Makerbot 3D printers were among the first to hit the market, so it makes sense that old and broken ones now litter the shelves of hackerspaces and home workshops alike. Rather than throw his one ...

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In fact, all of MakerBot’s machines are desktop 3D printers, whether or not they are dedicated to industrial sectors. In 2012, MakerBot gained market share when it released its Replicator 2 system – ...

Useful information about these printers is hard to come by, and finding people who have a lot of experience with them is even harder! The Hardware folder comprises all gathered information on Hardware ...

Eliminating backlash is awesome for a 3D printer, but it’s not obvious how a thread that gives under excessive load is a plus, unless you’ve crashed your printhead into the bed of the printer.

3D printers sound cool ... We initially bought the MakerBot Replicator 2X ($2,800 for our tested configuration) so that we could create certain objects we need for lab tests: For example, our ...

Both Marlin and Klipper are software based 3D printer control solutions for a wide range of single board computers (SBC) and shields/hats/add-on boards. Software executes sequentially on a controller.

The Multimodal Education Center invites CWU students, staff and faculty to join us in creating with our variety of 3D printers. The MEC is currently equipped with a Ultimaker 2+ extrusion printer, a ...

The monitor, printer, network, keyboard and mouse are permanently plugged into the port replicator, which connects to the laptop via the USB port. A port replicator provides some or all of the ...