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3D Print Becomes Cast Iron Wrench Via Microwave

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3D Print Becomes Cast Iron Wrench Via Microwave

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A Smart Printer Enclosure for the Open Source World

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A Smart Printer Enclosure for the Open Source World

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Printing with PHA Filament as Potential Alternative to PLA https://hackaday.com/2025/12/14/printing-with-pha-filament-as-potential-alternative-to-pla/ #polyhydroxyalkanoates #3dPrinterhacks #PHA #PLA

Printing with PHA Filament as Potential Alternative to PLA https://hackaday.com/2025/12/14/printing-with-pha-filament-as-potential-alternative-to-pla/ #polyhydroxyalkanoates #3dPrinterhacks #PHA #PLA

Printing with PHA Filament as Potential Alternative to PLA https://hackaday.com/2025/12/14/printing-with-pha-filament-as-potential-alternative-to-pla/ #polyhydroxyalkanoates #3dPrinterhacks #PHA #PLA

Printing with PHA Filament as Potential Alternative to PLA https://hackaday.com/2025/12/14/printing-with-pha-filament-as-potential-alternative-to-pla/ #polyhydroxyalkanoates #3dPrinterhacks #PHA #PLA

How To Design 3D Printed Pins that Won’t Break https://hackaday.com/2025/12/01/how-to-design-3d-printed-pins-that-wont-break/ #3dPrinterhacks #microfeatures #3dprinted #cad #dfm

How To Print PETG as Transparently as Possible https://hackaday.com/2025/11/29/how-to-print-petg-as-transparently-as-possible/ #3dPrinterhacks #3dprinting #3dprinter #PETG

Stack n’ Rack Your Hardware With the HomeRacker Project https://hackaday.com/2025/11/27/stack-n-rack-your-hardware-with-the-homeracker-project/ #3dPrinterhacks #ToolHacks #3dprinted #organizer #rackmount #workshop #storage #dfm #diy

Concrete Lathe Turns Metal https://hackaday.com/2025/11/09/concrete-lathe-turns-metal/ #3dPrinterhacks #concretelathe #castconcrete #ToolHacks #lathe

3D Printing A New Kind Of Skateboard That Is Ultimately Unsafe https://hackaday.com/2025/10/05/3d-printing-a-new-kind-of-skateboard-that-is-ultimately-unsafe/ #3dPrinterhacks #skateboard #3dprinter #onewheel

3D Printing A New Kind Of Skateboard That Is Ultimately Unsafe - Skateboards were organically developed in the 1940s and 1950s; 30 years would then... - https://hackaday.com/2025/10/05/3d-printing-a-new-kind-of-skateboard-that-is-ultimately-unsafe/ #3dprinterhacks #skateboard #3dprinter #onewheel

Camera and ChArUco Keep the Skew Out of Your 3D Prints https://hackaday.com/2025/09/06/camera-and-charuco-keep-the-skew-out-of-your-3d-prints/ #3dPrinterhacks #3dprinting #endoscope #cnchacks #fiducial #charuco #camera #ArUco #skew #cnc

Camera and ChArUco Keep the Skew Out of Your 3D Prints - Do you or a loved one suffer from distorted 3D prints? Does your laser cutter prod... - https://hackaday.com/2025/09/06/camera-and-charuco-keep-the-skew-out-of-your-3d-prints/ #3dprinterhacks #3dprinting #endoscope #cnchacks #fiducial #charuco #camera #aruco #skew #cnc

Hide Capacitive Touch Buttons In Your Next 3D Print https://hackaday.com/2025/08/20/hide-capacitive-touch-buttons-in-your-next-3d-print/ #CapacitiveTouchSensor #3dPrinterhacks #ArduinoHacks #touchsensor #3dprinted

Hide Capacitive Touch Buttons In Your Next 3D Print - Capacitive touch sensors are entirely in the domain of DIY, requiring little more ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/08/20/hide-capacitive-touch-buttons-in-your-next-3d-print/ #capacitivetouchsensor #3dprinterhacks #arduinohacks #touchsensor #3dprinted

I Gotta Print More Cowbell https://hackaday.com/2025/07/03/i-gotta-print-more-cowbell/ #3dPrinterhacks #carbonfiber #3dprinter #filament #cowbell #pps-cf #metal

I Gotta Print More Cowbell - Since the earliest days of affordable, home 3D printers, the technology behind the... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/03/i-gotta-print-more-cowbell/ #3dprinterhacks #carbonfiber #3dprinter #filament #cowbell #pps-cf #metal

Turning Up the Heat on HT-PLA’s Marketing - PLA is probably the most-printed filament on the market these days, and is there a... - https://hackaday.com/2025/06/09/turning-up-the-heat-on-ht-plas-marketing/ #3dprinterfilament #materialstesting #3dprinterhacks #3dprint #ht-pla

