3D Printing

October 26, 2021 Leave a Comment Dresden-based motorbike company Hookie has recently revealed a concept for a Moon bike, which features 3D printed polymer wheels. The bike is named Tardigrade, after the small creature famed for its ability to survive the hard vacuum and radiation environment of space. According to the Hookie website, the bike was named as such because “Tardigrades are true survivors who have also endured the rigors of outer space.”, and we guess the bike can do the same. And this is what it looks like: The Tardigrade bike (Image credit: Hookie) The bike is fully electric, obviously, because you’d have difficulty running an internal combustion engine on the Moon, with the lack of oxygen (and gas stations) and whatnot. In terms of other stats, the concept bike measures 2.6 metres in length, has a range of 110km, a top speed of 15km/h and a weight of…    read more 

November 2, 2021 3 Comments Flashforge has announced the release of their new dual extruding printer with a heated chamber, named the “Creator 4”. The Creator 4 comes in a variety of dual-extruder configurations enabling side-by side printing of duplicate parts for faster printing of larger production runs for a range of filaments. As you can see in the picture below, it also has a nice aesthetic about it with its stainless steel body. This is not surprising, as Flashforge have traditionally made printers that look more like household appliances than your average printer manufacturer. Enclosure design is clearly a strong point for Flashforge, and the new design highlights this, as you can see. Figure 1 The Creator 4 is appliance-esque. (Image credit: Flashforge) It is a pretty machine, no doubt about it. But there is more to it than mere aesthetics. Let’s take a look under the steel hood…    read more 

November 8, 2021 Leave a Comment There is good news for fans of Modix this week, as the company has announced a line of upgrades all designed to improve reliability and the user experience for customers. Read on to know more about the new add-ons from Modix. Reliability at Scale Large format FDM printing is an entirely different ballgame when compared to desktop sized machines. Scaling up the print dimensions can introduce all kinds of new issues to printer reliability, and given that large printers produce larger parts, the last thing you want is your large-scale printer failing 75% of its way into a 400 hour print job. For this reason and others, Modix has introduced new modular upgrades for their line of large printers designed to improve quality and reliability of the printing process from start to finish. New clog detector upgrade (Image credit: Modix) “We are pleased to…    read more 

November 15, 2021 Leave a Comment Anycubic has today launched their latest resin-based LCD 3D printers, which includes a 6K resolution desktop model and also a budget friendly 4K version. Read on to know more about the new duo of resin printers! New resin printers in 4K and 6K variants! (Image credit: Anycubic) High Resolution Resin First up, let’s take a look at the 6K resin printer which is called the Anycubic Photon Mono X 6K. The Photon Mono X 6K is the first 9.25-inch 6K desktop model available, and comes with a much-improved 5,760 x 3,600 pixels and print resolution of up to 34 microns, which offers superior quality printing. Great news for you wargaming miniature fans out there who crave the extra detail on the little miniature faces! Additionally the Photon Mono X 6K features an industry-leading 350:1 black and white contrast screen, enabling it to print models…    read more 

November 18, 2021 Leave a Comment It’s been a busy week for 3D printer manufacturer Anycubic this week, as they have just released a duo of new resin printers and they will be appearing at the Formnext conference which runs from November 16 to 19 in Frankfurt, Germany. As well as releasing the two new Anycubic Photon Mono 4K and Anycubic Photon Mono X 6K desktop resin printers (see this article for details) the printer manufacturer is putting in an appearance at the ever popular Formnext 2021 conference where the two new printers will be on display to the public. Find Anycubic at Formnext 2021 (Image credit: Anycubic) As a reminder, the Photon Mono X 6K is the first 9-inch 6K desktop printer that is available to the public and offers unparalleled precision and super-fast print speed. The overall quality of prints capable with this machine, and at this price…    read more