by Chris Anjel | Oct 15, 2026 | MJF & SLS Operations
Software updates are supposed to be the boring part of running an HP line. Then one morning the printer won’t take your Netfabb MJF job. That’s what happened to the head of additive manufacturing at a Slovenian HP reseller after upgrading Netfabb from...
by Chris Anjel | Oct 15, 2026 | MJF & SLS Operations
A Fuse 1+ shop about to reorder powder got stuck on one question. Stay with standard Nylon 12, or move to Nylon 12 Tough? On paper Tough looked cheaper to run. They asked the Formlabs forum what it’s like in practice. Is Nylon 12 Tough cheaper to run? Not...
by Chris Anjel | Oct 15, 2026 | MJF & SLS Operations
If every big part in a build has the same ridge at the same height, stop blaming your files. SLS layer bulging like that tracks the chamber, not the part. One Fuse 1+ owner kept seeing it and finally pulled a chamber apart to find out why. What causes SLS layer...
by Chris Anjel | Oct 15, 2026 | MJF & SLS Operations
Nothing ruins a Monday like opening the chamber and finding one solid brick where your parts should be. That’s SLS global melting, and one Fuse 1+ owner on the Formlabs forum fought it for months. Their printer had 1,900 hours on it and ran Nylon 12 at 50%...
by Chris Anjel | Oct 14, 2026 | MJF & SLS Operations
SLS part serialization sounds like paperwork until a batch comes out with defects. In a Formlabs forum thread asking for automatic part numbering, a Fuse operator explained the problem. In a job with 30 identical parts, if 5 come out damaged with orange peel or layer...
by Chris Anjel | Oct 14, 2026 | MJF & SLS Operations
SLS fine detail is a common question from customers printing miniatures and small parts. On 3D Printing Stack Exchange, someone planning to print a 150 mm model for painting asked whether SLS could reproduce small details like the faces of tiny crew figures. How much...
