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A warm year-in-review flat lay of many small 3D printed items collected together on a wooden table Printed With Love, Layer by Layer: Our Year A quiet one. What this year looked like from the inside, and thank you. Macro of a printed cube with a slightly bulged squished bottom edge on the build plate Elephant Foot: Why the First Layer Squishes Out The bulge at the bottom that ruins anything meant to fit something else. A 3D printer printing very slowly, motion blur on the moving gantry, fine detailed part forming Slowing Down: Speed Settings for Fine Detail You don't need to slow the whole print down. You need to slow one specific part of it. Macro of a 3D printer first layer being laid down on a textured build plate, nozzle in motion First Layer Problems: The 10-Minute Fix Get the first layer right and most other problems never happen. Here's how to read it. A tiny 3D printed keychain sitting on a printer bed next to a failed stringy blobby version of the same part, close macro comparison Why Your Small 3D Prints Don't Come Out Clean (And the 5 Settings I Changed) Tiny prints are where every slightly-wrong setting shows up first. Here are the five things I change — and the order I change them in. A fast simple 3D printed gift item fresh off the bed beside a wrapped box and scissors Last-Minute Gift Prints: Fast Settings That Still Look Good It's December and you're behind. Here's what to change to go faster, and what to leave alone. Two 3D printer nozzles side by side on a clean surface, macro, one fine one standard, with printed test parts 0.2mm vs 0.4mm Nozzle: Which One for Small Prints? A 0.2mm nozzle is not a free upgrade. Here's the honest trade, and what I'd fix before buying one. Hands in frame only, using flush cutters to remove support material from a small 3D print on a workbench How to Get Supports Off Without Wrecking the Print If supports are a fight every time, the problem started in the slicer, not at the workbench. Extreme macro of ultra fine print layer lines on a small detailed 3D printed figure, raking light The Best Layer Height for Tiny, Detailed Prints Finer isn't automatically better. Here's how I choose, and the point where smaller layers stop buying you anything. A 3D printed articulated chain bracelet lifted straight off the print bed, links already moving What Print-In-Place Actually Means (No Glue, No Clips, No Tiny Parts) It comes off the build plate already working. Here's the trick behind it, and why it's fussier than it looks. Macro of a printed test square showing smooth even top surface infill on the print bed Flow Rate Calibration in Plain English The one calibration that quietly determines whether anything you print fits anything else. An enclosed desktop 3D printer with a clear door printing a glossy detailed part, bright room Bambu P1S Print Quality Settings Good stock profiles, an enclosure that helps some materials and hurts others. What to change.