News

Rise of the desktop CNC machines – Inventables launch Carvey

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 21, 2014

Some nice industrial design and soundproofing make this a desktop CNC that could fit cleanly into a design office Inventables…

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Product Design

Designing for desktop

Posted by DEVELOP3D - January 18, 2016

Break your ideas down, recommends Jonathan Rowley of Digits2Widgets, because a bit of design thinking can go a long way…

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LulzBot launches its latest desktop FDM 3D printer, maintains open source ethic

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 4, 2016

The Taz 6 is set to continue LulzBot’s standing as one of the leading open source desktop 3D printers on…

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News

All out metal assault with Markforged Metal X

Posted by Al Dean - January 6, 2017

//giphy.com/embed/vjQkZUNeerQru Hot on the heals of the Mark Two, the Mark X and Onyx One announcements, which saw Markforged line…

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3D Printing

Review: Ultimaker 3 Extended

Posted by Al Dean - March 27, 2017

Ultimaker has been taking the maker crowd by storm, but its latest product is looking to address the desktop professional…

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News

Desktop CNC makers Other Machine Company acquired by former Makerbot CEO Bre Pettis

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 25, 2017

Former Makerbot head honcho and Maker Movement poster boy Are Pettis has re-entered the desktop fabrication market as the new…

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News

Amazing automation from Goliath redesigns the workshop CNC

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 10, 2017

https://giphy.com/embed/3o6fISIpJ5x1raPCFi Portable, covering a huge work area, and for a price shading under $2k, the Goliath CNC machine is unlike…

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A return to desktop with FabPro 1000 sees 3D Systems try to take back small format 3D printing

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 17, 2017

3D Systems is reentering the desktop 3D printing category with the introduction of the FabPro 1000, a sub $5,000 DLP…

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News

Prodways downsize with new DLP desktop 3D Printer

Posted by Stephen Holmes - June 5, 2018

Prodways has announced its new compact ProMaker LD-3 desktop 3D printer with the goal of implementing its 3D printing technology…

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3D Scanning

Micro automated 3D Scanner from Artec brings big ability to the desktop

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 7, 2019

Equipped with cutting-edge twin cameras, Artec’s Micro is not only the company’s most accurate 3D scanner to-date, but its desktop…

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