The DMG-Mori combined powdered metal/laser AM and 5-axis CNC machining is very cool, but something close to $1M for the system. There are some efforts being made at wire-fed welder AM systems. I met a fellow from such a company at a 3d printing conference two weeks ago. He was lugging around a steel part they had made. It was conical, built on a small square of steel and about a foot tall. It had a pretty uneven surface, so definitely needed some post machining.
That company is called Plus Manufacturing (plus-mfg.com). I don't know what their system will cost but should be a couple of orders of magnitude cheaper than the DMG-Mori/ Fraunhofer laser system. The part I saw may have been the one in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-K83fEZrw0 -- Ralph ________________________________________ From: Roland Jollivet [roland.jolli...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 9:24 AM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: [Emc-users] 3D Printers I'm confused about not owning one either. I keep looking at the items made, at trade shows, and in plastic it all looks like junk. Good for fridge magnets mostly. But they're so popular. I must be missing something... Metal printing on the other hand, would be very useful, but the cost of powders is high. Far more useful would be a 'printer' using a mig welder (instead of laser), to lay down metal for further machining. eg; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaIOrQi2HLM Roland On 28 March 2017 at 16:48, andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> wrote: > I find myself astonished that I don't have a 3D printer. > I am thinking of buying one. > Longer-term I think I will end up making a large-format delta pritner, > so the one I buy will be more ot a toe-dipping exercise, and I am > looking at: > http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/182454763977 > Any thoughts? > > -- > atp > "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is > designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and > lunatics." > — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1916 > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
