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minus-squareRemy Rose@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 days agoThat’s when you use that sinterable filament that’s like half metal powder 😈
minus-squareoatscoop@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 days agoSelective laser melting The metal powder is cheaper, but the printer itself … not so much.
minus-squareivan@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-22 days agoPrinting with that would be crazy expensive tho. 300€ a 1kg spool that will lose chunk of its mass upon baking it to remove plastic, and we’d need few hundreds of these.
minus-squareRemy Rose@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoYup, and that’s like way more money than just buying a car 😭 Plus, I think those sintered metal FDM parts have some porosity issues unfortunately… But it’s a fun thought
minus-squarekboy101222@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days agoI feel like before you’d manage to print an entire car, the metal powder would absolutely fuck the nozzle up
minus-squareferret@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 days agoGood thing nozzles are cheap and replaceable
That’s when you use that sinterable filament that’s like half metal powder 😈
Selective laser melting
The metal powder is cheaper, but the printer itself … not so much.
Printing with that would be crazy expensive tho. 300€ a 1kg spool that will lose chunk of its mass upon baking it to remove plastic, and we’d need few hundreds of these.
Yup, and that’s like way more money than just buying a car 😭
Plus, I think those sintered metal FDM parts have some porosity issues unfortunately… But it’s a fun thought
I feel like before you’d manage to print an entire car, the metal powder would absolutely fuck the nozzle up
Good thing nozzles are cheap and replaceable
…probably true yeah 😅