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Re: First prints - 12 years ago
mine is still in a box! cant wait to get home and start the buildby rustynail - Mendel90
Re: I am having so much fun with my new printer! - 12 years ago
@ REPRAP SQUAD - there is a few places where carbon fibre tubes will not make too big of a dent in your pocket. I have dealt with the first ones, quality is superb and with the wrapped tubes from fabric/prepreg also suitable for structural applications. - Germany And after a quick search these also looks more or less affordable: - UK - US cheers, Rustyby rustynail - General
Re: 3D Metal Printer Projects? - 12 years ago
Hi there, I keep reading this thread and it looks very, very interesting to me. So far I have been one of the "hundreds of others, watching, waiting", but why not change that?! I would quite like to contribute to this one! @Madkite - I can see the many hazards involved with the technology, as has been mentioned before. Suffocation from inert gas, metal powder, fumes, lasers, heat (risk of fire)by rustynail - General
Re: Strength of Printed vs Molded - 12 years ago
I`m rather new to 3d printing, but it appealed to me in the first place because you can print parts that you will never be able to mold. if you talk about structural parts, you can optimize printed structures to only have "strength where you need it" and leave the rest out. if designed properly, you can make parts with a higher stiffness/weight ratio or with higher load bearing capability per weiby rustynail - General