Client Spotlight: YKS Miniatures
YKS Miniatures spotlight: Ben Southall creates mythology-based tabletop minis printed in AmeraLabs TGM-7 resin. Read the interview.
2025 at AmeraLabs
2025 at AmeraLabs was about meeting the community. Nine trade shows across three markets, two new resins (FLX-300 and GVA-26), and eight guides on everything from layer heights to running a miniature business.
Client Spotlight: Resin Miniatures with Chicastprod
Introduction Guillaume Baron started Chicastprod with a straightforward goal: printing custom prizes for his Blood Bowl tournament. A friend from Crazy Mushroom suggested he buy a 3D printer and make the items himself instead of ordering them elsewhere. The players at his tournament loved the custom prints and kept asking where they could get more. […]
FLX-300 Printing Guide: Tips for Elastomer Resin
FLX-300 elastomer resin opens up a new world of flexible applications – gaskets, living hinges, soft robotics, and custom-fit components that maintain their properties for months. But printing elastomers requires a completely different approach than rigid resins. This comprehensive guide covers everything you need for successful FLX-300 printing: proper heating, reinforced support strategies, cleaning without swelling, and achieving that perfect non-tacky finish.
Launch Digital Miniature STL Business
Launch your digital miniature STL business! Create 3D printable minis with free tools and sell to players worldwide. Tap the $15.8B tabletop market and grow your STL business. Start now!
Scaling Miniature Production with 3D Printing
As the demand for high-quality miniatures continues to rise, businesses need to find a way to scale up production without sacrificing quality. That’s where 3D printing comes in – it’s a game-changer for efficiently producing more units while keeping costs in check.
2024 at AmeraLabs
As we step into 2025, we’re reflecting on the amazing year 2024 was for AmeraLabs. Your unwavering support helped us reach new milestones, introduce exciting product updates, and, most importantly, connect with our vibrant 3D printing community.
From celebrating our 7th anniversary to unveiling new TGM-7 color variants, 2024 was full of memorable moments. We also donated over 370 liters of resin to support competitions and community projects. These highlights are just the beginning, and we can’t wait to share more in 2025!
3D Printed Cookie Cutters: Risks and Safety Tips
Using 3D printed cookie cutters requires extra care. Unlike traditional metal or plastic cutters, these tools are made from materials that may not always be food-safe. Issues like chemical leaching, bacteria buildup, and material durability can pose risks if not properly addressed.
3D Printing Miniatures Guide
Master 3D printing miniatures with our guide! Get free STL files for tabletop minis, plus tips on resin, setup, and painting. Perfect for gamers and beginners. Start crafting epic minis today!
Miniature Scale for 3D Printing
Get the right miniature scale for 3D printing with our guide! Learn scale conversions, printer settings, and calibration tips using AmeraLabs Town to craft detailed tabletop minis. Ideal for gamers and 3D printing fans. Start printing perfect miniatures today!
3D Printing Holiday Gifts!
Get ready for the perfect 3D printing holiday gift! AmeraLabs’ Holiday Gift Boxes are packed with high-quality resins and exclusive STL files from top creators like Titan Forge, Dragon Trappers Lodge, and Crippled God Foundry. Whether you’re a seasoned creator or just starting, our gift boxes provide everything you need to create stunning miniatures, prototypes, and more. Order by December 10th for guaranteed Christmas delivery—don’t miss out! Free shipping to Europe.
Choosing the Best 3D Resin Printer for beginners
Pick the best 3D resin printer as a beginner! Our guide highlights key features like resolution and budget, debunks gimmicks, and shares setup tips with AmeraLabs TGM-7 resin. Perfect for new hobbyists and gamers. Start your 3D printing journey confidently!
AmeraLabs Packaging Update
Switching from Liters to Kilograms We’re excited to announce an important update at AmeraLabs: effective November 1st, we will switch from liter-based packaging to kilogram-based packaging for all our resin products. This change applies to all sizes, meaning that our 0.5-liter bottles will become 0.5-kilogram bottles, and our 5-liter cans will be replaced with 5-kilogram […]
AMD-3 Resin Printing Guide
Welcome to our comprehensive AMD-3 resin guide, your go-to resource for everything related to this versatile and precise resin. Whether you’re creating intricate models or exploring engineering applications, this guide will walk you through the key features, printing tips, and post-processing techniques to help you achieve outstanding results. Let’s dive in and discover how AMD-3 resin can elevate your 3D printing projects!
XVN-50 Resin Printing Guide
Learn how to get flawless results with XVN-50 resin. This quick guide covers printer prep, ideal settings, and post-processing to help you avoid common issues and unlock top-quality prints.
Resin Mechanical Properties
Understand resin mechanical properties for 3D printing! Learn about tensile strength, flexibility, and durability to choose the right resin, for miniatures or parts. Ideal for hobbyists and pros. Optimize your prints today!
