This is why we have written our guide, so we can help you get beautiful results that will last you a lifetime and become a part of your holiday memories. So sit back and relax, while we guide you through some of the best materials and ideas for this Christmas. Enjoy!

3D Printed Home Decor

One of the first things to decide on when wanting to print any type of design is which material to use. For indoor use we highly recommend PLA filament, as it has great properties, is among the more affordable options, comes in many colors, and with the invention of glow in the dark filament in the form of Geeetech PLA, you can even create ornaments that will look great at night too.

In order to help you decide, we have chosen a few examples below, that we will examine closer to determine what makes them great options and help you decide the best 3d printer filament. You can also design your own 3D print Christmas tree for instance, and use Christmas PLA to get the best results.

Christmas Tree

One of our favorite 3D printing ideas is to design with a glow in the dark PLA filament to create beautiful Christmas trees that can be placed anywhere in the house for a lovely ornament that gently lights up the area.
If you want to display your Christmas tree during the day, the standard green PLA filament would be a good choice.
You can also get a lot of details on your prints, due to the smooth surface and slightly glossy surface. It is also a fairly strong material once printed, meaning your ornaments and decorations will last many years.

Christmas Reindeer

Another favorite of ours is the Christmas reindeer prints. The image above is printed with an affordable and easy-to-use sand gold PLA filament, while the image below has used a red PLA filament.

This gives the models a nice sheen, plenty of detail and due to the PLA material, they are also environmentally friendly, meaning you can print many models without worry. They are mainly suitable for indoor use, so place them in your windows, shelves or hang them on your Christmas tree directly.

3D Printed Tools

Ornaments are not the only 3D printing ideas that spring to mind when in the holiday spirit. Using Christmas PLA you can also create some amazing pieces of tools and containers that can help you hold up your Christmas socks, store small presents and much more.

Gift Box

This gift box for instance uses a combination of 2 colors, a simple green or red PLA filament, and then a silver or gold silk PLA for the ribbon on top. This creates a fantastic reusable gift box, that can be used for years to come and looks fantastic.

With this design you can even save money on wrapping paper, as the lid comes off and reveals the present inside. While you could print the ribbon with a normal PLA filament, we highly recommend using a silk filament in order to get a lovely shine that feels high quality and fits the spirit of Christmas even better.

Cookie Mold

Since PLA filament is safe to use in food products, this gives you the option of designing your very own cookie molds and trays. Let your children enjoy their favorite animals, movie characters or other designs, and make a lovely family activity out of this simple print.

All you need is some creativity, some PLA 3D printer filament and a few hours to get started. There are already many different designs available online for you to download and print directly, or you can spend some more time designing your very own 3D models in a simple style.

Guide for Christmas Sale

If you are looking for good deals on 3D printer filament, you might want to consider Geeetech and its special Christmas sale. Currently, Geeetech offers some of the best 3D printer and filament sales available and provides quick shipping and a large selection of colors to choose from.

Most Affordable Sale

Currently, Geeetech offers big bonuses and sales on a number of items in its store. For instance, you can become the new owner of an FDM 3D printer for as little as $244, which has been discounted from its original price of $599 and is among the best 3D printer for beginners!

PLA is one of the best options for your Christmas decorations. It has a low melting point which makes it work well with the majority of standard 3D printers, and does not warp much since it cools down quickly. And luckily, you can get it on sale right now in PLA bundles for as low a price as $55.20 for 6 kilograms!

And if you are looking to print beautiful Christmas ornaments to hang on your Christmas tree, then consider the tricolor silk PLA filament bundles that are also on sale for a great price.

How to Get the Discount?

1. All you need to do, is visit Geeetech and choose items that you need, such as Geeetech filament or something else.

2. Then click on your desired item, to visit the detailed page.

3. Next, locate the discount code that you find on the product image.

4. Select your location from the top menu to see your shipping options.

5. Now you can proceed to checkout, by clicking “Buy Now”

6. Click “check out”.

7. When you click “check out” the system will ask for logging in to the account so that you can track your orders easily. If you already have an account you can log in, if not, please create a new account for new customers.

