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 ...

Open-air filament storage is a quiet print killer. Here’s how bad storage leads to failed prints and wasted material.

Empty spools from 3D printer filament are the kind of thing that begs to be repurposed, and one option is [3d-printy]’s vertical filament spool parts drawer design. The way this solution works is by ...

One of the problems with using 3D printers is that support materials, failed parts, unnecessary test models, etc. tend to accumulate as waste. A device called ' ExtrudeX ' has been released that turns ...

Running out of filament mid-print is a surefire way to ruin your parts and waste a lot of time. [LayerLab] was sick of having this problem, and so sought to find a proper solution. Unfortunately, ...