Filament & Materials

8+ hour, 59+ min ago   (275+ words) Learn how cel shading works in full color 3D printing, including fixed shadows, outlines, lighting, and scale for anime and game character models....

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (639+ words) 3D printing has come a long way since its early steps in the mid-1980s. Back then, it was an expensive, professional-only technique. Today you can get printers for as little as $200. The filaments used as “ink” have also progressed to the point…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (459+ words) A team of researchers has unveiled a printing technology that takes its cue from one of nature’s most overlooked design tricks: foam....

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (283+ words) In recent years, growing interest has emerged in materials that enable the handling of complex shapes, weight reduction, and component integration in advanced industrial fields. In parallel with this trend, design and manufacturing utilizing 3D printers are attracting attention. High functionality…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (185+ words) Hackaday The average 3D printer owner knows a few types of filaments – PLA, ABS, somewhere in the middle, PETG PCTG is another option that can be confusingly similar to PETG Recently, [Igor Gaspar] of [My Tech Fun] took a poke…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago   (179+ words) Snapmaker now offers a PLA filament bundle tailormade for Full Spectrum color printing. Available now from the Snapmaker webstore at $89, the PLA Full Spectrum bundle includes four 1 kg spools of semi-translucent PLA, in Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Grey colors. The…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (719+ words) A typical response to the previous article on why PLA filament is so darn brittle. This has led some people to not use PLA filament at all, while others promote using PLA only for prototyping and throw-away parts, especially in…...

2+ week, 23+ hour ago   (39+ words) Needing less than 70 grams of filament, [Chefkoch]'s 3D printed PCB vise solder station might be a good way to use up some filament spool leftovers and get yourself a handy tool in return. What we li......

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (20+ words) A new 3D printing method could make ceramic laser waveguides easier to manufacture, potentially enabling higher-power systems while reducing fabrication...

3+ week, 13+ hour ago   (637+ words) Researchers turned a nanoparticle paste into working laser channels, then used them to produce 1,030-nanometer laser light. What if the tiny structures that guide laser light could handle far more power than today’s glass fibers? Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National…...