Shapeways 3D Metal Printing

[Tha1DJPLex]

how string is the metal after the whole process?

[666nargarothfreak666]

PLEASE GIVE ME THE NAME OF THE SONG!!!

its awesome :D

and nice video dude :)

[RainbowManification]

What CAD software do you support?

[SPEKERDUDE]

hey this was on how its made

[romeprince11]

could this be used to make an airsoft gun?

[cadj0ckey]

@romeprince11 Shapeways terms of service state that you cannot make weapons or 1:1 replica weapons.

[romeprince11]

@romeprince11

then how are airsoft guns made? let alone real ones..

[linkleisure]

are the sea horse door handles available to buy? and if i had my own design , at about the same weight as the hadels , what would be the cost ?

[cadj0ckey]

@linkleisure the Seahorse door handles are not currently available, but you can design your own, the cost is calculated based on material used. In stainless steel it costs $8 per cubic centimeter of material used plus a $6 handling fee.

[gti189]

1 guy is an asshole

[mentalabsence]

Whoever's idea it was to have psytrance in the background... FAIR PLAY :D

[Shapeways]

@mentalabsence Thanks, this is how we stay focused

[TelfLad]

this isn't 3d printing in metal

[cadj0ckey]

@TelfLad the objects produced are metal, and it is using '3D printing' technology.

[viscountalpha]

Don't listen to the hates about the music. If they don't like it, they can mute it.

[agentspider127]

hey u makin wfc rumble and frenzy well u did but how do i get them? u should make wfc laserbeek

[Shapeways]

@agentspider127 not really sure what the question is here?

[2hotinaz]

I can imagine SO many uses for this technology. Designers would go NUTS for this for starters. BUT, the process looks too difficult and expensive for most of us. I hope you are able to simplify it to the point that it wouldn't be necessary to have an actual factory to do these things. I can think of so MANY things I would love to design and produce. Oh, and is there a chance that other metals could be used...say silver and/or gold for starters?

[2hotinaz]

@2hotinaz One more thing...would objects made through this process be able to be used in 'real world' applications? For instance, could we design and print cookware that could actually be USED?

[artman40]

I hope technology would improve so much that it would be possible to print out an electronic circuit out of multiple materials.

[bongoowongoo]

What are the advantages of this process versus Selective Laser Sintering?

[aus430]

hello i would like to know if you guys could make me a necklace.

[sagrzmnky]

This looks expensive. How much did it cost just for that last ring design? I have quite a few thing I would want cast into metal but I have always feared the cost.

[cartesiaLive]

Now you need to make a 3D printer that can print 3d printers!!

[nikdudnik]

neat technology! awful music.

[Shapeways]

@nikdudnik yeah, we need to address that when we upload some of the new materials we are about to release

[vanportkid]

@nikdudnik vanportkid@yahoo.com says "what".

[Shapeways]

You should be able to weld it using standard stainless steel welding procedure. Depending on the application for gluing perhaps a 3M high strength double sided tape or sikaflex or similar?

[tiagofumo]

@Shapeways so what actually happens? you guys print the object in something that is not the metal, and than cover it with melted metal? what happens?

As this prints occur inside of this machine you can't actually see the proccess happening. I would like to know what happen inside the printer because most of the professional 3d printers has the powd cleaning proccess after printing. So the procces is actually milling, or something?

[Shapeways]

@tiagofumo In this case we 3D print using metal powder, which is bound together, then baked. So in the end it is solid metal, no plating. There is a bronze infusion process, but this is only to replace any space left when the binder is baked away.

[Shapeways]

You should be able to weld it using standard stainless steel welding procedure. Depending on the application for gluing perhaps a 3M high strength double sided tape or sikaflex or similar?

[Dirtboy101]

My brother uses shapeways to make custom rubix cubes. its very cool.

[maskedscientist]

@Dirtboy101 My cousin does the same

[bruhe]

i wouldn't want to inhale that stuff.

[kryptokrow]

pretty cool stuff..print me a ufo and a couple cherry 2000z,,yeehaw

[TheKSProduction]

can this stainless steel be sharpened? i have this friend who has this crazy idea for a type of arrow head. and he wants to patten it and everything. i offered to help him out but i need to know if shapeways allows this kinda work. and if this steel can even be beveled and sharpened.

[Shapeways]

@TheKSProduction the 3D printed stainless steel could be beveled, and sharpened to a certain degree (not samurai) but I am sure it would hold an edge.

Shapeways does not print "weapons" but just about anything else can be 3D printed.

[mhyotyni]

@Shapeways Is it possible to weld or hard solder this material with some silver or copper alloy? Is there a preferred gluing procedure (materials, surface treatment..)?

[seberusnet]

@Shapeways so I am guessing this wont print a low caliber pistol...

[Shapeways]

@seberusnet sorry but no weapons. anything else is fine.

[TheWileyLab]

Nice Work! I'm a chemistry Professor at Duke very very interested in this process. I'd love to talk to you over the phone. Please contact me at benjamin.wiley at duke.edu

[HalfPricePrototypes]

Cool stuff. EMS-USA offers Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS) part in Titanium, Stainless Steel and Cobalt Chrome. Also, Z Corp parts that get vacuum metalized or plated in chrome or nickel.

[xxwzaebd]

But the electricity bills resulting from laser sintering of metals would be very very high,for example some $100,000 each month.I think 3D CNC would be more economical.

[ThereRLG2006]

YAY! My little Devil is in the video! Thanks Joris!

[qp6093]

i was @ Euromold @ Frankfurt and some guy told me that they're trying to develop it so they can print frames for bikes. crazy shit

[hoarp001]

Are the finished parts as strong as the same model machined from solid using a mill or EDM?

[jboram1]

Don't think so, although the melting point of some steels is 1400-1450°C.

I don't really know what exactly the process does, but i think the stainless steel is sintered together, then the bronze infuses in to the porous sintered model. So really its only as strong as bronze. Or you will get a weird steel alloy with copper, tin in the mix.

[jboram1]

Don't think so, although the melting point of some steels is 1400-1450°C.

I don't really know what exactly the process does, but i think the stainless steel is sintered together, then the bronze infuses in to the porous sintered model. So really its only as strong as bronze. Or you will get a weird steel alloy with copper, tin in the mix.

[jorispeels]

Yes, you can order it from Shapeways.

I will see to it that we get more "reference size" pictures. That is a good idea!

[3dDruck]

Does it exist in Europe as service?

I've seen photos on the site.

Nobody in 3d printing has idea to put reference size so that one know what is the size of the object.

Also no high res photos

Video is good

[art4med]

wow-- interesting!

This could make some truly beautiful items.