The H2D brings dual independent toolheads to the Bambu ecosystem — 350×320mm bed, 300°C hotends, and a $1,199 launch price that targets serious makers and small studios.
Read the story →The Creality K2 Plus pairs a 350mm CoreXY chassis with the CFS multicolor system and a $699 launch price. We look at whether it's a real Bambu challenger or just a spec sheet.
Anycubic's 2026 Kobra lineup pushes budget multicolor to an extreme — up to 16 colors via stackable ACE 2 Pro units, a $459 early-bird ACE 2 Pro Combo, a 350mm Max, and a $299 four-color Kobra X. Here's the lineup and what it signals.
Creality's upcoming K3 flagship uses a new lightweight nozzle-changing system called KliTek that enables print-in-place multicolor, stable 80A TPU, and mixing nozzle sizes mid-print — claiming TPU flow rates seven times those of typical consumer machines.
Prusa's new Core One L doubles the print volume of the Core One while growing its footprint by just 10%. With an actively heated chamber, a cast-aluminum convection bed, and a roughly $1,819 price, it's aimed squarely at serious makers and pros.
Multicolor printing used to mean a premium AMS or a tool changer. Now a wave of affordable CoreXY machines — Elegoo's Centauri Carbon line, Bambu's A2L, and low-purge newcomers — is bringing it within reach. Here's where the budget multicolor race stands.
For tabletop minis, jewelry, and fine detail, resin beats filament every time. These are the budget MSLA printers worth buying in 2026 — and what the spec sheet numbers actually mean.
Carbon fiber filament has moved from niche to mainstream, with options now in every base polymer. Here's how to choose between PLA-CF, PETG-CF, and nylon CF — and what you're actually getting for the price.
High-temperature engineering polymers like PEEK and PEI (Ultem) used to require $50,000 industrial printers. A new wave of hardware and affordable filament is changing that equation.
Flexible filament unlocks phone cases, gaskets, grips, and seals — but TPU buckles, strings, and jams if you fight it. Here's how to print it reliably: direct drive, slow speeds, minimal retraction, and dry filament.
Post-consumer recycled filament is shifting from niche to normal in 2026, with the market on track to nearly quadruple by 2036. Recycled PLA can cut CO2 by half or more, and the quality gap with virgin material is closing fast.
The model-sharing landscape has fragmented since Thingiverse's decline. We compare the three serious contenders — Printables, MakerWorld, and Cults3D — on community size, creator economics, and search quality.
Klipper has moved from niche mod to mainstream firmware option on dozens of printers. We explain what it actually does differently, which machines benefit most, and how hard the setup really is.
MakerWorld now bakes Meshy's AI engine into its browser-based MakerLab — describe an object or upload a photo and get a print-ready, multicolor 3D model in under a minute, sent straight to a Bambu printer. Here's how good it actually is.
The side-hustle promise of desktop 3D printing is real but often misunderstood. Here's an honest look at what sells, what margins actually look like, and which business models work.
Bambu's MakerWorld has turned free model-sharing into real income: a new commission program pays designers 3–15% cash on the filament and parts their models sell, on top of contests and filament-credit boosts. Some creators are clearing four figures a month.
New US tariffs on Chinese goods have pushed desktop 3D-printer prices up sharply: Bambu Lab's H2D jumped from $1,899 to $2,699, and entry-level machines are getting scarce. With Chinese brands making 95% of budget printers, American makers are feeling it.
Resin printing dominates the miniature hobby for good reason — the detail is unmatched. But exposure settings, supports, and post-processing all have sharp learning curves. Here's what actually works.
Most failed prints fail in the first 0.2mm. Get the first layer right and the rest usually follows. Here's the practical guide — a level bed, the correct Z-offset, a clean surface, and how to read the squish.
Those fine plastic wisps strung across your print have a handful of fixable causes. Here's how to diagnose and beat stringing — from retraction and temperature to the one factor most people overlook: wet filament.
From jet engine fuel nozzles to rocket combustion chambers, additive manufacturing has moved from aerospace prototype tool to flight-certified production method — and the implications reach all the way down to the maker community.
NASA's partnership with ICON to develop in-situ resource utilization printing for Artemis-era lunar habitats is moving from concept to tested hardware. Here's where the program stands.
While makers debate bed slingers, dentistry has quietly become one of 3D printing's biggest success stories. The dental 3D-printing market is set to grow from $5 billion in 2026 toward nearly $19 billion by 2033, led by clear aligners and crowns.
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