Materials
Carbon Fiber 3D Printing: What Carbon-Fiber Filament Actually Adds
What carbon-fiber-filled filament actually improves, what it does not, and why it needs a hardened nozzle no matter which base material you choose.
Polycarbonate (PC) 3D Printing Filament: What It Takes to Print It
What polycarbonate filament is, why it needs such high temperatures and a heated enclosure, and whether you actually need it over ABS or PETG.
TPU Print Settings: Speed, Retraction and Bed Temp
TPU nozzle, bed, retraction and speed settings for stringing-free flexible prints, and how Shore hardness changes them.
ABS Print Settings: Bed Temp, Nozzle Temp and Enclosure
ABS nozzle, bed, enclosure and fan settings for warp-free prints, including why the cooling fan runs opposite to PLA.
ABS vs ASA: When UV Resistance Matters
ASA gets described as ABS’s outdoor-durable sibling often enough that it is easy to assume the two are nearly the same material with a…
PETG vs ABS: Choosing Between the Two
PETG and ABS both get recommended as the step up from PLA once a project needs more heat resistance or durability, and that shared…
PLA vs ABS: Strength, Heat and Ease of Use
ABS was the standard 3D printing material long before PLA became the default beginner recommendation, and it still gets picked for a specific reason:…
PLA vs PETG: Which to Print First
PLA and PETG are the two materials almost every beginner reaches for, and the choice between them for a specific print comes down to…
How to Dry 3D Printer Filament (Oven, Dehydrator and Dry Box Methods)
This guide covers active drying: the actual process for driving moisture back out of a spool that has already absorbed it. That is a…
PLA Print Settings: Bed Temp, Nozzle Temp and Speed
PLA is the most forgiving common filament to print, but the settings that make it forgiving are specific to PLA and do not carry…
