Experience Easy 3D Printing at Home With the Adventurer 3 From FlashForge USA

Here at GeekDad, we tend to be early adopters. It’s kind of our thing, but just as some of us are quicker to pick up the latest gaming console than the hot new entry in the smart home marketplace or the very latest in automotive technologies, we each have areas where we, for one reason or another, lag behind. For me, that’s been 3D printing.

I’ll be honest here; while other GeekDads like Anton and Rory have been showcasing new printer tech and amazing builds for ages, I have long struggled to understand exactly what 3D printing is and why I’d even want to do it.

Recently, though, I had a breakthrough. After reading reviews, tips, and project ideas on GeekDad for years — and finally replacing the phrase “3D printing” in my head with the more precise “additive manufacturing“ — I got it. It’s simply the art (and science!) of using CAD-style files to print three-dimensional objects by extruding layer upon layer of adhesive material.

When the offer of a review unit was recently made by FlashForge USA, I did a little digging. The printer in question, their Adventurer 3, was a sleek, non-threatening…