3D Printing Guides

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The Strongest Infill Pattern and Orientation for 3D Printing Guide

The Strongest Infill Pattern and Orientation for 3D Printing

The strongest 3D print comes from getting two things right before you ever touch infill density: print orientation and wall...

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MMU and ERCF Setup Guide: Calibrating a Multi-Material Unit Guide

MMU and ERCF Setup Guide: Calibrating a Multi-Material Unit

An MMU (Multi-Material Unit) is an add-on that feeds several filaments into a single hotend on a printer that did...

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The Complete Guide to Multi-Color & Multi-Material 3D Printing Guide

The Complete Guide to Multi-Color & Multi-Material 3D Printing

Multi-color and multi-material 3D printing means running two or more filaments in a single print, either through an automated changer...

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HueForge and Color Lithophane Guide for FDM Printing Guide

HueForge and Color Lithophane Guide for FDM Printing

HueForge makes full-color images out of just three or four filaments by exploiting one property most color printing ignores: filament...

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Filler Primer for 3D Prints: The Layer-Line Killer Guide

Filler Primer for 3D Prints: The Layer-Line Killer

If there’s one product that separates a print that looks molded from a print that looks printed, it’s filler primer....

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Acetone Smoothing ABS and ASA Prints: A Safe Method Guide

Acetone Smoothing ABS and ASA Prints: A Safe Method

Acetone vapor smoothing is the closest thing FDM has to a magic button — but only for ABS and ASA....

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3D Printer Maintenance Guide: The Complete Service Routine Guide

3D Printer Maintenance Guide: The Complete Service Routine

A 3D printer is a machine with a heater, a few motors, and a lot of moving plastic — and...

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Epoxy Coating 3D Prints: Smooth and Stronger in One Pass Guide

Epoxy Coating 3D Prints: Smooth and Stronger in One Pass

Epoxy coating is the one finishing step that makes a print both smoother and stronger at the same time. One...

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Priming and Painting 3D Prints: A Repeatable Spray Workflow Guide

Priming and Painting 3D Prints: A Repeatable Spray Workflow

A painted 3D print that looks injection-molded and one that looks like a school project use the same paint. The...

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How to Sand 3D Prints: The Grit Ladder That Actually Works Guide

How to Sand 3D Prints: The Grit Ladder That Actually Works

Sanding is the step that decides whether everything you do after it looks good or looks rushed. Jumping from 120...

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3D Print Post-Processing Guide: Sanding to Show-Finish Guide

3D Print Post-Processing Guide: Sanding to Show-Finish

Post-processing is where an FDM print stops looking printed. A full sand-prime-paint-clear cycle is an evening of work, and the...

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Filament Drying Temperature Chart: Safe Temps for Every Material Guide

Filament Drying Temperature Chart: Safe Temps for Every Material

This is the reference I keep taped to the side of my dry box, because the single most dangerous moment...

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