Make: Volume 96 - Digital Fabrication Guide - Preview #shorts

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Join us on Wednesday, February 18, 2026, for Make: Live – Inside Volume 96: The Digifab Issue! We'll be talking about 3D printer tech, CNCs, lasers, and more with guest authors and standout projects from Make: Volume 96, including: • Bradley Woods –  Founder and CEO, The Virtual Foundry • Steve Peterson – Voron Design/Steve Builds • Alder Riley – Co-Founder & CEO at Itemfarm • Victoria Roznowski – Founder, Addit.Studio • Matt Stultz – COO, Cocoa Press and Print Kits Register now! https://meet.zoho.com/cdyb-siu-qtz At Make: we’ve cheered, and sometimes steered, two decades of rapid evolution in digital fabrication tools for home, hobby, and business use. But this year is an astonishing one. Multi-material 3D printing is finally legit, with smart, tool-changing machines that don’t waste filament on purges and poops. In this issue we review Snapmaker’s U1 tool changer, plus new 3D printers from Elegoo, Flashforge, and Prusa that are packed with advanced features at plummeting prices. We also go hands-on with two new lasers from xTool — the burly MetalFab, a next-gen laser welder and cutter, and the petite, dual lasered MOPA F2 Ultra engraver for more fine work— and we check out some desktop CNC mini mills that have achieved the trifecta of power, price, and software that doesn’t suck. Next, tool makers are innovating outside the big categories, too. For the first time ever, you can do UV printing at home! Why not try a full-sheet CNC router that stows on a shelf? Or try n

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