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Hands-On with the Matter and Form Three 3D Scanner

Manufacturer: Matter and Form Price as tested: $1,499 Link: matterandform.net When you get your first 3D printer, typically these days there are some showcase examples that you can print on the device itself. After this (hopefully!) immediate taste of success, you start looking for more things to print, and learn to use a slicer to prepare them for production on your particular machine. After the excitement of printing others’ designs wears off, you naturally start thinking about...

March 10, 2026Uncategorized, , , , , 0 Comments
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Review: Creality Raptor Pro 3D Scanner

Manufacturer: Creality Price: $1,899 Link: store.creality.com Having a quality scanner to create duplicate items for 3D printing has long been a holy grail in the 3D printing community; when I worked for MakerBot it was jokingly referred to as the “washer/dryer” combo. Creality has launched a series of 3D scanners to try to step up to this goal, and their top of the line is the Raptor Pro, a scanner that brings a lot to the table, and a...

March 3, 2026Uncategorized, , , , , 0 Comments
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Cool Crowdfunding: Printer Safety, Letterpress Restoration, Retro Computing, and More

Ideally making is about giving your unique ideas form and bringing them to life in the physical world. But sometimes it ends up being about collecting more new tools instead.1 We receive so many pitches for crowdfunding projects. Since crowdfunding is a bit of a gamble, it is always hard to determine just how to write about these projects, considering that many of them may not ever deliver. Cool Crowdfunding is our way of sharing some of the...

February 27, 2026Uncategorized, , 0 Comments
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Makera Carvera Air Makes Milling a Breeze

The Makera Air carved out this tiny skull model by @Mad_power on MakerWorld. Matt Stultz reviewed the middle of Makera’s lineup, the Carvera Air, when it first came out in 2024. Since then we’ve spent some time on a production machine and come to appreciate even more what Makera has done to make CNC milling easier.

Simplify, Simplify, Simplify

Photo by Makera First is Makera CAM, the simplified app for turning 3D models into G-code...

February 26, 2026Uncategorized, , , , , , 0 Comments
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The Spacemakers — CNCs That Won’t Take Your Whole Garage

As soon as you get into creating projects with CNC machines, you’ll run into the same problem all of us do: your CNC is never big enough. And as soon as you step up to a larger CNC, you’ll run into the second problem: where to put it! CNCs that can cut big projects like furniture have traditionally taken up a large amount of space. Let’s look at some options that don’t. Photo by Printrbot One of the first to...

February 24, 2026Uncategorized, , , , , , 0 Comments
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Review: eufyMake E1 UV Printer

Manufacturer: eufyMake Price: $2,499 Link: eufymake.com/products/eufymake-e1 Every so often, something comes along that revolutionizes an entire tech sector, or opens it up to a new group. The Commodore 64 and IBM PC clones brought home computing to the masses. RepRap and MakerBot introduced personal 3D printing to a hungry maker audience. I’d argue that Nestworks (see sidebar TK) are doing similar for CNC. And with a record-setting Kickstarter campaign at $46,762,258, Anker’s eufyMake brand is transforming the...

February 17, 2026Uncategorized, , , , , 0 Comments
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Turn It Up! 3D-Printed Wood Lathe

Wood turning is a fun hobby that is simple and satisfying to pick up. Turning has been around for centuries and it’s no surprise why — the results are stunning, and even easy turning projects can give a professional feel to many a design. I’ve been surprised where I find myself using it. I like the personal feel of being able to turn small pieces of timber I’ve gathered myself into useful parts for various projects, from tool handles to...

February 9, 2026Uncategorized, , , , , , 0 Comments
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Review: Elegoo Centauri Carbon is a Solid First 3D Printer

Manufacturer: Elegoo Price: $413 Link: us.elegoo.com/products/centauri-carbon The first 3D printer I ever operated used stereolithography (SLA) to slowly form solid layers from goop, and was similar in cost (and size!) to a sports car. The first 3D printer I ever owned, I assembled myself from a pile of extruded aluminum, stepper motors, and hope, gaining invaluable experience about fused filament fabrication (FFF) printing during the process of getting it to work (at all!), and upgrading and tuning it over subsequent...

February 6, 2026Uncategorized, , , , , 0 Comments
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Reviewing the Shariff DMC2 Mini CNC Mill

Manufacturer: Shariff Link: https://shariffdmc.com/product/dmc2-mini-cnc/ Price: $2,700 (kit); $4,500 (assembled) A version of this article appears in Make: Vol. 96. Subscribe to Make: for the latest articles. Have you dreamed of a powerful CNC mill at a cost so low it’s crazy? The DMC2 Mini is a beast of a CNC mill made by Shariff, a small company in Ontario, Canada. This is their second design and boasts 12″×7″×5½” work area, plus 6½ inches of internal Z height...

February 5, 2026Uncategorized, , , , , , 0 Comments
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Review: xTool MetalFab Laser Welder/CNC Cutter

Manufacturer: xTool Link: xtool.com/pages/xtool-metalfab-laser-welder-and-cnc-cutter Price: $11,998–$14,499 xTool’s MetalFab is a piece of serious production equipment designed by people with experience making easy-to-use things. It’s an incredible laser cutter/welder/cleaner designed for shops and small businesses, and although its capabilities are tremendous, the learning curve is short enough that beginners can quickly get up and running. We met with tool ambassadors Kyle Morrison and Monim Abdullah at xTool’s U.S. headquarters to try out the MetalFab. The fiber laser comes in 800W or...

January 28, 2026Uncategorized, , , , , , , , , 0 Comments
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