Business Resin Printer Maintenance
In the world of business resin printer maintenance, even minor issues can lead to significant setbacks. Our story involves four companies – a miniature producer, a 3D printer manufacturer, a 3D printer reseller, and AmeraLabs, a resin producer – tackling common print failures such as visible horizontal layer lines and failed supports. Despite the high-quality products from these companies, an unusual series of events led to unexpected print issues.
Stereolithography 3D Printing Material for Dental Aligners
From June 2024, AmeraLabs began participating in the Inobranda project (No. 02-020-K-0028). The main objective of this projects is to gain experimental knowledge and develop a prototype stereolithography 3D printing material for producing clear aligners, enabling trial production. This material will allow direct printing of aligners, eliminating the additional need for printing dental models first.
Rapid Prototyping with 3D Printing
Explore rapid prototyping with 3D printing! Learn design tips, resin selection, and efficient workflows to create durable prototypes. Perfect for designers, engineers, and hobbyists. Start building better prototypes today!
Business Resin Printing Setup Guide & Checklist
Start your business resin printing setup right! Learn tips for choosing printers, ensuring safety, and streamlining workflows. Ideal for small businesses and hobbyists scaling up. Build a safe, efficient printing operation today!
AmeraLabs Town Test Print for Resin 3D Printers With an Updated Guide
Perfect your resin 3D printer calibration with AmeraLabs Town! Download the free STL to test exposure and resin settings for flawless prints. Get expert tips for SLA calibration. Ideal for hobbyists and pros. Optimize your prints today!
TGM-7 Resin Printing Guide
This is our guide for AmeraLabs TGM-7 3D printing resin. It covers key strategies that we recommend to follow in order to avoid failures and get the best results.
Resin Safety: Debunking Common Myths in 3D PrintingÂ
Debunk resin safety myths in 3D printing! Discover safe practices and expert tips to handle resin confidently. Perfect for hobbyists and pros seeking clarity. Ensure safe printing today!
AmeraLabs 2023 3D Printing Journey Overview
Welcome, dear readers, to the AmeraLabs 2023 3D Printing Journey Overview – a chronicle of a year marked by groundbreaking moments, global adventures, and a relentless pursuit of excellence in the realm of 3D printing. As we turn the pages of this digital narrative, join us in revisiting the highlights, milestones, and exciting developments that defined our journey through the dynamic landscapes of board games, pop culture extravaganzas, cutting-edge 3D printing events, and the unveiling of revolutionary resin products.
Resin 3D Printing Troubleshooting: A Comprehensive Guide
Resin printing is a complex process with various factors at play, often leading to simultaneous failures. We’ve crafted a comprehensive guide based on our experiences resolving peculiar resin 3D printing issues to simplify your troubleshooting journey. Organized by symptoms, this guide addresses the common failures encountered by users.
Are FEP alternatives worth it? ACF vs. nFEP vs. FEP films.
Do the increased ACF printing speeds outweigh the significant price increase? And do you really not lose any details by printing with a 300 µm thick film with a mate finish? Let’s compare results using ACF vs. nFEP vs. FEP films.
Finding optimal smart support settings in Tango Slicer for TGM-7 resin
Which support settings are the most important? Does auto-supports work? This article shows an example of finding the right support settings by trusting the automated supports of the VoxelDance Tango slicer.
How to Prevent White Resin 3D Prints From Yellowing
In this article, you will find a guide on how to use white 3D resin to keep prints truly white.
9 Settings to Change for Faster Resin 3D Printing
Boost resin 3D printing speed! Discover 9 settings to optimize for faster prints with safe, expert tips. Ideal for hobbyists and pros seeking efficiency. Accelerate your printing today!
The Complete Resin 3D Printing Settings Guide for Beginners
Learn resin 3D printing settings as a beginner! Master key adjustments for quality prints with safe, expert tips. Ideal for hobbyists and new printers. Start printing better today!
E-commerce platform upgrade
AmeraLabs started an e-commerce platform upgrade project partially financed by European Regional Development Fund. The goal of this project is to implement new functionality on our e-commerce platform for our B2B customers, partners and resellers to easier manage their details, orders and invoices.
Better surfaces with Light-off delay. Blooming phenomenon
Light-off delay is often overlooked, while it is one of the key settings to get nice surfaces and avoid “blooming” in resin 3D printing. We will explain what it means and why you need to use it.
Why mixing resin bottles is so important?
Shaking and mixing 3D printing resin is a crucial step of resin 3D printing. Especially, when using colored resins. We will explain why vigorous resin shaking is mandatory to get decent and sustainable printing quality.
How to get better details in 3D prints: Anycubic Photon S LCD modification
How important are details in your 3D prints? Have you tried switching between different LCD 3D printers or 3D printing resins? If you’ve been struggling getting dimensionally accurate 3D prints using Anycubic Photon S or other LCD based 3D printer – this article is for you.
AmeraLabs teaming up with The Printing Goes Ever On
The Printing Goes Ever On are the creators of high quality 3D printable miniatures inspired by the classic fantasy novels. Recently they have announced about making the contest for fantasy and tabletop games fans and invited them to join the contest to win 3D Printers and other great prizes. We have teamed up with The Printing Goes Ever On to provide the winners of this competition several batches of AMD-3 3D printing resin. The contest has just started and will end on 30th of November.
