3D Printing Blog

It seems that Essentium could soon join the ranks of companies producing metal 3D printers.

Talk of a new method of 3D printing has been a quiet yet slowly growing buzz in the industry.

3D print enclosures are a common homebuilt accessory, but how do you know you’re doing it correctly?

This week’s question is “how would one 3D print a beak for a swan?”

AM Ventures announced an investment in startup Scrona AG. But what’s so important about this company?

Charles R. Goulding & Andressa Bonafe look at the use of 3D printing technology in the high-end fashion industry.

MakerBot released their annual “State of 3D Printing” report and as usual it includes some interesting statistics.

There are many companies now using additive manufacturing approaches, but OECHSLER seems to be doing so successfully by leveraging all the benefits.

Zortrax released a beta version of their new 3D print management software, Z-Suite.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi look at how media has stimulated the use of 3D printing for the sport of archery.

A chat with Essentium CEO Blake Teipel revealed something rather interesting about the additive manufacturing industry.

Artec 3D announced the 2022 Leo handheld 3D scanner, which seems to be vastly improved over the previous model.

Valve released the design files to enable custom cases for their upcoming Steak Deck device.

This week’s selection is “Practical Arduino Engineering: End to End Development with the Arduino, Fusion 360, 3D Printing, and Eagle” by Harold Timmis.

Belt 3D printers are becoming more popular, but they can be expensive. Can you build one instead?

Carbon has now officially released their Design Engine software.

E3D-Online clarified their position on use of their Revo hot end design.

This week’s selection is the VW Beetle Classic by Ed van der Heijden.

Once again we take a look at the valuations of the major 3D printing companies over the past week.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi look at the implications of scrapyard metal recovery efforts.

PowerBelt3D is set to release a very low-cost belt 3D printer, the TinyBelt.

AM Ventures announced yet another AM startup in their portfolio: Headmade Materials.

Desktop Metal did a rebrand this week.

Vartega employs a patented chemical-based process to rescue carbon fiber waste from an eternity in the landfill.

We now have concrete indications that the long-awaited version 5 of Simply3D could be released shortly.

I received a note from Standard Cyborg’s Jeffrey Huber regarding their app, “Capture”.

Authentise acquired Elements, a company providing easy access to manufacturing management services.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi have some thoughts about what might transpire in the world of 3D printing during 2022.

To what lengths must a 3D printer manufacturer go in order to convince prospects to become customers?

What are the remaining barriers to mass use of additive manufacturing?

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi look at the challenge and opportunities facing bicycle manufacturers.

This week’s selection is the Steampunk Light Switch by John Mulac.

Once again we take a look at the valuations of the major 3D printing companies over the past week.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi look at how interest in home gardening has increased could generate more 3D printing activity.

You just cracked open your new desktop FFF 3D printer. What filaments should you use?

Several new AM materials were announced in the past week.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi suggest more use of 3D printing for toy manufacturing could be considered.

Once costly and full of limitations, fused granular fabrication (FGF) advancements are making it a viable 3D printing method for various materials, including foaming materials.

A desktop 3D printer could allow easy ceramic 3D printing at home.

There is increasing interest in green 3D printing.

HP announced a strategic acquisition that effectively puts them in the bottle-making business.

Charles R. Goulding and Randall Rothbort examine a new approach for producing bioinks using microbes.

Ultimaker announced a new version of Ultimaker Cura, which seems to offer much more rapid 3D printing.

Our annual reader survey ends this week, and there's not much time left to enter to win an amazing desktop 3D printer.

Desktop Health, a line of business within Desktop Metal, announced a new series of dental 3D printers.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi look at how 3D printing might affect the flooring market.

A long post from Josef Prusa held some hints at where the company may be heading next.

’ve encountered one of those “Best 3D Printers” stories, and want to tell you why they’re really not informative.

A researcher at MIT has developed a method of 3D printing invisible labels on objects.

This week’s selection is “3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing” by Chee Kai Hua and Kai Fai Leong.