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The ARC-One 3D Printer
The ARC-One is a 3D printer option that isn’t getting enough attention.
UNIZ’s Resin 3D Printing Approach Shakes Things Up
At CES we encountered a booth from startup UNIZ that displayed a resin 3D printer that is extraordinarily fast and will be on sale for a very low price.
MCOR Announces A Low-Price Full Color Desktop 3D Printer: The Arke
Yesterday at the Consumer Electronics Show MCOR announced the Arke, a full RGB color desktop 3D printer, capable of producing intricately color textured objects at low cost.
Ultimaker Launches Not One, But TWO New Desktop 3D Printers
We’ve been waiting for Ultimaker to announce something new in their hardware line and this is it.
Oh Yes! It’s CES Time Again!
Once a year over 150,000 people trek their way to Las Vegas to attend or exhibit at the Consumer Electronics Show, and many will be seeing and showing 3D printing gear.
MakerBot Finally Upgrades The SmartExtruder!
MakerBot announced the SmartExtruder+, a new version of their advanced extruder used on their fifth generation equipment.
The iPad Pro Attracts a 3D Modeling System: Shapr3D
We’ve seen the appearance of a couple of finger-based iPad applications, but now there’s one specifically designed for the iPad Pro and its Apple Pencil.
Design of the Week: Kinect Controlled Dinosaurs
This week’s selection is the ambitious Kinect Controlled Dinosaurs by the Animal Simulation Laboratory at the University of Manchester in the UK.
Wim3rl: A Water-Cooled 3D Printhead
There’s an unusual piece of hardware available for pre-order: a water-cooled 3D print head designed for delta-style 3D printers.
Finally, An Intelligent Spool Holder: The MonsterFeed
For those using generic 3D printer filament, the issue of spool management is sometimes troublesome. Now those issues could be solved with the MonsterFeed universal spool holder.
Sculptable Filament Coming Soon
A new style of 3D printer filament is being developed by Adam Beane Industries that will enable you to post-process your print by sculpting.
MODIFI3D: An Excellent Set Of 3D Print Finishing Tools
MODIFI3D is a set of excellent tools for finishing your 3D prints.
M3D’s New And Powerful 3D Printer Filaments
M3D, makers of the very popular Micro 3D printer, have released two new filaments with excellent printing properties.
Hands On With The 3Dwox 3D Printer Part 2: The First Real 3DP For Consumers?
In part 1 of this series, we explained how to set up the 3Dwox, which turns out to be fantastically simple and takes only a few minutes. Today we’re looking at the printing capabilities of the machine.
Design of the Week: Kinetic Ring
This week’s selection is the Kinetic Ring by artist and 3D designer Desmond Chan.
Should 3D Printers Be Made For Children?
There have been a few attempts at developing 3D printers designed for use by children, but is this a wise thing to do?
Four Unfortunate 3D Printing Crowdfunding Ventures
Launching a new product on a crowdfunding site can be quite challenging. Today we’re looking at four unfortunate ventures that are likely to fall far short of their goals.
Should You 3D Print Objects Tall Or Wide?
When setting up a 3D print, most operators don’t bother changing the orientation of the 3D model. But should you?
Hands On With The 3Dwox 3D Printer Part 3: The First Real 3DP For Consumers?
Today we’re concluding our series on the 3Dwox, one of the most interesting 3D printers we’ve ever seen.
Hands On With The 3Dwox 3D Printer Part 1: The First Real 3DP For Consumers?
Our lab has been testing Sindoh’s new 3Dwox desktop 3D printer, and it seems to be a fundamentally different device that we think could be the first “real” 3D printer usable by consumers.
Syncky Sells Many 3D Printed Products
Korea-based Syncky is not a 3D model repository, but instead a site where you can order many different 3D printed products.
DigiFabster’s 3D Print Service Solution – And A Unique Back Office Marketplace
While most Fabbaloo readers will be consumers of 3D print services, did you ever wonder how things work behind the scenes at a 3D print service provider?
2015: The Year of 3D Printing Corrections
We’ve been writing about 3D printing for over eight years now, and 2015 may have been the most tumultuous and amazing year yet seen. Let’s look at what happened.
