Scott Gabdullin

Halloween is the perfect excuse to fire up your 3D printer and get those creative juices running to make something spooky and fun. Use these prints to decorate your home, build a costume, or hand out something other than sweets to trick-or-treaters. This simple ghost reader by Sevro is a small, charming model designed to sit on a shelf and provide a soft (or spooky) glow while holding an open book. Print the ghost in translucent white PLA for the best glow effect.

3D printing is incredible, but let’s be honest—it can be painfully slow. You set up your model and print, and hours later, it is still only halfway done. If you’ve ever found yourself watching your printer like a pot that refuses to boil, you’re not alone. I’ve spent days tweaking settings, redesigning models, and upgrading hardware to squeeze out faster prints without turning them into brittle, careless disasters. Today, I’ll walk you through the exact steps I use to speed up prints the right way.

PETG is a filament that seemingly looks perfect on paper. It is strong, flexible, and more temperature-resistant than PLA. It also warps less than ABS. However, PETG can be an absolute nightmare to print if your temperatures aren’t perfect. You see, PETG has a narrower sweet spot than beginner-friendly filaments like PLA. It’s quite picky, so getting the temperature just right is the difference between beautiful, functional prints and a pile of wasted filament.