This Week in 3D Printing: Bambu's Nine-Tool H3C, a US$699 Formlabs and a Scanner Rush

The week of 19 to 25 October 2026 in 3D printing, for makers and small businesses, plus two stories from earlier in October we had not yet covered. Bambu Lab teased a nine-tool printer, Elegoo put a date on its first scanner, Formlabs launched a resin printer from US$699, Anycubic signed an exclusive deal with Thingiverse, Carbon passed one million printed bike saddles, a California county sued filament maker Polymaker over its marketing, and CASA approved 3D-printed cabin ducts for firefighting helicopters.

Stories this episode:

• Bambu Lab H3C: what the 23 October teaser shows, and what is still rumour before the 3 November reveal• Elegoo M1 Ultra scanner on sale 29 October, Bambu's S1 due in November, and why printer brands want to sell scanners• Formlabs Form Studio 1: US$699 resin printing, specs, shipping date and the Australian price• Anycubic and Thingiverse: two million models, STL-to-3MF multicolour conversions from 17 November• Carbon passes one million DLS-printed bike saddles across 11 brands• San Diego County v Polymaker: when marketing makes filament a "firearm precursor part"• Plane Support wins CASA approval to print cabin ducts for McDermott Aviation's Bell 214B helicopters

You'll come away understanding what a tool changer is and why it cuts multicolour waste, how blue-laser and infrared scanners differ, what MSLA resin printing involves, why 3MF matters for multicolour models, and how a printed part gets approved to fly in Australia.

Need something printed? Upload your STL, 3MF, OBJ or STEP file at www.3dprinting.zone for an instant price, shipped Australia-wide.

Sources: Tom's Hardware; 3DBite; All3DP; Elegoo and Anycubic releases via PR Newswire; 3DPrint.com; Formlabs; Core Electronics; 3D Printing Industry (CONTEXT market data); TCT Magazine; TechSpot; 3DPrinting.com; Reserve Bank of Australia (A$1 = US$0.70, 23 October 2026).

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