Hands On With The Morphi App
We’re testing Morphi on one of our lab iPads, and it seems to be a very good introductory 3D modeling tool.
Hands On With Feelcolor’s Fascinating 3D Printer Filaments
We managed to test some really amazing 3D printer filament from newcomer Feelcolor.
New 3D Printer Hot End Could Solve The Filament Dilemma
The “1730 Full Metal Hotend” from ReprapUniverse in The Netherlands is able to handle two different filament diameters.
If You Can Image It, You Can 3D Scan It
The ability to create detailed 3D scans of practically anything is in everyone’s hands and most people don’t realize it.
Implications of The Demise of 3D Systems’ Cube 3D Printer
Yesterday 3D Systems announced not only the demise of The Cube, but also their entire consumer brand, Cubify. What are the implications of this?
ROKIT’s New Non-Toxic 3D Print Materials
Korea-based ROKIT has released two new non-toxic 3D print materials: “Skinflex” and “Kitchen&Deco”.
Is There A Campaign Against Stratasys?
We’re reading a curious story from Ticker Report that highlights someone selling their stake in Stratasys. Is this important? We think not.
Generate 3D Printable Rings – And Your Voice, Too!
We’re checking out a new tool to generate custom-designed 3D models of rings and another to “solidify” your voice!
BREAKING: 3D Systems Kills The Cube – And Cubify!
In retrospect perhaps not the most surprising development, 3D printing giant 3D Systems has discontinued the Cube, their flagship consumer 3D printer option. Why did this happen?
Gartner Examines Stratasys’ Strategy; We Agree
Gartner 3D printing analyst and Fabbaloo friend Pete Basiliere visited Stratasys’ HQ to find out more about their strategy going forward.
UCLA Invents New Strong And Lightweight Metal, But Can It Be 3D Printed?
A new metal alloy developed by UCLA researchers looks quite promising, particularly for aerospace use, but can it be 3D printed?
Stratasys’ New Logo
Somehow we totally missed this, and perhaps you did too: Stratasys has rebranded with a new logo!
3D Printing Is Too Slow, Unless You Have A Farm
We’re checking out a new 3D print service, Printaworld, which boasts of a 100+ unit 3D printer “farm”.
Design of the Week: Robot Drinky
This week’s selection is the amazingly lifelike “Robot Drinky” by Korea-based Euchan Park.
La Poste’s Big Step Into 3D Printing
France’s postal service, La Poste just set up a comprehensive 3D model repository to power their network of 3D printers.
3D Printing As Expert Court Witness?
We’re reading an interesting report from The Expert Institute where they describe the increasing use of 3D prints in court.
Wash And Repaint 3D Prints With BioInspiration’s Eco-Filaments
Startup BioInspiration launched their line of biodegradable 3D printer filaments on Kickstarter a while ago, but now they’ve figured out how to repaint objects printed with their materials.
Six Questions With Joshua Harker
One of the most well-known 3D print artists is Joshua Harker, who has produced a number of incredible 3D prints that we’re sure you’ve seen.
uMake For 3D Printing? We Don’t Think So
A new iOS app for easily creating sketch-based 3D models appeared: uMake. But we’re not sure it’s best for 3D printing.
Need A Different 3D Printer Filament Color? Colorilab Has Over 180
One of the ongoing annoyances with filament-based 3D printing is the lack of suitable colors for prints. Now that may change with Colorilab’s massive color set.
Materialise Patents a 3D Gripper?
We just noticed an unusual patent application from 3D print service Materialise: a three-fingered “gripper”. What does this mean?
Apollo 11 Coming Soon To Your 3D Printer?
A team from The Smithsonian and Autodesk are performing an intricate 3D scan of the actual Apollo 11 capsule.
Open Edge’s Strange But Amazing 3D Print Nozzle
Open Edge first appeared years ago when they began with the FoldaRap folding 3D printer, but now they’re on to something quite interesting: a very sophisticated nozzle.
What Challenges Face The New 3D Systems CEO?
