Anyway, is there any existing system to produce forged quality parts on a 3d printer? If such a system exists today, then I would not need to develop this kind of system. (except for the quenching and tempering part, I'm pretty sure no one has done that yet on a 3d printer.)by AJ - MetalicaRap
Here's the idea that I wrote up. It's really long, since I spent some time on it: 3d Printer Forging: The ongoing surge of interest in 3d printers has increased applications considerably for 3d printing, but this interest is held back by the fact that 3d printing, while cheaper than it was, is still limited to parts that are lower quality than the best parts being produced by conventional meanby AJ - MetalicaRap
I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, but since this is about 3d printing in metal, I thought I might put it here. I was wondering if anyone has ever come up with a method of producing forged quality parts with a 3d printer (besides printing and then forging them, which produces rough parts anyway.) I had an idea a little while ago, but I thought I would see if anyone has alreadby AJ - MetalicaRap
Is there any way that I can help in addition to funding? I'm only a first year mechanical engineering student, but I would be glad to contribute in any way towards this project. Thanks, AJby AJ - MetalicaRap