So, you got a 3D printer for the holidays, and you’re excited to dive in. Chances are, you’re not sure where to begin. What can you print? What’s fun? What’s useful?

If you've been 3D printing for a while, you might have heard of Klipper. This custom firmware improves many 3D printers, but does take some work to install.

Concluding The Drive's Great Maverick 3D Print-Off, Peter Holderith and Rob Stumpf show how to get started on your own 3D printing journey.

3D printing won't yet replace carpentry or masonry, but it's getting closer. Plastic filament embedded with wood shavings or chalk produces a final product that resembles wood or concrete-like stone.

If you don't own a 3D printer, you can still 3D print any 3D model you found through a database or designed through a software tool. Just use a 3D printing service such as Shapeways, i.Materialise ...

Computer printers generally operate a row at a time. 3D printers work much more like plotters, moving a print head along both the X and Y axis to draw a pattern.

The Bambu Lab H2S rounds out the company's current selection of 3D printers nicely. It's fast -- nearly a third faster than ...

Perhaps no technology has been overhyped more than 3D printing in recent years, but that doesn't mean it isn't delivering real disruption. Here's how, and what's still holding it back.