Today, you can get any type of plastic you want ... and Makerbots use 1.75mm filament. The Dremel Idea Builder 3D printer – available at Lowes and Home Depot – uses 1.75mm filament.

If you’ve got a suitably high-end 3D printer, one solution to this problem is doing the supports in a water soluble filament; just toss the print into a bath and wait for the support to dissolve ...

Though the 3D printing hobby is jampacked with do-it-yourselfers, making your own filament is still out of reach for most ...

The first is the type of filament that the dryer can accommodate ... We understand the importance of keeping your 3D printing filament dry to avoid any potential issues during the printing ...

Open source 3D printer Lemontron debuts, with build pricing beginning at roughly $413 and a footprint small enough to be ...