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3D Printer Reviews and 3D Printing Tutorials

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Resin Versus FDM 3D Printing for TTRPG/Miniature Wargaming

3D Printing in Resin or FDM/Filament - Which is better for D&D/TTRPG/Miniature Wargaming?

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Prusa Mk3s Review

Prusa Mk3s 3D Printer review - the original i3 3D printer kit from Prusa Labs. Does it live up to the hype?

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Elegoo Mars Review – Review of the Elegoo Mars MSLA Resin 3D Printer

Review of Elegoo Mars, a $250 resin 3D printer - check out this review to see how well it works in practice

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Monoprice Ultimate 2

Monoprice Ultimate 2 Review

Monoprice Ultimate 2 is a fully-enclosed 3D printer, with auto-level compensation, and filament runout sensor. It has a removable, …

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Monoprice MP Mini SLA 3D Printer Review

I don’t usually post negative reviews. My approach is to first let the company know of any issues I find, and if they can not be …

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Creality Ender 3 3D Printer Kit Review

Update, 2026. This printer is no longer on sale, and the shop links below died along with Gearbest. I have left the review up because …

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modify stl files with python code

Modify STL CAD files for CNC or 3D Print using Python Programming

We are pretty familiar at this point with the 3D design creation workflow. Drawing, dragging and dropping CAD files using a mouse and a …

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Prusa mk42 clone

Finally, Prusa Mk42 Heatbed for the Prusa Mk2/Mk2.5, and Pinda Sensor Clones!

The Prusa Mk2/Mk3 3d printers are renowned as top quality, but buying parts is a painfully expensive deal due to the long journey and …

Read moreFinally, Prusa Mk42 Heatbed for the Prusa Mk2/Mk2.5, and Pinda Sensor Clones!
ender2

Creality Ender 2 3D Printer Kit Review

Update, 2026. This printer is no longer on sale, and the shop links below died along with Gearbest. I have left the review up because …

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Creality CR-10 MINI

Creality CR-10 MINI Review

Creality CR-10 MINI 3D printer kit - as good to review as the other 3d printers in the CR-10 lineup? Let's find out in this review!

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Beautiful prints off the Formlabs Form 2

Formlabs Form 2 First Look

I am in love with a 3D printer and her name is Formlabs Form 2

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Burning Arduino Bootloader for 3D printer

Loading the Arduino Bootloader on your 3D Printer Board (Unbricking Your RAMPs/3D Printer)

I received a JG Aurora A5 to review. Unfortunately, there were a few issues. Fortunately, however, they were issues I was fairly sure …

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Multiple 3d printers

Should you buy one, big 3d printer or multiple, smaller printers?

Should you get one big 3d printer or multiple, smaller printers? It’s a question I get asked a lot. Obviously, the question is …

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Ultimaker 3 review

Ultimaker 3 First Impressions Review

Ultimaker sent me an Ultimaker 3 for review, and to try out some projects on – exciting stuff (and from community reaction, I am …

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Halloween Electronics/3d printing projects

3D Printed “Spooky” Arduino/Raspberry Pi Electronics Projects for Halloween

Halloween is an awesome time for makers. Each year I like to beat my previous year’s builds. For Halloween this year I thought I …

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Prusa versus CR-10

Prusa i3 Mk2/Mk3 or Creality CR-10 – Which is the Best 3D Printer Under $1,000?

Prusa i3 Mk2/Mk3 and Creality CR-10 are the hot 3d printers right now under $1,000, but which should YOU choose?

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Athorbot Buddy Couple 3D Printer Review

Athorbot Buddy Couple Dual Extruder 3D Printer Review

Athorbot Buddy Couple Dual Extruder 3D Printer Review - In this article we cover the 3d printer build/assembly, some sample prints, how …

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Creality CR-10 S5 - Banana for scale

Creality CR-10 S5 Review

Creality CR-10 reviews are almost always about the regular sized 300mm x 300mm bed 3d printer (see my CR-10 review here) and reviews …

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GPL license

These 3D Printer Companies are Abusing Open Source

3D Printer manufacturers are in my (non-lawyer opinion) abusing open source, profiting from the developers and the community while not …

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BIQU Kossel Delta kt

BIQU Kossel Plus Delta 3D Printer Kit – First Impressions Review

BIQU Kossel Plus Delta 3D Printer Kit – it is not my first delta by any means, but it certainly stands out in some significant …

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anet a8 3d printer kit review

Anet A8 for only $155.99

Update, 2026. This printer is no longer on sale, and the shop links below died along with Gearbest. I have left the review up because …

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Wasted ABS filament

Filament Review

A Canadian filament company sent me a couple of spools to review but I can no longer support them so all references to the company are …

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ABS Octopi Pi Zero Case

In Defence of ABS

ABS gets a rough rap in the 3d printing community, so I wanted to give a small defence of ABS filament for your 3d printer consideration …

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Nylon 3D Printing Filament is Awesome!

Nylon 3d printing filament is not as popular as PLA or ABS, but after giving it some serious use recently I wanted to implore you to at …

Read moreNylon 3D Printing Filament is Awesome!
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