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Sep 11

PrusaSlicer 3.0 Preview: What the Rebuild Actually Changes for Your Printer

#3dprinting #prusaslicer #slicer #prusaresearch

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Sep 10

Color-Changing 3D Prints: How Lenticular Layers Make an Object Shift Hue

#3dprinting #multimaterial #lenticular #petg

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Sep 8

80 printers, one factory: what a drone maker's print farm teaches your single machine

#3dprinting #printfarm #additivemanufacturing #functionalprints

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Sep 7

Print your own handheld PC: what a Raspberry Pi 5 cyberdeck teaches about enclosure design

#3dprinting #raspberrypi #enclosuredesign #petg

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Sep 6

Snap-Fit Cases, Ball Joints and Magnets: 3D Printing an Enclosure for Your ESP32-CAM

#3dprinting #esp32 #functionalprints #snapfit

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Sep 5

3D Printed Microneedle Patches: Belfast Researchers Take Aim at Skin Cancer

#3dprinting #microneedles #medical3dprinting #resinprinting

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Sep 4

Adidas 3D Printed an Entire Sneaker — What Futurecool Means for Your Printer

#3dprinting #adidas #3dprintedshoes #tpu

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Sep 3

Why Your PLA Snaps: What Really Makes Old Filament Go Brittle

#3dprinting #filament #pla #3dprintingtips

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Sep 2

Bambu Lab Patents Hint at Printers That Swap Their Own Nozzles

#3dprinting #bambulab #nozzles #hotend

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Sep 1

Why Your Filament Keeps Failing: Storage, Not Drying, Is the Fix

#3dprinting #filament #filamentstorage #filamentdrying

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Aug 31

Turn a Dead Build Plate Into a Magnetic PCB Holder

#3dprinting #beginnerguide #functionalprints #electronics

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Aug 30

Why Remixing Beats Redesigning: A Soldering Helper That Got Better Three Times

#3dprinting #petg #functionalprints #remix

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Aug 29

Print a Melting Pumpkin Skull: A Beginner's Guide to Spooky 3D Sculptures

#3dprinting #halloween #beginnerguide #pla

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Aug 28

Print Your Own Third Hand: A Soldering Helper Straight Off the Build Plate

#3dprinting #functionalprints #soldering #electronics

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Aug 27

Cornstarch as Bioink: The 3D-Printable Gel That Makes Skin Scaffolds and Chewable Pills

#3dprinting #bioprinting #hydrogel #materials

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Aug 26

Print Your Halloween Candy Dispenser Now, Not in October

#3dprinting #halloween #beginnerguide #pla

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Aug 25

3D-Printed Robot Skin Feels Touch With Just 16 Electrodes

#3dprinting #tpu #flexiblefilament #robotics

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Aug 23

Print a Holder That Keeps Your Arduino and Breadboard From Sliding Around

#3dprinting #arduino #beginners #functionalprints

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Aug 22

A $7.87B Robot Factory Just Got Funded — Here's What It Means for Desktop 3D Printing

#3dprinting #additivemanufacturing #manufacturing #automation

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Aug 21

Plastic Waste to Filament: Inside the $470 Recycling Extruder

#3dprinting #filament #sustainability #fdm

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Aug 19

Why Your Hot End Can't Keep Up: A Free Database of Real Flow Rates

#3dprinting #hotend #flowrate #filament

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Aug 18

3D Printed LED Diffusers: How to Soften a Harsh WS2812B Matrix

#3dprinting #leddiffuser #ws2812b #addressableleds

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Aug 16

Print-in-Place Articulated Models: How One Print Comes Out Already Moving

#3dprinting #printinplace #articulatedmodels #pla

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Aug 15

Do 3D Prints Catch Fire? What Burn Tests Reveal About PLA, PETG, ABS and TPU

#3dprinting #filament #pla #petg

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Aug 14

What Is America Makes? The 3D Printing Hub Behind the Headlines

#3dprinting #additivemanufacturing #americamakes #3dprintingnews

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Aug 13

Resin vs Filament 3D Printing: Which Should Beginners Try First?

#3dprinting #resinprinting #filament #sla

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Aug 12

Manual Filament Tuning in 2026: Is It Still Worth It on a Modern Printer?

