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You would need a ceramic mold, but that might be easier to 3d print? Right now it is in a bed of fine glass beads that the printer drags through as it goes, so
by twobitshifter 3y ago
You would need a ceramic mold, but that might be easier to 3d print?
Right now it is in a bed of fine glass beads that the printer drags through as it goes, so this is kind of a similar approach. For one offs or prototypes this might be good, but when you print more than one of something than a mold likely makes more sense.
- frognumber 3y agoAluminum sandcasting is what you're looking for. Sand is cheap, and should be easy to 3d print, even for one-offs.
- whatshisface 3y agoSand molds have to be compacted.