Sustainable 3D Prints with Decomposable Filaments - What if you could design your 3D print to fall apart on purpose? That’s the curiou... - https://hackaday.com/2025/05/30/sustainable-3d-prints-with-decomposable-filaments/ #3dprinterhacks #greenhacks #3dprinting #filament #3dprint #paper #water #h2o #pla #pva #tpu

Improved and Open Source: Non-Planar Infill for FDM https://hackaday.com/2025/04/23/improved-and-open-source-non-planar-infill-for-fdm/ #post-processing #3dPrinterhacks #SoftwareHacks #reinforcement #bambustudio #PrusaSlicer #3dprinting #interlayer #orcaslicer #Bambulab #g-code #python #prusa #sine #FDM

Trio of Mods Makes Delta Printer More Responsive, Easier to Use - Just about any 3D printer can be satisfying to watch as it works, but delta-style ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/03/07/trio-of-mods-makes-delta-printer-more-responsive-easier-to-use/ #3dprinterhacks #straingauge #wheatstone #printer #delta #hx711 #bldc

Trio of Mods Makes Delta Printer More Responsive, Easier to Use - Just about any 3D printer can be satisfying to watch as it works, but delta-style ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/03/07/trio-of-mods-makes-delta-printer-more-responsive-easier-to-use/ #3dprinterhacks #straingauge #wheatstone #printer #delta #hx711 #bldc

Trio of Mods Makes Delta Printer More Responsive, Easier to Use https://hackaday.com/2025/03/07/trio-of-mods-makes-delta-printer-more-responsive-easier-to-use/ #3dPrinterhacks #straingauge #wheatstone #printer #delta #hx711 #BLDC

Doomscroll Precisely, and Wirelessly https://hackaday.com/2024/12/31/doomscroll-precisely-and-wirelessly/ #3dprintedprototype #magneticencoder #3dPrinterhacks #computerhacks #WirelessHacks #inputdevice #scrollwheel #3dprinting #bluetooth #ergonomic #prototype #nRF52840 #nordic #USBC #cnc #hid

Doomscroll Precisely, and Wirelessly - Around here, we love it when someone identifies a need and creates their own solut... - https://hackaday.com/2024/12/31/doomscroll-precisely-and-wirelessly/ #3dprintedprototype #magneticencoder #3dprinterhacks #computerhacks #wirelesshacks #inputdevice #scrollwheel #3dprinting #bluetooth #ergonomic #prototype #nrf52840 #nordic #usbc #cnc #hid

Would an Indexing Feature Benefit Your Next Hinge Design? https://hackaday.com/2024/11/27/would-an-indexing-feature-benefit-your-next-hinge-design/ #3dPrinterhacks #3dprinted #butthinge #how-to #design #hinge #dfm

Would an Indexing Feature Benefit Your Next Hinge Design? - [Angus] of Maker’s Muse has a video with a roundup of different 3D-printable hinge... - https://hackaday.com/2024/11/27/would-an-indexing-feature-benefit-your-next-hinge-design/ #3dprinterhacks #3dprinted #butthinge #how-to #design #hinge #dfm

FDM Filament Troubles: Keeping Hygroscopic Materials From Degrading https://hackaday.com/2024/07/17/fdm-filament-troubles-keeping-hygroscopic-materials-from-degrading/ #3dPrinterhacks #OriginalArt #hygroscopic #hydrolysis #Featured #Science #FDM

FDM Filament Troubles: Keeping Hygroscopic Materials From Degrading - Despite the reputation of polymers used with FDM 3D printing like nylon, ABS, and ... - https://hackaday.com/2024/07/17/fdm-filament-troubles-keeping-hygroscopic-materials-from-degrading/ #3dprinterhacks #originalart #hygroscopic #hydrolysis #featured #science #fdm

Design Tips to Hide Layer Lines in 3D Printed Parts - [Slant 3D] knows a lot about optimizing 3D prints so that they can be cranked out ... - https://hackaday.com/2024/03/04/design-tips-to-hide-layer-lines-in-3d-printed-parts/ #3dprinterhacks #massproduction #3dprinting #layerlines #optimizing #dfm

Tool Changing? Bah! Just Add a Second Gantry - What’s a dual gantry 3D printer? It’s a machine with two completely independent XY... - https://hackaday.com/2024/02/13/tool-changing-bah-just-add-a-second-gantry/ #3dprinterhacks #dualgantry #voron #idex

Intentional Filament Stringing Helps Santa Soar - Stringing is when a 3D printer’s hot end moves through open air and drags a wisp o... - https://hackaday.com/2023/12/07/intentional-filament-stringing-helps-santa-soar/ #3dprinterhacks #decoration #3dprinted #christmas #stringart #stringing #backlit #santa #art

