Bambu Lab R1 Laser Engraver & Cutter — What Do We Actually Know?
Bambu Lab has announced a new product category for the first time since the H-series brought a laser module to
Reviews & Radar
This is where new printers, tools, software, and products get a proper look. Reviews and Radar covers the hardware I am considering, the tools worth knowing about, and the launches worth paying attention to — written from the perspective of someone who prints every day rather than a lab running benchmarks. Some of these are machines I own and have tested. Others are products I am watching closely, evaluated honestly using independent reviews and real-world community data. Nothing here is sponsored and nothing is written to a brief. If something earns a recommendation it is because the evidence supports it. If it does not, that gets said too.
Bambu Lab Is Researching AI That Splits Models Into Parts — Here’s Why That’s a Bigger Deal Than It Sounds
All3DP’s Carolyn Schwaar reported on August 10, 2026 that researchers from Bambu Lab and three Chinese universities have published an
Is Adding the Laser Module to a Bambu H2D Actually Worth It?
The H2D was always the machine sitting at the top of the Bambu range that I had no immediate use
InfiMech MX Pro Update: Pricing Is In, and It’s Already Controversial
The original InfiMech MX Pro post has been the most-read thing on this site since it went up, and at
Bambuddy Goes Deeper Than I Realised — A Proper Look
MakeUseOf’s Yadullah Abidi published a detailed hands-on piece on Bambuddy in July 2026 — This free browser tool beats Bambu
The Sovol M1D: A Seven-Colour IDEX Toolchanger for $1,499
A new printer has generated a genuinely unusual amount of buzz for something that has not shipped yet, is not
PlainMesh Fill & Split: The Browser Tool That Turns Any Coloured 3MF Into Printable Parts
The case for printing each colour separately and assembling the parts by hand — rather than running everything through the
The A2L Has Arrived: First Impressions From Two Weeks In
The A2L is on the desk. After two posts working through the announcement — the initial underwhelmed reaction and the
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
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
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