New customers will get a $5 coupon sent to their email address, which can be used for any future purchases.
By the way, the coupon for new customers can’t be used with the Christmas coupon together. So if you want to get the biggest discount, you can separate your order to use both coupons once you log in.

8. Finally, enter the Christmas code to get the discount, and confirm the order to receive the items as soon as possible. Merry Christmas!

What Is Formnext?

Formnext 2024 was held in Frankfurt, Germany, and offered us unique insights into the world of 3D printing. More than 30.000 guests and visitors perused many different stalls and booths displaying their products or techniques, allowing for discussion and learning during the 3-day long expo for all things 3D printing related.

This year we saw that they were focusing on stability and expanding previously established patterns and 3D printing service solutions to increase the efficiency and improve the output quality as much as possible. But of course, there were also many new items and products on display as well such as FDM printers and more.

Some Upgrades of Desktop 3D Printers

We also saw some interesting upgrades in the desktop 3D printer scene, where a couple of manufacturers really stood out to us with their latest innovative inventions.

Bigger and Faster Multicolor 3D Printers

In the space of multicolor printing, we saw an advanced desktop printer using the CoreXY systems, which can achieve great speeds, while also providing up to four different types of filament all joined in the same central hub. For now, the size would still be classified as a desktop printer, which is good news in terms of price once it has finished the development stage.

Active Chamber Temperature Control

We also saw somewhat of a surprise in the form of an enclosed CoreXY printer that comes with active chamber control as the big selling point. While the model was not fully ready for production yet, it allowed for quite a large overall print size of up to 250 x 220 x 270 mm. And the quality of the prints we saw looked really promising so we are eagerly awaiting more news of the actual market launch.

If you are looking for the best 3D printer for beginners to get started right away, you might be interested in our very own Geeetech Mizar M model. This is one of the best hobby 3D printer solutions out there right now, offering cheap 3D printing and excellent quality prints.

As a low-cost desktop printer, Mizar M’s features are competitive with comparable printers in the market. Now, let’s see what the features of Mizar M are:

• Dual extruder: It comes with a dual extruder print head for multicolor prints and has a dual Z-axis setup that makes your prints look amazing and smooth.

• Large printer volume: Compared to other 3D printers on the market at the same price, the overall print dimensions are also quite favorable. The Mizar M allows you to print designs up to 255 x 255 x 260 mm, among the best dimensions for a standard desktop printer.
• Silent printing: Mizar M has a 32-bit silenced motherboard which results in a quiet printing environment that will not wake up your neighbors or annoy you while working on other projects in your home.
• High print accuracy: Mizar M has a +/- 0.1mm accuracy, resulting in very precise models that closely resemble your 3D model. And its layers’ thickness is between 0.1 and 0.2 millimeters, resulting in a very fine surface once the complete print has been produced.
• Compatible with multiple materials filament: Geeetech printer Mizar M supports PLA, ABS and PETG to name a few, making it a versatile option that can produce both outdoor and indoor prints.

Sustainability of 3D Printing Materials

Another key part of the Formnext 2024 exhibition was highlighting the sustainability compared to alternative methods for printing. Here we saw different 3D printing materials made of different types of sustainable 3D printer filament that makes the printing process extremely eco-friendly.

We also witnessed an interesting invention that used a new type of extrusion system designed to work with recycled filament to cut down on the overall waste of the 3D printer process.

This design has made it possible to reuse old prints and discarded strings of filament, by processing the filament and material that would otherwise be wasted and producing very fine results. We are excited to see how this technology will develop in the future, and whether it will be something every 3D printer will come equipped with once the principles and practical application have been perfected.

Large-Format Printers

One interesting machine showcased was a large 3D printer with a 6-axis robotic arm of 2.8 meters, but not only that, the raised platform bed has another 2-axis, making it possible to create some truly stunning and smooth 3D prints with ease. And the dimensions of the printer allow for a scale that most hobby printers can only dream of.

