Category Archives: 3D Printing

Shapeways is a 3D printing webshop. They offer prints in non-plastic materials such as metals, ceramics, glass, coloured sandstone – but also plastic, of course. The shop is run using professional grade 3D printers, so the results can be expected … Continue reading →

The Huxley from eMAKER is an improved RepRap design sold as a kit. The company behind the kit, eMAKER, are based in the United Kingdom, and have already got orders for 300 machines after a spectacular launch on the indiegogo … Continue reading →

The Ultimaker is a 3D printer kit sold from the Netherlands. It main points are printing speed and the size of the build envelope. The build envelope measures 210x210x220mm, which is impressive given that the entire machine only is about … Continue reading →

The MakerBot, from MakerBot Industries, is one of the oldest kit-sold reprap-related 3D printers. The original CupCake sold over 2500 units, and soon the first thousand Thing-o-Matics will have left the factory. The MakerBot, from MakerBot Industries, is one of … Continue reading →

Ever since I got a MakerBot Thing-O-Matic, the build platform has been an issue. The belt was uneven. This weekend, I took it apart and reassembled it with a new belt – and resolved the issue at the cost of … Continue reading →

The open source family of extruder based 3D printers more or less rely on the same set of tools. Some of the commercial variants may have more polished frontends, but the work flow is still the same. In this article, … Continue reading →

For hobbyists, the manufacturing tools at hand are often limited to the odd dremel, screwdrivers and hammers. Materials are usually sheets of wood, polycarbonate or metal. The RepRap project is all about changing this. Now you can print your own … Continue reading →