Despite being a readily-available source of useful plastic, massive numbers of disposable bottles go to waste every day. To ...

Ground plastic bits go in one end, finished 3D-prints come out the other. That’s the idea behind [HomoFaciens]’ latest build: a direct-extrusion 3D-printer. And like all of his builds, … ...

How We Picked the Best Dual Extruder 3D Printer While there are good and bad dual extruder printers out there, picking the right one depends to a certain degree on personal preference and 3D printing ...

A filament feeding problem is often caused by a blockage in the nozzle or extruder, but there are also several possible extruder defects that can result in such an issue. In any case, resolving this ...

We’ve checked out several similar devices, but none have the incredible industrial design as the Ewe Filament Extruder. At first glance, this machine appears to be a peculiar coffee machine you might ...

This repository contains circuit diagrams, 3D-printed parts, and Arduino sketches for a filament pulling device designed to control the diameter of 3D-printer filament exiting a desktop extruder (in ...

To confirm, check the position of the mark you made on the filament and measure how far away it is from the point where the filament enters the extruder. If the measurement is exactly 20 millimeters, ...