DIY Metal 3D Printer

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Jccarlton
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DIY Metal 3D Printer

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Uses a welder and welding wire:
http://www.ibtimes.com/3d-printing-meta ... 00-1492114
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hanelyp
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Re: DIY Metal 3D Printer

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Filament deposit meets heavy metal. But still filament deposit.
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DeltaV
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Re: DIY Metal 3D Printer

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“We can [make] any 3D object that could fit in a breadbox,” Pearce says – with the caveat that the object cannot have any vertical holes running through it, because of how the welding machine works.
Huh? This implies a simple raster scan rather than contour tracing. But why couldn't the arc be reinitiated on the other side of the hole? Startup blobbing unacceptable?
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