Once you have a 3D printer able to build a few objects in a single color, the next logical upgrade is a dual extruder. A dual extruder allows for multiple color prints, and by adding a dissolvable ...

Think laying down molten plastic on a 3D printer is as easy as squeezing plastic filament out of a hot tube? It’s not, and anyone who had a 3D printer in 2009 would tell you as such. There were hobbed ...

Last week, we took a first look at the dual-filament Ultimaker 3 printer. This week, we dive into one of the key features that provides the printer with its power and flexibility: its extruders.

Subject says most of it...I know next to nothing about 3D printers. I have a regular need to create plates for trophies and awards. I'm creating them now with a single extruder printer and then ...

Apart from the dual extruders and filament feeders, and a spool holder that can fit two filament spools at once, the Ultimaker 3 ( at Amazon) is similar in design and appearance to other Ultimaker ...

The problem: folk are finding wear and gouging under the driven hobbed gear of a certain type of dual-drive extruder. In the photo right of a partially assembled dual-drive, it would be in the red ...

However, industrial 3D printing machines differ greatly from traditional desktop printers. Besides the format of the machines and the prints, one major difference can be found in the material that is ...

Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with technology since 2000, starting with testing gadgets and writing code for CNET Labs' benchmarks. He managed CNET's San Francisco Labs, reviews 3D ...

Anyone searching for an affordable dual extruder 3D printer may be worth checking out the new Proforge 2 3D printer created by Makertech 3D based in the United Kingdom. Available to back with early ...

Apart from the dual extruders and filament feeders, and a spool holder that can fit two filament spools at once, the Ultimaker 3 ( at Amazon) is similar in design and appearance to other Ultimaker ...