Makerbot 3D printers were among the first to hit the market, so it makes sense that old and broken ones now litter the shelves of hackerspaces and home workshops alike. Rather than throw his one ...

If you want the bleeding edge in 3D printing, you’re going to Goshen, Indiana. Of course, it wasn’t always like this. In 2009, MakerBot released the Cupcake, a tiny printer that ushered in the ...

I highly recommend Klipper if you are restoring one of these printers. It boosts their capabilities ten-fold, and allows you an upgrade path via modern hardware support that is locked off to you in ...

To show just how fast and easy the process works, Ford shows one of its engineers using a MakerBot 3D printer costing less than $1,000 to create multiple prototype parts for a manual transmission ...

Repo to discuss/document researching and hacking older makerbot 3d printers I have been doing some research into hacking into an old makerbot replicator mini+ and I have found some info online about ...

MakerBot CEO Bre Pettis unveiled the "MakerBot Replicator Mini Compact 3D" today, a smaller, cheaper, simpler 3D printer that he believes will finally make all consumers want to start extruding ...

UNG has the first MakerBot Innovation Center in Georgia. Located on the Dahlonega campus and overseen by the visual arts department, it makes 3D printing available to all majors and departments. 3D ...

The main materials used for MPD 3D printing are ABS and PLA plastics. These cost around $40 for a 2.2-pound roll. As a frame of reference, MakerBot claims that one roll provides enough material to ...