Today has been bit of a faff-around-and-find-out day in the CA lab. The new Anycubic 3D printing Anycubic Kobra K3 Max has arrived with its massive 420/420/500 build volume, that’s 88.2 litres! I’ve not had to assemble a printer yet, as most of our current set up are CoreXY with the only two bed slingers being a pair of stalwart A1 minis. So I was a little apprehensive about setting this monster up, but the paper manual (gotta love a tactile instruction book rather than a ste

Gradient filaments are a stunning way of adding extra colour to our prints without the faff of multiple filament changes or repainting files. However, it's worth noting that your results will be a bit more random than selecting the colours independently. The example I've chosen is our Li'l Adrian articulated octopus. They are all (lovingly) printed with ZIRO Matte Rainbow filament, but they all look completely different! This is worth bearing in mind when requesting a custom