Why should you not use default 3D printing raft settings?
If you are new to resin 3D printing, you may be inclined to use default 3D printing settings. In this article we will cover why using default settings for your raft layer may be a bad idea.
6 Key Principles of resin 3D Printing Supports that Work
Sometimes after 3D printing with resin you only get support structures on the build plate instead of the intended object. We share key reasons behind why this happens and why support fail. Learn why support structures are needed in the first place and how to properly set them up for SLA 3D printing.
Experiment: 3D Printing Supports that Work
In a previous blog post “6 Key Principles of 3D Printing Supports that Work” we have covered why support structures are needed, how to properly set them up for SLA 3D printing and the key reasons behind failing supports. This time we set out to prove our assumptions with an experiment.
9 common mistakes when switching from FDM to SLA 3D printing
If you are an FDM user thinking about switching to resin 3D printing (or maybe you’ve already made the switch), you must have heard that it’s a different world. In this article we will dive into some critical errors and misconceptions people make when transitioning from FDM to SLA 3D printing.
AmeraLabs joins Ecolabnet – network of service providers for eco-innovations
Ecolabnet is a project funded by Interreg Baltic Sea Region which aims to create a network of service providers for supporting eco-innovations in manufacturing SMEs of Baltic Sea Region.
How to succeed with your first resin 3D print
Did you just get your first resin 3D printer? Do you feel overwhelmed about this fascinating process and not sure where to start? Then this post is for you.
How to design parts for SLA 3D Printing
In this article we will cover key design elements of SLA 3D printed parts. It is dedicated to experienced users who are already familiar with SLA 3D printing basics and are capable of designing their own parts.
Case Study: silver electroplating resin 3D prints
How Simply Simon Botanic Jewellery combined silver electroplating with 3D printing to enhance his painting of a family tree. This article covers all steps of the production of this exclusive work of art: design, 3D printing, metal plating and final assembly.
Case Study: 3D printed button for Porsche steering wheel
A case study of 3D printed Porsche steering wheel button. This article covers all steps of 3D printing process up until the final result.
Case Study: SLA 3D printed Linear Gear for Extensometer
A case study of 3D printed linear gear for high precision extensometer. This article covers all steps of 3D printing process up until the final result.
Case Study: ViLim Ball – therepeutic device with 3D printed housing
ViLim Ball is a therapeutic device which was created for reduction of symptoms for Essential tremor, Parkinson’s disease and Rheumatoid arthritis. Read how we 3D printed its housing.
Casting jewellery with 3D printed silicone mold
Learn how to make Jewellery using silicone mold and your 3D printer. Jeweller gives a high-level overview of the process and dives into a few areas to give some specific tips and advice.
Can cleaning SLA prints with IPA cause cracks on my models?
Although many of us use IPA (isopropyl alcohol) to clean our DLP 3D printed models, not many know what impact it may have on their 3D prints. In this edition we will conduct an experiment on how IPA can affect our SLA 3D prints.
AmeraLabs develops ESD materials
AmeraLabs started a project to develop “Photopolymer materials for 3D printing items with dissipative properties to produce ESD safe parts.”, partially financed by the European Union.
3D printing raft in resin 3D printing: what you need to know
What attachment layer is and why it’s so important if you want to successfully use your resin 3D printer.
Worldwide shipping
We have upgraded our delivery services! AmeraLabs resins are now ready to travel the world.
Experiment: outdoor environment effect on resin 3D printed parts
In this post we are going to share with you our quick and simple experiment. We tried to show how resin 3D printed parts are affected by casual and very diverse outdoor environment – from harsh cold weather to sunny and warm.
Free NanoDLP Helper Spreadsheet
Quick and easy to use spreadsheet to setup cure times, lifting heights and speeds for 3D printing with nanoDLP software.
Life Fit for REACH
AmeraLabs is participating in international project Life Fit for REACH, the main objective of which is to ensure the efficient management of chemicals in the company and reduce the use of hazardous chemicals by replacing them with safer alternatives.
10 reasons why you get unexpected horizontal lines on your 3D prints
Once in a while you will find unwanted horizontal lines on your prints. Why did they form and what can you do to avoid them? Although, those lines are very annoying and disturbing, we have listed the main reasons why they appear that way and how to reduce the likelihood of such formation.
Key things to know before calibrating resin 3D printer
In this AmeraLabs post we will dive into what is calibration of resin 3D printer and cover key things you need to know before running your calibration procedure.
The Beginner’s Guide to 3D printing with AmeraLabs resins
Switching to a new resin might be a hassle. Therefore, we provide this guide to 3D printing with AmeraLabs resins that will aid you in taking those first steps and getting perfect prints right away.
Why is it so complicated to choose your first 3D resin? Basics explained.
Several years ago when I was making my first DLP 3D printer, I was faced with the major question: what 3D resin should I pour into my resin tray? That is why now I would like to share my experience on how to choose SLA 3D printing materials and what factors should one consider when buying one.