[Chris Borge] has made (and revised) many of his own tools using a combination of 3D printing and common hardware, and recently decided to try metal casting. Having created his own tapping arm, he ...

As a US Marine Corps combat engineer serving in Iraq, Jim Monroe used MacGyver-like hacks to repair mine rollers. Meant to detonate and clear mines, these heavy studded wheels are mounted on the ...

Consumer-grade 3D printing is good for prototyping and making relatively soft plastic stuff. If you wanna make tough things, though, it’s really hard to beat the strength of metal. [Shake the Future] ...

The innovative 3D printing materials company MadeSolid-- maker of recyclable, ABS-like PET+ filament -- is now selling an investment casting resin for metal parts. The company says the resin costs a ...

There’s a new industrial 3D printer from ExOne. ExOne, if you recall, was a producer of sand 3D printers, typically used to ...

Welding is typically used to join two parts together, whether those parts be metal or plastic. There are various styles of welding, but we won’t go into those here. Casting is the act of pouring a ...

Integrating 3D printing with standard casting methods shortens lead times and enhances production agility. Combining additive manufacturing and milling automates processes, reduces waste, and ...

With new manufacturing techniques comes the opportunity for new metal alloys with a range of possible properties. A team of researchers has now developed a new 3D-printable alloy with a specific ...

Building on a year of double-digit shipment growth, Mantle’s precision metal additive manufacturing technology cuts costs by over 65% and speeds up development cycles by as much as 90% for ...