If you want to 3D print arbitrary shapes with an FDM printer, you often find you need supports. If you have dissolvable support material, that might not be a big issue, but if you use the same ...

As far back as the age of making Shrinky Dinks in the oven, technologically-assisted crafts have not always been a precise science. You think you've followed all of the directions to the letter, but ...

If you’ve done even a small amount of 3D printing, you probably ran into the challenge of printing a small hole on top of a larger hole. The conventional solution is just to add support, but in the ...

D-printed parts are available from numerous manufacturers. We offer tips on how to safely remove the parts from the support structure.

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