Filament-based 3D printers are remarkably wasteful. If you buy a kilogram of filament from your favorite supplier, the odds are that it will come wrapped around a plastic spool weighing about 250 ...

If you frequently use a 3D printer for your projects then you may experience issues calculating the material weight and length usage. If so, then you might be interested in this project using Arduino.

Enter Noctua and Prusa Research, announcing two new 3D printing filaments in the cooling component brand's signature shades ...

Believe it or not, you can now squeeze wood through the nozzle of your 3D printer. This new addition to the maker’s palette of 3D printer filaments comes from the mind of [Kai Parthy]. The new ...

These items should be in every 3D printer’s toolbox, otherwise any job may wind up taking twice as long to do, and the end results could be less than desired. 3D printers require a lot of support.

Ordinarily, when using an off-the-shelf 3D printer, it's quite difficult to print a single object that incorporates multiple materials. An experimental new system could make it easier, though, by ...

Noctua's color scheme tends to divide opinions, but regardless of individual taste, it's immediately recognizable. Having the ...

A 3D printer on Kickstarter hopes to turn the tide away from filament and over to pellets to save techies money and expand printing options. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech ...

Normally, mounting involves a bloody and very labor intensive process of stripping a skull clean of flesh and meat, leaving ...