#3dprinting #filament #fdm #slicer

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Aug 10

How to 3D Print a Raspberry Pi CM4 Case With Full GPIO Access

#3dprinting #raspberrypi #cm4 #enclosure

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Aug 10

The Carbon-Fiber Skin Trick That Tripled One 3D Print's Strength

#3dprinting #carbonfiber #printstrength #fdm

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Aug 7

Zellerfeld's Relaunched Marketplace Makes Your Foot Shape the Star of 3D-Printed Shoes

#3dprinting #3dprintedfootwear #printondemand #zellerfeld

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Aug 5

What a One-Cubic-Metre 3D Printer Teaches You About FDM Printing

#3dprinting #fdm #filament #beginners

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Aug 4

Meet Cubic Doggo 06R: A 3D-Printed Robot Dog That Balances Itself

#3dprinting #robotics #diy #maker

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Aug 3

Octolamp: 3D Print a GitHub-Style Smart Lamp Powered by WLED

#3dprinting #wled #smartlamp #esp32

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Aug 1

How to 3D Print a Clean 16 16 LED Matrix Diffuser Enclosure (Stencil-Ready)

#3dprinting #ledmatrix #diffuser #enclosure

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Jul 31

3D Print a Modular Smart Lamp: Swap the Look Without Rewiring Anything

#3dprinting #modularlamp #smartlamp #e26

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Jul 30

The Y-Zipper: How MIT 3D-Printed a Fastener That Switches Between Soft and Stiff

#3dprinting #innovation #mit #tunablestiffness

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Jul 29

Print-in-Place Articulated Models: 3D Prints That Move Straight Off the Bed

#3dprinting #printinplace #articulated #beginners

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Jul 28

Fighter Jets Are Now 3D Printed in Titanium — Here's What It Means for Makers

#3dprinting #metal3dprinting #aerospace #titanium

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Jul 27

Build a Minimalist Smart Lamp with WLED and Home Assistant — No Soldering

#3dprinting #wled #homeassistant #smarthome

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Jul 26

Print-in-Place Articulated Spider: A No-Assembly Halloween Print

#3dprinting #printinplace #halloween #articulated

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Jul 25

How to 3D Print a Snug Case for Your Adafruit QT PY ESP32-C3

#3dprinting #esp32 #adafruit #electronicsenclosure

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Jul 24

How to 3D Print Modular Sci-Fi Terrain for Your Tabletop Games

#3dprinting #tabletopgaming #beginners #terrain

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Jul 23

3D Printing for Kids Just Got Easier: A Beginner's Look at the Funbox

#3dprinting #beginners #3dprintingforkids #plafilament

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Jul 22

3D Printing for Kids in 2026: How to Pick a Family-Friendly First Printer

#3dprinting #3dprintingforkids #beginners #stem

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Jul 21

Resin 3D Printing in 2026: Is It Finally Worth a Second Look?

#3dprinting #resinprinting #msla #beginnerguide

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Jul 20

How to 3D Print a Snap-Fit Case for Your Arduino Nano

#3dprinting #arduino #arduinonano #snapfitcase

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Jul 19

3D-Print a Probe Holder to Keep Your Multimeter and Oscilloscope Leads Tangle-Free

#3dprinting #functionalprints #benchorganization #2020extrusion

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Jul 18

How to 3D-Print a Cozy Mushroom LED Lamp: A Beginner-Friendly, Glue-Free Build

#3dprinting #ledlamp #beginners #makers

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Jul 17

3D-Printed Rocket Motors: How Additive Manufacturing Is Rewriting Aerospace

#3dprinting #additivemanufacturing #aerospace #rocket

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Jul 16

No Printing Required: Build a 3D Printer Enclosure From Corrugated Plastic

#3dprinting #3dprinterenclosure #coroplast #diy

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Jul 14

Turn a Cheap Touchscreen Into a Live Dashboard for Your Prusa Printers

#3dprinting #prusa #opensource #firmware

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Jul 13

Volumetric 3D Printing Explained: The Layer-Free Tech Coming for Makers

#3dprinting #volumetricprinting #vam #resinprinting

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Jul 12

How to Monitor Your Whole 3D Printer Fleet From One Touchscreen

#3dprinting #3dprinter #printfarm #prusa

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Jul 11

Volumetric 3D Printing: The Tech That Builds Objects All at Once

#3dprinting #volumetricprinting #vam #resinprinting

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Jul 10

WAAM Explained: How Factories 3D Print Giant Metal Parts With a Welding Arc

#3dprinting #waam #metal3dprinting #additivemanufacturing

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Jul 8

How to 3D Print Parts That Wrap Around Objects You Already Own

#3dprinting #beginnerguide #propmaking #designtips

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Jul 7

How to Monitor Your Whole Prusa 3D Printer Fleet From One Touchscreen

#3dprinting #prusa #3dprinter #printfarm

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Jul 6

How to 3D Print a Minimalist Desk Lamp Shade in Vase Mode

#3dprinting #vasemode #lampshade #beginners

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Jul 5

Turn a Cheap Touchscreen Into a Live Dashboard for Your 3D Printers

#3dprinting #prusa #klipper #esp32

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Jul 4

How to 3D Print a Modern RGB Ambient Lamp for Your Desk

#3dprinting #rgblamp #ambientlighting #beginners

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