The Finishing Touch was a special device from Stratasys to smooth ABS 3D prints using vapor.
Hands On With MakerBot’s Tough PLA System
Two years ago I put together a very lengthy meta-post listing of all of our review, all the way back to our first review in 2010, twelve years ago. The post allows readers to very quickly find a review, if we’ve made one.
The Ultimaker 2 Extended was Ultimaker’s first venture into larger-volume 3D printers. It’s still a great device today.
The Form 2 was Formlabs’ breakout machine. It was the first to appear after their initial relatively rudimentary device, and included a vast array of improvements to every aspect of the machine. Still a great performer.
The SOVOL SV01 Pro 3D Printer is a good desktop 3D printer.
Hands On With The BIQU Thunder And The MyMiniFactory App Part 1
Hands On With 3D-Fuel’s Strong PLA And Algae Filaments. What?
Hands On With The Prusa MMU2S, Part 1
colorFabb’s partnership with a chemical company resulted in the first 3D print-dedicated material, Amphora.
Hands On With The Kodak Portrait 3D Printer: Basic Operations
Hands On With The Creality CR-10S, Part 1
Hands On With Four Fiberlogy Filaments
Before you try Algae filaments, read this.
Hands On With The ANET ET4 3D Printer: Part 2
Hands On With The Da Vinci Jr. 2.0 Mix, Part 2
Hands On With The Morphi App
Since the publication of that post in 2020 we’ve done quite a few more reviews, and I believe it is time to update the post. In fact, there are almost 30 new reviews, and I’m just realizing this means we are doing a more than one review per month over the past two years. In total we have about 100 unique product and service reviews, many of which are in multiple parts.
Sindoh’s first desktop 3D printer changed the landscape as they brought forward easy-to-use control panels for the first time, based on their extensive experience building photocopier machines.
Hands On With The XTC-3D Smoothing System
Simplify3D is a popular third party 3D print slicing utility.
The XTC-3D system is an epoxy mix that can, when applied like paint, smooth the surfaces of layered 3D prints.
Sindoh followed up their initial success with the 3DWOX 1, a vastly capable device that allowed the use of any filament material.
Superslicer is a PrusaSlicer clone that adds comprehensive calibration features, which we tested.
Trnio is an inexpensive mobile app that can capture 3D scans using photogrammetry.
Hands On With The Ultimaker 2 Extended: Software
The GeoMagic Touch is a haptic controller for 3D design.
Skanect is software that can be used with inexpensive 3D cameras, like the Kinect, to develop full 3D models.
The PP3DP Up! was the first review we ever published, way back in 2010. This device is no longer available, and has long been superceded by other machines.
RealityScan is a smartphone app that performs 3D scanning.
This post includes links to ALL of our hands on reviews from 2010 to today, November 2022. We’ll try to publish another update in the future when we’ve done more reviews. For now, use your browser to search for the machines you’re interested in reading about below.
3D Printers
The Prusa MINI 3D printer in action [Source: Fabbaloo]
Nevertheless, we do manage to publish our reviews, some of which are quite lengthy. We’re happy to do them, but we’re not certain you know all of what we’ve done.
The Replicator+ was MakerBot’s last open-air desktop 3D printer. While it includes a lot of heritage design from previous generations, it also included a new Smart Extruder.
The MakiBOX was an early and primitive desktop 3D printer that unfortunately failed after a crowdfunding campaign.
Hands On With The Sindoh 3DWOX 1, Part 1
Apple’s Object Capture is a new way to 3D scan objects.
The Pantheon HS3 is an industrial high speed carbon fiber 3D printer.
The Prusa MINI 3D printer is a re-engineered lower-cost version of the Prusa system that indeed provides excellent print quality.
The Creality CR-Lizard is a powerful desktop 3D scanning system.
Hands On With Smoothie-3D
We do a great deal of testing at Fabbaloo, and some weeks we seem to be doing equipment testing and nothing else. There have been times when we’ve been testing up to six items simultaneously, which is in retrospect, not a good plan.
