UniFormation S10: A Resin Printer That Washes and Dries Itself
The UniFormation S10 resin printer prints, washes and dries in one machine, from $999 on Kickstarter. What its automation solves, and the risks.
SLA Resin Printing: Why Auto-Generated Supports Create Expensive Failures
A real SLA resin printing disaster—failed CD rack, overflowing resin bottle, hazmat cleanup—reveals why automatic support generation is a dangerous default.
Generative Design's Precision Problem: Why AI Parts Still Need a Machinist
AI generative design creates lattices no mill can cut, but 3D printing alone can't hit the ±0.005mm tolerances industrial parts need either. The fix is hybrid manufacturing.
Desktop UV Printers and 3D Printing Are on a Collision Course
UV printing brings full-color surfaces to objects 3D printing can't color. As desktop UV printers drop below $2,500, the two technologies are converging into a hybrid desktop manufacturing stack.
Five Airbrushing Techniques You Can Unlock With 3D-Printed Stencils
Prusa's guide to printing custom airbrushing stencils shows how FDM printing changes what's achievable in model painting — from preshading to faux raised detail, here's the complete technique breakdown.
AM Post-Processing: The Bottleneck Preventing Industrial 3D Printing from Scaling
PostProcess Technologies' fifth annual survey identifies post-processing — not printing — as the primary constraint on scaling additive manufacturing. The bottleneck is operational, not technological.