The US-based online storefront is clearing out its stock with a sale up to 40% off while supplies last, but it marks the end of another notable business from the DIY community.
That's what's up for grabs in Womp's latest design competition collab. Teaming up with Work Louder, community-driven maker of the sexiest keyboards to grace the planet, Womp wants you to "remix a keycap into something uniquely yours". The keycap models already exist in Womp for standard (free) and Pro users, so all you need to do is get creative. The best model wins its creator $1,000, and recognition from both design-savvy brands. What are you waiting for? Get Womping.
With more capabilities comes more projects, as well as the files for them. And they've gotta be found somewhere.
It's Printables' sixth anniversary, and Prusa Research's STL repository is celebrating big.
Until the end of May, creators who've signed up for the promo are offering 30% discounts on their models. You can find designs by Shira, Wekster, soozafone, SASSy Design, and many more. Simply go to the site and click on the banner or follow this link, and celebrate with Prusa!
The Anycubic Kobra 3 V2 is now available to pre-order, with a few different combos and some early-bird bundles.
Following its invitation-only February launch, Prusa fully released the cloud slicer earlier this week.
The feature-limited 3MF generator feels like a stripped-down PrusaSlicer, and is great for quick prints you'd probably use basic settings for anyway. But it can be used from a browser or the Prusa mobile app. There are some tradeoffs compared to community print profiles, like no custom supports, but fills the gap with other flexibilities like plating multiple files in one print. Prusa has hinted at a possible subscription option for project cloud storage, but not for now.
In the same late-April update that unlocked the AMS 2 and AMS HT drying functions on Bambu Lab's X- and P-series 3D printers, the X1C interface was changed to match the H2D. Of course, if you haven't yet, updating your firmware may require you to download Bambu Lab's controversial 1.08.05 security update.
All you need is an image, a 3D printer, and one of Bambu Lab’s Maker Supply LED kits to make your own colorful lightbox.
In addition to quadrupling the possible size of your workspace (now 2,000 units squared), you can change the workspace units from the default millimeters and inches to centimeters, meters, and feet. That, and apply a scaling factor of up to 1:1000.
The math hurts my head, but a post by Tinkercad about the changes shows how it's possible to fit an actual-size model of the Empire State Building into the app, something that would be impossible before.
There's just one model for now – a replacement beard comb for its OneBlade razor – but the program will result in a "digital library of open-access 3D-printable replacement parts for selected Philips products," says LePub, Philips' partner in the initiative.
Philips is just the latest to join Printables' now rather expansive Brands program, which encourages companies to share official mods, repair parts, and interesting models.
In a short video, Prusa Research showed off three versions of its MMU3 for the Prusa Core One, and alluded to an upcoming "next-gen" MMU.
With Adidas renewing attention on single-piece 3D-printed sneakers with its new Climacool shoes, home-printing options are expanding rapidly, too.
Recreus' footwear-focused Filaflex filaments have recently been updated to introduce subtle new colors through a collaboration with Footwearology – a design lab and educational resource for shoe fabrication. Besides their regular colors, the company's Filaflex Foamy, Foamy 95, and 82A filaments are now available in Oat (pictured), Lavender, Mint, Azure, and Dusk hues.
China and the U.S. have agreed to a temporary 90-day reduction of 115% on their blanket tariffs. But don’t pop the champagne just yet. Printing prices that have stepped up over recent months are unlikely to drop suddenly. The costs incurred so far need to be eaten by someone, and could well end up spread across any new stocks imported under the lower rates.
Anycubic's second stab at the Kobra 3 has booked itself in for a May 15 launch, and it needs to deliver out of the box.
A German government report says the military doesn't have spare part design data or manufacturing rights, but is buying 3D printers anyway.
An all-rounder designed for scanning on the go, Creality’s new Otter Lite grows the company’s scanner line-up to six devices. It sits as a marginally pared-back, mobile-first alternative to the Otter.
Bambu Lab is making progress with its firmware updates, so AMS 2 Pros and AMS HTs now work with P- & X-series printers.
A newsletter over the weekend indicates May 15 as a possible release date, with more details dropping tomorrow, May 6.
The Kobra 3 V2 Combo succeeds the Kobra 3 Combo. The image in the mailing doesn't appear to show any obvious changes to the printer, so we'd guess the update focuses on reliability and performance, rather than any wholesale changes to the hardware or features.
The new H2D is Bambu Lab's next big thing, but should you buy one if you already have an X1 Carbon?
Gambody, the geek-focused 3D printable model storefront, already has "all models inspired by the Star Wars universe" – over 100 STLs – available for up to 35% off from today until May 7.
On top of that, one of our favorite Star Wars-themed modelers, Galactic Armory, will be hosting a 50% off sale on GalacticArmory.net of all 3D files with the code "MAY4TH" from May 3 - 5. You can use the same code for 50% off your first month subscribed to the Galactic Armory Patreon, too!
