Though the Prusa i3 MK3S offers exceptional print quality, reliability, and decent pricing, there are features it lacks. Check out our favorite Prusa clones and alternatives to see the bonuses they offer.

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If you're confused by shop terminology, read on and blast through our quick guide on mill vs. lathe machines.

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Add some weight to your SVG files by making 3D printable STLs. Follow this simple tutorial to add a 3rd dimension to your art by converting SVG to STL.

SVG to STL: How to Convert SVG Files to STL | All3DP

HP's new FitStation platform will use 3D scanning and dynamic gait analysis to deliver custom 3D printed insoles and footwear.

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Beating Nike and Adidas to market, New Balance announced a collaboration with 3D Systems to manufacture running shoes with a 3D printed midsole. 

New Balance to Launch 3D Printed Running Shoes | All3DP

London startup Batch Works have devised an ingenious perpetual printing process for a standard Ultimaker 2+, and it's completely open source.

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The Sculpto PRO2 is a unique, easy-to-use 3D printer designed for entry-level users and the classroom setting. Review the specs to learn more.

Sculpto PRO2: Review the Specs | All3DP

A team of behavioral ecologists out of the University of Windsor, Canada, studies the mating habits of color-changing toads in Costa Rica using RoboToads -- 3D printed, motorized replicas.

3D Printed RoboToads Help Explain Mating Habits | All3DP

The Dutch PostNL has fabricated a musical instrument en route to trumpet master Eric Vloeimans in awesome short film, Sound of Delivery.

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3D Systems Quickparts uses 3D printing to optimize and create auto parts. Now, they've printed parts for Jay Leno's one-of-a-kind concept car.

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Reports circulate that Chinese company Zhouda duped investors for billions of dollars, based on ability to build a house from 3D printed parts in 3 hours.

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<p>You shouldn&apos;t calibrate the steps/mm setting for any axis other than the extruder.</p><p><i>Unless</i>, of course, you have a very large printer (300mm and above) or are using something like spectra line instead of timing belts. In that case, print the largest scale test that fits on your print bed, oriented in the direction you want to calibrate. Keep in mind that the test parts are slightly larger than their nominal size.</p><p>Then measure the distance between the holes in each end, preferably going from the 100mm spot on your tape measure upwards. Or use any other precision measuring device that you feel comfortable with. If you can match up the distance between the holes by eye to the measuring tape (or other measuring device), you&apos;re close enough. FFF 3D printers are not precision machines, so the error of matching is negligible compared to the base accuracy of the printer itself.
Measuring holes instead of outer dimensions ensures that a (slightly) miscalibrated extruder or other errors won&apos;t affect the final measurement.</p><p>You can calculate your new steps/mm like this:<br>[old steps per mm]*[nominal distance]/[measured distance] = [new steps per mm]</p><p><br></p><p>Accompanying video:<br><iframe width="593" height="370" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Mbn1ckR86Z8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>


Calibration sticks

You shouldn't calibrate the steps/mm setting for any axis other than the extruder.Unless, of course, you have a very large printer (300mm and above) or are using something like spectra line instead of timing belts. In that case, print the largest scale test that fits on your print bed, oriented in the direction you want to calibrate. Keep in mind that the test parts are slightly larger than their nominal size.Then measure the distance between the holes in each end, preferably going from the 100mm spot on your tape measure upwards. Or use any other precision measuring device that you feel comfortable with. If you can match up the distance between the holes by eye to the measuring tape (or other measuring device), you're close enough. FFF 3D printers are not precision machines, so the error of matching is negligible compared to the base accuracy of the printer itself.
Measuring holes instead of outer dimensions ensures that a (slightly) miscalibrated extruder or other errors won't affect the final measurement.You can calculate your new steps/mm like this:[old steps per mm]*[nominal distance]/[measured distance] = [new steps per mm]Accompanying video:


pirates

Muttler at The MoMA, New York

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Texture rolling pin No8

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<p>A full featured, to-scale model of a Warhound Titan for use in Apocalypse games. It was modeled based on patterns that can be found here: </p><p><a href="http://fromthewarp.blogspot.com/2009/04/clash-of-titans.html" rel="external">http://fromthewarp.blogspot.com/2009/04/clash-of-titans.html</a> </p><p>The credit for the original design goes to whoever made the original patterns. I added the snap together parts and gave the weapons a little more detail, as well as a few other changes. Made to Print on a bed with a volume of 200mm^3.</p>


