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Whether your gateway machine was a 1st-gen RepRap cobbled together with hardware store threaded rods (good luck finding hardware-store replacements for a printer today) or an Ender 3 kit that taught you the value of knowing the thickness of a sheet of paper, that first printer defined your entry into 3D printing.
The lines are arbitrary, but there are some attractive boundaries that seem logical – distinct generational waves in desktop printing hardware. So let's take a generational roll call: which is yours?
3D printing has earned its place in the classroom. This guide rounds up the curriculum providers, CAD tools, and funding options to build lessons that inform and inspire.
Fifteen community-designed clamps, jigs, and guides that print in an evening and outlast their store-bought rivals.
Automated toolpaths, a nine-tool automatic tool changer, and a 1500 W spindle built for machining stainless steel and titanium, plus an optional 5-axis upgrade. See what’s behind ToolDance's upcoming Kickstarter launch.
Our updated guide to top metal 3D printing services to help you order everything from stainless steel tools to gold jewelry to copper heatsinks.
Students can claim up to $200 per project, and schools up to $2,000 per purchase, provided you run the gauntlet of an application review and don't mind a mandatory PCBWay logo on your PCBs.
Discover ShiningSpace by SHINING 3D – an open digital platform designed for previewing, managing, sharing, and reusing real-world 3D assets and models.
UK startup XYZO has revealed an ambitious modular manufacturing platform that wants to print, machine, cure, clean, and inspect parts without them ever leaving the machine.
Creality is launching the Sermoon P1S today, a standalone blue-laser and NIR 3D scanner that joins March's Sermoon P1 at the forefront of Creality's pro-focused, but not expert difficulty handheld scanners.
Launching with some 2,500 models and specifically structured around multicolor and multi-material printing, the site features a unique user-reward system that scales rewards based on qualifying print time. It's nothing if not different; a model repository built for the efficiencies of a toolchanger. You can check it out over at Snapmaker Space.
The R1 cuts wood, acrylic, leather, fabric, and paper, plus engraves on glass and stone.
The hotend uses Phaetus’ Liber split channel geometry to heat filament faster, and is capped with a DLC-coated hardened steel nozzle for tough performance.
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All3DP's complete 3D printing troubleshooting guide, including many common FDM 3D printing problems and solutions, tips, and tricks to fix them.
Discover ShiningSpace by SHINING 3D – an open digital platform designed for previewing, managing, sharing, and reusing real-world 3D assets and models.
SnowX's upcoming SnowPod aims to bridge the gap between industrial SLM technology and true desktop usability. By redesigning the entire workflow, it brings high-precision 316L stainless steel 3D printing directly to the workbench.
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