How to Choose the Right Filament for Functional Prototyping

The way engineers, designers, and inventors realize their ideas has been completely transformed by 3D printing. Thanks to reasonably priced desktop 3D printers and a…

Octoprint: Getting Started!

An interesting upgrade that a 3D Printing enthusiast can make is to remotely monitor and control a 3D printer. Please keep in mind, however, that…

Abrasive Filament

With more and more types of filaments becoming available in the market, it’s important to keep in mind the effects of filaments on your printer…

PLA vs. ABS

With 3D printing becoming more common in each household, the demand for filament also increases. In the present, the most common filament type is PLA,…

Bowden Extruder vs. Direct Drive

One of the most common upgrades or modifications for an FDM printer is the Direct Drive or Bowden Extruder mod. Whether or not one or…

Auto Bed Level Sensors for FDM Printers

With the latest printers now being released with built-in auto bed level sensors, it is now becoming a norm for printers to have the feature,…