3d printing: Vapour smoothing ABS I have been printing bungs for a Swiss ball – the big plastic exercise balls the size of a Space Hopper – from which the a friend lost the bung. It took three goes to ...

Part smoothing for 3D printed parts, especially parts printed in ABS, has been around for a while. The process of exposing an ABS part to acetone vapor turns even low-resolution prints into smooth ...

If you’ve ever used an extruding 3D printer, you know that the resulting prints aren’t exactly smooth. At the Southackton hackerspace [James] and [Bracken] worked out a method of smoothing the ...

Also: ZDNet's DIY-IT 3D Printing and Desktop Fabrication Discovery series And let's not forget the incredibly ill-advised and dangerous acetone vapor technique used to smooth ABS 3D prints.

Charles walks us through his method of making a batch of ABS Juice which promotes less warping and better print adhesion to the printing surface.

3D printer owners looking for a more eco-friendly alternative to ABS that provides a more reliable print, may be interested in a new 3D printing filament ...

ABS and PLA are the two materials used in 3D printing, but not all printers support both options. Here's a rundown of the pros and cons of each material.