Have you ever spent hours perfecting a 3D-printed design, only to struggle with attaching screws or bolts securely? It’s a frustrating experience that many makers and engineers face. Threads are ...

Sometimes, when making a 3D printed object, plastic just isn’t enough. Probably the most common addition to our prints is the ubiquitous brass threaded inset, which has proven its worth time and again ...

If you want to make serious assemblies out of 3D printed parts, you’ll eventually need to deal with threading. The easiest way is to make a nut trap that you can either insert a standard nut into ...

Threaded inserts are not new to 3D People, but the ability to configure them at the point of quotation marks a significant upgrade. The new workflow reduces back‑and‑forth communication and makes it ...

I use threaded inserts, but I’m starting to use them less, especially when I’m making things in more quantities. I like this method Thomas shows where you model the hole slightly oversized with little ...

I print in bursts, but all the printers where humming Sunday. Wife wanted a couple of magnetic labels so designed (ok, really - how hard is it to create a thin box with a space for a magnet? - not ...