Jo Young

Bambu Lab AMS 2 Pro multi material 3D printer holding four filament spools

Bambu Lab AMS Explained: How Multi-Material Printing Actually Works

A multi material 3D printer used to mean expensive, complicated industrial equipment with a steep learning curve. Bambu Lab’s AMS (Automatic Material System) changed that, bringing genuinely practical multi-colour and multi-material printing to desktop machines at a price point most makers, schools and small businesses can justify. That shift matters

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EufyMake E1 3D-texture UV printer with several full-colour raised-texture print samples displayed around it

EufyMake E1 Review: What the 3D-Texture UV Printer Can Actually Do

The EufyMake E1 is a different kind of machine to the FFF (Fused Filament Fabrication) and resin printers most people associate with 3D printing. It’s a UV printer that builds up genuine 3D texture, layer by layer, directly onto a flat or near-flat surface, combining full-colour printing with raised, tactile

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3D printed parts and post-processing tools including sanding blocks, files, cutters and safety equipment arranged on a workbench against a dark background.

Why Post-Processing is the Missing Piece in Your 3D Printing Workflow

3D printing post processing gets far less attention than the printer itself, yet it’s often the difference between a part that looks and performs the way it should, and one that doesn’t. Plenty of people invest in a capable printer, dial in their settings, and still end up disappointed with

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composite 3D printing with markforged printer

Why Manufacturers Are Replacing Metal Parts with Markforged Composites

Composite 3D printing has reached a point where it can genuinely replace metal parts in some engineering and manufacturing applications, not just prototype them. Markforged has built its entire product range around this idea, embedding continuous carbon fibre into printed plastic parts to produce components that rival aluminium in strength-to-weight

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Silicone printing- how it works

Silicone 3D Printing: What It Is, How It Works, and Where It Is Being Used

Silicone 3D printing has moved from specialist research labs into genuine industrial use, and the applications are widening quickly. Custom respiratory masks, aerospace seals, soft robotic components, and patient-specific prosthetics are all being produced today using additive manufacturing (AM) processes that were simply not viable a decade ago. This guide

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