Watchtower3D: A New Cloud-Free Dashboard, and Why Bambu Studio’s Filament Tracking Still Frustrates People
Watchtower is a new entrant into the same self-hosted, cloud-free printer dashboard space this site has covered through Bambuddy —
Infill Patterns Compared: Gyroid vs Cubic vs Grid, and When Each One Wins
Most people pick an infill pattern once, leave it on Gyroid forever, and never revisit the question. That is, honestly,
What Is PC (Polycarbonate)?
Polycarbonate is the material that appears in bulletproof glass, riot shields, and aircraft canopies, and that pedigree tells you almost
Retraction Settings, Properly Explained
Retraction is the setting most people know they should tune and the one most people tune incorrectly, because a lot
The Creality SparkX i8: Sub-Second Colour Switching, Far Less Waste — But What Does It Cost?
Creality announced the SparkX i8 on August 19, 2026, and it takes a genuinely different approach to the multicolour waste
Mimaki, Full-Colour 3D Printing, and the Question of Whether Roland Joins the Party
TCT Magazine’s Sam Davies published a genuinely interesting interview on September 8, 2026 with Matthew Stark, Mimaki USA’s 3D Segment
Over-Extrusion vs Under-Extrusion: Telling Them Apart and Fixing Each
Over-extrusion and under-extrusion are two ends of the same underlying problem — the amount of plastic actually coming out of
OrcaSlicer vs Bambu Studio: Is It Actually Worth Switching?
I use Bambu Studio for essentially everything on this desk, and I am, by my own admission, comfortably locked into
Building the Not So XL Nutcracker Soldier
The Christmas builds have started, and the Not So XL Nutcracker Soldier from ENIQUE3D is the first one off the
The Best Acrylic Markers for 3D Prints
Sometimes a paintbrush and an airbrush are more than a small detail touch-up job actually needs. Acrylic paint markers —
What Is Dual Colour PLA?
Dual colour PLA is a single strand of filament with two distinct colours built into its cross-section — not a
Bambu Lab UV Printers: What’s Confirmed
Two weeks after the R1 laser teaser landed, a second and genuinely different Bambu Lab expansion story broke — this