The LightMake L4: Four Independent Print Heads, Zero Belts, and a Kickstarter Full of Big Claims
Every few months a Kickstarter lands promising to solve the multi-colour waste problem once and for all, and this site
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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
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
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
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
Bambu Lab Releases PLA Pure: The Food-Safe Filament Story, Properly Examined
Bambu Lab has launched a new filament called PLA Pure, and the headline claim is the one that caught my
5-Axis 3D Printing: The Next Leap Forward (and Why It Reminds Me of CNC)
CAD/CAM machines went 5-axis decades ago. The manufacturing industry understood the advantages — better surface finish, stronger parts, elimination of
Bambu Lab A2L: “Extra Large” A-Series Teased for June 1st — and It Might Be Everything We Asked For
Earlier today Bambu Lab posted on Threads: “Scaling up your imagination with #A2L. See you June 1, 4 PM CEST.”
Bambu Lab Under Formal Investigation for Open Source Violations: This Just Got Very Serious
When we covered the original OrcaSlicer controversy and then the PR crisis that followed — the GamersNexus post, the $20,000
OrcaSlicer 2.4.0 Alpha Adds Kobra X Support — and That’s Not the Biggest News
OrcaSlicer dropped its 2.4.0 Alpha build on 25 May 2026 and the release notes make for genuinely interesting reading. The
InfiMech MX Pro: Eight Toolheads, Zero Purge, and the Machine I Didn’t Know I Needed
I wrote a post not long ago titled Are We Entering the AMS Arms Race? — a survey of every
Someone Ran Klipper on a Nintendo Switch to Speed Up Their 3D Printer — and It Worked
I am posting this purely because I find it interesting. It is not directly relevant to my A1 or Kobra