SolidVents: A Genuinely Useful Pattern Generator for Surfacing Prints
The exposed-infill technique covered in the texturing post uses whatever pattern happens to be sitting in the slicer’s infill library
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How to Tell When Your Nozzle Actually Needs Replacing
A nozzle is a genuinely cheap part — a few pounds for brass, a bit more for hardened steel —
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
The Legal Side of Selling Your 3D Prints — What You Actually Need to Know
All3DP published an excellent legal guide to selling 3D printed items in May 2026, written by senior editor Carolyn Schwaar
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
Bambu Lab X2D: Dual Extrusion Finally in a Compact Body
The X1 Carbon was the benchmark for serious desktop 3D printing for three years. Fast, enclosed, capable of demanding materials,