👋 Welcome to The Filament Feed!

Today’s top stories: Desktop 3D Printing Market Expected to Grow by $5.2 Billion Over Next 4 Years, Custom Made to Fit 3D Printed Bike Saddles, and a 12 Year Old Amputee Realizes Her Drumming Dreams with 3D Printed Prosthetics.

🤩 Hobbyist 3D Printing

Desktop 3D Printing Market Expected to Grow by $5.2 Billion Over Next 4 Years (10 minute read) - Link

The 3D desktop printer market is expected to grow significantly over the next few years, driven by factors like increasing demand for 3D-printed jewelry and the integration of 3D printing into manufacturing processes. This technology allows businesses to create complex parts and prototypes in-house, reducing lead times and costs.

The affordability and ease of use of desktop printers make them a popular choice, especially for small businesses and individuals. Additionally, the growing adoption of 3D printing in industries like automotive, healthcare, and construction is fueling market growth.

🏭 3D Printing Industry

Carbon & Fizik Release Custom “One to One” 3D Printed Bike Saddles - Link

3D-printed bike saddles with lattice designs are gaining popularity due to their comfort, weight, and airflow. Fizik and Carbon are taking this a step further with custom-made saddles under the "One-to-One" label.

Riders will use a pressure sensor mat to capture their unique riding style and body movement on their own bike. Additional data is collected from handlebars and a questionnaire. This information is used to design a custom saddle with targeted cushioning and lattice structure. Riders can test the initial design and refine the padding before the final 3D-printed saddle is created.

College Lab Builds 3D Printed Arms to Help 12 Year Old Amputee Play Drums - Link

12-year-old Aubrey Sauvie, a triple congenital amputee, never let her disability hold her back. Despite missing both arms below the elbows, she pursued her passions like martial arts, art, and even drumming. However, drumming with the sticks tucked in her elbows wasn't ideal.

Aubrey's band teacher saw her potential and recommended her to a Tennessee Tech University program. There, a group of engineering students took on the challenge of creating custom prosthetics for Aubrey.

The semester-long project involved taking measurements, testing prototypes, and ultimately creating 3D-printed, durable, and flexible prosthetics with interchangeable grips. This "one in a million shot" allowed Aubrey to finally achieve the proper snare sound she craved, and her drumming dreams are expanding to include a full drum kit.

🔦 3D Printing Model Spotlight

One Color Custom QR Code for Sharing WiFi, Check-ins, Menu, etc - wyqid on Thingiverse.com - Link

These are great to have at your house to share out your WiFi password, or if you run a restaurant you could easily point these to your menu! Anything you can fit on a QR code, you can use these for. The instructions on page walk you through how you can generate the code and then put it on the model for printing. The great part about these is that they are one color if you’d like. You just need to carefully dab the top layer with a contrasting color to make the QR code pop. Of course, if you have a multi-filament machine you can always switch to a contrasting color for the final few layers and achieve a similar result.

🔗 Quick Links

🤩 Recent Slicer Updates

• OrcaSlicer - 2.1.0 RC - 6/17/2024 -(GitHub)

• Cura - 5.7.2 - 6/03/2024 (GitHub)

• PrusaSlicer - 2.8.0-alpha5 - 6/14/2024 (GitHub)

• Bambu Studio - 1.9.2 Public Official- 6/11/24 (GitHub)

📢We love your feedback!

Just reply to this email and tell us what you like or didn’t like. Let us know what sections you are enjoying and what sections just aren’t interesting or sections to add. We want this newsletter to be for the people, and news important to our audience is news important to us.

You can always send an email to me, Alex, at [email protected]

Until tomorrow!