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A selection of the best machines for turning your failed prints and scrap plastic into new 3D printing filament.

Ordinarily, when using an off-the-shelf 3D printer, it's quite difficult to print a single object that incorporates multiple materials. An experimental new system could make it easier, though, by ...

XYZ Printing, makers of the popular da Vinci line of 3D printers, have just released one of the holy grails of desktop 3D printing. The da Vinci Color is a full-color, filament based printer. How does ...

If you’ve printed with an FDM printer, you probably know there are many interrelated factors to getting a good print. One key item is the dryness of the filament. When you first crack your plastic ...

People who like coffee can now make java-based objects with their 3D printers using a coffee filament manufactured by 3Dom USA called Wound Up, produced in partnership with Fargo, North Dakota based ...

The materials you can use to produce 3D prints have exploded over the past few years. One of those materials is wood (or "wood"). Having been provided a spool of filament, I decided to put it through ...

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Unlike other tech purchases you may make, a 3D printer lets you also make your own accessories rather than having to buy them ...

Makers that would like to create more lifelike metal objects using their desktop 3D printer but is already capable of printing with PLA 3D printing filament. Maybe interested in a new filament created ...

These unusual problems can derail your 3D printer projects, including filament clogs, brittle material, faulty thermistors, ...