[mark] had an interesting idea when looking at all the wiring of a typical 3D printer; Use CAN Bus. There are a lot of wires going to the extruder assembly, and with most designs this thing is flying ...

3D printers can be hacked into a multitude of useful machines, simply by replacing the filament extruder with a new attachment such as a laser engraver or plotter. However, [geggo] was fed up with ...

Johannes T. B. Overvelde is in the Soft Robotic Matter Group, Designer Matter Department, AMOLF, Amsterdam 1098 XG, the Netherlands. The 3D printing of soft or biological materials is often achieved ...