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@meso You can weld metal to 3D print it, but it's hard to print something larger than a gear.
Welding metal puts a serious amount of stress into it, but it's possible to release that stress by heating the metal in a furnace to the right temperature to relieve all the stress and then you can slam it in some water or suitable oil to harden the outside.
Welding metal puts a serious amount of stress into it, but it's possible to release that stress by heating the metal in a furnace to the right temperature to relieve all the stress and then you can slam it in some water or suitable oil to harden the outside.
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@Suiseiseki welding and casting metal is how its been done for centuries and its the based way to do metalworking, not this OH DUDE LETS UHHH 3D PRINT METAL!!! :soy:
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@meso That requires large, expensive proprietary equipment.
Being able to design something in a free software CAD and then print it off in metal on a free software metal printer, with post-treatment achievable with a cheap furnace would in fact be superior.
Being able to design something in a free software CAD and then print it off in metal on a free software metal printer, with post-treatment achievable with a cheap furnace would in fact be superior.
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@Suiseiseki no it doesn't require large expensive proprietary equipment nigga, 3D printers will always require complex proprietary electronics. you can make your own welder with some transformers and wires
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@meso The rep-rap printers used simple Arduino hardware for the control (free hardware design with free software).
You can make a welder with a high-enough amperage supply, but that won't be a very good welder.
A good welder requires at least some electronic control and also a shielding gas, or a shielding flux.
You can make a welder with a high-enough amperage supply, but that won't be a very good welder.
A good welder requires at least some electronic control and also a shielding gas, or a shielding flux.
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@Suiseiseki arduino is proprietary
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@meso It now is proprietary, but previously the hardware design was free, the bootloader was free, the development software was free and the libraries were free.
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@meso @Suiseiseki you'd need multiple dies to cast this i think, and that would be bigger and more expensive than the 3d printer
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@meso @Suiseiseki he talks about how this was much cheaper than doing it with traditional methods
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@meso @Suiseiseki and you're the one who brought up casting, which is way less accessible than even an industrial 3d printer
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@meso @Suiseiseki yeah, that's what the guy in the vid talks about being more expensive since it's not just welding a bunch of straight pipes together
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@meso @Suiseiseki the machine made for prototyping and very small production runs being good for a one off is?
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