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3 slicer tricks I use to speed up 3D printing prototypes

Optimally, I print the hose adapter with five walls and the 3D honeycomb infill pattern. This takes 90 minutes and nearly 69g ...
Machine Design

What’s the Difference Between PLA, ABS, and Nylon?

3D printing has always, and always will be, an industrial mainstay of manufacturing and prototyping. It also isn’t a surprise to anyone that the technology over the past decade has been leaving ...
TweakTown

3D Printing Tips and Tricks - How to make ABS Juice to help your 3D prints better stick

One of the biggest issues that plague the desktop 3D printing world is a pesky nuisance known as warping. Warping is due to Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene plastic (or or ABS as it's commonly known) ...
JEC Composites

3D printing with pellet extruders versus with filament

However, industrial 3D printing machines differ greatly from traditional desktop printers. Besides the format of the machines and the prints, one major difference can be found in the material that is ...