Has anyone here tried to print tin??? Seems to have a low enough melting point. https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,235299,235299#msg-235299 Tue, 06 Oct 2026 08:20:09 -0400 Phorum 5.2.23 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,235299,236249#msg-236249 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,235299,236249#msg-236249 Fact ist, if you dispense tin paste or bismuth-tin paste, It will give you perfectly shaped little voxels. Just dont melt as you print.Let it dry and then melt it using some cast to stabilize it.]]> maboo General Thu, 15 Aug 2013 15:57:36 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,235299,235433#msg-235433 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,235299,235433#msg-235433 utwired.engr.utexas.edu]

They used a Tin-Bismuth alloy - 492183 is very much correct about surface tension being an issue. Note how the corners of the square print become more rounded on the upper layers.]]> Have Blue General Tue, 13 Aug 2013 14:41:14 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,235299,235426#msg-235426 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,235299,235426#msg-235426
Low-melting point alloys "Then I looked at the silicone tubes I was using to carry the cooling water. Dang me if they weren't 3mm internal diameter. I put one on a funnel with a clothes-peg at the other end, heated them all in a beaker of boiling water, took them out and quickly hung them up, then poured in the Wood's metal: After it had cooled I just sliced away the silicone tube with a scalpel, which left a perfect shiny rod."

and Simple hot metal valve

and Syringe Pump Metal Extruder

and A new approach to printing metals]]> MattMoses General Tue, 13 Aug 2013 14:20:03 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,235299,235418#msg-235418 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,235299,235418#msg-235418
Ben]]> plexer General Tue, 13 Aug 2013 13:48:22 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,235299,235415#msg-235415 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,235299,235415#msg-235415 rhartman80 General Tue, 13 Aug 2013 13:24:23 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,235299,235365#msg-235365 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,235299,235365#msg-235365 492183 General Tue, 13 Aug 2013 09:11:23 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,235299,235299#msg-235299 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,235299,235299#msg-235299 mesquka General Tue, 13 Aug 2013 05:08:20 -0400