Collaborate Disseminate
If you’ve wanted to get in on the “fuzzy skin” action with 3D printing but held off because you didn’t want to fiddle with slicer post-processing, you need to check …read more Continue reading Non-Planar Fuzzy Skin Textures Improved, Plus a Paint-On Interface
[Andre Me] has long-standing interest in automating 3D print jobs, and his latest project is automating build plate changes on the Bambu A1 Mini. Here’s how it works: each build …read more Continue reading 3D Printer Swaps Build Plates to Automate Print Jobs
Speed in 3D printing hasn’t been super important to everyone. Certainly, users value speed. But some value quality even more highly, and if gaining quality means giving up speed, then …read more Continue reading 3D Printering: Speed Is So Hot Right Now
On January 10th Bambu Lab published a blog post in which they address the issue of installing custom firmware on your Bambu Lab X1 3D printer. This comes hot on …read more Continue reading Bambu Lab To Allow Installing Open Firmware After Signing Waiver
Recently [Michael] over at the [Teaching Tech] YouTube channel got access to the X1Plus firmware, and takes us through what it may mean for Bambu Lab X1 owners. X1Plus is …read more Continue reading X1Plus: Open Source Bambu Lab X1 Firmware
While multicolor printing eliminates painting steps and produces vibrant objects, there are two significant downsides; filament consumption and print time. A single-nozzle filament printer needs to switch from one color …read more Continue reading Reducing Poop on Multicolor Prints
The fundamental problem with multi-color 3D printing using a single hotend is that they poop an awful lot. Every time they change filaments, they’ve got to purge the single nozzle, …read more Continue reading Lessons in Printer Poop Recycling