3D Printing Blog

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.

An AI generated mug might look magnificent, until you try to pour something into it.

Our look at the SPARKX i7 3D printer concludes with software, print results and final thoughts.

Our review of the SPARKX i7 3D printer continues with a look at unboxing, assembly, calibration and operations.

We’ve been testing the Creality SPARKX i7 desktop 3D printer, and it’s quite a machine.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi look at the expanding role of recycling in securing materials for 3D printing, from America's steel and aluminum scrap streams to copper, precious metals, plastics,…

What if the printing head never had to reach the place where the object is being made?

Polymaker has long been known for their incredibly wide range of filament colors, and now they’re adding a pellet colouring system, CymphoniK.

Laser beam steering usually means moving something.

What if the most troublesome part of a resin 3D printer could simply slide out?

Charles R. Goulding and Kate Esposito highlight how the BMW Group is leveraging cutting-edge additive manufacturing technologies to reduce costs, speed production, and drive the future of electric vehicle manufacturing.

What if a rocket motor could change the way it burns after manufacturing?

Autodesk had better look out: there is a clone of Fusion on the loose.

3D Print Rig is an open-source project that can visually build a 3D printer.

EOS is proposing a very different light source for polymer powder bed fusion: a carbon monoxide laser.

Charles Goulding and Ari Willick discuss how Holtec’s Palisades restart is exposing nuclear supply chain gaps that 3D printing may be able to fill.

The hardest part of building a CAD application might have just become lot easier.

A recoater crash is one of the more expensive ways for a powder bed 3D printer to have a bad day.

Well, this is curious — a new, unannounced 3D printer appeared in Creality’s latest software release.

This week’s selection are the Articulated Finger Extensions by MakerWorld contributor ShugyoPrint.

What if a metal 3D printer could adjust its laser before something went wrong?

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

Charles Goulding and Aaron Rofe examine how 3D printing is quietly transforming sports medicine by making braces, facemasks, and orthopedic implants faster, lighter, and more precisely tailored to individual athletes.

In Part 1, we explored the possibility that AI technology could eventually make 3D design effectively free.

Something rather interesting may be happening in the world of 3D design, and it reminds me of what happened 25 years ago.

Meshy announced something quite interesting: an editing feature.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi consider how America Makes' newest metal AM initiative is strengthening the U.S. defense supply chain and why participating companies may also benefit from valuable R&D…

I noticed that there was a new entry in Snopes talking about 3D printing.

Bambu Lab has confirmed they are releasing a 3D scanner.

Slant3D launched something interesting: SlantTools.

Tilting a 3D printer's build plate to eliminate supports is hardly a new idea.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi discuss how 3D printing can help America's refineries navigate supply chain disruptions, accelerate maintenance, and turn domestic manufacturing into a competitive advantage.

FFF slicing has a very basic assumption built into it: every new layer should be flat.

Huge news from Formlabs today: they are introducing a new desktop resin 3D printer that is at a very affordable price.

Prusa has launched a product that none of its own 3D printers can use.

A Stanford and UNC patent describes a high-resolution CLIP printer using reduction optics, automated focusing and resin-flow modeling to produce microneedles and other microstructures at unusual speed.

Charles G. Goulding explains why a record-setting 3D printed horse barn in Wellington offers a glimpse at how additive construction could reshape agricultural, industrial, and other large-scale buildings.

Soft 3D printed parts have a timing problem.

Resin 3D printers are easy to install. The ventilation for them isn't as simple.

A startup company wants to purposely use wet filament.

In metal LBPF, a laser can look perfectly healthy while the powder beneath it is not.

Charles G. Goulding looks at how 3D printing could deliver faster, more material-efficient construction for everything from wind-turbine bases and water tanks to bridges, seawalls and postwar rebuilding.

Equal density does not mean equal behavior.

Prusa has patented a very unusual and possibly quite powerful hot end design.

Thermal resistance is often spoken of for 3D print materials, but I ran into an unusual scenario involving temperature.

Charles Goulding and Ari Willick examine how Helsing’s expansion into West Virginia signals a broader shift toward mass production of drones powered by additive manufacturing.

This week’s selection is the astonishing Dining Table by maker Trey DeWolf.