The Italy-based company specializing in 3D printing services has expanded its suite of production and post-processing capabilities, offering clients a fully integrated process from additive production ...

If you’ve ever used an extruding 3D printer, you know that the resulting prints aren’t exactly smooth. At the Southackton hackerspace [James] and [Bracken] worked out a method of smoothing the parts ...

Many high-quality parts produced on 3D printers can be sanded by hand to eliminate layer lines and produce a smooth finish. There’s a misconception that 3D printing cannot make the kind of smooth and ...

The Zortrax Apoller is a Smart Vapor Smoothing device that uses solvents to smooth the surface of 3D-printed objects. The resulting products look like they are injection molded and all of the little ...

Here’s something that isn’t quite a hack; he’s just using a 3D printer as a 3D printer. It is extremely interesting, though. Over on Hackaday.io [Anton] is creating 3D printable propellers for ...

SHEFFIELD, England, June 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- AMT, the global leader in safe and sustainable post-processing solutions for additively manufactured parts, announces its core portfolio of patents ...

Finishing FDM prints like this involves a triumvirate of sanding, paint, and putty. The specific approach will vary a bit depending on the type of plastic you print, too. For instance, PLA doesn't ...