3D printing idea

watayahknow · Post by **watayahknow** » Sun Dec 06, 2009 7:10 pm

hi everyone im ronald bakker from the netherlands i resently came across youre forum and like the info on it

for some reason this idea shot in my head when reading sumtin about intake manifolds
i've been looking for it on the internet but i cant find anything that might do it so here goes :

3D printing works by laying layers on layers and i was wondering if you could do the same with a realy small migwelder building stuff up like engineblocks and intakemanifolds out of straight aluminium requiring only some planing and drilling holes before fitting

the thing that entered my mind first was contemination of the weld wish could be prevented by flooding the box the welding is taking place in with inert gas

the second thing was the piece colapsing while for instance closing a domeshape it should be possible to fill the open spaces with heat resistand powder

anyone knows a company looking intoo this ?

iadr · Post by **iadr** » Mon Dec 07, 2009 12:37 am

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watayahknow · Post by **watayahknow** » Mon Dec 07, 2009 5:13 am

thanks for the help , the cad-mould idea was a good one