Printing multipart assemblies is one of the most satisfying tests of 3D printer accuracy. The goal is to create pieces that ...

One of the continuing struggles with FDM printing is making sure that parts that should fit together actually do. While adding significant tolerance between parts is an option, often you want to have ...

Lattice structures are networks of interconnected nodes arranged in repeating or gradually varying patterns called cells.

[Slant 3D] knows a lot about optimizing 3D prints so that they can be cranked out reliably with minimal need for post-processing, and in this short video he uses a cube as a simple example of how a ...

The new John Deere tractors rolling off the manufacturing line in Mannheim, Germany, have a first for the company: a metal 3D-printed engine part. The global manufacturer of agricultural and turf ...

Around 2015, the headlines and hysteria surrounding 3D printing reached a fever pitch. If you subscribed to the buzz—and so many of us did—the revolution was nigh. Our homes would soon be equipped ...

Murray Leinster’s short story Things Pass By, published in 1945, includes what may be the first description of 3D printers: But this constructor is both efficient and flexible. I feed magnetronic ...

Golf club manufacturing isn’t just about forging, casting and a guy in an apron grinding a wedge by hand anymore. The game is evolving, and so are the tools. Two of the most exciting technologies ...