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Tooling-Free FDA Compliance: How Lynxter’s New SIL-004 Prints Food-Grade Silicone in Hours

This new additive material offers food-processing plants a rapid, cost-effective method to produce custom gaskets, seals, and production-line parts at fraction of the time of traditional manufacturing.

by Carolyn Schwaar May 20, 2026
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VoxMeta H1 Pro Makes Its Debut, Breaking the Price Barrier with 0.015 mm Industrial-Grade Scanning Accuracy

Industrial-grade precision meets accessible pricing. The handheld VoxMeta H1 Pro aims to replace five-figure industrial systems for professional workflows.

May 19, 2026
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Selling 3D Printed Items – A Legal Guide

There’s a big market for 3D printed items. But before selling them, understand what things you can and can’t 3D print and sell with our updated guide.

by Carolyn Schwaar May 18, 2026
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Atomm Launches CraftLab Generators: Online Tools for Makers that Turn Ideas into Cut-Ready Files in Seconds

From custom star maps to personalized keychains, Atomm CraftLab Generators lets you design, preview, and export production files in seconds, no software needed.

May 18, 2026
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3D Printing Could Make Hydropower Finally Worth the Cost at 50,000+ U.S. Dams

After a 3D printed turbine prototype successfully passed a grueling six-year continuous operational test, the ORNL-backed technology is now ready to scale, offering a cost-cutting blueprint to unlock clean energy at thousands of U.S. dams.

by Carolyn Schwaar May 18, 2026
Weekend Poll
I've got color on the brain.

Between FullSpectrum slicer in March, Bambu Lab integrating it directly into its software, and new tools like ColorStack making it possible to print color texture data directly on a regular 3D printer, things are looking vibrant in desktop 3D printing.

And it's all possible from software that can interpolate between different color filaments – having them optically blend to give the appearance of another color altogether. Some folks are pushing it far, but right now it's too wasteful to do without a toolchanger. Say toolchangers become the standard one day – are you on board with it?

by  Matthew Mensley May 17, 2026
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Who Will Recycle Your 3D Print Waste? We Found 9 Services to Send Your Scraps To

Send your 3D printed scrap to one of these services for a new life as recycled filament or useful plastic products.

by Nick Loth May 15, 2026
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Lumos Ultra, WeCreat’s Dual-Laser-Tech Engraver Racks up $4M on Kickstarter

The Lumos Ultra integrates 6W UV and 60W/100W MOPA laser technology to deliver high-precision engraving, metal processing, and advanced finishing capabilities for makers and small businesses.

May 15, 2026
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Slashing Waste by 90%: How Metal 3D Printing Solves Heavy Industry’s Spare Part Problem

By integrating Meltio’s metal wire DED technology, Italian specialist Eurobearings is replacing weeks of traditional machining and welding with days of additive manufacturing to repair and produce massive industrial components.

by Carolyn Schwaar May 15, 2026
Fuller Spectrum
Filament interpolation to achieve new colors is having its moment,

and with it, the groundwork to make the effect repeatable and consistent. This model on MakerWorld shows off 292 distinct printable colors from five source PLA filaments – cyan, magenta, yellow, black, and white – printed on a Bambu Lab H2C. The project comes with a recipe book of sorts, describing the precise ratios to reproduce each color, helpfully split out into palettes, including skin tones.

by  Matthew Mensley May 15, 2026
Source: VedicFutura, via Makerworld
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Goodbye Filament: Peopoly’s New Giga 800 Brings Large-Format Pellet Printing to the $15K Mark

With a massive 800mm build volume and a 3kg/hour extrusion rate, Peopoly’s pellet-fed disruptor is built to slash material costs by 90% and replace expensive industrial systems.

by Carolyn Schwaar May 14, 2026
Whoops
For a particular group of 3D printer users, Bambu Lab is quickly becoming public enemy #1.

The OrcaSlicer fork pulled from GitHub following the threat of a cease-and-desist letter last month is back. The slicer, which reconnected the popular third-party slicer to Bambu Lab's cloud infrastructure without Bambu Connect – control middleware the company launched early last year – is now hosted by right-to-repair advocate Louis Rossmann and PC media outlet GamersNexus, with both publicly daring Bambu Lab to sue them over it.

Bambu Lab has not responded publicly to the rehosting. The slicer is now more accessible than it was before the company intervened.

by  Matthew Mensley May 13, 2026
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Free STL Editors: How to Edit & Repair STL or 3MF Files

From basic options to advanced ones, check out the best free tools to repair or edit digital model files, from Tinkercad to Blender, and more.

by Guilherme Schendel May 13, 2026
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The LaserPecker LX2: A Scalable, 1,000 mm/s High-Speed Laser Workstation

Built for mixed-material projects, the LaserPecker LX2 is a workshop-ready laser cutter and engraver, with a modular design for both hobbyist and professional use.

May 13, 2026
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BigRep Just Scaled Up Continuous Carbon Fiber for 20x Stronger Parts

Berlin-based BigRep and Endless Industries are bringing continuous carbon fiber reinforcement to the BigRep IPSO 105, targeting stronger large-format parts at lower cost than traditional composite manufacturing.

by Carolyn Schwaar May 12, 2026
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Can ErectorBot & Aibuild Make Large-Format 3D Printing as Easy as Desktop?

Coupled with machines starting at $15,000, ErectorBot’s hopes its Aibuild software integration can tame the complexity of industrial-scale printing, and make it accessible for any size manufacturer.

by Carolyn Schwaar May 12, 2026
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Forget Bulky Scanners: The New $199 3DMakerpro Fox Brings Precision to Your Pocket

With .07 mm accuracy and .10 mm resolution, the Fox scans items up to 1.2 m with ease despite its ultralight form factor.

May 12, 2026
Layered DJ Booth
This Barcelona nightclub got remixed in 3D printed concrete.

Aridditive, a Barcelona-based company specializing in 3D concrete, just 3D printed the full renovation of Sutton Barcelona, one of Spain’s most iconic nightclubs. The company manufactured 340 functional concrete elements off-site, including sofas, staircases, bar counters, walls, and a DJ booth, then installed them as part of a seven-week refurbishment that would have taken roughly five months using conventional methods, the company says. More proof that digital fabrication can handle high-design commercial interiors on a nightlife timeline, not a construction one.

by  Carolyn Schwaar May 12, 2026
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The Ultimate Filament Guide
All 3D Printing Filament Types Explained – Properties, Printing & Best Uses

Confused by filament choices? This updated guide breaks down each type — from everyday PLA to high-performance PEEK — so you can print smarter.

by Carolyn Schwaar May 12, 2026
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ColorStack Turns Game Assets and 3D Scans Into Full-Color FDM Files for $10

From the brains behind the color interpolation technique known as full spectrum comes ColorStack, a paid-for app that automatically sets 3D printable color data for a CMYW/K 3D print based on texture data.

by Matthew Mensley May 12, 2026
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