Reinforced Copper Plated 3D Print
So something I've been working on here and there for the past couple of months has been copper plating 3D Prints to give them functional strength. I have a pretty legit homemade electroplating bath that I do a lot of copper plating with. I recently copper plated the one finger knuckle that I printed for my Draken tutorial videos. After I plated it I was very pleased to find that it was strong enough to actually do quite a bit of damage. Of course I had to make a video and share .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmeLfZw7pD0
And if you want to see my copper plating bath in action watch this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QXi4PM39ho
I'm curious to hear your guy's thoughts on this. There was a kickstarter campaign not too long ago that was for an electroplating bath specifically for 3D Prints... Personally I think copper plating prints opens up nearly limitless possibilities both artistically and in engineering.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...ref=nav_search