Tensioning 3D Prints For Lightweight, Strong Parts - Desktop 3D printers have come a long way over the past decade. They’re now afforda... - https://hackaday.com/2023/08/06/tensioning-3d-prints-for-lightweight-strong-parts/ #3dprinterhacks #pretensioned #lightweight #tensioning #3dprinter #kevlar #thread #truss #lamp

Splitting 3D Prints Into Parts Can Add Strength - One of the great things about 3D printers is their ability to make a single part a... - https://hackaday.com/2023/07/28/splitting-3d-prints-into-parts-can-add-strength/ #3dprinterhacks #3dprinted #strength #cad #dfm

3D Printer Repurposed for Light-Duty Lab Automation Tasks - Laboratory automation equipment is expensive stuff, to such a degree that small la... - https://hackaday.com/2022/11/11/3d-printer-repurposed-for-light-duty-lab-automation-tasks/ #3dprinterhacks #automation #laboratory #toolhacks #cartesian #histology #gantry #ender

3D Printed Heat Exchanger Uses Gyroid Infill For Cooling - 3D printing allows the physical manufacturing of some unique geometries that are s... - https://hackaday.com/2022/10/31/3d-printed-heat-exchanger-uses-gyroid-infill-for-cooling/ #powderbedprinter #metal3dprinting #3dprinterhacks #heatexchanger

Machine Vision Helps You Terminate Failing 3D Print Jobs - If you’re a 3D printer user you’re probably familiar with that dreaded feeling of ... - https://hackaday.com/2022/04/25/machine-vision-helps-you-terminate-failing-3d-print-jobs/ #3dprinterupgrade #remotemonitoring #3dprinterhacks #machinevision

Razor Crest Control Lever For The Grogu In Your Life - If you’re looking to add a little more sci-fi authenticity to your gaming setup, y... - https://hackaday.com/2022/04/02/razor-crest-control-lever-for-the-grogu-in-your-life/ #3dprinterhacks #mandalorian #hardware #starwars #throttle #grogu #lever #prop

Building a DIY Flight Yoke For Flight Simulator - Flight yokes are key to getting an authentic experience when playing a flight simu... - https://hackaday.com/2022/03/29/building-a-diy-flight-yoke-for-flight-simulator/ #3dprinterhacks #flightyoke #yoke

3D-Printed Parts Let You Assemble Your Own Biggest Fan - It’s getting close to the time of year when we need to start carefully vetting pro... - https://hackaday.com/2022/03/17/3d-printed-parts-let-you-assemble-your-own-biggest-fan/ #3dprinterhacks #3dprinting #dovetail #blower #bldc #leds #esc #fan #rgb

The Wanhao Duplicator CNC Heat Sealer - One custom, compliant heat exchanger, coming right up!
[Thane Hunt] needed to find... - https://hackaday.com/2022/02/02/the-wanhao-duplicator-cnc-heat-sealer/ #3dprinterhacks #heatexchanger #polyolefin #3dprinter #indenting #plastic #fusing #gcode

3D Printering: Soldering a Heated Bed - There’s an old saying about something being a “drop in the ocean.” That’s how I fe... - https://hackaday.com/2022/01/11/3d-printering-soldering-a-heated-bed/ #butanesolderingiron #hackadaycolumns #3dprinterhacks #3dprinter #soldering #butane

USB Power Has Never Been Easier - USB cables inevitably fail and sometimes one end is reincarnated to power our sold... - https://hackaday.com/2022/01/05/usb-power-has-never-been-easier/ #3dprinterhacks #prototyping #connectors #toolhacks #3dprinted #powerbank #hardware #testlead #dupont #power #5vdc #usb #5v

3D Printer Cuts Metal - Every now and then we’ll see a 3D printer that can print an entire house out of co... - https://hackaday.com/2021/10/22/3d-printer-cuts-metal/ #3dprinterhacks #modification #3dprinter #electrode #printhead #saltwater #machine #5-axis #metal #tool #cnc

3D Print a Custom T-Shirt Design, Step-by-Step - Want to make a t-shirt with a custom design printed on it? It’s possible to use a ... - https://hackaday.com/2021/10/15/3d-print-a-custom-t-shirt-design-step-by-step/ #3dprinted.t-shirt #3dprinterhacks #wearablehacks #customdesign #iron-on #fabric #art

3D Printed Material Might Replace Kevlar - Prior to 1970, bulletproof vests were pretty iffy, with a history extending as far... - https://hackaday.com/2021/07/29/3d-printed-material-might-replace-kevlar/ #tetrakaidecahedron #3dprinterhacks #bulletproof #3dprinting #kelvincell #science #kevlar

Differential Drive Doesn’t Quite Work As Expected - Placing two motors together in a shared drive is a simple enough task. By using so... - https://hackaday.com/2021/06/06/differential-drive-doesnt-quite-work-as-expected/ #3dprinterhacks #differential #enginehacks #cycloidal #highspeed #planetary #prototype #twomotors #gearbox #testing #bldc #gear