PEEK, also known as Poly Ether Etherketone, is seeing increasing use in 3D printing in recent times, but has been around since the 1980s. Offering fantastic mechanical properties, and as strong as steel by volume despite being 80% lighter, PEEK 3D printing is fast becoming adopted for a variety of industrial weight-saving applications. With patents […]
3D PrintingJust a decade ago, the thought of a color 3D printer in every home would have sounded like delusional madness. Even one color 3D printing on a single extruder cost thousands of dollars unless you built an early RepRap 3D printer, and they were still in their infancy. Now in 2020, you can turn any […]
3D PrintingResin 3D printers use SLA 3D printing, DLP or LCD technologies to create high-quality 3D models from a liquid resin photopolymer. Stereolithography was the first 3D technology invented, with the patent granted in 1986 and commercialized by 3D Systems in the late 1980s — and now in 2020 has evolved to become more effective and accessible […]
3D PrintingFused deposition modeling is the simplest and most affordable 3D printing technology, making FDM 3D printers the best 3D printers for beginners and hobbyists. Since FDM’s invention in the late 1980s and commercialization in the 1990s by Stratasys, FDM 3D printers have advanced to become smaller and more affordable. No longer industrial machines the size […]
3D PrintingEveryone’s favorite flexible filament, TPU is stretchy, can take strong impacts, and looks great when 3D printed. TPU filament makes for fantastic looking flexible parts, and is a fun 3D printer filament for hobbyist projects as well as for rapid prototyping. This article not only recommends the best TPU filaments for your projects as well […]
