In an ideal world, your FDM 3D printer’s bed would be perfectly parallel with the print head’s plane of movement. We usually say that means the bed is “level”, but really it doesn’t matter if it is ...

Jeff's been involved in the IT industry since before the Internet and spent more than 20 years working in technical support, system administration, network administration, and consulting roles. He ...

A 3D printer is rarely the type of printer you can just start up and forget about, but you can avoid some of the most common ...

3D printers have come a long way over the past several years, but the process of bed leveling remains a pain point. Let’s take a look at the different ways the problem has been tackled, and whether ...

Sammy is a computing, Raspberry Pi, 3D printing, 3D scanning, and 3D modeling author. He has contributed articles on various websites, including Makeuseof, Tomshardware, All3dp, 3Dsourced, and several ...

You no longer need an engineering degree to print a Baby Yoda. A few years ago, 3D printing was a hobby defined by troubleshooting: leveling beds with sheets of paper, unclogging nozzles, and ...