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How to Choose a 3D Printer
The 3D Printer market has exploded in the last 5 years with everything from DIY kits from no name brands in China to £300,000+ machines available to suit various uses, applications & budgets. Therefore, it is important to know how …
Neil Sewell
July 10, 20193D Printing Soft Jaws with a Markforged Printer
With high strength, high surface quality, and quick turnaround time, Markforged parts make great tooling and fixtures. In this new webinar series, we focus on each type of tooling and fixture — discussing use cases, implementation, and the specific advantages …
Neil Sewell
September 20, 2019How to Join 3D Printed Parts with Threaded Fasteners
Learn How to Join 3D prints with Threaded Fasteners
Neil Sewell
September 19, 2019Using 3D Printing for Welding fixtures
Learn How to create Welding Jigs & fixtures using 3D Printers.
Neil Sewell
September 19, 2019Upcoming Events
As our sister company Solid Solutions get ready to launch the latest & greatest version of SolidWorks – 2020, we will be attendance at many of the shows around the UK. We will have the BRAND NEW Formlabs Form 3 …
Neil Sewell
September 16, 2019Introducing The Ultimaker S5 Pro and The Ultimaker S3!
Ultimaker is a resounding success story across our customer base with 1,000’s of printer in use. Ultimaker are forever innovating their product line, recently contributing to this portfolio with the Ultimaker S5 PRO keeping them on the cutting edge of …
George Field
September 9, 2019Why Should I Request Bespoke 3D Printed Samples?
Why should you request a 3D Printed Sample before Buying your next 3D Printer
Neil Sewell
September 4, 2019Form 3 Unboxing and Setup
This morning we received the next generation of Formlabs SLA 3D printers, the Form 3. There are some important steps to take during the Form 3 unboxing and setup, which we highlight below. We are going to be demonstrating the …
George Field
August 13, 20193D Printing The Game of Thrones Scorpion
Being Qyburn’s one stop shop for 3D printing, we were tasked with 3D printing the scorpion crossbow prototype for Queen Cersei. We want to keep our heads, so we went with the dependable Formlabs Form 2. We know Cersei doesn’t …
George Field
August 8, 2019Onyx FR (Fire Retardant) Material, Aluminium Strength, Half the Weight. Only with Markforged.
Introducing Markforged’s new material (Onyx FR) designed for use within the Aerospace, Defense and Automotive industries. Traditional plastics will burn but Onyx FR being V-0 rated in the UL94 flammability test self extinguishes, in less then 10 seconds. Onyx FR …
George Field
August 7, 2019Are Industrial 3D Printers Worth It?
What are the benefits of industrial grade 3D printers? What are the added features? Why have they stood the test of time? The points below not only illustrate the advantages of industrial 3D printing. In addition they address common concerns …