Discover an inspiring DIY project that turns discarded plastic bottles into 3D printer filament and miniature soda bottles.

Discover the creative journey of transforming a plastic soda bottle into high-quality 3D printer filament. Watch as we ...

There are many factors that determine how well a 3D printer prints. While many of them involve tuning and tweaking the actual 3D printer itself, the filament you print with may be one of the most ...

It seems a simple enough concept: as a 3D printer consumes filament, the spool becomes lighter. If you weighed an empty spool, and subtracted that from the weight of the in-use spool, you’d know how ...

For decades 3D printing has been available in some form, but it wasn’t until the likes of MakerBot and other startups who began producing affordable hardware for the hobby to really take off. In the ...

HP has announced its foray into a new 3D printing category with the debut of a filament-based system. The company presented ...

Put simply, the MakerBot Thing-O-Matic is a thing you can make to make your own things – automatically. On show at CES 2011, it is a desktop 3D printer that comes in kit form and, once assembled, can ...

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