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This month features a variety of makers in our community! You may remember Derek from 3DPD. We featured his gorgeous 3d printed busts back in December 2020....

What do Milk Duds and Protopasta PETG have in common? A high five to anyone who guessed it! We hope you enjoy Joel’s favorite sweet...

Featuring: Tripoint Gray, Lootsef Green, and Atikam Teal This month’s Endless PLA colors are brought to you in collaboration with Bradley Stenseth of Tripoint Precision, a...

Contents: Stratocumulus Multicolor, Fleck'n Fire Red Glitter, and Unicorn Tears White Glitter Remembering Sanjay and ERRF 2019 Last time we got together in person prior to COVID-19 A...

Our cardboard spools are a source of pride here at Protoplant. The thoughtful touches are often overlooked, but really neat when you know about them!...

Contents: Recycled Matte Fiber, Recycled Red, Recycled Blue “Since 2013, Protopasta has valued quality, reliability, and creativity. We seek to reduce waste in our production and build relationships in our community.” We’ve...

Heat treating… yeah that's right! We’re here to do some more testing! This will be a sort of guide and presentation of our explorations into...

Contents: Midnight Multicolor, Fluorescent Yellow, and Dusty Smoke   Where does this month’s filament inspiration really begin? I suppose you could start back years ago when...

Contents: Proton Purple, Second to None Silver, and Out of Darts Orange   This story begins with our 2nd community filament-making workshop where we met Luke...

Contents: Citrus Sunrise Orange, Forest Fantasy Green, and Marine Dream Blue  Clockwise from the top: Citrus Sunrise Orange, Nebula, Forest Fantasy Green, Marine Dream Blue...

Contents: White Marble, Obsidian, and Good as Gold HTPLA   This month, we’ve created a beautiful series to replicate natural elements of the earth. Inspired by...

  At Protoplant, we are constantly driven by an unrest in wanting to accomplish more. Last Fall, that feeling peaked so we started exploring ways to elevate communication...

PLA is often maligned for its poor temperature resistance and tendency to creep (deflect slowly over time). However, it's also super stiff by nature, and with...

For our first subscription filaments we recommended the use of the MasterSpool to hold the filament in our posting Effective Loose Coil Handling for a Positive...

Maker Box, founded 2016, has often featured Protopasta Filaments (see past boxes here) and features Dark Gray Carbon Fiber HTPLA this month! Not familiar with Maker...

2021 topic update: Health and safety is important to us and we've worked to lead by example within our industry. Starting in 2019, we added...

What the ERRF? You heard it here folks! Protopasta joins ERRF 2019 (Get Tickets Here) as a Platinum sponsor and plans to make filament on site at...

Loose coils can easily become tangled, but don't be discouraged. The key to a positive coil sample experience is control of the ends. Just like letting...

Reducing waste has been important to Protopasta from the start. When kickstarting the brand in 2014, we started by proposing 250g spool-less coils to minimize packaging....

Protopasta introduced Stardust glitter filament in 2016 thus venturing into a new world of dynamic, sparkly filaments. Getting started in sparkly brought several challenges including understanding how...

HTPLA-CF opens new possibilities in 3D printed violin design and construction!  It's a bold claim, but I'll stand by it. We don't quite have the data for...

At Protopasta we spend a lot of time understanding how our materials interact with different slicers and printers and by doing this we hope to...

First time using Protopasta Carbon Fiber HTPLA? Or maybe you've already discovered this excellent material and want to improve your printer's performance? It can be challenging,...

Many times when printing extruder assembly parts for a 3D printer, like the R3 extruder upgrade for the Prusa MK3, PETG or ABS are specified as the...

Replacing traditionally machined parts with 3D printed ones sounds like a far-fetched idea, but is it? Subtractive technologies like CNC milling have long been taken seriously in creating functional...

Are there any materials more iconic than Carbon Fiber? Protoplant first introduced Carbon Fiber PLA 3D printer filament to market more than 5 years ago, kickstarting the...

When suggesting Carbon Fiber as a 3D printing material, nozzle wear is often the first concern. While it's important to be aware of nozzle wear, don't let it...

Why does a carbon fiber 3D print look so good? That color, texture, and sheen is hard to beat, but getting good results when 3D...

Carbon Fiber HTPLA can make very accurate parts particularly when heat treating, demonstrating less distortion of form and dimension change after heat treating compared to other HTPLAs....

The Prusa MK3 and Proto-pasta HTPLA are an innovative combination, but getting a good result when 3D printing isn't always straight-forward. In this article, we'll share some practices...

Waste creation is a real problem and both proposed solutions and dialogue are important, but reducing waste also requires a holistic approach. As a filament...

Does your printer stop extruding on the first layer?  Or does it clog later in a print?  Is your print quality inconsistent with missing cross-sections?   Or does your printer fail...

This month we celebrate 3 years since kickstarting the Proto-pasta brand.  At that time, we approached 3D Printing as engineers with a laser focus on material...

Proto-pasta founders, Dustin and Aaron Cram, lead the 3D Printing Industry by introducing Carbon Fiber and High Temp PLAs nearly 3 years ago.  Today, Proto-pasta Carbon Fiber...

With the constant introduction of new manufacturers, printers, hardware, filaments, and users, the 3D printing experience can vary from "awesome" to "awful". My experience leans...

At ProtoPlant, we've gotten really good at compounding and extruding metal composites into filament.  We've been able to reduce our cost on Iron PLA, and...

More than 2 years ago, ProtoPlant launched Proto-pasta brand 3D Printer filament through kickstarter, introducing the World's First Carbon Fiber for 3D Printing along side...

So we wanted to do a special twist on the "12 Days of Christmas" for y'all who love to make "things", especially those that like...

ProtoPlant successfully kickstarted Protopasta brand filament by bringing 3 new 3D Printing materials to market, including World’s First Carbon Fiber PLA. Fulfilling the 500 backer...

3D Printing Holiday Gift Guide – What 3D Printers, Filament & Accessories to buy this Christmas! Best 3D Printers (least to most expensive) Easy-to-use &...

Meet new employee Matt! He recently joined the Proto-pasta team and brings production experience and plenty of enthusiasm.  A hands-on, self-learner, he is new to...

Addressing the issue of nozzle wear using composite filaments has been a priority for us and it looks like we have found a good way to...

Meet our new 500 g spool...an industry-leading design created by ProtoPlant specifically for 3D Printing filament.  It's good all the way to the core! What's cool about...