If there’s one problem with the RepRap, it’s the cost of filament. Sure, there’s also the computationally difficult problem of slicing 3D models, but a 5 to 10 times markup on turning plastic pellets ...

3D printers have become incredibly cheap, you can get a fully workable unit for $200 – even without throwing your money down a crowdfunded abyss. Looking at the folks who still buy kits or even build ...

Here’s another project with the worthy ultimate aim of repurposing household plastic waste as useful 3D filament for making new stuff with your home 3D printer. Both the Strooder and the Filabot are ...

3D printers require a lot of support. They need gadgets and tools and of course, consumables. If you are using a fused deposition type of printer, the type that uses spools of filament, then there are ...

Hugh Lyman, an 83-year-old retiree from Enumclaw, Washington, won The Desktop Factory Competition with his design for a low-cost, open-source machine capable of turning resin pellets into inexpensive ...

With its tool-changing system and minimal filament waste, the Snapmaker U1 rethinks how colour should work and makes complex ...

Get to know the Snapmaker U1, the most funded 3D printer ever. Read our initial setup and printing experience with this ...

People who like coffee can now make java-based objects with their 3D printers using a coffee filament manufactured by 3Dom USA called Wound Up, produced in partnership with Fargo, North Dakota based ...

Following an icon of the 3D print world was never going to be easy, but the X2D impresses from the outset ...

Sovol could be the next company to release a multimaterial desktop 3D printer. The company has produced desktop equipment for many years and often provides “hints” of upcoming releases. This time, ...