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3D Printing For Beginners - Blog | 3D Printing for Beginners - Part 2

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How to Solve the Most Common 3D Printing Problems

What do you do when you are trying to run a 3D print and it just doesn't come out right? Undoubtedly, you'll have faced a situation where your prints come out skewed, with a rough surface finish, with blobs or with plenty of stringing.

You have been tweaking your slicer settings for hours, wasted meters of filament and gotten to the point where you become quite desperate. Don't despair, help is within reach!

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What Material Should I Use For 3D Printing? – Advanced Materials Review #5 – nGEN from ColorFabb

In late November 2015, ColorFabb announced the latest addition to their continually growing 3D printing filament portfolio: nGen. With nGen (next generation) ColorFabb aimed to develop a new all-rounder filament that could rival ABS and PLA without compromising on quality,speed, usability or performance. Certainly a tall order, even for an established filament manufacturer.

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Review of the Ultimaker Original Heated Bed Upgrade Kit

Regular readers of this blog know that we started our 3D printing adventure with an Ultimaker Original 3D printer a couple of years back. Although it may have come of age today, the Ultimaker Original is still a great 3D printer, its endless hackability and its very solid printing results speak for themselves. The fact that Ultimaker B.V. still markets it today (for around 995 EUR) shows that machine can still compete with more recent 3D printers.

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Behind the Scenes at ColorFabb

ColorFabb – Over the past couple of years, this 3D printer filament brand has become synonymous with innovation and breakthroughs in the 3D printing consumables space. The Netherlands based filament manufacturer has been releasing some of the most exciting 3D printing materials and this at a continuous pace.

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Desktop 3D Printing in Medicine

​Medical applications for 3D printing: for most of us, the idea of 3D printing being used in medicine evokes thoughts of the latest industrial 3D printing technology and multi-million dollar investments. Less known however is the fact that desktop 3D printers (i.e. consumer 3D printers) are also finding their ways into hospitals.

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Highlights of the 3DP Europe in Brussels

We have just returned from our visit to the 3DP Europe, Belgium's first 3D printing fair. Hosted in the historical Tour&Taxis building, in the center of the Belgian capital Brussels, the 3DP Europe had a fair visitor turnout, an ample list of renowned exhibitors as well as interesting speakers from the 3D printing field. So here are our personal highlights of 3DP Europe 2015:

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