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Design for Purpose

People who are new to personal 3D printing sometimes learn the hard way that you must design for purpose.

The deltaRocket 3D Printer

Looking for a large-volume personal 3D printer? You might want to consider the Belgian-built deltaRocket.

No Proprietary Filament From MakerBot Expected

With many people wondering whether MakerBot is moving towards a proprietary filament solution, we went to the top to get answers.

3D Printed Art Engages Children

An art exhibition at a K-12 school in India converted imaginary objects from the minds of children to become real objects.

The Quant 3D Q1000 3D Printer

A new industrial 3D printer from OK International and partner Tiertime could shake things up in company labs.

CreatorBots are Now Shipping

We received an update from 3D Printerworks regarding their product, the CreatorBot personal 3D printer. It’s now shipping.

Design of the Week: eSherpa

This week’s selection is the practical eSherpa electrically driven trolley by Switzerland-based Ralf Naumann.

3D Printable Scenery for Gaming

Need a stone wall for your Warhammer game? There’s a store you should check out: Printable Scenery.

First Copper and Bronze: There’s Now Brass 3D Printer Filament

The ingenious chemists at colorFabb have developed yet another metal-infused 3D printing filament: brassFill.

Amsterdam Gets a 3D Print Retail Store

Like many other leading cities around the world, Amsterdam now has a dedicated 3D print retail operation: Print3DMatter.

New 3D Printing Algorithm Reduces Support Material, But…

A new algorithm might prove effective to reduce the amount of support material required for 3D prints by chopping objects into more easily printable shapes.

Alas, No New MakerBot Machine To Be Announced

In a departure from their corporate pattern of the past few years, MakerBot is not announcing a new personal 3D printer in January.

Aerojet Rocketdyne Demos 3D Printed Satellite Propulsion System

Aerojet Rocketdyne, has successfully completed a hot-fire test of its MPS-120 CubeSat High-Impulse Adaptable Modular Propulsion System™ (CHAMPS™).

Parfait Printing Provides Color Prints

Your Wild World, a curiously named 3D printing startup, hopes to deliver multicolor 3D prints on your existing personal 3D printer.

Orbital 3D Printing Really Works!

We’ve written previously of NASA’s incredible 3D printing experiment taking place on the International Space Station. Now we’ve seen a real example of how the technology should work.

Solidscape’s Hold on the 3D Printed Jewelry Market

Solidscape claims they hold some 75% of the 3D printing market for jewelers.

Impossible Objects Receives Funding

The scientists at Impossible Objects have developed a unique 3D printing process, and it appears the market like it: they were just awarded USD$2.8M.

Hands On With uformit’s Personalized 3D Print Service

We spent some time testing the new uformit generative 3D model service and found some amazing results.

DesignSpark Mechanical Goes 2.0

CAD design tool DesignSpark Mechanical has now been upgraded to version 2.0.

The Orcabot 3D Printer

We’re checking out the Orcabot personal 3D printer today.

TNO’s 3D Printing Breakthroughs

TNO has been developing some unique 3D printing technologies that we may see in new machines soon.

Another Method to Smooth 3D Prints

Tired of endless hours of sanding your rough 3D prints? There is a better way to make your 3D prints smooth: XTC-3D.

Kevvox’s New K3D Mini 3D Printer

Kevvox has developed a lower-priced, high resolution commercial 3D printer: the K3D Mini.

Lithoz’s CeraFab 7500’s New Capabilities

The CeraFab 7500 from Lithoz has been available for a while now, but recently they’ve discovered a new use: producing casting cores.

Simplify3D V2.2’s New Features

Third-party 3D print slicer Simplify3D released a new version, 2.2, with some terrific added features.

Renting a 3D Printer? Is This Possible?

A startup company in Denver, USA now offers short-term rentals of personal 3D printers.

Gartner Identifies The Big Barrier to 3D Printing

A comprehensive survey performed by industry analysts Gartner have identified the key barrier to investment in 3D printing technology by companies: Cost.

China Also Has a Space 3D Printer! Or Do They?

We’ve reported on NASA’s currently on-orbit 3D printer and also ESA’s project to develop their own. Now we see China has one, too.

voxeljet Debuts Phenolic Resin Binder

In a recent announcement voxeljet has debuted a newly developed Phenolic-Direct-Binding method. This new binding method not only offers key advantages for sand printing but also allows for the production of ceramic molds.

Big Money Flowing Toward Resin-Based 3D Printers

While multiple plastic extrusion 3D printer manufacturers have received significant investment, we now see more money flowing toward resin-based 3D printer ventures.

Design of the Week: Kinematics Dress

This week’s selection is Nervous Systems’ startling Kinematics Dress.

NFire’s 3D Printer Prototype

We’re looking at the blog of NFire Labs, who are attempting to build and launch a new personal 3D printer.

Spyder 3D World’s Content and Printing Services

We’re checking out a new 3D model and print service, Spyder 3D World.

Europe has a Space 3D Printer, Too

With all the buzz surrounding NASA’s experimental 3D printer, currently on the International Space Station, you may not have heard that the Europeans also have a space 3D printer.

3D MakerJet’s Originator Series of 3D Printers

3D MakerJet is a small manufacturer of personal 3D printers. We took a look at their rather broad product line.

Does Color Make That Much Difference to 3D Prints?

3D prints typically are monocolor; white, black or grey, fluorescent nuclear green if you’re lucky. But does full RGB color add much?

Toyze Puts Game Characters in Your Hands

Want a game character? You probably don’t have the 3D model to print one with, but Toyze can help you out.

VoxelJet Discovers New Manufacturing Angle

VoxelJet are well-known for their massively-sized industrial 3D printers. But the size actually enables lower cost manufacturing.