Last month 3D Systems’ long-time CEO, Avi Reichental, departed the company. What should be of concern to the not-yet-named replacement CEO?
WI3DP: Rachel Nhan
Rachel Nhan was among the featured designers on the runway. Rachel became famous in the 3D Printing industry thanks to her 3D Printed Neckpiece, before even graduating!
3D Systems’ Soap Printer? Will We See a “SoapJet”?
While perusing patent databases we noticed that 3D Systems has published a patent on methods to 3D print soap objects.
Yobi3D Makes Searching For 3D Models A Lot More Fun
We found a terrific meta-site for sourcing publicly available 3D models: Yobi3D.
Lumi Industries Working On Unusual Tablet-Based 3D Printer
Remember Lumi Industries? They developed the Lumifold compact resin 3D printer. Now they’re working on something even stranger: a 3D printer concept that uses a tablet.
Design of the Week: Motorized Star Wars AT-AT
This week’s selection is the incredible Motorized Star Wars AT-AT by YouMagine contributor Dan Olson (aka “LtDan”).
Additive Industries Nails Their First Beta Tester For MetalFAB1
Netherlands-based Additive Industries has found a willing tester for their massive metal 3D printing system, the MetalFAB1.
Are These Really The Best 3D Printers Money Can Buy?
A post on The Motley Fool lists what they believe to be the “6 best 3D printers money can buy”. We’re not sure this is an accurate list.
Autodesk Memento Now Available for OS X
If you haven’t tried Autodesk Memento for optical 3D processing, you might want to, especially now that it’s available for both Windows and OS X.
3D Is Better Than 2D: Visualization of the Universe Through 3D Printing
A physicist at UC Riverside is using 3D printing to aid the understanding of cosmological structures, but this tells us something important about learning.
WI3DP: Madelynn Martiniere
Madelynn Martiniere is in the business of community engineering for technology companies. Over the past 5 years she has worked alongside both startups and large corporations alike to bring about the new hardware revolution.
Analyst Recommends Selling Stratasys Stock? Not So Fast!
We’re reading a report from Kiplinger entitled, “Five Stocks to Sell Now”. One of them is Stratasys! We’re not so sure this is good advice.
Why The Interest In 3D Metal Printing?
We continue to hear growing interest in metal 3D printing. Is there a reason for this? We think so.
Another Sticky Option: 3DLAC
There’s yet another option to ensure your 3D prints stick to the print surface during printing: 3DLAC.
Onshape Moves Out Of Beta; Now Officially “Commercial”
Onshape, a new web-based 3D modeling tool, officially concluded their beta test period and is now officially a commercial product.
There’s Still Time To Enter Our Workflow Challenge!
You might not have noticed that we’re running a challenge and there’s still plenty of time for you to enter.
3D Hubs Adds PolyJet Capability
Community 3D printer network 3D Hubs announced another significant step into the world of commercial 3D print services by adding PolyJet materials.
MakePrintable’s Free Star Wars 3D Model Offer
Online 3D print repair service MakePrintable is offering a free Star Wars 3D model download available to their users.
Some Interesting Analyses of 3D Print Stock Companies
We’re reading a post on Motley Fool regarding opinions of investing in 3D printer company stock, and found some interesting thoughts.
The Multistruder: Core Of Your Future Filament Making System?
We’ve been contacted by the backers of the Multistruder, a new type of extruder, and it’s an interesting design.
Alternative Industrial Filaments
A vendor provides plug-compatible plastic filament for commercial FDM machines, but there could be a risk in using them.
The Really, Really Big Atlas 2.0 3D Printer
There’s a few companies that specialize in gigantic 3D printers, and Titan Robotics just announced a new version of their Atlas series.
HyVISION Introduces the Cubicon Style 3D Printer
Korea-based HyVISION has debuted a variant of their previous 3D printer: the new Cubicon Style.
Printable Scenery’s Winterdale RPG Collection
Printable Scenery has been producing 3D models for RPGs for quite a while, but now they’ve launched a huge new collection.
The Best 3D Print Benchmarks: Done?
