Arduino Gets Physical With The Materia 101 3D Printer
We take an early look at the Materia 101, Arduino’s first foray into 3D printers
3D Printing & Imaging
If you’re a maker, 3d printing is an incredibly useful tool to have in your arsenal. Not only can it help bring your projects to life faster, but it can also offer unique results that would be difficult (or impossible!) to achieve with traditional methods. In these blog posts, we’ll provide you with some essential information and tips regarding 3D printing for makers—including the basics of how to get started, plus creative tutorials for spicing up your projects. Whether you’re already familiar with 3d printing or are just starting out, these resources will help take your game-making skills even further!
3D Printing Around The Home: The Bathroom
From fixing your toilet to organizing your sink area, 3D printing can help
The Theta 3D Printer: 4 Extruders On A Polar Coordinate System
Traditional 3D printers, as well as most CNC routers, laser cutters, and most machine tools where the programmer doesn’t want to go crazy trying to get his or her head around the underlying code, work in the XY coordinate system.* This “theta printer,” as seen on Hackaday.io, eschews that paradigm and instead uses a […]
ABS or PLA? Choosing The Right Filament
Understanding the different properties of plastic when choosing filament.
New Kickstarter Promises “World’s Most Conductive Filament”
For a few years now, many of us in the 3D Printing community have been eagerly awaiting a highly-conductive filament that would allow us to print circuits as part of our 3D printed projects. Now a new kickstarter is promising a filament that is “1,000 times more electrically conductive” than previous filaments that have come […]
3D Printing Around The House: In The Yard
Do some 3D printing for your yard with this great collection of outdoor repair and improvement projects
Print-in-Place: The Additive Holy Grail
Prepare to 3D print movable parts and joints