Micronics Micron 3D - $3000 Desktop SLS printer

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• vic_rattlehead@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Dang this is seriously cool. I wonder how much space the whole workflow will take up on a workbench, and of course how dusty the room it’s in will become.

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  • dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Honestly even at this price point I don’t see much use for a machine like this for hobbyists. Plastic SLS printing only has a few advantages over the significantly cheaper and widely supported FDM machines most of us use. SLS printers can create overhangs and do “print in midair” tricks that FDM can’t because the partially completed part is supported by the unfused powder, and they theoretically produce parts that are isotropic, i.e. there is no difference in layer vs. planar adhesion and they are as strong in the Z axis as they are in the X and Y. This might matter for mechanical parts, but it’s not terribly important for the vast majority of people who are just cranking out low-poly Pikachus and Deadpool busts or whatever.

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