D3D Metal Printer

Basics

• Part of the Open Source Digital Fabrication Construction Set
• A Metal FDM Printer
• A D3D Printer modified to print metal parts
• Required a heavily heated build chamber and nozzle
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• Uses metal wire as filament

Used For

• Allows for very complex metal parts that would be hard to produce by subtractive manufacturing methods, while having lower cost and complexity of a Metal Sls or powder bed EBM device

Minimum Viable Product

• Uses wire as feedstock (almost like plastic 3d printer filament)
• Precise
• Requires little post processing

Basic Design

• Same as a D3D but with metal wire instead of plastic FDM Filament

See Also

• Open Source Metal SLS 3D Printer
• Small Aluminum Part Machine
• Open Source 3 Axis Wire-Cut EDM Machiene
• Open Source Robotic Arm Wire Cut EDM Machiene