The Gap Between Review Units and Real Ownership
Professional printer reviews are useful. They are also, by their nature, incomplete. A reviewer who receives a machine, spends two
Why Filament Profiles Matter More Than Most People Realise
Modern 3D printers have done something impressive and slightly deceptive at the same time: they have made the printing process
Bambu Lab Under Formal Investigation for Open Source Violations: This Just Got Very Serious
When we covered the original OrcaSlicer controversy and then the PR crisis that followed — the GamersNexus post, the $20,000
OrcaSlicer 2.4.0 Alpha Adds Kobra X Support — and That’s Not the Biggest News
OrcaSlicer dropped its 2.4.0 Alpha build on 25 May 2026 and the release notes make for genuinely interesting reading. The
InfiMech MX Pro: Eight Toolheads, Zero Purge, and the Machine I Didn’t Know I Needed
I wrote a post not long ago titled Are We Entering the AMS Arms Race? — a survey of every
Are We Entering an AMS Arms Race?
When Bambu Lab launched the X1 Carbon in 2022 with the AMS — the Automatic Material System — they did
Toy Soldier Flexi Mini: A Small Print With a Big Colour Change Count
Sometimes a print chooses itself. With two printers now running side by side — the Bambu A1 and the Anycubic
Anycubic Kobra X — Week One: An A1 Owner’s Honest Assessment
One week in. The Kobra X has been on the desk beside the A1 since it arrived, and I have
What a Bambu A1 Owner Really Wants From Their Next Printer
The A1 is a genuinely excellent machine. Two years in, it is still my daily workhorse, still handles the vast
Filament Dryers: Why You Need One, When You Really Need One, and Which to Buy
Moisture is the most underdiagnosed problem in hobbyist 3D printing. Stringing that appears from nowhere on a spool you have
Someone Ran Klipper on a Nintendo Switch to Speed Up Their 3D Printer — and It Worked
I am posting this purely because I find it interesting. It is not directly relevant to my A1 or Kobra
Anycubic Kobra X: Unboxing, Setup, and First Print
As covered in the Kobra X editorial and the Kobra 4 vs Kobra X post, I have had the Kobra