3D Printing

3D printing enables you to produce complex shapes using less material than traditional manufacturing methods. 3D printers have become very accessible and helpful for every drone pilot.

Resin and Filament are the most widespread 3D printer technologies. This category will also cover 3D printing consumables such as filaments, resins, and other accessories.

3d printing

eSUN PLA+ review: Grab The Best Filament!

eSUN PLA+ filament review
PLA (Polylactic Acid) is the most popular and widespread filament used in 3D printing. It’s affordable, easy to print, and, more importantly, safe (made from natural materials). PLA is also considered compostable and recyclable. eSUN has a wide range of PLA filaments with different characteristics and applications in more than 26 color options. In this review, we will have a...

Elegoo OrangeStorm Giga: Goliath’s 3D printer

Elegoo OrangeStorm Giga
OrangeStorm Giga is Elegoo's biggest industrial-grade FDM 3D printer, announced today on Kickstarter, and comes with the possibility of installing 3 additional printing heads for batch printing. It can print four models at the same time using different colors. This machine is ideal for hobbyists and small businesses as well. Elegoo OrangeStorm Giga has a beautifully made cubic all-metal frame...

Elegoo Saturn S: Large 3D prints at friendly price

Elegoo Saturn S
The Saturn S is the newest member of the 4K resin 3D printer series released by Elegoo and it is an improved version of the original Saturn. The screen is now increased from 8.9" to 9.1" and the print height from 200mm to 210mm. Furthermore, now you get an active carbon air purifier included with the S-edition. Our Elegoo...

SUNLU PLA Carbon Fiber filament: Is it Good for Drone Frames?

SUNLU PLA-CF
3D-printed FPV drone frames offer a number of advantages over traditional frames made from carbon fiber or other materials. Firstly, they can be completely customized to suit the pilot's specific needs, allowing for greater control over the design process and resulting in a perfectly optimized frame. It is great for prototyping, allowing testing of different design approaches conveniently and...

SUNLU AntiString PLA filament for high quality 3D prints

SUNLU APLA
Stringing is a common 3D printing problem that can be annoying when you want quality results without post-finishing. To solve the root of the problem, SUNLU came on the market with the first AntiString PLA filament, an upgraded version of the regular PLA filament. Stringing occurs mainly when the extruder moves between two different locations; during that move, the filament...

Coming soon: Elegoo Saturn 2 8K 3D resin printer

Elegoo Saturn 2 8K
Elegoo just shared a few teaser photos with their upcoming Saturn 2 8K 3D resin printer. The third-generation Saturn features a 10" 8K mono LCD with a resolution of 7680*4320 and a 28.5 μm pixel size. By comparison, its predecessor, the recently reviewed Saturn S 4K 3D printer has a 9.1" LCD with 4098 x 2560 pixels (48µm). The upcoming...

Elegoo PLA: Cheap 3D filament for big projects

Elegoo PLA filaments
I mostly printed drone parts in my last filament reviews, so I decided to try something else this time. Using Elegoo PLA filament, I printed a vertical modular hydroponic tower system for plants. My wife was happy to find out that she would always have fresh herbs at home. Hydroponic tower gardens are becoming popular, especially among urban gardeners, due...

FLSUN S1 and T1: Enclosed High-Speed Delta 3D printers

FLSUN S1 and FLSUN T1 delta 3d pritners
This week, I was contacted by FLSUN on the occasion of the launch of two new 3D printer models. FLSUN S1 and T1 adopt a delta design and enclosed full metal frame structure. Besides the different build volumes, these two machines have many other significant differences, which is expected as the S1 costs two times more than the T1. Besides...

ELEGOO NEPTUNE 3: Features, Specs & price

ELEGOO NEPTUNE 3
The new ELEGOO NEPTUNE 3 provides all the available features in a low-budget FDM 3D printer. Since it is designed for beginners, it is easy to assemble, and everything is included for a quick start. With its 220*220*280mm build volume and a price of just $210, the third-generation Neptun can compete with most filament 3D printers in its market...

ELEGOO PHECDA Laser Marking Machine

ELEGOO PHECDA
ELEGOO, a well-known 3D printer brand, is about to start a funding campaign on Kickstarter for their first laser marking and cutting machine.  Established in March 2015, ELEGOO Inc. is a thriving technology company dedicated to open-source hardware research & development, production, and marketing. In 2019 they announced their first LCD 3D printer named MARS, which became quickly popular among...

ChiTu Conjure PLA+ and High Speed PLA 3D filaments

ChiTu Conjure JAMG HE filaments
Probably everyone into 3D printing hobby has already heard about the Chitubox slicing program. Still, in this review, we will focus on the company's ChiTu JAMG HE Conjure PLA+ and Hi-Speed PLA Pus 3D filaments, which I had not heard until a few weeks ago. To get the best out of our 3D-printed models, you must find the perfect balance...