Print in metal on conventional 3d printer.

While looking for supplies for tin (not solder or tinned) wire I came across the melting point temp of tin being around 200 C.
This go me thinking, if the normal printer can print ABS the we should be able to extrude and print tin of a normal printer!
Anyone willing to check this out and try?

... was done several times already with different results - biggest problem is the small temperature range between melting and solidifying ... liquid metals don't have a 'soft' zone with high viscosity needed for FDM-style printing

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You could almost get away with it if you had a high temperature tolerant support structure.

For example, if you have a dual head system, where one head extruded sand and the other extruded tin or solder.

A layer would be a surrounding 1-2mm high sand area, then the tin extruder would fill in the void.

Complications involve the embedded of sand in the surface of tin, inter-layer adhesion, and calculating the slope angle of the sand as you get to higher layers.

There is a video on youtube someone making a negative cavity mould, with abs and pouring molten tin, It was a spoon.