• @KorkkiOP
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    1 month ago

    Most cheap-o grade filament metal 3d printers are 10k and up, there really is no real hobbyist pricepoint for metal 3d printing. The industrial level metal 3d printers were already at 100k to million per machine. This is obviously targetting things like automotive and aerospace industry, that can easily pay those prices, not consumers. Maybe if we get more Wire DED metal 3d printers the cost might go down, or it won’t.

    • @ZeffSyde
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      21 month ago

      On top of the purchase price, I’m guessing that having something like this running in your home fab will require more safety equipment than a uv shroud and an air mover to keep things safe/non-deadly.

      • @KorkkiOP
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        31 month ago

        Yeah, like the printers using metal powder need pretty much a hazmat gear to operate.

        • @KingRandomGuy
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          28 days ago

          This was also one of my concerns with the hype surrounding low cost SLS printers like Micronics, especially if they weren’t super well designed. The powder is incredibly dangerous to inhale so I wouldn’t want a home hobbyist buying that type of machine without realizing how harmful it could be. My understanding is even commercial SLS machines like HP’s MJF and FormLab’s Fuse need substantial ventilation (HEPA filters, full room ventilation, etc.) in order to be operated safely.

          Metal is of course even worse. It has all the same respiratory hazards (the fine particles will likely cause all sorts of long-term lung damage) but it also presents a massive fire and explosion risk.

          I can’t see these technologies making it into the home hobbyist sphere anytime soon as a result, unfortunately.

    • @[email protected]
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      11 month ago

      I was hoping this one might have been around 15-20k but was totally wrong. Hopefully someday they’ll be cheap enough for the everyday household