A new open-source tool is reshaping how engineers design multi-material objects. Charles Wade, a Ph.D. student in the ...

If you’re a parent, you know the challenges of trying to keep your children entertained. With the Toybox 3D Printer Deluxe Bundle, they’ll never get bored because this nifty machine can make something ...

D printing creates solid objects from the additive process of layering plastics, metal, wood, synthetic fibers, and more.

I have several 3D printers, and I’ve always been satisfied with using either Repetier or Marlin on all of them. There are a few other firmware versions that could run on my hardware, but those two ...

The Elegoo Centauri Carbon is a cool-looking 3D printer you can get for $300. I’d never run a 3D printer in my life before this thing showed up at my shop, and I had a few significant hiccups getting ...

It always seemed to us that the Z-axis on a 3D printer, or pretty much any CNC machine for that matter, is criminally underused. To have the X- and Y-axes working together to make smooth planar ...

James has been writing about technology for years but has loved it since the early 90s. While his main areas of expertise are maker tools -- 3D printers, vinyl cutters, paper printers, and laser ...

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President Joe Biden has announced a new executive order to combat gun violence in America, including a ban on unserialized 3D-printed firearms and a task force to assess the threat posed by 3D-printed ...