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Most of the current metal printers have a wacky vendor-specific supply chain, for feedstock and also post-processing. It's not really worth it for me to buy the
by xyzzy123 2y ago
Most of the current metal printers have a wacky vendor-specific supply chain, for feedstock and also post-processing. It's not really worth it for me to buy the equipment when I need an ongoing contract for it, and it will severely drop in value / usefulness once the vendor stops supporting it.
If I build my own it's probably gonna look like a mig stinger gaffer taped to a second hand kuka ;)
I have a CNC taig and a manual mill and lathe. Like most home shops I'm stuck at 90's tech level or below.
A lot of innovation has happened in the CNC space since the 90s but not much of it seems to have trickled down :/
- Joel_Mckay 2y agoNice, we've had a CNC taig mini-mill for small <1mm mill stuff around for ages, and linuxCNC is actually surprisingly reliable once setup. Our machines internal CAM release candidate is slowly getting more features, and the slicer part likely will end up FOSS once it meets its goal. You could also check out this great group (kits were around $8k if I recall): https://iro3d.com/ https://iro3d.com/ Or build metal + ceramic composites: https://www.rapidia.com/ https://www.rapidia.com/ YMMV, and remember safety... Ti powders can fail in dramatic ways... =3