Printers and Accessories Articles

Secrets Behind VELO3D’s Decision To Build A “Stretch” Metal 3D Printer

Last month VELO3D unveiled their second 3D printer , and it is quite similar to the original Sapphire metal 3D printer, except for one main difference: the build volume is much taller. . While the original Sapphire’s cylindrical build volume is 315mm diameter by...

Bricking Your 3D Printer, In A Good Way

In our vernacular, bricking something is almost never good. It implies that something has gone very wrong indeed, and that your once-useful and likely expensive widget is now about as useful as a brick. . Given their importance to civilization, that seems somewhat...

This is the cheapest 3D printer in the world right now

When they first hit the scene, 3D printers were hailed as the future of printing. . Fast forward to 2020 and the reality is a little different; while makers and DIY fanatics have firmly embraced 3D printing, the rest of us still consider the pursuit a little too...

Food 3D Printing: Food Printing in the Culinary Arts

As we’ve explored in our food 3D printing series, the technology is still emerging, with only a handful of food printing processes really approaching any form of maturity and level of commercialization. With those technologies that are on the market, we can catch a...