Magnets in 3D Printing: From Build Plates to Embedded Mechanisms
Magnets turn up in 3D printing in more ways than most people stop to think about. The most visible is […]
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Glass-Filled Filament: What It Is, How It Differs From Carbon Fibre, and When to Use It
Carbon fibre composite filament gets most of the attention in the engineering materials discussion. It is the name people recognise
Can You Actually Make Money From a 3D Printing Business?
This post has been sitting in the ideas folder for a while, partly because every version I drafted felt like
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
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
Brass Heat-Set Inserts: The Upgrade That Makes Functional Prints Genuinely Reliable
3D printed threads are one of those capabilities that sounds better than it is in practice. Printing a hole and
The Hidden Workflow Cost of Multi-Colour Printing
The framing around AMS-style multi-colour printing has matured considerably in the two years since I started this site. The initial
How Safe Is It to Run Your Printer Unattended? What the Industry Actually Says
I have been running the A1 unattended for years, day and night, without a second thought, and the A2L has
AI Tools for 3D Printing: What They Can Do, What They Can’t
The conversation around AI and 3D printing has been loud and often vague. AI will replace modellers, AI will transform