Home 3D printers can cost anywhere from a few hundred dollars to thousands. Even expensive models can be frustrating, so the Materia 101's price could be a fair one if it works reliably. Arduino's ...

Arduino may be known for revolutionizing open source hardware platforms, but this week it enters the 3D printer market with the small and affordable Materia 101. Produced in partnership with ...

[Andrey] started with an Arduino Mega 2560 based RepRap RAMPS style controller. His big printer needed big NEMA34 stepper motors, far beyond the current capacity of the stock RAMPS stepper drivers.

As for the Arduino Mega firmware, [Aldric] choose to use Repetier, which he usually uses in his other printers. The SLA resin he used is the Standard Blend Resin from Fun to Do Resins.

The idea of a 3D printer is awesome, but if I actually bought one I can see myself just printing some coasters or whatever, saying "wow, that was cool" and then the thing begins a hearty career in ...