Which 3D printer filament is best? 3D printing has come a long way since its early steps in the mid-1980s. Back then, it was an expensive, professional-only technique. Today you can get printers for ...

In addition to rejected 3D prints, the Filabot recycles just about any kind of plastic, including milk jugs, soda bottles and packaging material. A two-liter soda bottle can be converted into about $2 ...

Some filament manufacturers sell refills that don’t include a spool but instead wind the filament around a cardboard insert ...

A 3D printer can open up a lot of creative possibilities, but there are a few practical realities that beginners should be ...

3D printing is the process of making three-dimensional objects by laying thin layers of material on top of one another. Each layer is so thin that the height is barely detectable by the human eye. In ...

Loop is a desktop filament maker designed to recycle leftover plastic and failed 3D prints into reusable, high-quality filament. It offers a quick, efficient, and sustainable solution for 3D printing ...

If you would like to learn more about all the different 3D printing filaments available, you may be interested in a new video created by maker Zack Freedman which takes you through a wide variety of ...

This student start-up turns your food waste into high quality bio-plastic We’ve previously written about the role that 3D printing can play in the future of food, but could additive manufacturing also ...

A new 3D printer brings the world's first automatic 12-nozzle swapping system to desktop 3D printing — and it's everything ...

Despite being a readily-available source of useful plastic, massive numbers of disposable bottles go to waste every day. To remedy this problem (or take advantage of this situation, depending on your ...

According to [Alex] it is easy to make your own rolls of 3D printing filament, even though existing off-the-shelf solutions don’t work very well. His explanation for this is economics. He built a ...