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06-11-2014, 07:02 AM #1
17-Year-Old Created a 3D Metal Printer
A 17-year-old named Sagar has created a 3D printer capable of printing in metal. Currently it is restricted to using solder, but he plans on experimenting with different materials, and eventually releasing an extruder on Kickstarter for around $150. The extruder would be able to handle the process of extruding metal filament. While this is a long way off from allow us to print in a large variety of metals, hopefully with some material engineering we will one day see more options become available. Read more about Sagars printer at: http://3dprint.com/5737/affordable-metal-3d-printer/
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06-11-2014, 02:35 PM #2
Nice. I hope he makes something out of it.
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02-09-2015, 07:21 AM #3
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Did this ever start up?
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04-16-2015, 12:08 AM #4
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04-25-2015, 12:36 PM #5
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04-25-2015, 11:48 PM #6
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Probably the most important to emphasis:
-He is in the process of creating a 3D printer, more specifically a 3D printer extruder, that is capable of printing using metal filament.
-He based his idea on that of traditional FDM 3D printers – the ones that print in plastics, by melting and extruding molten PLA or ABS. He simply replaced the plastic with a metal alloy (solder), which consists mainly of tin (95.8% tin, 4% copper, and 0.2% silver).
I can tell you he will have hard time with the oxidize layer that wont bond at all. Any people with basic soldering in electronics knows it is a pain in the butt to deal with oxide layers that prevent the solder forming a bond. But then even if he succeed making a bond, I will call hardly "3D printing".
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04-27-2015, 07:25 AM #7
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Why would you not consider it 3d printing? You consider fdm 3d printing and this is exactly the same process just with a different filament. So what's the difference?
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