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[disclaimer: I work at Formlabs, a 3D printing company] This is already happening for jewelry, digital dentistry, and medical applications – you can buy specia
by mkeeter 8y ago
[disclaimer: I work at Formlabs, a 3D printing company]
This is already happening for jewelry, digital dentistry, and medical applications – you can buy specialized materials for investment casting.
For example, here's our blog post on casting jewelry from resin prints: https://formlabs.com/blog/introducing-castable-wax-resin-jewelry-3d-printing/ https://formlabs.com/blog/introducing-castable-wax-resin-jew...
- stubish 8y agoLooking forward to scaling things up beyond teeth, earphones and jewelry. All very promising though, and if the pixilization is solved that is excellent (one of the foundrys here invested in additive printing systems about a year ago, which then need the artist or laborers to resurface with wax before casting). I imagine cost will certainly be a factor for larger systems (say pieces 20-60cm height), both machinery and resins, because the profit margins are very tight until you hit the big time. Is the waste castable wax resin reusable?