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Creality Sermoon V1 Pro Review: Box of Fun

Tom's Hardware Verdict

The Creality Sermoon V1 Pro is a fully enclosed printer with a small build volume that’s 100% plug and play.

Pros

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    Plug and play

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    Factory leveled bed

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    Direct drive

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    Quality prints

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    Built-in camera

Cons

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    Tiny build size

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    WiFi has to use Creality Cloud

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Creality CR Laser Falcon Review: Affordable Desktop Laser

Tom's Hardware Verdict

A good beginner laser with bare minimum safety precautions.

Pros

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    Easy assembly

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    Included exhaust fan

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    Large cutting area

Cons

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    No screen

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    No cutting mat included

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    Few details on safety measures

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Kywoo3D Tycoon IDEX: Two Heads are Better than One

Tom's Hardware Verdict

The Kywoo3D Tycoon IDEX is a little rough around the edges, but has enormous possibilities for someone with the patience to tune it.

Pros

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    Large build size

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    Two tool heads

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    Direct drive

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    Easy assembly

Cons

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    Difficult to remove prints from the plate

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    Huge footprint

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    Squeaks and clanks

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    Difficult to tune

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    Pricey

When single color printing gets boring, you have options. The Kywoo3D Tycoon IDEX is a large format 3d printer with two separate tool heads. IDEX

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Sovol SV01 Pro Review: Creality Inside

Tom's Hardware Verdict

The Sovol SV01 Pro is a good budget 3D printer with an unusual size and many features of more expensive printers.

Pros

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    Large build size

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    Direct Drive

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    Great interface

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    Creality ecosystem

Cons

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    Complex auto bed level

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    Loose gears in extruder

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    Easily damaged bed surface

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Creality Halot-One Plus 3D Printer Review: 4K Resolution, Sub-$400 Price

Tom's Hardware Verdict

Offering high resolution and an above-average build volume, the Creality Halot-One Plus is an impressive machine with a set of hardware features not typically seen at this price.

Pros

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    4K+ resolution provides sharp detail and consistent surfaces

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    Large 5-inch LCD interface is bright, fast, and responsive

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    Halot Box slicer software is simple and easy to use

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    Built-in Wi-Fi connectivity and remote print monitoring

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    Integrated air filtration unit

Cons

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    Z endstop placement at the

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How to Design and 3D Print Custom Cases for Your Devices

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3D printers are exciting pieces of technology. We can create objects from reels of plastic filament. These objects are commonly toys or trinkets, found on sites such as Thingiverse or Printables. But what if we had an object, such as a Raspberry Pi, a custom electronics project or even a mobile device and we wanted to make a case for it?  If nobody else has made a free STL file available, we need to be able to design and make our own

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Creality Ender 3 S1 Pro Review: All the Bells and Whistles

Tom's Hardware Verdict

Creality took its most popular budget 3D printer and decked it out with all the upgrades, saving you time, and even a little money.

Pros

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    Quality prints

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    Easy assembly

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    Auto bed leveling

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    Direct drive

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    Touch Screen

Cons

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    Odd cooling fan placement

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    Menu is not user-friendly

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3D printed lens from Witono

Witono wrote me:

Just want to share my 3D printing project during lockdown.

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FreeCAD 0.20 Released For Open-Source CAD Software

For those interested in open-source CAD solutions, FreeCAD 0.20 is out today as the newest version of this general purpose 3D computer-aided design modeler that has been in development now for nearly twenty years.

FreeCAD continues in its quest to compete with the likes of SolidWorks, CATIA, and other commercial/proprietary CAD software. FreeCAD 0.20 features a rework to the program's navigation cube, command names are now included as part of UI tooltips, a new Section Cut tool for
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Anycubic Kobra Plus Review: Just the Right Size

Tom's Hardware Verdict

The Kobra Plus is an excellent printer with a fantastic bed leveling, great output quality and generous print volume.

Pros

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    Large build size

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    Accurate auto bed leveling

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    Build plate releases when cool

Cons

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    Bed Slinger

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    No profile in Cura

The Anycubic Kobra Plus (opens in new tab) is the third printer in Anycubic’s latest line of FDM printers. It’s the “Goldilocks” machine, not as big as the Kobra Max , not as small as the Kobra . Priced

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