We 3D printed two popular benchmark 3D models on a top quality industrial 3D printer, the Stratasys Objet Connex260.
Design of the Week: Star Wars VII Storm Trooper Helmet
This week’s selection is the FULLY WEARABLE Star Wars VII Storm Trooper Helmet by MyMiniFactory contributor Lloyd Roberts.
Our 2015 Census Continues – We Need Your Feedback
Last week we opened our annual census of readers, and it’s still open for you to participate and hopefully win the grand prize.
The Heavy-Duty AON 3D Printer
If there ever was a 3D printer that bridges the gap between expensive industrial 3D printers and inexpensive desktop machines, the AON is it.
CES Plans for 3D Systems and MakerBot Hint at the Future?
Vendors attending the growing 3D print presence at the annual Consumer Electronics Show have started to release information, and two drop some strong hints about things to come.
Scandy’s Curious 3D Printed Spheres
Scandy is a new 3D print service that provides 3D scan processing and printing options, but also they offer a very unique spherical style print.
Our 2015 Census Includes a Reward From Sculpteo!
This blog is read by many thousands of people worldwide, but we really don’t know enough about you. With the help of 3D print service Sculpteo, we’d like to find out what you’re looking for from us.
Apple Applies For 3D Printer Patent? Not Exactly
The big buzz this week was the discovery that Apple applied for a patent for 3D printing. But when the details are examined, it’s not really a 3D printer.
Italian Joint Venture Produces High Quality 3D Printer Filament: Feelcolor
Some very high-quality 3D printer filament from Feelcolor is raising the quality bar for all 3D printer filament vendors.
Autodesk’s Ember Becomes A Much More Colorful 3D Printer
Autodesk announced the development of colored resins for use in their Ember 3D printer reference platform.
Aerojet Rocketdyne 3D Prints Nozzles For The Orion Spacecraft
Aerojet Rocketdyne announced they’ve 3D printed twelve specialized rocket nozzle extensions for the new Orion spacecraft.
Apple’s 3D Coloration Patent: Analysis
As we described yesterday, Apple last week applied for a US patent for 3D print coloration technology. But what does this mean?
Hands On With The Ultimaker 2 Extended: Materials and Conclusion
This is part 4 of our short series on the Ultimaker 2 Extended. Today we’re talking about the materials used by this oversize 3D printer.
Autodesk’s Forge 3D Platform
When Autodesk does something, they don’t fool around. Now they’ve announced a new cloud-based 3D platform that could shake things up.
Hands On With The Ultimaker 2 Extended: Operations
This is part 3 of our short series on the Ultimaker 2 Extended. Today we’re talking about operating this huge 3D printer.
Hands On With The Ultimaker 2 Extended: Software
This is part 2 of our short series on the Ultimaker 2 Extended. Today we’re talking about software.
Hands On With The Ultimaker 2 Extended: Unboxing and Setup
We’ve got our hands on a real-life Ultimaker 2 Extended and will take you through the experience of using one. In this multiple-part series, we will first investigate the machine setup.
Additive Industries Licenses Metal 3D Print Patents From EOS
Expect some interesting developments in metal 3D printing after EOS has provided some of their technology to Additive Industries.
The Voronator Wants You
Voronization is a tricky process to transform your 3D model into a very complex structure – but now there’s a simple way to do it: The Voronator!
Scan and Make Links Makers of Many Types
There are several “linkup services” that join buyers to makers, but Scan and Make has a different angle than we’ve seen before.
3D Printing: What Works, and What Doesn’t
3D print technology has been in existence for decades, but it can’t do everything. There are things it is good at, and others it isn’t good at doing.
Skriware’s Combo 3D Printer and Content Solution
Skriware is a company based in both Poland and Sweden. And they’ve launched an innovative 3D printer with accompanying content solution.
The Form 2 3D Printer Ships: Tell Us About It!
Way back in September Formlabs announced the Form 2, and now it’s shipping. But we want to hear from you about it.
A Strange Pattern Emerges in 3D Hubs’ December Trends Report
Reading between the lines of 3D Hubs’ latest Trends Report revealed an interesting insight into the state of 3D printer quality.