While churning through rolls of FDM filament, there are these empty spools that remain at the end. These can be thrown out with the trash, or be used as a standard base for miniatures, for use with ...

Some filament manufacturers sell refills that don’t include a spool but instead wind the filament around a cardboard insert ...

If you have a 3D printer, chances are, the company you bought it from skimped out on the design of their filament holder. It’s okay though, it’s not like having a ...

A tool that’s supposed to remove variables starts adding its own.

Once more afraid* to leave the front door, I was messing with some sample filament spools I bought from UK firm Filamentive – which sells only filament with a high recycled content. These are loose ...

Plastic waste is a big problem in our world today. It's important for makers who use 3D printing technology (which generates plastic objects) to consider the waste hierarchy paradigm. Here's the thing ...

D Filament Profiles attempts to standardize and track 3D printer filament inventories, and that could simplify FFF 3D ...

Your 3D printer's hotend affects far more than most people realize, and ignoring it can quietly wreck print quality.