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Make Your Own 3D Printer Filament by Building Your Own Filament Extruder
Costs have certainly dropped over the years, but 3D printing could never be accused of being an inexpensive hobby. While the average price of a 3D printer is around one…
WO-FI: New Wood Filament on Indiegogo is Unique in Purity, Affordability, Versatility
Just imagine yourself 3D printing a cool new prototype while the faint scent of fresh pine wafts through the air. Not only can you deodorize your home or workspace, you…
GlobalFSD Announces That Anyone Can Now Purchase Filament Samples with the Change in Their Pockets
Back in November, we reported that the Global Filament Sample Depot (GlobalFSD) had launched. With their launch, they brought the first online market for purchasing samples of 3D printing filament….
Waste Not, Want Not: Bracelets & Rings Using Leftover 3D Printer Filament
As an artist, I know that there is something sad about the little leftover scraps of the material that was a precious part of the process of creation. I have…
3D Printing: The Stories We Didn’t Cover This Week — January 24
This week’s news stories we didn’t have time to cover run the spectrum of 3D printing heavy-hitters, from top industry leaders to the desktop geniuses who populate the 3D printing space. While industry leaders…
BEEVERYCREATIVE 2015: Price Cuts, New Offerings, and 3D Printing Educational Package
Portuguese 3D printer manufacturer BEEVERYCREATIVE is making some exciting changes for the new year. Most everyone in the 3D printing community likes to hear news about commitment to education, new choices…
Fenner Drives, Makers of NinjaFlex, Release New SemiFlex 3D Printing Filament in the US and Europe
Fenner Drives has announced the release of their new SemiFlex 3D printing filament across the US and Europe, and they say the product will expand 3D capabilities with a unique set…
3Doodler Introduces FLEXY DoodleStrands at CES, Co-Founder Created an Entire Jacket
3Doodler has been quite the feel good story and it has gone a long way in proving that Kickstarter is a legitimate method for raising funds to start a company. Their…
MakerBot to Release Limestone, Maple Wood, Bronze and Iron Composite Filaments in 2015
We have said it once, and we have said it again and again. The next big thing in consumer level 3D printing may not be the hardware itself, but rather…
3D Print Your Own Electronics! ProtoPlant Launches Kickstarter for Extremely Conductive PLA Filament
There are a handful of 3D printer filament manufacturers that have really been pumping out all sorts of new materials as of late. One such company is ProtoPlant, which is…
ColorFabb Unveils New brassFill 3D Printing Filament: When polished it looks like gold!
This year, we saw two new very unique metal-like filament options released by 3D printer filament manufacturer, ColorFabb. These filaments, bronzeFill and copperFill, provide a metal looking finish and a…
taulman3D Introduces New Flexible PCTPE 3D Printing Filament Featuring Incredible Properties
taulman3D has quickly become one of, if not the, most innovative filament manufacturers within the 3D printing space. They are consistently bringing new materials to market which can used in…
ObjectForm Announces Fila-Cycle, 100% Recycled 3D Printing Filaments
Additive manufacturing is, by its nature, more environmentally friendly than subtractive manufacturing methods; by using only the materials necessary for a particular production run, waste generation drops drastically. Now, though,…
Airwolf 3D Successfully Designs New 3D Printed Bearings Which Work Like a Charm
The old adage, “It’s the little things” comes to mind when you consider the significance of the small parts that make up the machines and structures we’ve come to rely…
Formfutura Introduces EasyFil HIPS: Could Specialty Thermoplastic Be Your New Go-To Choice?
There are a bewildering array of filaments on the market now, and most of them are plastic-based. Some are based on specialty plastics like high impact polystyrene (HIPS), but those…
Rubber3DPrinting’s Conductive TPU Filament Has Incredible Potential for Robotics, Prostheses, & More
Material choices continue to expand within the 3D printing space. We now have metal-like filaments, wood-like filaments, filaments with carbon fiber in them, and more. One filament option which is…
Make a Rainbow with Artesea’s New 3D Printer Filament Splicer
One of the exciting things about 3D printing is its unlimited design potential, so why be limited when it comes to color? Not to worry, while monochrome has been the…
The 3D Printing Filament Spool Standard: Light-weight, stackable, standard spool design could take hold soon
3D printer filament is to FFF/FDM 3D printing, as blood is to every living human being. Without it, you simply just have a dead, useless machine that can’t do anything. Equally…
Proto-Pasta Announces Stainless Steel and Magnetic Iron PLA Filament for 3D Printing
Just the other day we did a story on a new filament called ProtoFlux, which provided magnetic properties to whatever it was used to fabricate. It seemed to be something completely…
Innovative Carbon Fiber ABS, PLA, & Nylon 3D Printing Filaments Coming Soon from 3DXTech
Material options within the 3D printing space have been expanding quite significantly over the past several months, as companies have begun to realize that the potential that 3D printing provides and…
MakerBot Teams with Martha Stewart to Bring New Filament Options and 3D Printable Designs to Users
In what could be seen as a partnership between giants, today Makerbot and Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. (MSLO) have announced a partnership to bring new 3D printing materials and…
GMASS 3D Printer Filament Combines ABS, Metallic Fillers to Provide Radiation Shielding, Weight & Balance
3D printers are all the more impressive when they’re able to print with higher-tech materials. In the latest innovation on the filament front, today Utah-based Turner MedTech announced their newest development: GMASS…
Global Filament Sample Depot Launches to Sell 5 Metre Filament Samples for 3D Printing Use
I don’t know about yoPu, but one of my favorite things to do at some of the 3D printing trades shows is collect as many samples of filament as I…
CreativeTools Creates Most Unique, Innovative 3D Printable Universal Filament Holder Yet
Without filament, FFF-based 3D printers simply would not be able to print. For those who don’t know, filament is to a 3D printer what ink cartridges are to an inkjet 2D…
