For example, it’s entirely possible to have a .4mm nozzle for printing the body of an object and then have a second extruder with a .2mm nozzle to put down the fine-detailed text on top of a print.

Creating 3D prints is great, but sometimes you need something more durable. [Myfordboy] printed a new 3D printer extruder in PLA and then used the lost PLA method to cast it in aluminum. You can se… ...

The Diamond Hotend is a color extruder for 3D printers that can accept and mix up to three colors of filaments. 2 / 8. Cutaway drawing of the working parts of the Diamond Hotend. 3 / 8.

When most people think about 3D printing, they probably imagine an FDM (fuse deposition modeling, or fused filament fabrication) printer — a thin plastic filament feeding through a hot extruder ...

3D printing company MakerBot has announced a new version of its Smart Extruder — a vital printer component whose flaws have gotten the company in hot water over the past two years.

The extruder is designed to work with most stepper-based (a type of motor) 3D desktop printers. If your printer uses regular plastic filament, it will probably work just fine with the Discov3ry.

The 3D Systems Cube 3 is one of the most compact dual-extruder 3D printers I've seen. The machine is well-designed and capable of calibrating on its own, which means it's ready to work right out ...