Slant 3D] has a useful video explaining some thoughtful CAD techniques for designing 3D printed pins that don’t break and the ...

Beyond the ever-dropping cost of 3D printers themselves, one of the biggest perceived barriers of entry to 3D printing is the supposed difficulty of the design process. And, make no mistake: if you're ...

Have you ever imagined turning your ideas into physical objects with just a few clicks? Thanks to tools like Tinkercad, what once seemed like science fiction is now an accessible reality for anyone ...

The wiki-style site supports anyone working on the open-source 3D printer design or using RepRaps for production. For the uninitiated, RepRaps can make plastic parts, including its own, so ...

Senior mechanical engineering students Jacob Shupe, Ian Smith, Colin McAndrew and Lucas Elmore were tasked with creating a vertical 3D printer for their senior design project. Their sponsor, Heart of ...

Once the stuff of science fiction, 3D printers are now mainstream tools for creation and innovation. These devices, which transform digital blueprints into physical objects, have dramatically evolved ...

3D printers may have come a long way, but they're still far from the miracle that some people make them out to be. You know when a product comes out and we think it’s awesome? Then years later, ...

Metal 3D printing has long promised aerospace-grade parts at desktop scale, but titanium has stubbornly resisted that vision. A new approach called cold metal fusion is changing that equation, turning ...

Wasn’t it just last year that MakerBot was the upstart darling of the tech world? So why was Jonathan Jaglom, the new CEO of the New York-based desktop 3D printer maker, in full reboot mode this week ...