It uses a solid plastic filament (think thin wire) to build your figurine layer by layer. Here's the process: The filament is fed through a heated nozzle that melts the plastic. The melted plastic ...

made in the USA filament possible. The spool is one way he’s been able to keep prices down – rather than ordering custom spools, he buys less expensive welding wire spools made by a company in ...

I keep up with the trends in 3D printing reasonably well. The other day my friend mentioned that filament thickness sensing had been added to the latest version of the Marlin firmware. I had no ...

The second attempt replaces the coiled filament with a straight wire and uses a coating paste made from Barium Carbonate mixed with nitrocellulose in a bit of acetone. When heated, the ...