Lucius Pattern Warhound Titan

A full featured, to-scale model of a Warhound Titan for use in Apocalypse games. It was modeled based on patterns that can be found here: http://fromthewarp.blogspot.com/2009/04/clash-of-titans.html The credit for the original design goes to whoever made the original patterns. I added the snap together parts and gave the weapons a little more detail, as well as a few other changes. Made to Print on a bed with a volume of 200mm^3.


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                                            <p>Sorry for bad pics!! This is my reinforced support for interior hanging bars of wardrobes. This design will support much weight than standards! Easy to print and install.</p>
<p>TY</p>
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Reinforced Support for wardrobe hanging bar

 Sorry for bad pics!! This is my reinforced support for interior hanging bars of wardrobes. This design will support much weight than standards! Easy to print and install. TY 

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<div><p>This is a captive nut backing plate designed to turn a standard M8 Nyloc into a captive fastener. You will need to bond the plate to whatever you are fastening it to using a suitable epoxy/glue or industrial double-sided foam tape such as a 3M VHB which I have done. </p>
<p>I design this fastener to secure a composite splitter/lip to my Lotus Elise so I am able to take it on and off without having to remove the front under tray. As the nuts are fixed to the inside of the clam you don&apos;t need to get access to them to remove the splitter and they stay in place. The design is super light, easy to install. It has a 60mm dia base to help spread the load more than a large washer would do. </p></div>
<h3 class="thing-component-header settings print-settings">Print Settings</h3>
<p class="detail-setting printer brand"><strong>Printer Brand: </strong>
                         </p><div><p>Ultimaker</p></div>
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                                                <p class="detail-setting printer"><strong>Printer: </strong>
                         </p><div><p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://amzn.to/2BfKabj?tag=tv-auto-20" target="_blank">Ultimaker 3</a></p></div>
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                                                <p class="detail-setting rafts"><strong>Rafts: </strong>
                         </p><div><p>No</p></div>
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                                                <p class="detail-setting supports"><strong>Supports: </strong>
                         </p><div><p>No</p></div>
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                                                <p class="detail-setting resolution"><strong>Resolution: </strong>
                         </p><div><p>0.1</p></div>
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                                                <p class="detail-setting infill"><strong>Infill: </strong>
                         </p><div><p>100</p></div>
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                    <strong>Filament:</strong> 
                    <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s?url=search-alias&amp;field-keywords=Ultimaker+CPE&amp;tag=tv-auto-20" target="_blank">
                        Ultimaker CPE                    </a>

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Captive M8 Nyloc Nut Backing Plate

This is a captive nut backing plate designed to turn a standard M8 Nyloc into a captive fastener. You will need to bond the plate to whatever you are fastening it to using a suitable epoxy/glue or industrial double-sided foam tape such as a 3M VHB which I have done. 

I design this fastener to secure a composite splitter/lip to my Lotus Elise so I am able to take it on and off without having to remove the front under tray. As the nuts are fixed to the inside of the clam you don't need to get access to them to remove the splitter and they stay in place. The design is super light, easy to install. It has a 60mm dia base to help spread the load more than a large washer would do. 

