Tips for 3D Printing Press-Fit Parts
Learn how to 3D print press-fit parts so you can snap together an easy assembly for your next build.
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!
Review: Printrbot Metal Plus
Following the metal-framed makeover of its smaller simple sibling, the Printrbot Metal Plus transitions from a laser-cut wood frame to a new, beautiful powder-coated metal housing. The sturdy frame offers a number of upgrades over the previous generation, getting great results in our tests. It holds a z-axis that’s been beefed up from the last […]
Print, Cut, and Fold Your Own Pluto
This week humanity received the sharpest images of Pluto yet. Check out the 3D imaging, posters, and papercrafts that have been released!
Rubber Bands and Fishing Line Make a Low-Budget 3D Printer
Jeffrey Kerr (aka Lobo CNC) is on a mission to make the cheapest DIY 3D printer possible. His current design is the Delta-T v0.3 a non-Cartesian 3D printer in the delta style that uses only a handful of easily sourced parts, including: acrylic, aluminum tubing, stepper motors, an extruder, fishing line, rubber bands, bolts, a controller […]
Automating a Filament Colorizer to a 3D Printer
During my second week as an artist in residence at the Maker Media Lab, I decided to explore designing and creating a filament colorizer.
MakerBot Faces Class Action Lawsuit Over Faulty Extruders
MakerBot grew from a fun project by three friends in a hackerspace in Brooklyn, to being THE name in desktop 3D printing. Over the last few years, though, that name has been drug through the mud; from the community backlash when they decided to go closed source after building their reputation on open source projects, to […]
3D Printed Giant Miniature Walking Robot Tank
If you are a fan of incredibly detailed, operational, hand-built creations, you might want to check this out. Codename Colossus is a walking robot tank created by Michael Sng, an artist and graphic designer from Singapore. Sng entered the toy realm as a lead designer for Singapore-based Stikfas Ltd., creating articulating action figure kits that ultimately gained […]
