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Matthew Mensley

Digital media professional and senior editor at All3DP, Matthew (Matt, or "Oi you") has spent almost a decade reporting on professional and desktop 3D printing.

With a focus on the "consumer" or hobbyist side of the industry, he covers news, reviews, buyer's guides, and features – taking what can be a daunting space of technical jargon and making it accessible to everyone.

Got a tip, idea, feedback or critique? Contact him at matthew@all3dp.com

Professional inquiry? Email, or connect with him on LinkedIn.

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Printing Foundation
New DIY Concrete 3D Printer from Off-the-Shelf Parts

Forget proprietary hardware—this open-source project from Sunnyday Technologies uses standard NEMA motors and generative design to bring pallet-scale concrete printing to your workshop.

by Matthew Mensley Mar 4, 2026
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Trouble in Toy Town
The Labubu Purge: Why Pop Mart is Taking Bambu Lab to Court

Forums around the MakerWorld platform have been buzzing with posts of odd takedowns on innocuous 3D models. According to reports, Pop Mart, the maker of Labubu collectible dolls, is taking MakerWorld and Bambu Lab to court in China.

by Matthew Mensley Mar 3, 2026
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Forget the Enclosure
Creality’s New K2 SE Might Be a Smarter Buy Than the K1C

First shown at the IFA Berlin consumer technology show last year, Creality’s latest 3D printer in its flagship K2 series pushes the price lower, ditching the walls and door and offering multicolor out of the box.

by Matthew Mensley Mar 2, 2026
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Can You Feel It?
Prusa INDX When? Q2 Release Ticks Closer as Quick Update Vids Explain Features

A drip feed of dev videos on Prusa's YouTube channel is starting to build hype for the INDX upgrade (for us at least) though we're still waiting for confirmation when this multi-material upgrade will become available.

by Matthew Mensley Feb 25, 2026
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The ‘Brightest’ Glow-in-the-Dark Filament? Prusa Launches PETG Ultraglow

Prusa’s streak of novel filament releases continues with new Prusament PETG Ultraglow, a super-luminescent, yet super-abrasive, material they claim is the “brightest on the market”.

by Matthew Mensley Feb 20, 2026
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Through Thick and Thin
Forget Lithophanes: This Free Tool Creates Hidden Image Print Masterpieces

Spiral Betty is a free tool that lets you turn any image into a spiralized SVG. The images look great, but are even better when 3D printed. Here’s how.

by Matthew Mensley Feb 20, 2026
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Go Big or Go Home
Best Large 3D Printers 2026: Our Top Picks in 3 Categories

A large 3D printer can be your best friend for outsized and ambitious 3D printing projects. Here’s our take on the best you can buy today.

by Matthew Mensley Feb 19, 2026
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External Cutter, Inner Peace?
Creality Swaps Purge ‘Poop’ for Sticks with New CFS-C for K1-series Printers

Sidestepping its own upgrade kit for the K-series machines, Creality introduces a new way to bring multicolor printing to your K1 3D printer.

by Matthew Mensley Feb 16, 2026
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U(Want)1?
Snapmaker U1, Reviewed: Make Haste, Not Waste

Zero-waste multicolor printing is the new frontier, and Snapmaker is getting ahead with this “simple” toolchanger that punches above its price point.

by Matthew Mensley Feb 14, 2026
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MyThingiFactory
MyMiniFactory Acquires Thingiverse, Polls Users to Help Shape New Direction

Prominent model repository Thingiverse joins MyMiniFactory’s larger family of creator sites under the umbrella of SoulCrafted, an anti-AI “movement.” Nothing will change in the short term, but eventually the site will orient itself around new communities of user.

by Matthew Mensley Feb 12, 2026
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Draw'n a Part
Cookiecad’s New Doodle Mode Tool Lets You Draw 3D Prints Freehand

The colorful filament manufacturer’s new design tool is an easy way to bypass a boring afternoon by doodling something you can print. And there are prizes up for grabs in a celebratory launch competition.

by Matthew Mensley Feb 11, 2026
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The Long Goodbye
Bambu Lab Ceases Production of the P1P, Outlines 5-Year End-of-Life Service

Bambu Lab’s product line-up continues to evolve with production of the skeletal P1P 3D printer ceasing today. The company has committed to years of further firmware and security updates for the printer, plus spares and support through to 2031.

by Matthew Mensley Feb 10, 2026
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Cord-Cutter
Creality Targets Handheld Scanning with the Sermoon P1, Now Available to Preorder

The device marks a new direction for Creality scanning hardware, leaving the data cables behind in favor of handheld, onboard processing for more agile workflows.

by Matthew Mensley Feb 6, 2026
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Golden Oldies
Klipper on a Thing-O-Matic? ‘This Old 3D Printer’ Modernizes the Classics

Printer restoration and upgrade project This Old 3D Printer is posting a print every day this year using old and iconic 3D printing hardware.

by Matthew Mensley Feb 5, 2026
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IP IP Hooray
New MakerWorld Copyright Protection Scheme Helps You Fight IP Abuse

Following its closed beta, MakerWorld's copyright protection scheme is opening up to more users. In exchange for platform exclusivity, you get a centralized mechanism to report, collect evidence, and support cases.

by Matthew Mensley Feb 4, 2026
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Bambu Studio Update 2.5.0 Sees Better Support Interfaces and Remote AMS Drying

Bambu Lab has released version 2.5.0 of Bambu Studio, a grab bag update that adds features and improvements honing in on the mechanical stability of multi-material prints and, among other things, more granular control over surface artifacts.

by Matthew Mensley Jan 27, 2026
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Polycam Update Brings AI-Powered 3D Scanning to Your Regular iPhone

Polycam has released an update to its iOS application that introduces “Space Mode" – an AI-powered feature that reconstructs 3D spaces from video footage, no lidar necessary.

by Matthew Mensley Jan 27, 2026
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Blast Off
The Elegoo Centauri Carbon 2 Combo is Here, and It Costs $449

The printer follows in the original Centauri Carbon’s footsteps with a low price and high expectations, adding multicolor/multi-material capability and improvements to temperature management and out-of-the-box printing of "advanced" materials.

by Matthew Mensley Jan 26, 2026
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All in on AI?
Fantastic or Just Plastic? Testing the Newest Photo-to-3D Tech

Bambu Lab and Creality both launched AI-powered character creation tools late last year. PrintU and CubeMe let you turn photographs into cutesy 3D printable characters. Here’s my reluctant experience with both.

by Matthew Mensley Jan 22, 2026
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Elegoo Confirms January 26 Release for Centauri Carbon 2

Elegoo has finally stamped a January 26 release date on the Centauri Carbon 2, moving the machine from "coming soon" limbo to a concrete launch window. Here's what to expect from this new multicolor machine.

by Matthew Mensley Jan 19, 2026
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