Gary, could it be worth experimenting with some of the metal-fill filaments? I don't know if you've heard of them but they are printed on FDM printers (No expensive laser sintering) but are more expensive. I don't know if any of your machines would be able to use them as I think they need quite a high hotend temperature and a full metal hotend as they are quite abrasive, along side a heated bed.
I found some filaments on amazon quick, never used any metal-fil before however so I can't vouch for any of them.
Copper : https://www.amazon.co.uk/colorFabb-C...opper+filament
Aluminium : https://www.amazon.co.uk/FilaMETAL-A...um+filament+3d
Steel : https://www.amazon.co.uk/AlephObject...steel+filament
I would make them in two halves then just use some threaded rod with two nylock nuts on the end to clamp through a base plate or such, I've done this with a CNC mill with some random plastic we had laying around and it worked really well, but it would be interesting to see what you come up with.




Reply With Quote
Bookmarks