The trick to producing great 3D printing time-lapse animations is to ensure that the extruder has moved out of the frame each time a photo is taken — which usually requires OctoPrint to be controlling ...

Most people start 3D printing with a simple question about print time, which usually leads to much more learning than expected. I went through the same journey and discovered that estimated times ...

Achieving good quality 3D prints always came at the cost of speed, which used to be OK, because a 14-hour print job was better than the days it would take and the sums of money it would cost to get ...