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I believe the problem is the sort of plastic used. You need structural strength in most things and filament pieces melted together is just not cutting it.
by chx 9y ago
I believe the problem is the sort of plastic used. You need structural strength in most things and filament pieces melted together is just not cutting it.
- cheeze 9y agoAbsolutely. One area that they have revolutionized is casting. Hell, even Jay Leno's crew used a 3d printer to create prototype parts that were no longer made and then cast the plastic printed part into a sand mold using aluminum.
- vlehto 9y agoThe next step would be to 3D print the sand mold directly.
- greggman 9y agoI thought the point was you just use the plastic as a mold for something else