• interurbain1er@sh.itjust.works
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    4 months ago

    Metal printing at home would be such a game changer. Let’s give it 10 years, I’m sure it will eventually reach an affordable price point.

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      4 months ago

      Holy fuck, 150 million?

      I doubt it’ll ever be more efficient to buy than specialized machines at that price.

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      4 months ago

      Most cheap-o grade filament metal 3d printers are 10k and up, there really is no real hobbyist pricepoint for metal 3d printing. The industrial level metal 3d printers were already at 100k to million per machine. This is obviously targetting things like automotive and aerospace industry, that can easily pay those prices, not consumers. Maybe if we get more Wire DED metal 3d printers the cost might go down, or it won’t.

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        4 months ago

        On top of the purchase price, I’m guessing that having something like this running in your home fab will require more safety equipment than a uv shroud and an air mover to keep things safe/non-deadly.

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          4 months ago

          Yeah, like the printers using metal powder need pretty much a hazmat gear to operate.

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            4 months ago

            This was also one of my concerns with the hype surrounding low cost SLS printers like Micronics, especially if they weren’t super well designed. The powder is incredibly dangerous to inhale so I wouldn’t want a home hobbyist buying that type of machine without realizing how harmful it could be. My understanding is even commercial SLS machines like HP’s MJF and FormLab’s Fuse need substantial ventilation (HEPA filters, full room ventilation, etc.) in order to be operated safely.

            Metal is of course even worse. It has all the same respiratory hazards (the fine particles will likely cause all sorts of long-term lung damage) but it also presents a massive fire and explosion risk.

            I can’t see these technologies making it into the home hobbyist sphere anytime soon as a result, unfortunately.

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    4 months ago

    Once the price for this comes down, I can really 3D print my own guns.

    You can do it now with the plastics, but this will just make it even more durable.