Is Cheap PLA Actually Worth It?
The temptation is real. You are browsing Amazon for filament, the eSUN spool you usually buy is £13.99, and right
What is G-code? The Seventy-Year-Old Language Running Your Printer
A few days ago I posted about OGcode — Robert Dabi’s browser-based tool that generates G-code directly from a drawn
Self-Hosted Tools That Make 3D Printing Better — My Take
How-To Geek published a piece this week — 5 self-hosted 3D printing tools you should download today by Tim Brookes
Hot Weather and Your 3D Printer: A Surprisingly Real Problem
A few weeks into a British summer and the workshop is warm. Not car-dashboard warm, not Southern-Spain warm, but that
3D Printer Maintenance: What Actually Needs Doing, How Often, and Whether It Really Matters
Most 3D printer maintenance guides open with some version of the same claim: neglect maintenance and your printer will fail,
A 3D-Printed Bambu Lab Status Display Using a £10 Touchscreen — Where Two Hobbies Collide
This post is directly inspired by a piece published on the Adafruit blog on July 9th 2026, which featured the
Vortek Nozzles: What They Are, How They Work, and Why They Change the Multi-Colour Calculation
The Vortek system is Bambu Lab’s answer to a question the 3D printing community has been asking for years: why
How Holographic Build Plates Actually Work — The Physics Behind the Rainbow
If you have not seen one of these in person, the first time is genuinely surprising. You pull a print
What is OGcode and Why Is It Important?
Every print you have ever made followed the same four steps. You found or made a 3D model. You exported
Unlayered 3D: A Real 5-Axis Desktop Printer Just Showed Up at RAPID+TCT — And It Has Its Own Slicer
The 5-axis printing post published recently covered the concept, the benefits, and several machines pursuing this space — including the
Sunlu AMS Lite Heater: Active Drying Comes to the AMS Lite
Sunlu has quietly announced something that a significant portion of Bambu AMS Lite users have wanted since the AMS Lite
Eight Colours on the A1: Why I Bought Two BCMUs and What I’ve Found So Far (Part 1)
This is part one of what will be an ongoing multi-part series. I have just bought two BCMU units, the