The invention of the relatively affordable 3D printer for home use has helped bring methods used to produce parts for prototypes, samples, and even manufacturing, closer to designers. This tutorial on ...

We’ll admit that most of the Hackaday staff wouldn’t get too far on a skateboard, but that doesn’t mean we can’t appreciate the impressive DIY wheels that [Chris McCann] has managed to cast using 3D ...

Having access to tools can greatly expand an engineer’s ability to build. As technology advances, it tends to become more accessible as it drops in price or increases user-friendliness. Once 3D ...

In this video, we take you on a creative journey from 3D printing to crafting a beautiful silicone mold, highlighting each ...

Photo Credit: TU Munich Chair of Carbon Composites (LCC) and QPoint Composite This blog began when CEAD (Delft, Netherlands) informed me that LCC had bought one of its extruder-based AM flexbot ...

Mold making pioneer reports significant time and cost efficiencies utilizing this approach for low volume production, enabling molders to quickly change inserts for different products MINNEAPOLIS & ...

Machined tooling contributes to the majority of production costs for many small-run jobs. 3D printing can reduce the cost of plastic cores, molds, and tooling, but there are several considerations to ...

Mantle is launching a new series of $350,000 machines that can 3D-print the mold inserts that are used to produce injection-mold plastics. It’s hard to overstate how important this will be — I caught ...

Stratasys Origin One 3D printers and custom materials from Henkel Loctite lower costs and shorten mold fabrication time yielding exceptional results EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. & REHOVOT, Israel--(BUSINESS ...

FREDERICK, Md., Nov. 16 (UPI) --Orthodontist Jim Lee at Smile Frederick Orthodontics is taking dental work into the future by 3D printing molds of peoples' mouths. Lee is having his patients bite down ...