It's easy for us on the consumer content side of All3DP to view 3D printing through a personal I'll-do-it-myself kind of lens, but the truth is there are distinct advantages to outsourcing some print jobs to a service. The two that spring to mind are material choice (good luck printing steel at home) and confidence trusting the result print. Have you used one?
We used Hi3D Studio to divide a humanoid model, add articulated connectors, and arrange the resulting parts for printing. The tools produced a usable result, but several essential steps have a learning curve.
The enclosed CoreXY printer boasts a more powerful chamber heater, nozzle-contact leveling, an X-axis linear rail, new AI camera detection, and three-stage filtration, compared to the Plus4.
Researchers in Japan have developed an additive manufacturing process for producing tungsten carbide-cobalt parts with industrial-grade hardness while potentially reducing material waste.
MakerWorld user Auxcron's incredible 1:2.5 scale reconstruction of the Volkswagen 1.9 TDI engine is a sight to behold. Totalling some 300+ components requiring more than 50 hours of total printing time, the result is a fully animated monument to great fuel economy.
The files aren't publicly available – yet. Auxcron is preparing to launch the project as a crowdfunding campaign on MakerWorld, with the proceeds providing funds and time to improve the fit and finish of the parts, author the build guide and BOM, and generally give it the polish it deserves before releasing the files.
Now available in Translucent Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, White, Black, plus Transparent Smoke Black, 3D-Fuel’s new Pro PCTG colors offer a tougher-than-PETG-prints-like-PLA spin on FullSpectrum color prints for realistic color mixing.
Step up from TinkerCAD with this open-source parametric modeling tool that turns surface patterns into physical, 3D-printable geometry without needing a subscription—just keep in mind it's still an early beta.
The famed museum recently posted an updated 3D scan of its complete Triceratops horridus, ready for makers who prefer fossil-grade accuracy over cartoon dinosaurs. Print it for the classroom, your desk, or an ill-advised full-scale hallway display — just bring plenty of filament. The scan is part of the Smithsonian’s effort to digitize more than 155 million artifacts and specimens available in OBJ format for free at Smithsonian 3D Digitization.
The issue with Bondtech’s hard-but-not-hard-enough nozzles for its INDX system issue has officially impacted the shipping of regular Prusa INDX conversion kits for the Core One+, with Prusa committing to as-yet unspecified material freebies for affected purchases.
Sovol's 1+6 IDEX-toolchanger scored fast Kickstarter success, while LightMake gears up its campaign for the linear-motor quad-printhead L4. Meanwhile, Bondtech hit a snag: its INDX "hardened" nozzles miss spec, dragging Prusa along too. With Creality's K3 landing in a few months, brands are racing to pitch different fixes for multicolor waste.
We know most of you want a toolchanger, but does the kind matter? The mix of approaches makes them tricky to classify – do we even need to, if the results look the same?
The 140-kg laser metal printer still needs 6 kW of three-phase power, reactive-metal-powder handling, inert-gas purging, and dedicated post-processing to run.
A sealed inert-gas chamber and plasma-based deposition promise more controlled titanium WAAM, although Gefertec has yet to publish material-property data, pricing, or delivery details.
For users seeking flame-retardant nylon without a closed printer ecosystem, 3DXTech is building a library of tested slicer profiles to simplify setup across more machines.
In an update on its campaign page, the company celebrated netting $2-million in pledges over the 130-minute window immediately following its launch. Things have slowed since then – 24 hours later and the total currently sits just north of $2.8-million. Putting things into perspective, the Snapmaker U1 netted $7-million in the same timeframe.
Launching soon on Kickstarter, the LightMake L4 is a large, quad-printhead 3D printer packing linear motors, print farm-friendly features and, exotically, OpenClaw integration.
The Phillips Hybrid machines integrate Meltio wire-laser metal deposition technology with Haas CNC platforms, enabling sailors to add and machine metal using a single system.
Lacoste and Alpine are giving their one-off electric rally car the full French-performance treatment, right down to where the "Crocopilot" parks his derrière. Parts of the rally seats are 3D printed using lattice structures designed to balance light weight, comfort, and performance. In rallying, where every kilogram counts, it’s a nice example of additive manufacturing doing delivering less material, useful cushioning, and function baked into the geometry.
Prusa’s castor oil-derived PA11 filament combines unusually strong interlayer adhesion with low friction, impact resistance, and the durability needed for demanding moving parts.
Priced at $70 and capable of drying the vast majority of filaments for desktop printing, the H1 HT is a standalone complement to Elegoo (and other) 3D printers.
For a majority it was a case of waiting for the printer to prompt you (I can relate!) But how often is that happening? The rate of needing to do something is going to be wildly different between a 24/7 demon and someone who has to dust off their printer before they use. So tell me, All3DPeers, what's the quotient – how often are you actually using your printer?