<p>Jam with a real working egg shaker in minutes. Just pause halfway printing and fill with leftover filament. Resume and shake that boogie down.<br></p><p><b>Printing advice<br></b>Print solid with no infill and place it vertically on build-plate with heavy side down. Use the settings I have shown. You will need support, but only touching build-plate. You can use the &apos;Pause at Z height&apos; plugin, or manually pause half way to fill. Fill the cup with left over filament, and resume. Note to be careful on the resuming layer. Advance the filament prior to resuming to make sure it continues with a good bond. It works well with ABS and PLA. Print any color you like even glow in the dark. See the attached pictures.</p><p><b>Thanks</b><br>I hope you like this design and I encourage you to encourage me. I am having fun creating new things and if you print this and have ideas or feedback, please click like and/or write me a comment. Thanks and may the force be with you.</p>


Egg Shaker

Jam with a real working egg shaker in minutes. Just pause halfway printing and fill with leftover filament. Resume and shake that boogie down.Printing advicePrint solid with no infill and place it vertically on build-plate with heavy side down. Use the settings I have shown. You will need support, but only touching build-plate. You can use the 'Pause at Z height' plugin, or manually pause half way to fill. Fill the cup with left over filament, and resume. Note to be careful on the resuming layer. Advance the filament prior to resuming to make sure it continues with a good bond. It works well with ABS and PLA. Print any color you like even glow in the dark. See the attached pictures.ThanksI hope you like this design and I encourage you to encourage me. I am having fun creating new things and if you print this and have ideas or feedback, please click like and/or write me a comment. Thanks and may the force be with you.


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                                            <p>In geometry, a hypercube is an n-dimensional analogue of a square (n = 2) and a cube (n = 3). It is a closed, compact, convex figure whose 1-skeleton consists of groups of opposite parallel line segments aligned in each of the space&apos;s dimensions, perpendicular to each other and of the same length. A unit hypercube&apos;s longest diagonal in n-dimensions is equal to the square root of n.</p>
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Hypercube/Tesseract

 In geometry, a hypercube is an n-dimensional analogue of a square (n = 2) and a cube (n = 3). It is a closed, compact, convex figure whose 1-skeleton consists of groups of opposite parallel line segments aligned in each of the space's dimensions, perpendicular to each other and of the same length. A unit hypercube's longest diagonal in n-dimensions is equal to the square root of n. 

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                                            <p>It is very important to print the different pieces in the provided orientation to prevent undesirable fillings. No additional support is needed. Clean carefully the brim and any supporting parts before assembling the model. No glue needed. Print the pieces with different filament colors for better results, you can group them&#xA0;by filament&#xA0;color or print them one by one. &#xA0;</p>
<p>The recommended print resolution for this model is 0,1 mm layer height.</p>
<p>Follow the <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/xjmgiibuoe7opyv/Scout%20Trooper%20Asembly%20guide.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Assembly guide</a> and have fun!</p>
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Scout Trooper

 It is very important to print the different pieces in the provided orientation to prevent undesirable fillings. No additional support is needed. Clean carefully the brim and any supporting parts before assembling the model. No glue needed. Print the pieces with different filament colors for better results, you can group them by filament color or print them one by one. The recommended print resolution for this model is 0,1 mm layer height. Follow the Assembly guide and have fun! 

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                                            <p><a href="http://imgur.com/CvWmewb"><img title="source: imgur.com" src="http://i.imgur.com/CvWmewb.jpg"></a><a href="http://imgur.com/NcC79kr"><img title="source: imgur.com" src="http://i.imgur.com/NcC79kr.jpg"></a><a href="http://imgur.com/581MlRG"><img title="source: imgur.com" src="http://i.imgur.com/581MlRG.jpg"></a></p>
<p>Real flowers&#xA0;don&apos;t last forever. Print ones that can for home decor or give as gifts for holidays and special occasions.</p>
<p>*Glue assembly required. Read me tutorial documentation provided.</p>
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Large Lily Flower Decoration

 Real flowers don't last forever. Print ones that can for home decor or give as gifts for holidays and special occasions. *Glue assembly required. Read me tutorial documentation provided. 

Coffee / Food stencil

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                                            <p>Work In Progress.</p>
<p>First attempt to print the early sketch of Jill Valentine (zombie version) from Resident Evil 3 remake videogame. I&apos;m modeling her using as references the in-game gallery.</p>
<p>Hope to upload the completed 3D file soon.</p>
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