Despite the impressive variety of thermoplastics that can be printed on consumer-level desktop 3D printers, the most commonly used filament is polylactic acid (PLA). That’s because it’s not ...

The result is a bit like a plus-sized 3D-printing ... scrap PLA filament through a small desktop glue gun that I didn’t mind ruining. The glue gun was a hobby unit made for lower-temperature ...

You might already know about PLA and its ease ... Also, keep the bed temperature and enclosure settings right, and you’ll get smooth prints that last. Many 3D printing pros love ABS because ...

The robot has been adapted with a variable temperature ... Scale 3D Printing Infrastructure Laboratory also hosts an Anet A6 plastics 3D printer for developing mockups and equipment parts. The printer ...