I’m a mechanical engineer with more than 30 years of experience in industrial automation and design, with projects ranging from individual inventors to international corporations. I hold credit on six ...

Creality’s Sparkx i7 arrives at a moment when budget 3D printers are starting to behave less like hobby projects and more like household appliances. It starts at just $259, and is $369 with Creality’s ...

Long known among budget builders and modders for its Ender and CR-series workhorses, Creality has spent the last two years pushing hard into the high-speed, high-automation 3D printer world dominated ...

I’ve been following Prusa since 2015, when Josef Prusa launched the Original Prusa i3. I was enamored like the rest of you when I watched a video of him walking through the army of i3s that were ...

This guide was updated in March 2025. The best 3D printers for schools are better than ever and are improving all the time as a fantastic way to bring hands-on learning to students. Not only can ...

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3D Insider is ad supported and earns money from clicks, commissions from sales, and other ways. If you want to spend more time printing than dealing with technical issues, go for 3D printers that ...

It’s a great time to be a hobbyist. No matter how you feel about the Arduino/Raspberry Pi effect, the influx of general enthusiasm and demand it has created translates to better availability of ...

3D printers have come a long way in recent years. They have transformed from a novelty item to become more acceptable by the mainstream market. There are currently around 150 models out there, but ...

2016 is the year of the consumer 3D printer. Yes, the hype over 3D printing has died down since 2012. There were too many 3D printers at Maker Faire three years ago. Nevertheless, sales of 3D printers ...