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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Best 3D Scanners in 2026: Our Top Picks in 6 Categories

Our updated guide to the best 3D scanners from entry-level to industrial includes picks in 6 categories – many backed by hands-on reviews.

Jan 17, 2026
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Qidi Q2C: Linear Rails and 1.5GT Belts for Under $400

While most manufacturers were busy shouting about their holiday sales, Qidi Tech quietly slipped a new machine under the tree. The Qidi Q2C is officially out, stripping out some of the Q2’s features for a lower price tag.

by Matthew Mensley Jan 13, 2026
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Co Print Previews Quadro, a Four-Headed Multi-Material Bed Slinger

Co Print has revealed its next hardware play, the Quadro, a bed-slinger designed to tackle the material waste of multicolor printing with four independent toolheads on a single gantry.

by Matthew Mensley Jan 8, 2026
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AtomForm Palette 300: The 12-Nozzle Gamble from Robot Vacuum Brand MOVA

Another smart home electronics manufacturer wants a piece of the desktop printing pie. MOVA, a brand best known for its robot vacuums and lawn mowers, has used CES 2026 to launch AtomForm, a new 3D printing sub-brand debuting with an ambitious 12-nozzle machine called the Palette 300.

by Matthew Mensley Jan 7, 2026
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Bambu Lab Clarifies Situation Amid Reports of Partially Melting A1 3D Printers

A number of posts to social media, plus an independent investigation by YouTube channel 3D Musketeers, suggests the A1's original power distribution board at risk of melting components in rare situations. Bambu Lab assures us the risk is minimal and remedied in newer machines.

by Matthew Mensley Jan 5, 2026
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3D Printing Merch That’s Actually Worth Buying (No T-Shirts)

Treating yourself? Treating someone you forgot at Christmas? Whatever the reason, these articles of 3D printing-aligned merch are all at least one of useful, cool, stylish or tasty.

by Matthew Mensley Jan 2, 2026
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Official: Creality’s SparkX i7 Is a Entry-Level ‘Lifestyle’ Printer

Following the soft launch of the SparkX brand and hint at new hardware, we now have a clear picture of what the SparkX i7 actually is – a "lifestyle" printer of a sort, offering ease of use over granular control.

by Matthew Mensley Dec 31, 2025
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This Lego Creality Ender 3 V2 Replica Could Become an Official Set

It won’t print, but this Ender 3 V2 replica in Lego has the potential to become an officia set, provided it gets enough votes and passes muster in Lego’s evaluation stages.

by Matthew Mensley Dec 31, 2025
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