DESKTOP MANUFACTURING IN THE MAKER SHED

WRITTEN BY CRAIG COUDEN

Everything you need to start rapid prototyping at home.

One of the best things about hosting a 3D printer shootout is that after the testers go home, we in the Maker Shed have a ton of printers to play with! It’s a great opportunity to evaluate hands-on what we want to offer you through makershed.com. After a lot of careful testing and review, here are the printers (and scanner) we currently stock.

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FILAMENT FOR DAYS

What next? It’s time to stock up on filament! We carry both PLA and ABS filament in seven different colors (white, red, neon orange, natural, green, blue, and black). ...

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