Everything Parents Need to Know Christmas is just around the corner, and if your child loves technology, building things or getting creative, you might be wondering whether a 3D printer would make the perfect present. A few years ago, 3D printers were mainly found in factories, universities and specialist workshops. Today, they’re becoming increasingly popular…
If you’re new to 3D printing, you’ve probably seen a setting called infill inside your slicer. You might see numbers like 10%, 15%, 20% or even 100% — but what does that actually mean? Infill is simply the structure printed inside your model. Most 3D prints are not completely solid. Instead, the printer creates an…
You start a print, everything looks fine, walk away for a while… and when you come back, your model is either sliding around the build plate or has turned into a lovely pile of plastic spaghetti. If you’re new to 3D printing, prints coming loose from the build plate is one of the most common…
