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· 2w ago

Forget Trees, add Fins to your 3D Prints Instead https://hackaday.com/2026/09/23/forget-trees-add-fins-to-your-3d-prints-instead/ #3dPrinterhacks #3Dprintedsupports

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Forget Trees, Add Fins To Your 3D Prints Instead

Perhaps one of the most contentious issues in 3D printing is that of supports, both because they’re an uncomfortable reminder of how gravity affects our prints and because the very idea of th…

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· 3w ago

Full-Color Looks Great on 3D Printed Sliding Puzzles https://hackaday.com/2026/09/16/full-color-looks-great-on-3d-printed-sliding-puzzles/ #3dPrinterhacks #Howto #3dprinted #Puzzle #Slidingpuzzle #Uvprinting #Weekendproject

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Full-Color Looks Great On 3D Printed Sliding Puzzles

[Angus] of [Maker’s Muse] shows off both a parametric, print-in-place sliding puzzle design he created, and the results of UV printing full-color designs on the same. The results look beautif…

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· 1mo ago

Changing Nozzle Internal Geometry to Increase FDM Flowrate https://hackaday.com/2026/09/10/changing-nozzle-internal-geometry-to-increase-fdm-flowrate/ #3dPrinterhacks #3Dprinternozzle #Sls

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Changing Nozzle Internal Geometry To Increase FDM Flowrate

As FDM printers keep getting faster, we are forced to deal with a range of bottlenecks, all of which conspire to hold us back from another Benchie world record. A major physical limitation is that …

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· 1mo ago

Comparing PETG and PCTG Filaments https://hackaday.com/2026/09/07/comparing-petg-and-pctg-filaments/ #3dPrinterhacks #3dprinterfilament #PCTG #PETG

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Comparing PETG And PCTG Filaments

The average 3D printer owner knows a few types of filaments – PLA, ABS, somewhere in the middle, PETG. PCTG is another option that can be confusingly similar to PETG. Recently, [Igor Gaspar]…

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· 2mo ago

Strengthening 3D Prints with a Carbon-Fiber Epidermis https://hackaday.com/2026/08/04/strengthening-3d-prints-with-a-carbon-fiber-epidermis/ #3dPrinterhacks #Carbonfiber #Carbonfiber3dprinting #Carbonfiberwrapping #Printstrength #Yieldstrength

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Strengthening 3D Prints With A Carbon-Fiber Epidermis

As strong and light as carbon fiber-epoxy composites are, the same can’t always be said of carbon-fiber reinforced 3D printer filaments. Of those that do improve over stock filament, the best perfo…

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· 2mo ago

New Method Accelerates Color 3D Printing https://hackaday.com/2026/07/23/new-method-accelerates-color-3d-printing/ #3dPrinterhacks #3dprinting #Color3dprinting #FDM3Dprinting

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New Method Accelerates Color 3D Printing

Multi-color 3D printing is notorious for being difficult to get right. Even with modern printers, you often end up using much more filament (and tool changes) than you would for a single-color prin…

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· 2mo ago

Cut And Fold Your 3D Printer’s Next Cover https://hackaday.com/2026/07/15/cut-and-fold-your-3d-printers-next-cover/ #3dPrinterhacks #3dprinter #Coroplast #Enclosure #Snapmaker #Topcover

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Cut And Fold Your 3D Printer’s Next Cover

[cmh]’s ultra-simple top cover for the Snapmaker U1 3D printer has a 3D model, but don’t let that fool you. There’s no 3D printing at all involved in this project. Rather, the mod…

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· 6mo ago

3D Print Becomes Cast Iron Wrench Via Microwave https://hackaday.com/2026/03/26/3d-print-becomes-cast-iron-wrench-via-microwave/ #3dPrinterhacks #3dprinting #Castiron #Casting

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3D Print Becomes Cast Iron Wrench Via Microwave

Consumer-grade 3D printing is good for prototyping and making relatively soft plastic stuff. If you wanna make tough things, though, it’s really hard to beat the strength of metal. [Shake the…

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· 8mo ago

Changing Print Layer Patterns to Increase Strength https://hackaday.com/2026/01/31/changing-print-layer-patterns-to-increase-strength/ #3dPrinterhacks #3dprint #Slicer #Strength

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Changing Print Layer Patterns To Increase Strength

Dy default, the slicing software used for 3D printers has the printer first create the walls around the edges of a print, then goes back to deposit the infill pattern. [NeedItMakeIt], however, expe…

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