PLA filament is the go-to material for beginners to 3D printing, and for good reason. It's easy to print, requires minimal fine-tuning, and works well with most consumer-grade printers.

A glue gun that dispenses molten PLA instead of hot glue turned out to be a handy tool for joining 3D-printed objects together, once I had figured out how to print my own “glue” sticks out of PLA.

Regardless of what you pick, though, you need to use PLA since it is stronger than ABS, and you will be limited to lightweight objects, ideally other 3D-printed products. Oh, and you have to ...

Polypropylene (PP) is a thermoplastic that has a number of properties that sets it apart from other thermoplastics which see common use with 3D printing, including PLA, ABS and nylon (PA).

D printing lithophanes is where you turn 2D images into 3D models, which, when you 3D print and backlit, it reveals the image ...