The Gigantic Opiliones 3D Printer

Need to 3D print a really tall item? You might consider acquiring the incredibly tall Opiliones model “XL”.

Could Metal Plated 3D Prints Answer Your Needs?

3DDC’s “Metalise It” process could provide relatively strong parts for a lot less expense than printing in metal.

Design of the Week: Saturn’s Wanderer

This week’s selection is the beautiful Saturn’s Wanderer by Professor Neri Oxman.

The 3Dison 3D Printer Series

We’re looking at the 3Dison personal 3D printer line, made by Rokit of South Korea.

VoxelJet’s Large Product Line

VoxelJet produces a 3D printer with the largest size we’ve yet seen – but also a series of smaller devices, too.

Blueprinter Update

We first wrote of Blueprinter a few years ago. It’s time for an update.

Way2Production’s DLP 3D Printers

We’re checking out a pair of brand-new resin-based 3D printers from Way2Production: the SolFlex series.

Safety Challenges Coming for 3D Printing Operations

We wrote the other day about UL’s examination of 3D printing safety. When they finish, there could be significant trouble for many companies.

Tanaka Develops Platinum, Nickel-Based AM Powder Materials

Tanaka Holdings has announced that it has succeed in the development and formation of platinum-based metallic glass powder supporting selective laser sintering 3D printers.

Clean Energy Drives 3D Printer

3D Hubs has done something quite unusual with a 3D printer: They installed it on top of a huge wind turbine and printed with clean energy.

Formlabs is in The Clear

Remember the lawsuit against Formlabs launched by industry giant 3D Systems? It’s been dismissed.

Stratasys’ Strategic Reaction to HP’s 3D Printing Technology?

We were initially puzzled by Stratasys’ peculiar lack of equipment announcements at this year’s EuroMold, but then it suddenly made a lot of sense.

A Few Flashforge 3D Printer Tips

The folks at the University of Washington’s Mechanical Engineering Department’s Solheim Additive Manufacturing Laboratory apparently like fixing their Flashforge 3D printers.

Robox Enters US Market

Personal 3D printer manufacturer CEL Technology has begun selling the Robox 3D printer directly in the United States.

Fabbaloo Visits iGo3D

iGo3D is a German-based retail chain specializing in 3D printing gear. We took a close look at their operations.

3D Printing Microscopic Surface Tutorial

Andrés Gómez has produced a simple tutorial for 3D printing a surface obtained with atomic force microscopy.

Mass Portal’s Pharaoh Delta 3D Printer

Latvia-based Mass Portal demonstrated their intriguing Pharaoh Delta 3D printer and we found it had an interesting twist.

Challenges Coming for 3D Printing In Space

NASA has launched an experimental 3D printer into orbit, but what challenges lay ahead? We believe there could be significant challenges to overcome.

Additive industries Introduces… Something?

Down a central aisle at Euromold we discovered a mysterious box from Additive Industries. We stopped by to find out what’s in it.

Design of the Week: Containing Air

This week’s selection is the delicate “Containing Air 101g12” sculpture by Robert Krawczyk.

MCOR’s Desktop 3D Paper Printing Aspirations?

For a few years now, MCOR Technologies has marketed a unique commercial 3D printer that uses paper. But what if they made one for personal use?

Can Less Privileged Children Use 3D Printing?

3D printing today is expensive, even for consumers. Does this mean only the rich can make use of 3D printing? We don’t think so.

3D Printing or Injection Molding?

This could be the question if you’re thinking of making many copies of an object: Should you 3D print or injection mold.

EuroMold 2014: Year of The Metal 3D Printer

When we first attended EuroMold, the 3D printers by and large were plastic. Now that’s changed. Significantly.

Oganovo Announces World’s First Commercially Available 3D Printed Liver Tissue

Organovo has announced the full commercial release of the exVive3DTM Human Liver Tissue for preclinical drug discovery testing.

Three (Or More) New 3D Figurine Services

We noticed three new 3D printed figurine services, but we think there’s a lot more than just three.

Build Your Own 3D Printer, Step-by-Step

Build your own 3D printer? That’s too difficult. Or is it?

David vs. Goliath in 3D Printing

Big companies face increasing pressure from lesser vendors as patents expire. How will they survive?

PrintToPeer’s Voice Control

PrintToPeer has added a very special feature to their 3D print streaming solution: voice control!

Stratasys’ New Strategy

We listened to CEO David Reis at Stratasys’ press conference this week as he outlined a new corporate strategy. One that’s quite different from their previous approaches.

The Portabee Go 3D Printer

What’s the latest from Portabee? The “Go”, a mobile 3D printer.

3D Printed Robotics Club Gains Award

MakerClub, a UK-based 3D printed robotics organization, has received a large award to explore educational opportunities.

Extinct Avian Restored by 3D Scanning

The Dodo Bird is definitely extinct, but only in reality. It’s alive and well in the 3D world.

Fabbaloo Visits EuroMold

This week our team will be on the ground in Frankfurt, Germany attending the annual EuroMold trade show.

Is Black Friday The Day To Buy a 3D Printer?

In the United States, there’s this thing called “Black Friday”, the day when (apparently) everything is on sale. But is it a good day to buy a 3D printer?

3D Printing Press Release Roundup

This week’s 3D printing press releases from the majors included a number of new products from 3D Systems. 3D Systems announced new flexible materials for their ProJet 5500X, including black and translucent. 3D Systems announced five new materials for their ProJet 1200 3D printer, targeted at Jewelry, Dental, Engineering and Artistic applications 3D Systems announced… Continue reading 3D Printing Press Release Roundup