Advances in filaments for FDM 3D printers have come in leaps and bounds over the past few years, and carbon fibre (CF) reinforced filament is becoming a common sight. Robotics extraordinaire ...

When you're using a 3D printer it's important to find a filament that works for you, and there are a lot of choices. Once your files are ready and your plate is clean you'll be ready to choose ...

Polylactic acid, or PLA, is the most common 3D printing filament, and it's the easiest to use. Unlike most plastics, it's made from corn starches so it's nontoxic and, in theory, compostable ...

Ground plastic bits go in one end, finished 3D-prints come out ... us a bit of the trash printer we featured recently, which is another way to stick it to the filament man.