Printing Techniques

Most answers to how much electricity does a 3D printer use start with a wattage number, and that number usually surprises people. A desktop … Read more

Yes, failed 3D prints can be recycled, but not through your curbside bin. The workable route is sorting by polymer, washing and drying the … Read more

TPU prints fine once four things are right: the filament is bone dry, the nozzle sits in the range the manufacturer lists, the print … Read more

Start PETG at a 235C nozzle and a 75C heated bed, print the first layer slowly at 15 to 25 mm/s, keep the part … Read more

If you print plain PLA, PETG and TPU, a brass nozzle works and keeps working. The moment you load carbon fiber, glass fiber, glow-in-the-dark … Read more

If you are asking whether are 3D printing fumes dangerous to breathe, the honest answer is: sometimes, and the variable is mostly you and … Read more

To lubricate 3D printer rails and rods, you clean each moving surface first, then apply a very thin film of the right lubricant: light … Read more

Knowing how to vent 3D printer fumes from a room takes three layers: contain emissions at the printer, filter or discharge the captured air, … Read more

The fastest way to work out how to reduce 3D printer noise in a bedroom is to attack the three paths the sound takes … Read more

To print ABS without warping, print inside a closed chamber sitting at 40–55 °C, set the bed to 100–110 °C, and turn the part … Read more