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Flow Calibration Guide: Extrusion Adjustment for Perfect Prints
Optimize your 3D prints' dimensional accuracy, surface quality, and mechanical strength with flow rate calibration. Single wall cube test, filament-based settings, and slicer configurations.
Brim, Raft, and Skirt: When to Use Them? A Guide to Adhesion Aids
Learn the differences between brim, raft, and skirt. Discover when to use each, their pros and cons, slicer settings, and a practical decision guide.
Support Structure Optimization: Easy Removal and Clean Surface Guide
Guide to optimizing support structures. Covers tree, organic, paint-on supports, interface layers, soluble materials, and techniques to reduce support needs.
Multi-Color Printing Issues and Solutions Guide
Problems and solutions encountered in multi-color 3D printing. AMS, MMU, ERCF systems, color transition contamination, purge tower optimization, and filament compatibility.
PETG Printing Problems and Solution Guide: From Stringing to Adhesion
All problems encountered in 3D printing with PETG filament and their solutions. Stringing, excessive bed adhesion, moisture sensitivity, retraction settings, and optimal print parameters.
Guide to Reduce Z-Seam Visibility
Comprehensive guide to minimize visible Z-seams in your 3D prints. Detailed explanation of seam position, coasting, wiping, and slicer settings.
Slicer Guides
Learn your slicer with calculators, simulations and step-by-step troubleshooting tools.
Cura Slicer
Flow calculations and troubleshooting
Orca Slicer
Calibration and settings dictionary
Bambu Lab
X1C, P1P, P1S, A1 expert guide
PrusaSlicer
Layer settings and support structures
Guides
Raspberry Pi OS Installation Guide
Explore a Debian-based, high-performance ecosystem optimized for the ARM architecture.
Orca Slicer: Mastery Guide - From Beginner to Advanced
Combining PrusaSlicer's power with Bambu Studio's modern interface, Orca is more than a slicer; it's a vendor-agnostic optimization hub.
Klipper Macro Collection: Professional Setup Guide with jschuh/klipper-macros
Go beyond basic macros! jschuh/klipper-macros offers optimized bed mesh, smart bed surface management, layer triggers, and professional PRINT_START phases. A complete guide from installation to slicer settings.
Let Your 3D Printer Watch You: Error Detection with Obico and AI (Final Chapter)
What do you say to an assistant that will warn you when your prints turn into spaghetti? We are adding 'eyes' and a 'brain' to your printer by installing Obico on Klipper. A guide to remote monitoring and AI error detection.
Klipper Automation: The Power of START_PRINT and END_PRINT Macros (Part 4)
Forget those complex start codes in your slicer. Add smart features to your printer with Klipper macros. Start_Print, End_Print and filament change (M600) settings are here.
Cura Slicer: Master Guide - From Beginner to Advanced
Comprehensive settings guide to maximize 3D print quality with Ultimaker Cura.
3D Printing News
Cura’s Role Shrinks as PrusaSlicer-Derived Tools Dominate FFF Printing Software
The FFF slicing tool market has consolidated, and not around Cura. The post Cura’s Role Shrinks as PrusaSlicer-Derived Tools Dominate FFF Printing Software appeared on Fabbaloo.
AI-Generated 3D Content Gains Strategic Importance as Tripo Raises US$200M
Tripo just received US$200M, and there’s a reason for that. The post AI-Generated 3D Content Gains Strategic Importance as Tripo Raises US$200M appeared on Fabbaloo.
UT Researchers Use 3D Printing to Develop “Tabletop EUV Lithography” Process
Photolithography, the semiconductor manufacturing process whereby lasers transfer patterns onto chemical layers coating a substrate, is one of the most amazing industrial processes humanity has ever created. It is also by far one of the most expensive, with the most sophisticated machines (High-NA EUV) only produced by a single company (ASML) and carrying a price tag of around $400 million. Researchers at the University of Texas (UT) are attempting to upend the barriers-to-entry standing in the way of broad access to EUV lithography by developing a low-cost, “tabletop” machine that leverages volumetric 3D printing. This process typically involves spinning vats of photopolymers exposed to light from every angle, allowing users to print entire objects all at once. The method the UT researchers utilized instead relies on a single source of light that passes through stationary, self-assembling nanospheres — still creating objects all at once, but on a much smaller scale.
University of Arkansas Researchers Test Metal 3D Printing in a Mars-Like Atmosphere
If humans eventually establish a long-term presence on Mars, they will face a major manufacturing challenge almost immediately. Tools will break. Parts will wear out. Equipment will need repairs. But unlike on Earth, there will be no nearby supply chain, no replacement parts arriving overnight, and no warehouse stocked with backup components. That is one reason researchers continue exploring how additive manufacturing (AM) could support future space missions. Now, a new study from the University of Arkansas looks at one small but important piece of that puzzle: whether metal 3D printing could work in an atmosphere similar to the one found on Mars. The research was led by Zane Mebruer, who completed the work as an undergraduate mechanical engineering student at the university under the supervision of assistant professor Wan Shou. The findings were published in a study titled “Exploring Metal Additive Manufacturing in Martian Atmospheric Environments” in the Journal of Manufacturing an
Paper Proposes Multifunctional 3D Robot For Kitchen Waste
A new research paper describes a multifunctional “3D robot” aimed at kitchen waste recycling. The post Paper Proposes Multifunctional 3D Robot For Kitchen Waste appeared on Fabbaloo.
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Reviews
Flashforge Adventurer 5X Review: Enclosed Chamber Comfort at CoreXY Speeds
The Flashforge Adventurer 5X boasts 600mm/s max speed, CoreXY kinematics, a fully enclosed chamber, HEPA filtration, quick-swap nozzle, and an internal camera. We reviewed this printer with a 220x220x220mm build volume and broad filament support from PLA to PC.
Bambu Lab H2C Hotend Review: Opening the Door to Carbon Fiber Printing
The Bambu Lab H2C hardened steel all-metal hotend is a powerful upgrade for carbon fiber and engineering filaments. Its bi-metallic heatbreak design, resistant up to 300°C, offers superior performance with abrasive materials like PA-CF and PET-CF.
Bambu Lab H2D Hotend Review: Flawless Surface Quality with Diamond Coating
The Bambu Lab H2D, with DLC coating, minimizes nozzle friction for superior surface quality and reduced stringing. Ideal for silk and metallic filaments, it's designed for perfectionists.
Creality K2 Plus Review: A New Contender in the CoreXY Giants' Race
The Creality K2 Plus stands out with its 350mm cube print volume, 600mm/s max speed, and Klipper firmware. We reviewed this printer, which redefines the price/performance balance in the CoreXY segment, in full detail.
Bambu Lab P2S Review: The New Standard for Affordable Premium 3D Printing
The Bambu Lab P2S builds on the success of the P1S, raising the bar in the affordable premium segment with Lidar calibration, AMS support, HEPA filtration, and 500mm/s speed. Here are all the details.
Bambu Lab X1 Carbon Review: King of Professional 3D Printing?
We intensively tested the Bambu Lab X1 Carbon for 3 months. With features like CoreXY kinematics, Lidar-based calibration, multi-color printing with AMS, and carbon fiber support, is this printer truly the leader of the professional segment? All details in this review.
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