We toured several 3D Printer factories, including Prusa Research, Printed Solid, Printerior, and ProtoPasta, to learn how 3D Printing filament is made.

Filament-based 3D printers are remarkably wasteful. If you buy a kilogram of filament from your favorite supplier, the odds are that it will come wrapped around a plastic spool weighing about 250 ...

Most 3D printers come with a pretty basic filament holder — often little more than a bar to hang the spool on. [Ivan Miranda]’s 3D printers run bigger spools than most, though, so he ha… ...

L ike most 3D printing enthusiasts, I started out thinking that a filament dryer was a must-have accessory. Humidity can ruin a spool faster than you'd expect, and I've seen firsthand how wet ...

My practical 3D printing advice is simple: if you're buying a new 3D printer, get one with a filament runout sensor. If you don't have one, see if it can be added and invest a few bucks to upgrade ...

Kerry Stevenson, aka "General Fabb" has written over 8,000 stories on 3D printing at Fabbaloo since he launched the venture ...

Filament spool becomes cord holder . Most filament comes on plastic spools. They take up space and, when the filament is used up, often wind up in the trash. Most folks with 3D printers have a few ...

It then utilizes the existing 3D printer to create a customized filament spool, different sections of which are made out of the different polymers. That spool is printed as a flat horizontal spiral.

Every single component in this spool holder comes right from your 3D printer’s filament. The spool holder’s spindle is shaped to fit the vast majority of commonly used filament spools with ...

The same goes for 3D printer filament—sure, you could stick with one spool in one color, but just imagine what you can do with different spools of varying strength, materials, and diameters.

Coffee bean hulls take on a new high-tech life as renewable 3D printing filament. ... It comes wound onto an Eco-Spool made from plant-based materials. Wound Up costs $49 (about £30, AU$70) ...