Another big 3D printer we saw up close was one that takes vat photopolymerization and stereolithography to a new level. Typically these types of printers are reserved for smaller prints, but this model provided us with an example that has 3 lasers in an overlapping arrangement making it possible to 3D print somewhat narrow but very long pieces with precision and speed.

There were quite a few other large-format printers on display of equal interest, leading us to conclude many of the manufacturing companies of these 3D printers are aiming to obtain market shares for large-scale production with a focus on speed, automation and efficient production yields.

3D-Printing Human Tissue Models

We also witnessed a somewhat unexpected type of 3D printing material that gave us a unique experience in the form of a medical type of printing material called a bioink, that can 3D print human tissue models.

We already knew of this invention due to previous innovations regarding stem cell printing, and now the technology has advanced further with additive manufacturing that can produce hundreds of tissues in a single day. There have already been successful results with printing brain and spinal cord tissues, and even skin, leading us excited for where this technology can end up in the near future combined with advanced 3D models.

1. Why does mixed color printing produce stringing or oozing?

We can go to the Cura official website to report similar slicing problems. Some reasons may not be a problem with the machine. Issues related to stringing: 1. Different manufacturers and types of consumables 2. Slicing setting temperature 3. Slicing retraction length. It may also be the difference between the structure of the mixer cavity of the A30T print head and single-head printing. Please confirm the usage age of the 3d printer. If you want to replace accessories, you can search our Geeetech official website to purchase new accessories.

2. Why do those colors mix on the printing results?

We collected the real experience of fans. One of them shared as follows:

A30T prints fine in pla with 4mm retraction while pla+ always strings no matter what settings are used. If you want it to print better, you can try to replace the Boden tubes with a direct drive extruder. The only reason for these usages and this style extruder is so it can print faster without the extra weight at the hot end. But anytime it slows down in the print movements without extruding filament will keep expanding and will leave blobs or thick strings. So his fix was extra retraction and speed up the whole printer he used 5500.0mm/min and raised the allowed minimum speed reductions to 30% instead of 20% the slicer. He has used every printer he owned Simplify3D through USB.

3. How to correctly print mixed-color or color-separated models？

Here are some solutions that we offer to you.

A. For multi-extrusion printers to print mixed color or gradient models, you can operate in the following three ways:

1. Just slice the monochrome model through the slicing software, and operate the start color mixing ratio, end color mixing ratio, and color mixing height on the printer. This method is simple and direct.

2. Geeetech official provides EasyPrint slicing software, which can meet the user’s color mixing requirements through visual interactive operations. This method is more flexible and interesting.

3. Using Marlin Gcode instructions M163/M164/M166, you can print models with any color mixing requirements. For details, please refer to Marlin’s official website instruction usage format https://marlinfw.org/meta/gcode/. This method requires users to be familiar with the Usage of Marlin code.

B. For multi-extrusion printers printing color separation models, a wiper tower needs to be set up to ensure that the residual filament inside the nozzle is fully extruded onto the wiper tower after the filament is withdrawn. To achieve the best cleaning effect, you can try the size and volume of the wiper tower.

What makes Mizar M different?

Separate Mode VS Gradient Mode

Traditional monochrome printing has been difficult to meet the creative needs of 3D printing enthusiasts, and mixed-color printing has become the future trend. Mizar M 3D Printer has two print head modules, “Separated Color Module” and “Gradient Color Module”, and is designed for quick replacement in structure. After replacing the print head module and inserting the hot end connector, the system will intelligently identify the print head module and enter the corresponding print mode.

Unique Separated Color Module

Compared with the Gradient Color Module, the Separated Color Module of Mizar M can realize printing a single color without mixing another color when printing models with two color filaments. Besides, it gains a faster printing speed, which can better meet the needs of two-color printing.

