In this video, Joel Telling, the 3D Printing Nerd, prints a repair part for a Playmobil trainset, part of an annual holiday display. He shares his lifelong passion for collecting Playmobil toys and ...

They're not your granddad's daisy wheel printer or your mom's dot matrix. In fact, they bear little resemblance to today's document or photo printers, which can only print in boring old two dimensions ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Since 3D printers debuted in the 1980s, the devices have been used ...

Perhaps one of the oldest dreams of a science-fiction future is the ability to create something where once there was nothing. If we could create solid, stable objects out of thin air, the idea of ...

[Slant 3D] has a useful video explaining some thoughtful CAD techniques for designing 3D printed pins that don’t break and the concepts can be extended to similar features. Sure, one can make pins ...

Anyone who watched the animated version of The Grinch during Christmas knows how the scamp ended up with a creature to pull his sleigh. “If I can’t find a reindeer, I’ll make one instead,” he mused, ...

3D printing has risen from obscurity to become a mainstream technology in the past decade. Yet, unless you have actually had hands-on experience with the equipment used to achieve it, you might not ...

3D printing is changing the way we make things, and by extension the thing that we make. But how exactly does it work, and how is it advancing? Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X ...