After you pick a 3D printer, the first decision you'll have to make is what type of filament you want to use. Look deep enough, and you'll see several dozen varieties—even setting aside the numerous ...

If you’ve printed with an FDM printer, you probably know there are many interrelated factors to getting a good print. One key item is the dryness of the filament. When you first crack your plastic ...

All 3-D printing starts with a computer design, which serves as a virtual blueprint. Sophisticated 3-D printers, which cost up to several million dollars apiece, spray or squirt out layers of metal, ...

Meaningful upgrades that won't break the bank.

3D printing prototype enclosures with PLA or PETg is quick and easy, but to which filament to you turn if the enclosure has to be installed somewhere, and therefore need to be flame retardant. Such ...

Ordinarily, when using an off-the-shelf 3D printer, it's quite difficult to print a single object that incorporates multiple materials. An experimental new system could make it easier, though, by ...

Dremel, which has made rotary power tools for nearly a century, has done well in branching out into 3D printers, as evidenced by its DigiLab 3D45 3D Printer winning our Editors' Choice award last year ...

Gaming PCs This RTX 5070 gaming PC packs 2 TB SSD storage and 32 GB speedy memory for a genuinely reasonable price in this great RAMpocalypse Hardware How to make your very own semiconductor-class ...

With a roomy print bed, a large control panel, and very good print quality, the Elegoo Centauri Carbon ($299.99) seems like it should cost a lot more than it does. But the budget 3D printer market is ...