[TheForge] 3D printers

[Paul N]

Not hardened dies, but certainly durable goods


http://www.guns.com/2013/11/07/solid-concepts-unveils-first-3d-printed-metal-gun-full-size-45-acp-1911-video


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From:"Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer" <artgawk at thegrid.net>
Date:Sun, May 3, 2015 at 1:02 PM
Subject:Re: [TheForge] 3D printers

Good answer Mike.
In my mind, when it’s possible to 3-D print hard metal ( probably initially sintered), then it will be sneaking into  the BS shop.
I’ve a friend who already uses one to work out mechanisms….but he spends more time playing with it.
He has paired it up with a hand held 3-D scanner and is going kinda nuts about the potential.
When it can produce hard steel dies, i’ll begin to salivate.

On May 3, 2015, at 6:51 AM, CGRAF <adveniam at att.net> wrote:



On 5/3/2015 5:50 AM, terry l. ridder wrote:
> 
> Do 3D printers have a place in blacksmithing and metalworking?


In a "classic" shop no.

In a shop following the actual tradition yes.

There was a time when this same discussion could have been had as the iron anvil replaced the rock, or the power hammer replaced the anvil for many tasks.

Blacksmiths have traditionally been on the forefront of innovation.
The work in just plain too hard not to take advantage of anything one can come up with.

Legend has it that it was a blacksmith who dreamt up the vise grip.

My my grew up next to a blacksmith shop.
The first salesman that stopped by selling an oxy-acetylene rig was not allowed to leave until he had sold the smith his sample.

I am thinking that rapid prototypes and even finished items would be right in step with the spirit.  It may not be "old -timey" enough for some, and not how I choose to spend my time, but that means nothing in the grand scheme.

As you know my time at the fire is strictly recreational so I do not need efficiency in order to make money. For me it is all about the process.

On the other hand if I was providing one of a kind agricultural or machine parts , for a profit, somewhere off in the hinterlands, I'd have a generator  and a 3D printer.

Blacksmiths made the tools both for city and more importantly for the frontier in this country. I think they just put one in the space station, right on the frontiers edge.

Mike Graf
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