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Food Tech Focus
Custom Tooling for Food Tech, This Nozzle Went from Design to 3D Print in a Day

By eliminating complex assembly and traditional lead times, this food-safe, single-piece nozzle demonstrates how additive manufacturing is ready for food manufacturing.

by Carolyn Schwaar Jan 13, 2026
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The Reality of 3D Printing Aluminum: What You Need to Know Before You Start

From aerospace-grade alloys to the hidden hurdles of metal FDM, discover why printing with aluminum is no longer just for industrial giants—and the critical steps you need to get it right.

by Carolyn Schwaar Jan 13, 2026
Boom! There it is.
Can you 3D print a 60 cm metal boom in free space? We're about to find out.

Last Sunday's SpaceX launch of its new Twilight rideshare program brought to orbit a range of products and experiments including one from Dcubed, a German company developing "in-space manufacturing" for solar arrays using "power-beaming and directed energy" technologies. The ARAQYS-D1 mission by Dcubed is to 3D print a 60 cm boom in free space as a proof of concept.

by  Carolyn Schwaar Jan 13, 2026
Source: Dcubed
Tour Ready
Laser powder bed fusion has never looked sexier

than in Cobra Golf's alluring video illustrating how the company's 3D printed irons are made. The newest clubs in the series came out just last week — the 3DP MB and 3DP X — and have already moved the narrative from “3D printing is neat” to “3D printing means performance." GolfDigest, GolfMonthly, and Amateur Golf are all swooning — with only a small wince at the $1,980 price tag for a 6-piece set.

by  Carolyn Schwaar Jan 12, 2026
Weekend Poll
I know what I'm printing this weekend, and it's about as mundane as it gets.

Coat hangers. Stacks and stacks of them.

It's an awkward shape for most print beds, but on a printer large enough, they work great when stacked high.

Most of my prints land on the dull/practical/convenience end of the spectrum, rather than anything artistic or aesthetic. But that's the beautiful thing about printing – it accommodates so much variety. So tell me: What are we all printing these days?

by  Matthew Mensley Jan 11, 2026
Flame Off
Prusa announced UL-certification for Core One series with PETG V0 filament this week.

This means that all of the Core One, Core One+, and Core One L join the MK3S+, MK4, and XL as validated to print compliant, self-extinguishing parts (provided they're printed according to basic criteria) using the company's Prusament PETG V0 material.

by  Matthew Mensley Jan 10, 2026
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Mastrex Debuts to Disrupt Metal 3D Printers with Sub-$40K Laser Powder Bed Fusion

The newly formed Mastrex ecosystem launches with a versatile lineup of six machines, offering a scalable path from entry-level desktop metal printing to high-output industrial production.

by Carolyn Schwaar Jan 9, 2026
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Saving Into 2026
New Year, New Deals: Save on 3D Printers this January

Turn your creative resolutions into reality. We’ve rounded up the best lingering sales on hardware and materials to help you start printing without paying full price.

by Tanuka Abayasekara Jan 8, 2026
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Creality’s CES 2026 Star: The AI-Integrated SPARKX i7 Leads a New Era of Multi-Color 3D Printing

The desktop-friendly machine offers a modern look, but its real value lies in its functions that allow for intelligent, AI-enabled fabrication

Jan 8, 2026
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This New Office-Friendly Metal 3D Printer Uses ‘Ink’ Instead of Powder

The Gauss MT90 swaps messy powders for proprietary "metal ink" cartridges starting at $150, bringing desktop metal printing to a potentially more affordable price point.

by Carolyn Schwaar Jan 8, 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
Print the Crime, Do the Time
Can you imagine a future where 3D printing is outlawed?

Content creator Loyal Moses explores this exact scenario in a two-minute short called Payment Received. This extended look explores the motivations behind the idea, a near-future where owning a printer isn't illegal, but the filament and files are.

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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Ready to Design Your Own 3D Printable Parts? Here is the Best CAD Software for Beginners

Learning CAD can be tough, but you can ease your way in with simple newbie-friendly software. Check out our picks of the best CAD software for beginners.

by Shawn Frey Jan 7, 2026
Curd Your Enthusiasm
From Moo to Maker: Scientists turn bad milk into 3D printing filament.

Two Univ. of Wisconsin professors have snagged a U.S. patent for turning spoiled milk into biodegradable plastic for 3D printing, promising to help Wisconsin’s dairy farmers cash in on what was once just food waste. Their patented milk-to-material magic uses dairy proteins to replace petroleum-based plastics. Next step: find a company to commercialize it — hopefully soon!

by  Carolyn Schwaar Jan 7, 2026
Source: Univ. of Wisconsin-Platteville
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Growth Move
Addman Scales Up: Acquisition of Forecast 3D Adds Huge U.S. Polymer Printing Capacity

With the strategic takeover of Forecast 3D, Addman’s fleet surges to over 160 systems and adds a West Coast manufacturing powerhouse to expand polymer production.

by Carolyn Schwaar Jan 7, 2026
Shine Bright
Subscribers to Proto Pasta's Endless Exploration filament subscription are in for a treat soon.

Alongside CES this week, Proto Pasta has shown off its self-proclaimed world's first quantum dot filament. The material uses "quantum pigments" – tiny crystalline semiconductors –that are UV reactive, creating an intense glow with 365nm wavelength blacklight. Subscribe to the Endless Exploration by February 28 to receive three samples in your March delivery.

by  Matthew Mensley Jan 7, 2026
Source: Proto Pasta
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The Truth About “Food-Safe” 3D Printing Filament: Regulations, Risks & Real Options

Just because it's PLA doesn't mean it's safe for food contact. See which ones actually are and how to use them.

by Jillian Veader Jan 6, 2026
Featured image of Bambu Lab Clarifies Situation Amid Reports of Partially Melting A1 3D Printers
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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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LONGER ePrint Upgraded: One of Kickstarter’s Top Funded Live Project Adds Full Direct-to-Film Printing

LONGER has announced a major upgrade to its ePrint series, currently live on Kickstarter. Building on its success, ePrint now becomes the world’s first all-in-one personal desktop printer to support both UV and full DTF printing through a dual-printhead system.

Jan 5, 2026
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