Patented gradient color technology

The Geeetech R&D team has optimized and upgraded the Gradient Color Module of Mizar M. Compared with Geeetech’s first-generation multi-color 3D printer, the Mizar M Gradient Color Module has redesigned the color mixing flow channel and a structure to prevent the reverse flow of melting filament. The filament is more uniformly mixed in the hot end. This special design effectively solves the problem of uneven color mixing, and the hot end blocked due to the reverse flow of the melting filament. At present, the gradient color structure has applied for a patent.

Mizar M with a printing size of 255 x 255 x 260mm, supporting auto-leveling and manual leveling, is equipped with a fixed hotbed and 32-bit silent motherboard. Responding to two printing modes, it comes with double UI interaction systems. The machine comes with a dual-drive gear extruder and double Z-axis ensuring high printing quality. At the same time, Mizar M is designed with a belt adjustment kit, nozzle LED light, filament detector break resuming capability, etc.

Here is the unboxing and assembly video of Mizar M for your references:

If you want to know more info about Mizar M, please check Geeetech official website.

Main features of Thunder

After 2 years of engineering since 2020, Geeetech has gained mature technology that enables THUNDER to print at high speed while not compromising on quality. According to trusted sources from Geeetech, the printing speed of THUNDER can reach up to 300mm/s with an acceleration of 5000mm/s² for the X-axis and 4000mm/s² for the Y-axis. With the same model and the same printing quality, users can save 30%-70% in printing time according to the complexity of the model.

See the video about the Geeetech THUNDER Benchy Printing Test

Geeetech adopted a dual drive gear extruder, high power heating module, and large volume nozzle for extrusion, and 5 cooling fans for hotend and model cooling. From the melting of filament to extrusion and cooling, THUNDER gains further better performance than traditional FDM 3D printers. Thunder’s high-speed 3D printing cannot be achieved without the efficient extrusion system, and strong cooling system, while the all-metal body with dual Z-axis design ensures the stability of the machine when it is printing and moving at high speed.

Thunder offers a printing volume of 250*250*260mm and comes with 5 different printing modes for different printing needs. It also supports other functions like break-resuming capability, password protection, etc. Geeetech will start the Kickstarter project for THUNDER on September 13th, the price starts from $399 for early birds which is quite wallet-friendly. Geeetech is conducting a subscription and giveaway activity on their official website for THUNDER.

The giveaway activity will end on September 5th, total of 8 winners,  if consumers are interested, please check Thunder Giveaway Activity.

If consumers are interested in getting more details about the THUNDER, please check Thunder’s Official Website.

3D printing technology, as a newly emerging innovation in recent years, gained momentum and is now undergoing a surprise shakeup in this huge marketplace. As 3D printing becomes more accessible, it is becoming more common within the home, workplace, and public libraries, and moreover, it helps boost the charity career. In this article, I would love to get you informed about a non-profit organization- e-NABLE.

Introduction of e-Nable

E-NABLE is an online global community of “Digital Humanitarian” volunteers from all over the world who are using their 3D printers to make free and low-cost prosthetic upper limb devices for children and adults in need. People who are suffering the loss of fingers, hands, or even arms because of innate diseases, accidents, or wars will gain their hopes from such an assistive technology out of 3D printing.

Source from YouTube

Touching stories from the community

“Give the World a Helping Hand”

• The positive shifts and mutual feedback from the child have made everything come with love. This is what e-NABLE does, spreading love worldwide with every possibility.

Cam, a 5-year-old boy who gets the brightest smile when he laughs, is confident and outgoing, yet he still hides his hand subconsciously sometimes. His brightest-ever day came when he got his first 3D-printed arm in his life. Such an artificial arm swept all his concerns and uneasiness while he felt even more confident and innovative in the inspiration of this printed hand in a copy shape from the one of Iron Man. From then on, he became a volunteer of e-NABLE either, on behalf of the child spokesman. He is even more confident when he faces hundreds of people in front, adults or children.

“He has learned how to turn the printer and computer on, and he even knows how to edit a file with the assistance of other people,” said Cam’s mom, a volunteer at e-NABLE.

• Everyone is not a sage of perfection. We gain more love and hope from those imperfections.

