diy 3d printer
Build Your Own Chimera DLP SLA 3D Printer for Only $60, Using Legos & K’NEX
While the Chimera 3D printer may have an exotic name that invokes curiosity, the price will appeal to your common-sense side and your budget. So before you spend too much time…
Software Architect Creates an Amazing Ultimaker 2 Aluminum Extrusion 3D Printer
When you think about the big names within the desktop 3D printing industry, the two that stick out the most are MakerBot and Ultimaker. While MakerBot originated in the United…
How to Build a 3D Printer For Under $200 — The Tower XL 3D Printer with Hardware Store Parts
For all of you fellow Lord of the Rings fans out there on a budget who are looking to get started in 3D printing, Almus Yang has a fun new, affordable…
Functioning 3D Printer is Created Inside of a Post-WWII Craftsman Table Saw
I have fond memories of growing up as a child, taking trips to my grandfather’s shop. He was a shoemaker and I was a curious pre-teenager, fascinated by anything that moved….
Designer Creates a DIY SLA 3D Printer for Under $30 (Minus the Projector)
Most of us are aware of the KISS principle: Keep it simple, stupid! And while simplicity is certainly a theme in many 3D printers, they are anything but stupid—and created…
Want an Enormous 3D Printer? Aldric Negrier is There for You with the Mega Prusa i3
Aldric Negrier, a maker and builder in Portugal, has just built – and provided you the information you’ll need to build yourself – a Prusa-based 3D printer with a build…
Build Your Own 3D Printer from Lego Blocks & EV3 Servo Motors
Everyone has to start somewhere, they say — and that’s especially true for those in the maker movement. Every maker remembers his or her first build as a monumental achievement,…
Dutch Man Builds Own 3D Printer out of Colorfabb XT Filament & It’s Amazing
We are constantly seeing new 3D printers hit the market. There are big ones, small ones, wooden printers, metal printers, printers with single extruders or even quad extruders, but we…
Bling! Bling! The ‘Bling’ 3D Printer is Much More than a Pretty Machine
Technology is what has led us to become the race that we are today: the human race. You know, Homo Sapiens, the species that originated hundreds of thousands of years…
Build Your Own 3D Printer at Home with 90 Weekly Installments from 3D Create & Print
3D printing has made it into the home office, the starving artist’s studio, and the teenage techie’s basement lab, but even the lower-priced 3D printers can still push the limits…
Make Your Own 3D Printer for Under $60 Using Recycled Electronic Components with Instructables Design
One of the obstacles to jumping headlong into the additive manufacturing milieu for many people is often the expense of the 3D printer itself. Further, for those intrepid, budding engineers,…
World’s First Raspberry Pi Controlled 3D Printer is Created by Engineering Student
Raspberry Pi has become quite the useful tool in creating projects which involve 3D printing. In fact, close to 3 million Raspberry Pi boards have been sold so far, and…
Australian Man Designs & 3D Prints a Working RC Boat on His DIY 3D Printer
We have seen a lot of creativity coming from DIY at-home 3D printing enthusiasts. We have seen many very unique 3D printers fabricated by designers in the comfort of their own…
Mec’Nex – A Sub-$100 3D Printer Constructed of K’nex, Utilizes a Unique SLA Printing System
I hold a belief that 3D printing won’t fully catch on among at-home users until an affordable Stereolithography (SLA) based solution becomes available. SLA is definitely the future in my…
New Printrbot Simple Maker’s Kit is Released
Printrbot is known for their affordable, yet high quality 3D printers. They offer both assembled and DIY maker kits of their hardware. Unlike most FDM 3D printers on the market…