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 […]
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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
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
Building the Filament Drybox for the Eight-Colour BCMU A1 Project
Two BMCU units arrived this week and the printer reshuffle they are triggering is bigger than I expected when I
The Best 3D Printers for Beginners in 2026 — and Why Size Matters More Than You Think
Choosing a first 3D printer in 2026 is significantly easier than it was even two years ago. The calibration rituals,
Bambu Studio 2.8.0 Beta: Assembly Guides, Counterbore Bridging, and What Got Fixed
Bambu Studio V2.8.0 beta is now available on GitHub and it brings two genuinely new headline features alongside a long
How to Hide the Seam on Your 3D Prints: A Definitive Settings Guide
You have dialled in your temperature. The layer adhesion is excellent. The walls are clean, the infill is solid, and
The Bambu Lab X1 Carbon Is Dead. Does It Still Matter?
On March 31, 2026, Bambu Lab ended manufacturing and active sales of the X1, X1 Carbon, and X1E. No fanfare,
The Most Abrasive Filaments and What They Do to Your Hardware
I will be transparent about my own position before this post goes anywhere: I have used carbon fibre and specialty