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Bricks Reimagined
3D Printed Terracotta Bricks Steal the Spotlight at Chelsea Flower Show

New “green medal” environmental prize at world-renown show goes to low-carbon footprint garden with 3D printed terracotta planters.

by Carolyn Schwaar May 21, 2024
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Make Something
Make: Relaunches Its Makerspace Directory

Following a dormant spell, Makerspace is back with a fresh coat of paint. The tool is the focus of a new drive to connect makers with tools and communities.

by Matthew Mensley May 17, 2024
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It Prints For The Users!
The Collapsible, Upside-Down Positron 3D Printer Is Now Available as a Kit

The Positron is a community build, but a partnership with LDO Motors has made this quirky machine more accessible than ever.

by Adam Kohut May 17, 2024
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Be The Tool
Challenge Yourself With the Blackbox CE Open Source CoreXY Toolchanger Kit

The Blackbox CE leverages kinematic coupling and passive watercooling to achieve high degrees of positional accuracy and printing performance – but be warned, this build isn’t for beginners.

by Adam Kohut May 16, 2024
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This Is Hue-Ge
The TD-1 Takes The Tedium Out Of HueForge Filament Setup

A new device by Ajax-3D automagically calculates TD values for your filament, taking the guesswork out of color lithophanes and saving you wasted filament on test swatches.

by Matthew Mensley May 15, 2024
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Bam-Boom
Bambu Lab Drops Huge Bambu Studio Update

The sweeping update touches on everything from print quality to UI to MakerWorld integration, with 80-plus updates, improvements, tweaks, and bug fixes.

by Adam Kohut May 15, 2024
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Super Model
Bambu Lab’s ‘Parametric Model Maker’ Brings OpenSCAD to MakerWorld

Essentially an open-ended OpenSCAD window, the tool allows users to easily adjust parametric models' size, shape, content, and more.

by Adam Kohut May 13, 2024
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Plastic Surgery
This Conversion Kit Turns Your MK3S into a CoreXY 3D Printer

The Proosa XY Conversion Kit relies on stock, 3D printed, and third-party components to bring a speed increase, input shaping, and more to MK3 and MK3S machines.

by Adam Kohut May 10, 2024
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The AI Generation
Autodesk and AI Meet Again With Project Bernini

A "research effort" into generative AI, the project has already created an experimental yet professionally oriented model that focuses on design variation and functionality.

by Adam Kohut May 10, 2024
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OEMs Assemble!
E3D Releases Assembled Bambu Lab ObXidian Hot Ends

A new, fully assembled version of E3D and Bambu Lab's collab hot end makes the part a little easier to swap.

by Shawn Frey May 8, 2024
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Ghost Coast
Coast Runner Begins Shipping, Launches CoastCAD, and Named in California Lawsuit

Machines in the wild and the beginnings of a file repository mark good news for Coast Runner, despite the recent filing of a lawsuit in California that threatens injunctive relief.

by Matthew Mensley May 8, 2024
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Rainbow Hydra
What Exactly Is the Anycubic Kobra 3 and How Does it Handle Multicolor?

Anycubic’s latest release looks like it’s squarely positioned to duke it out with the Bambu Lab A1 for our attention. While we haven’t tested one yet, the clues are there to begin to piece together how it works.

by Matthew Mensley May 8, 2024
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It's Alive
This Open-Source CoreXY 3D Printer Has a Welded Steel Frame

Angelo Casimiro’s half-hour video sees the Filipino designer searching markets and sourcing spare parts to create a robust “Frankenstein build” capable of Bambu Lab X1 speeds.

by Adam Kohut May 8, 2024
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Deep Cut
xTool Opens F1 Ultra Fiber & Diode Laser Cutter Presales

The fully enclosed, 20W dual laser engraver aims to combine the speed of a fiber laser with the versatility of a diode laser, and is claimed to be capable of "deep" engraving and embossing.

by Adam Kohut May 7, 2024
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We'll Do It Live
Anycubic Kobra 3 and ACE Pro Preorders Open

Following a chaotic launch livestream that left some burning questions unanswered, the company’s entry into the colorful world of multi-material add-ons is finally available to preorder at its recently revealed early-bird price of $449.

by Matthew Mensley May 7, 2024
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Sounds Metal
Snapmaker Opens Metal-Engraving IR Laser Module Pre-Orders

The 2-watt 1064nm infrared laser will work with Snapmaker’s recent Artisan and Ray models, as well as older 2.0 machines.

by Shawn Frey May 7, 2024
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Turning Passion into Profit
James Birkett Built a 3D Printing Business From His Living Room. You Can, Too

Expert advice on turning your 3D printing experience into a thriving 3D printing service business.

May 6, 2024
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Jedi By Design
Design A Star Wars Droid, See It Brought to Life At Lucasfilm HQ

Autodesk’s contest asks entrants to create a mechanical or animated droid, with designs judged on four criteria, including creativity and technical expertise.

by Adam Kohut May 4, 2024
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The Bambu Lapse Is Over
Bambu Lab’s A1 3D Printer Is Back In Stock Globally

At $399 for the printer alone or $559 bundled with the AMS Lite, Bambu Lab's bed-slinging speedster is still great value for money.

by Matthew Mensley May 3, 2024
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The Plot Thickens
Bantam Tools Releases NextDraw Plotter Series

The plotters differ in size, but are otherwise essentially the same, featuring brushless pen-lift motors, auto-homing, and compatibility with a wide range of writing utensils.

by Adam Kohut May 2, 2024
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