Dremel has announced the first 3D printer to come from a major tool manufacturer, the $999 Dremel 3D Idea Builder. Dremel called it a desktop machine for the masses.

The 3D Idea Builder is a fused deposition modeling (FDM) machine that uses a printer head that melts and extrudes a plastic filament layer upon layer to build an object; the thinner the layers, the better the “resolution” or smoothness of an 3D object’s surface.

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Dremel

The filament spool and a printed vase. Notice the lines in the vase, which represent the 3D printer’s resolution.

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