One day in December 2012, little boy Liam finally got an artificial hand of his own with the assistance of e-NABLE. After several tries and practices on handling his new printed plastic hand, he succeeded in grabbing a ball up with that. His mom, who stood right aside, burst out crying with happiness.

As for the other people who possess a healthy physical situation, grabbing a ball is just a casual and simple movement. But for this little boy Liam and his mom, that is hope. They hope for the upcoming future and happiness in every piece of their life.

The volunteer map

Richard Van As, a carpenter from South Africa met Ivan Owen, an engineer from Washington DC. in November 2012. They started running their 3D printing public welfare aiming to build more “Hands” for everyone who was in need of it. What they had done was also posted on YouTube. As the video went viral, more and more people started paying close attention to such a group.

“If you’re willing to receive inquiries from people who need a robohand, put yourself on the map! I’ve put a user-editable map on Robohand’s Facebook and Thingiverse pages.”

Dr. Jon Schull is a scientist from Rochester Institute of Technology, he had built up a map that connects the volunteers all around the world. It was the map that triggered a grassroots movement. And more than 70 volunteers marked their position on the map within six weeks. That’s how the e-NABLE platform formed.

All volunteers nursed the same ambition, they gathered together on the platform and shared their ideas while striving to design various rebounds for different kids.

What’s the most surprising thing is that e-NABLE not only offers a “hand”, but lets those kids in need liberate their imaginations. They allow kids to choose the color and texture on their own. Red or blue? Smooth or carved? They get what they want.

“Can I get my new hand glow in the dark?”

“I want it to be a Spider-man type!”

Their lives aren’t of darkness, they shine thanks to e-NABLE. They glitter thanks to the great 3D printing technology.

This week in Geeetech 3D Maker Salon LIVE TALK #33, we will invite Maria Esquela who is an active e-NABLE volunteer and leader from enablingthefuture.org, a 501c3 non-profit organization to share some of the projects she has done so far.

Let’s stay tuned!

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How does the flaw form?

Occasions like out of filament or the pausing of the printing process are sometimes inevitable in 3D printing work. As long as the situation exists, some minor flaws will always emerge in its resuming printing. The most important factor which causes the flaws is the loss caused by re-dissolving. When there is a loss of filament, there will be a gap.

So how can we avoid such a problem effectively?

First, pay attention that you’re NOT letting the nozzle move to the outermost layer when you’re about to turn off the power. Instead, cut off the power and quit the printing process while the nozzle moves to somewhere except the outermost layer.

Second, when you’re going to resume your printing work, turn on the machine and wait until the temperature heats up till it can dissolve the filament. In the following steps, you should extrude a certain length of filament manually or mechanically. In this case, filling the deficient filament in the nozzle can greatly avoid the situation of the emergence of several minor flaws.

What is worth mentioning is that our Geeetech A30 Series machines support the function of extruding the filament from their easy-operating control panel.

Geeetech A30M 3D printer, adopting a Smarrto control board, delivers mixed-color objects and greatly enriches your 3D printing life. Keeping the good performance of Geeetech’s portfolio of 3D printers, it aims to provide users with quality printouts and a satisfactory printing experience.

With its build volume of 320*320*420mm³, and the classic Prusa I3 3D printers’ gantry structure, A30M makes the best of the building platform and enables you to view the printing details in 360°. Printing at an accuracy of 0.1mm, it delivers objects with smooth surface finish, clear angles, and strong structure. Besides, A30M comes with a filament detector and break-resuming capability, greatly enhancing your 3D printing experience. Different from other models, the A30M uses brand PSU, a longer lifetime, more stability, and safety.

To enrich your mix-color printing experience, Geeetech developed a tool kit: Color Mixer. It’s free and user-friendly. You can create thousands of programs of mixing with it. Let’s explore the mix-color printing journey with the A30M 3D Printer!

