ABS has a reputation for being one of the more difficult filaments to work with. Even experienced makers often throw up their hands and stick to PLA or PETG when ABS refuses to behave. The usual ...

One of the biggest issues that plague the desktop 3D printing world is a pesky nuisance known as warping. Warping is due to Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene plastic (or or ABS as it's commonly known) ...

I have been printing bungs for a Swiss ball – the big plastic exercise balls the size of a Space Hopper – from which the a friend lost the bung. It took three goes to get the size right – tapered fit, ...

3D printers who wish to polish their PLA and ABS 3D printing models to a glossy finish may be interested in a new 3D print polisher called TOPPOSH. Featuring a 10 minutes quick polishing cycle, ...

Many of the Fail Of The Week stories we feature here are pretty minor in the grand scheme of things. At worse, gears are ground, bits are broken, or the Magic Blue Smoke is released. This attempt to ...

New MakerBot RapidRinse™ fast-dissolving support and ABS-R materials aim to make 3D printing industrial applications with ABS just as easy as printing with PLA RapidRinse is a new and unique ...

Perhaps the most important part of 3D printing is using the right material for your print job. When considering what building material to use, there are numerous factors to consider, including ...