nanochon's Series A Tells Us About the Bio 3D Printing Commercialization Threshold
Nanochon raised a Series A for cartilage implants. What does that funding signal mean for the broader bio 3D printing commercialization curv…
Electroplating 3D Prints Without Requiring a Big Vat
Electroplating 3D prints is a good way to get a pretty nice coating on even a basic PLA part, but generally you’re expected to dunk the entire part into a big vat with electrolyte …
Braids, Hacktastic, and Rock Climbing
Welcome to this week’s Math Munch! First up, a little about one of my favorite things to do (and part of what got me into math in the first place!): hair braiding. If you’ve ever d…
Show HN: StrudelBot – 3D printed humanoid robotic hand with teleoperation glove
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.…
How wasted infrared light could boost solar panels, night vision and 3D printing
The Ploopy Bean Pointing Stick is a portable trackpoint nipple mouse
Ploopy's 3D-printed "Bean Pointing Stick" functions as a compact four-button mouse and Thinkpad-style trackpoint. It even adopts the classic IBM color scheme and nipple texture. Th…
A Status Screen For Bambu Labs Printers
If you’ve got a Bambu Labs printer, it’s usually pretty straightforward to keep an eye on it via the onboard display or the various apps the company has released. However, if you w…
I Wrote an MCP Server for My 3D Printer
I’m writing this on a Sunday afternoon. The 3D printer on my kitchen counter has been printing for 19...…
Josef Prusa warns Chinese 3D printing software poses massive security risks — Bambu Lab allegedly violates AGPL license with an un-auditable network 'black box'
Bambu Labs continues to draw fire.…