Features of A30T 3D Printer

Password Protection
Full Touch Screen
Screen Brightness Adjustment
Dual Z-Axis Optical Limit Switch
Dual Z-Axis
TF Card Stand-alone Printing
Filament Sensor
Power Loss-resuming
Auto Bed Leveling
360° Ventilation Design
Large Volume
High Accuracy

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There are 3D model repositories all over the web, but cookie-cutter models are particularly in high demand. Many options are available on the site. Below, we’ll offer 10 Christmas-themed designs that can be used to make marvelously shaped cookies.

Our Geeetech A-series 3D printers can fulfill all your print demands. Here we recommend you use the food-safe material such as PLA and the filler like food-safe epoxy or Polyurethane to resist the growth of bacteria in prints.

Now, with that out of the way, let’s dive into the fun! 

• Santa Claus

Using about 20 grams of filament, the cookie cutter of Santa’s face with hat and mustache details takes about an hour to print. You can choose 0.3-mm layer height because the details are secondary.

Found on: Thingiverse

• Christmas Tree

This cookie-cutter design is an outline of a basic Christmas tree and can print speedily without any difficulties.

Found on: Thingiverse

• Christmas Ornament

This cookie cutter has star-shaped spaces, which enable you to make 3D-raised stars. What’s more, colorful icing will deepen and give a better sense of what the final stars will look like.

Found on: Cults

• Snowflake Cookies

There are a bunch of snowflake cookie cutters available. You can try a 0.2-mm layer height and a 5% infill to print this snowflake cookie cutter with the Customizer app.

Found on: Thingiverse

• 3D Benchy Cookies

At present, the 3D benchy model is ubiquitous in 3D printing. In addition to testing every aspect of your 3D printer’s ability, it is also a fun model to print.

Found on: Pinshape

• Gingerbread Man

The gingerbread man model achieves some fun details by using 3D indentations. You can draw on the gingerbread with whatever cream you like. when 3D printing this model, using a 0.25-mm layer height and a 30% infill are preferred.

Found on: Thingiverse

Industrial designer John Mauriello,based in San Francisco,broke the conventional thinking and put the effort into his Coral Lamp Lighting Collection with something else entirely.

These lamp prototypes took their inspiration from different types of corals coming with varying aesthetics. Mauriello selected only three prototypes from hundreds of them to produce: the Timor, the Sargasso, and the Celebes.

Before 3D printing these Coral Lamps , Mauriello firstly developed the computational algorithms that mimic coral growth patterns,which show the “growth” of the lamps as they come into being. And, more remarkable,all three lamps were 3D printed in the USA, using processes which recycle waste material in an attempt to reduce waste and curb carbon emissions.

The Coral Lamp Lighting Collection is Mauriello’s way of paying tribute to the ocean’s beauty.As an senior surfer,Mauriello’ve experienced the beauty and power of the great ocean,in which coral is one of many magical living structures with all sorts of shape, scale and color.Mauriello’s lighting celebrates this thriving life created by an entire coral ecosystem.

Thanks to the efforts of Professors Frédérick Gosselin and Daniel Therriault, Now we can do more than just imagine.

These two researchers have much success in producing an ultra-strong polymer fiber and the inspiration came from the structure of spider silk. They claimed it was made of the unique molecular structure of the proteinaceous material, which can absorb up to 96 percent of impact energy before breaking. This helps to create unbreakable plastic coverings for various kinds of delicate technology devices.

Other than this bionic design, the researchers adopted the technology of 3D printing. Heat the polycarbonate first to make it viscous like honey. Then Professor Gosselin’s team made use of this property to print a series of fibres less than 2mm thick. They repeated the process quickly, “weaving” a new series of fibers in a vertical arrangement to achieve the entire network solidification.

It’s worth noting that as the 3D printer slowly extruded polycarbonate to form a fiber, the molten plastic finally formed a series of hardened loops that gave the fiber extra strength as sacrificial links.

When the impact happened,  these fibers actively withstood the damage caused by the impact energy, sacrificing the ego in the similar way that spider silk proteins do to protect the integrity of the whole.

Looking forward, the technology is expected to help electronic devices achieve the desired effect of impact protection. We might also be able to make a new type of bullet-proof glass or a protective coating for aircraft engines.