Painting in Metal with Selective Electroplating - Most research on electroplating tries to find ways to make it plate parts more un... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/24/painting-in-metal-with-selective-electroplating/ #electrochemistry #electrolytebath #3dprinterhacks #chemistryhacks #electroplating #electrolyte #cnc

Nylon-Like TPU Filament: Testing CC3D’s 72D TPU - Another entry in the world of interesting FDM filaments comes courtesy of CC3D wit... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/22/nylon-like-tpu-filament-testing-cc3ds-72d-tpu/ #3dprinterfilament #3dprinterhacks #tpu

Paste Extrusion for 3D Printing Glass and Eggshells - In contrast to the success of their molten-plastic cousins, paste extrusion 3D pr... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/22/paste-extrusion-for-3d-printing-glass-and-eggshells/ #3dprinterhacks #pasteextruder #3dprinting #eggshell #glass

Elegoo Rapid PETG vs PETG Pro: Same Price, Similar Specs, Which to Buy? - Even within a single type of FDM filament there is an overwhelming amount of choic... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/19/elegoo-rapid-petg-vs-petg-pro-same-price-similar-specs-which-to-buy/ #3dprinterfilament #3dprinterhacks #polylacticacid

Building a Stirling Engine Bike - Over on his YouTube channel [Tom Stanton] shows us how to build a Stirling Engine ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/17/building-a-stirling-engine-bike/ #transportationhacks #3dprinterhacks #stirlingengine #enginehacks #cnchacks #hardware #bicycle

This Service Life Study Really Grinds Our Gears - 3D printing is arguably over-used in the maker community. It’s just so easy to run... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/17/this-service-life-study-really-grinds-our-gears/ #destructivetesting #3dprinterhacks #3dprintedgears #lifetime #science

Introducing PooLA Filament: Grass Fiber-Reinforced PLA - We’re probably all familiar with adding wood dust, hemp and carbon fibers to PLA f... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/14/introducing-poola-filament-grass-fiber-reinforced-pla/ #3dprinterfilament #3dprinterhacks #polylacticacid

An Open-Concept 3D Printer Using Cantilever Arms - If you’re looking for a more open, unenclosed 3D printer design than a cubic fram... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/12/an-open-concept-3d-printer-using-cantilever-arms/ #autobedleveling #3dprinterhacks #cantilever #3dprinter

Trickle Down: When Doing Something Silly Actually Makes Sense - One of the tropes of the space race back in the 1960s, which helped justify the sp... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/12/trickle-down-when-doing-something-silly-actually-makes-sense/ #hackadaycolumns #3dprinterhacks #newsletter #3dbenchy #trickle #benchy #rants

Double Your Printing Fun with Dual-Light 3D Printing - Using light to 3D print liquid resins is hardly a new idea. But researchers at the... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/10/double-your-printing-fun-with-dual-light-3d-printing/ #3dprinterhacks #resin3dprinter #3dprinting #resin

Hacking a Guitar into a Hurdy-Gurdy Hybrid with 3D Prints - If you’re looking for a long journey into the wonderful world of instrument hackin... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/10/hacking-a-guitar-into-a-hurdy-gurdy-hybrid-with-3d-prints/ #3dprintedmusicalinstruments #3dprinterhacks #musicalhacks #hurdygurdy #hurdygurdy #3dprint #guitar

Ask Hackaday: Are You Wearing 3D Printed Shoes? - We love 3D printing. We’ll print brackets, brackets for brackets, and brackets to ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/10/ask-hackaday-are-you-wearing-3d-printed-shoes/ #hackadaycolumns #3dprinterhacks #3dprintedshoes #askhackaday #3dprinting #shoe

Managing Temperatures for Ultrafast Benchy Printing - Commercial 3D printers keep getting faster and faster, but we can confidently say... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/08/managing-temperatures-for-ultrafast-benchy-printing/ #3dprinterhacks #printspeed #3dprinter #3dbenchy #benchy

3D Printer Turbo-Charges a Vintage Vehicle - [Ryan] of [Fat Lip Collective] has been on a streak of using 3D printing for his c... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/04/3d-printer-turbo-charges-a-vintage-vehicle/ #3dprinterhacks #carhacks #turbo

Pez Blaster Shoots Candy Dangerously Fast - You could use a little pocket-sized Pez dispenser if you’re a humble, reserved per... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/03/pez-blaster-shoots-candy-dangerously-fast/ #3dprinterhacks #blaster #candy #pez

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

Blowtorching Electroplated 3D Prints For Good Reason - What if you electroplated a plastic 3D print, and then melted off the plastic to l... - https://hackaday.com/2025/06/30/blowtorching-electroplated-3d-prints-for-good-reason/ #3dprinterhacks #electroplating #blowtorch #copper

Turbine Blower 3D Prints Every Part, Including Triple Planetary Gears - There was a time when print-in-place moving parts were a curiosity, but [Tomek] sh... - https://hackaday.com/2025/06/29/turbine-blower-3d-prints-every-part-including-triple-planetary-gears/ #3dprinterhacks #planetarygears #toolhacks #3dprinted #turbine #blower

BeyBlades Made Ever More Dangerous With 3D Printing - If you’re unfamiliar with Beyblades, they’re a simple toy. They consist of spinnin... - https://hackaday.com/2025/06/28/beyblades-made-ever-more-dangerous-with-3d-printing/ #3dprinterhacks #spinningtop #beyblade #launcher #gears

Building A 3D-Printed RC Dump Truck - Whatever your day job, many of us would love to jump behind the controls of a dump... - https://hackaday.com/2025/06/27/building-a-3d-printed-rc-dump-truck/ #3dprinterhacks #3dprinted #dumptruck #truck