“The lathe is the only machine tool that can make copies of itself,” or so the saying goes. The reality is more like, “A skilled machinist can use a lathe to make many of the parts needed to assemble ...

3D printing as a consumer business has been around for more than a decade, and while we have seen great strides in the size, accuracy, and quality of the prints they can produce, a lot of those ...

One of the most interesting developments in 3D printing in recent memory is the infinite build volume printer. Instead of a static bed, this type of printer uses a conveyor belt and a hotend set at an ...

QIDI has launched its flagship product in the Plus series, the QIDI Plus4, a consumer-grade, all-around large 3D printer designed to enhance your creative potential. Building on the success of the ...

Stratasys Inc. (Minneapolis, Minn.) has launched two new pieces of additive manufacturing technology: Robotic Composite 3D Demonstrator and Infinite-Build 3D Demonstrator. The company will preview ...

Now that much of the hype cycle around 3D printing has dissipated, it’s time to start looking at more practical real world applications for additive manufacturing. Sure, you can still buy small 3D ...

For a couple of years now, I've been trying to find an excuse to buy a decent 3D printer. Friends and fellow Ars staffers who had them would gush about them at every opportunity, talking about how ...

Master’s Student Øyvind Kallevik Grutle at the University of Oslo has created a 5 axis 3D printer for his studies with the first prototype of the machine taking 2-3 months to build and design. After ...