Zortrax Inventure Compact Prosumer 3D Printer from Poland
Zortax Inventure is a new 3d printer from well known Polish company that is compact in size and print volume, but features many professional solutions.I generally don't like move towards proprietary...
View ArticleThermaltake 3D Printed Modding Accessories
As 3d printing is going mainstream, many companies see the potential using it as user involvement tool. Thermaltake, PC parts manufacturer, started their 3d printing site to help PC modders 3d print...
View Article3D Printed PMG Generator for DIY Wind Turbines
Brian developed a 3d printable DIY PMG generator ideal for producing electricity from small wind turbine.You will need some disc magnets and copper wire, but you will get a functioning generator. It...
View ArticleDIY 3D Print Error Correction System
Chris Barr from Australia developed his own error correction system using magnetic encoders that recognizes that 3d print went wrong and then tries to correct the problem.Chris writes:At the moment,...
View ArticleOrbital Composites Advanced Carbon Fiber 3D Printing
Orbital Composites is a company which developed advanced carbon fiber and wire 3d printing with applications in space additive manufacturing. It should enable future missions to 3d print satellites and...
View ArticleLiteFab Open Source DLP 3D Printer
LiteFab is an rugged open source DLP 3D printer you can build yourself at a low cost and which comes with an excellent step-by-stem construction guide.The cost for this project is some 400-500 USD plus...
View ArticleChina developed a space 3d printer
China also developed a space 3d printer that can work in micro-gravity! Now, all major space powers who are always trying to win space race have their space-based 3d printers. Like I said, space will...
View ArticleOpenSLS Laser Sintering 3D Printer Made From Hacked Laser Cutter
Rice University bioengineering researchers have hacked a cheap Chinese CO2 laser cutter into a low(er)-cost laser sintering 3d printer and used it to produce fine objects such as liver structures. They...
View ArticleCx5 Sculptable 3D Printing Filament
Here is a 3d printing material you can sculpt after the print process. When you add some heat you can re-sculpt it over and over again. You can easily smooth and post-process your prints adding fine...
View ArticleLulzBot TAZ 6
LulzBot released their new flagship the TAZ 6 3d printer. It will be priced at 2500 USD.Sneak peek:Here is the setup video:Company news...
View ArticleEnomoto Kogyo 5 Axis 3D Printer
Team at Japanese company Enomoto Kogyo developed a new 5 axis 3d printer. It looks like it is oriented towards industrial applications but multi-axis machines are probably the future.Printer...
View ArticleCan you engrave 3d printed parts?
Can you engrave on 3d printed parts? Adafruit sucesfully demonstrated that you can. They used an Othermill CNC and PLA / PHA 3d printed part. They used a tape to protect the are from...
View Article3D Printed Meliponines Honeycomb
Brothers Fausto and Germano Penello from Brazil developed a 3d printable stingless bee honeycomb which provides a home and reproduction place for wild bees. Since natural habitat of many useful insect...
View ArticleRise of 3D Printing Spam?
Shiv Integer is a bot developed by artists Matthew Plummer-Fernandez and Julien Deswaef which downloads CC licensed 3D models from Thingiverse, mixes them up into weird new shapes, adds machine...
View ArticlePeachy Printer Drama
Well, if you funded Peachy Printer Kickstarter, you may have funded someones house. Looks like most of funds were taken and misappropriated by one of the partners.Here is the video describing the...
View ArticleOpen Surgery 3D Printed Robot
Frank Kolkman developed a DIY surgical robot made with some off-the shelf electronics and 3d printed parts. It is a home-made version of a 2 million dollar laparoscopic surgery machine made for some...
View ArticleUsing DIY 3D Printer for DIY Orthodontics
Amos Dudley was low on money and he had some crooked teeth. He decided to make his own DIY orthodontic alignment trays with a help of 3d scanner, 3d printer and vacuum forming table and was successful...
View ArticleIkea Footstool Hacked into a 3D Printer
StefanoG from Genova, Italy, used an Ikea footstool and some Prusa i3 Rework parts an made a 3d printer. You start with this (BTW: I HATE Ikea furniture)And you get a 3D printer with wooden frameHere...
View ArticleEpoxy and fiberglass filling for very strong 3D printed parts
"hobbyman" from Turkey made an Instructables guide on how to make a very strong 3d printed part by filling it with epoxy and cut fiberglass. The parts should hold bicycle bags attached firmly to the...
View ArticleDICE: small, fast and strong!
Rene Jurack developed the DICE, a small surprise among all the simillar designs of new machines. It is compact, very rigid and very fast featuring many interesting solutions.Check out the technical...
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