If you’re a maker, 3d printing is an incredibly useful tool to have in your arsenal. Not only can it help bring your projects to life faster, but it can also offer unique results that would be difficult (or impossible!) to achieve with traditional methods. In these blog posts, we’ll provide you with some essential information and tips regarding 3D printing for makers—including the basics of how to get started, plus creative tutorials for spicing up your projects. Whether you’re already familiar with 3d printing or are just starting out, these resources will help take your game-making skills even further!
Dutch sculptor Caspar Berger is known for the series of self-portraits he’s made over the past few years. Most recently, for a piece aptly titled Skeleton, he’s used data from a CT scan of his body to 3D-print life-sized replicas of his bones in translucent resin, which he then used to make silicone molds to […]
Hey there all you Bay Area makers and 3D printing enthusiasts. If you want to join the MAKE Meetup on 3D printing and are near San Francisco head over to 3D Systems’ office at 431 Tehama Street. Starting at 6pm they’ll be hosting a meetup with plenty of food and drink
We’re excited about the release of our Ultimate Guide to 3D Printing special issue. The first publication of its kind, the Guide offers in-depth reviews, comparisons, and recommendations for 15 top printers on the market today.
This is going to be big. Tomorrow, Nov. 15, MAKE’s editors will be hosting a live Google+ hangout on air at 6pm PST/9pm EST to mark the publication our Ultimate Guide to 3D Printing. We’ll be joined by several 3D printing experts who helped us put 15 of the industry’s top 3D printers through rigorous side-by-sided tests. At the same time, and in the same room, we’ll be hosting a 3D printing themed meetup in MAKE’s Sebastopol, Calif. office as part of our first International Meetup. While that is going on we’ll be joined by 120 (and counting) meetups from around the world
Here’s how we torture-tested and rated 15 machines.
Print what you want, when you want it.
Are you interested on buying one? Read this first.
