Who Owns Your Print? Creative Commons, Commercial Use and Australian Law
You can download a model in ten seconds and print it by lunchtime, but can you give it away, sell it at the Saturday market, or print a replacement part for something you own? This episode untangles t...
29 Okt 25min
Walls vs Infill: Why the Outline of a 3D Print Carries the Load
Most people chasing a stronger 3D print reach for the infill slider. The testing says they are usually turning the wrong dial. In this episode we look at walls, also called perimeters or wall loops: t...
27 Okt 26min
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 d...
25 Okt 24min
The Bambu Lab Effect: How One Company Reset What a 3D Printer Should Be
In 2022 a two-year-old Shenzhen start-up founded by ex-DJI drone engineers put a printer on Kickstarter and raised about seven million US dollars in a month. Four years later Bambu Lab ships more entr...
8 Okt 25min
Silk, Matte, Glow and Speciality PLA: What Changes and What Doesn't
Walk into any filament shop, online or otherwise, and plain PLA is surrounded by cousins: silk, matte, glow-in-the-dark, wood, marble, carbon fibre, sparkle, rainbow, colour-changing, and the mysterio...
6 Okt 21min
This Week in 3D Printing: California's Gun-Blocking Printer Law, Bambu's Matte PETG, Prusa Goes to 400 °C
The week of 26 September to 4 October 2026 in 3D printing, for makers and small businesses. California signed a law that will one day require printers to recognise and refuse gun files, Bambu Lab laun...
4 Okt 15min
Printing Replacement Parts: Fix the Thing Instead of Replacing It
A dishwasher basket wheel snaps, a fridge shelf clip crumbles, the bracket on a roller blind gives way, and suddenly a perfectly good appliance is heading for the kerb over a few grams of plastic. Thi...
30 Sep 27min
MakerWorld, Printables and Thingiverse: Who Gets Paid and What You Can Print
Millions of free 3D models are a click away, but where do they come from, who pays the people who design them, and what are you actually allowed to do with a file once you have downloaded it? This epi...
30 Sep 24min
