3D Printing Blog

I've noticed an interesting difference between two of the biggest 3D model repositories.

Creality has been building something that could become a worldwide network of its own dedicated 3D printing stores.

A force sensor at a material extrusion nozzle may be a way to dynamically measure viscosity during a print.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi show how the humble home 3D printer is becoming a powerful fix-it tool for replacing hard-to-find parts and extending the life of everyday products.

A metal 3D printer might one day be able to correct its own mistakes. Or should it?

Charles R. Goulding and Kate Esposito explore how Italy’s celebrated “Made in Italy” tradition is getting a high-tech makeover through additive manufacturing, from Ferrari supercars to custom medical implants.

Revopoint has made two significant 3D scanning announcements, including a new scanner starting at only US$369.

Our look at the Bambu Lab H3C 3D printer concludes with Print Results and Final Thoughts.

Our review of the Bambu Lab H3C 3D printer continues with a look at Operations and Software.

Our review of the amazing Bambu Lab H3C 3D printer continues with Unboxing, Assembly and Calibration.

The H3C is official today, and we’ve been quietly testing it for several weeks.

It looks like we might be seeing another legal dispute involving a free 3D printable map generator.

What if the 3D printer had to drive to the job site because the job site was another planet?

Oh, how times have changed with filament drying.

This week’s selection is the Mushroom by Thingiverse contributor skylerjrandolph.

Could the answer to filament feeding problems be bigger wheels?

Once again we take a look at the valuations of the major 3D printing companies over the past week.

Charles Goulding and Ari Willick discuss three ways Rockwell Automation is applying its industrial automation expertise to the 3D printing industry.

Certain old industrial 3D printers can remain usable even when their manufacturers stop supporting them.

What if a 3D printer could heat treat the inside of a part before the part is completed?

Spoolara has bundled a bunch of small 3D printing utilities together.

Most 3D design software knows the surfaces of an object, but it doesn't usually know what the object is made of at every point inside.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi dive into the emerging technology that could let robots build and repair underwater infrastructure using materials found on the seafloor.

EOS wants to make a laser powder bed fusion part with two different laser personalities.

Doing the 3D scanning is never the whole job.

Anycubic has made a very quite but potentially important ecosystem move.

ELEGOO is opening up another type of 3D technology.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi look at the surprising 3D printing connections behind Madison Air’s acquisition of German fan giant ebm-papst.

With bacteria, less infill can make a stronger 3D printed part.

3D printers are starting to fold into machine tools.

Seurat is patenting a very unusual method of speeding up metal 3D printing.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi investigate how Madison’s proximity to Huntsville, Redstone Arsenal and Marshall Space Flight Center is helping turn 3D printing into a production technology for America’s aerospace…

A new study suggests that the toolpath in an FFF printed heart valve may be almost as important as the material.

Formlabs is offering to test the safety of any 3D printer resin.

Signify describes a single-nozzle FFF extruder that surrounds pellet-fed material with a different filament, potentially combining low-cost bulk deposition with a controlled outer surface.

Formlabs has filed a patent for a new way to push powder around inside SLS 3D printers.

By Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi take readers inside the way an AI-powered bills of materials could help U.S. manufacturers close the humanoid robot production gap and build a stronger…

A new ultrasonic test method reveals how strongly infill geometry controls the stiffness of FFF printed wood PLA parts.

Imagine making a concrete mold, using it once, then melting it down and 3D printing another one.

Prusa takes an interesting step into higher-temperature materials.

I ran across a very interesting 3D model service, OrbitStudio.

Charles G. Goulding explains why the future of robotics may not roll or crawl, but grow, comparing two groundbreaking technologies poised to reshape industrial applications.

This week’s selection is the Dokdo Sea Lion Skeleton reconstruction by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries and the National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea.

A newly published research study suggests that MXene coated PEEK composite powders may require far less fibre laser energy during polymer powder bed fusion.

Once again we take a look at the valuations of the major 3D printing companies over the past week.

Charles G. Goulding looks beyond Medtronic’s award-winning innovation to explore how 3D printed sinus models, smarter instruments, and equipment partnerships are shaping the future of ENT surgery.

Prusa has come up with a tidy answer to a messy 3D printing problem: make the nozzle pass through a small cleaning station that cuts, scrubs, and parks it.

Two-photon polymerization 3D printing has a throughput problem: the machine usually can print only one object at a time.

Powder removal is one of those 3D printing jobs that looks simple until you have a production batch in front of you.

Charles R. Goulding and Kate Esposito chart how additive manufacturing is powering everything from Mercury Marine’s 600HP engines to Sea Ray’s luxury yachts and custom boat components.