Most 3D printers come with a pretty basic filament holder — often little more than a bar to hang the spool on. [Ivan Miranda]’s 3D printers run bigger spools than most, though, so he had to ...

Filament-based 3D printers are remarkably wasteful. If you buy a kilogram of filament from your favorite supplier, the odds are that it will come wrapped around a plastic spool weighing about 250 ...

We took a look at some of the strongest 3D printing materials, focusing on filaments for FDM, to see how they differ and ...

While his main areas of expertise are maker tools -- 3D printers, vinyl cutters, paper printers, and laser cutters -- he also loves to play board games and tabletop RPGs. Expertise 3D printers ...

Open source 3D printer Lemontron debuts, with build pricing beginning at roughly $413 and a footprint small enough to be ...

PETFusion 2.0, a PET Bottle Recycler that converts them into 3D printing filament, has launched onto Kickstarter and quickly met its funding goal.

This process pushes a plastic filament through a heated "print head" that extrudes molten plastic in thin layers to build your object. The main materials used for MPD 3D printing are ABS and PLA ...

The open-source Lemontron aims to fill that void by providing a printer that can be transported in an empty filament box. Getting your hands on this portable 3D printer ... a DIY guide by ...