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3D Insider

3dinsider.com

Tech review site covering 3D printers, scanners and accessories alongside drones and other gadgets, with buyer's guides and how-tos.

3D Printing Industry

3dprintingindustry.com

UK-based news site covering the professional 3D printing and additive manufacturing industry, with business news, research and an annual awards program.

3DPrint.com

3dprint.com

Daily news site for the 3D printing industry, covering business, research and professional additive manufacturing.

3DPrintopia

3dprintopia.com

Annual 3D printing festival on the US East Coast, formerly the East Coast RepRap Festival (ERRF), with exhibitors, talks and community meetups. It also hosts MakerChip Mania, a MakerChip trading event.

Airwolf 3D University

airwolf3du.com

Online learning from Airwolf 3D, the California printer maker founded by Erick and Eva Wolf, with courses in additive manufacturing for students, teachers and professionals.

All3DP

all3dp.com

One of the biggest 3D printing websites, with news, buyer's guides, reviews and how-to articles in several languages. Based in Munich, Germany.

Arch Reactor

archreactor.org

Volunteer-run hackerspace in St. Louis, Missouri, where members share tools like 3D printers, laser cutters and wood and metal shops, and host classes and open nights.

CADclass

cadclass.org

Online CAD courses aimed at 3D printing: learn to design functional, printable parts through project-based lessons. It also has a YouTube channel and shares models on MakerWorld.

Creative Commons Licenses

creativecommons.org

The official guide to Creative Commons licenses, the labels on most free 3D models (CC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-SA and so on). Worth knowing what each one allows before you sell, remix or share someone's design.

Japan RepRap Festival

japanreprapfestival.com

Annual maker festival in Japan celebrating RepRap and hobby 3D printing, with exhibits from makers and companies. It also helped popularize MakerChips, small printed tokens that makers trade.

MakeGOOD

3d-mobility.org

Project that designs low-cost, 3D printable mobility devices for children with disabilities, like its mobility chair, and shares the files free on MakerWorld so makers can print them for kids who need them.

MakerChip Catalog

makerchip.app

Catalog for MakerChips, small personal 3D printed tokens that makers design, print and trade, especially at events. Browse designs, track your collection and log trades.

Makers Making Change

makersmakingchange.com

Canadian program that connects volunteer makers with people with disabilities to build low-cost assistive devices, and shares open-source designs anyone can print. Run by the Neil Squire Society.

Precious Plastic

preciousplastic.com

Open-source project that gives away plans for plastic recycling machines (shredders, extruders, injection and sheet presses) and connects a worldwide network of recycling workspaces. Started by Dave Hakkens in 2013.

Print Farm Academy

printfarmacademy.com

Paid course on starting and running a 3D printing business and print farm, from choosing products to selling and scaling. Created by Travis Lathrop, who documents his own print farm on YouTube.

RepRap Wiki

reprap.org

Home of the RepRap project, started by Adrian Bowyer at the University of Bath in 2005 to build 3D printers that could print their own parts. The wiki documents the printers, electronics and firmware that launched hobby…

Robot Smashing League

robotsmashingleague.com

Combat robot league that runs live events where small robots, many with 3D printed parts, battle in an arena. Fights are posted on its YouTube channel, and it has a merch shop.

Rocky Mountain RepRap Festival

rockymountainreprapfestival.com

Annual 3D printing festival in Colorado where makers, YouTubers and companies show off printers, projects and new products; one of the biggest hobby 3D printing gatherings in the US. Part of the RepRap festival family a…

TechOWL

techowlpa.org

Pennsylvania's assistive technology program, based at Temple University's Institute on Disabilities. Its 3D printing program designs and prints custom assistive devices, and it opened a community space with accessible e…

The Maker Sphere

themakersphere.com

Blog with 3D printing guides, upgrade roundups and reviews, plus the author's own designs on MakerWorld and Printables.

TOM Global

tomglobal.org

Tikkun Olam Makers (TOM), a global movement that brings makers, engineers and people with disabilities together, often in makeathons, to build affordable assistive solutions and share them openly. It began in Israel and…