Most Read Articles from Last Week – July 5th

The Top 10 3D Printers Under $1,000 With the Buccaneer finally hitting the market at well above $800, the Makibox disappearing from the radar and the SUMPODs sold out, it seems that the perfect low-cost 3D printer is still far…

3D Hubs & Proto-pasta Kick Off Exotic 3D Printing Filament Workshop

3D Hubs is embarking on its latest workshop series.  After initiating its colorFabb filament, Sketchfab scanning, and Fusion 360 meet-ups, the world’s largest 3D printing network is kicking off the “3D Hubs & ProtoPasta Special Filament Workshop”, which will see…

Micron3DP Unveils Glass 3D Printing Technology

Recently, Israel-based Micron3DP released its latest all-metal 3D printer extruder, the Cobra.  That’s all metal, inside and out.  The hot end has already seen at least one manufacturer take advantage of their specialty extruders, Poland’s AyeAyeLabs.  The reason for using…

3D Hubs Teams with Autodesk Tinkerplay & Awesome Robot Contest Ensues

Did you ever want to build your own toy as a kid? I think I tried to melt some toys together a few times, but I’m not sure it was the new toy that I had in mind.  But, as…

Philly Start-Up Aims for Low-Cost 3D Printing Philament Revolution

The filament war is officially on. Lately, I have been reporting on several Italian companies getting into the thermoplastic plastic extrusion game (TreeD, EUMAKERS, 3DFilo), along with companies entering the market from Eastern Europe (Fillamentum, Dr3D), adding up to the original…

Formfutra Co-Founder Arnold Medenblik & the World of 3D Printing Filaments

Holland is, without a doubt, one of the biggest centers for 3D printing in the world, which is quite surprising because it is, comparatively, a rather small country – especially when compared to the biggest players on the 3D printing…

3D LifePrints Achieves Many Firsts in Africa with 3D Printed Prosthetics

While there are many projects that have contributed to raising awareness about the possibilities that low cost 3D printing can offer to amputees in developing and poor countries, nothing is like being there in person. Startup 3D LifePrints has followed this…

Materialise to Launch Laser Sintered Wood 3D Printing

Most of us have come to know – and in most cases appreciate – wood as a 3D printing material using it with PLA based filament for FFF desktop 3D printers. Starting with colorFabb’s woodFill and Formfutura’s LayWood, most manufacturers now offer…

3D Hubs & Autodesk Fusion 360 Workshop Invites You to Design Your Own 3D Printable Lampshade

3D Hubs has been touring the world with an increasing number of workshops that give 3D printing users hands-on experience with new materials and technologies.  With the ColorFabb workshop series, attendees have gotten to use the new Carbon XT-C20 carbon…

Eastman, taulman 3D, Aleph Objects Partner for New n-vent 3D Printing Filament

Eastman Chemical Company has been making its Amphora plastic available to filament manufacturers to take advantage of the material’s properties in order to produce unique 3D printing materials.  Namely, colorFabb has created a BPA-free copolyester material, as well as their…