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Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 42
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Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 42

by Jason Babler
November 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
116 pages
6h 2m
English
Make: Community
Content preview from Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 42

Ones to Watch

ONES TO WATCH

Powder is coming to a desktop near you

WRITTEN BY CRAIG COUDEN

FUSED-FILAMENT MACHINES ARE HITTING THEIR STRIDE AND RESIN-BASED printers are about to become mainstream. Meanwhile, the next generation of at-home 3D printers will use lasers, heat, or liquid to bind powders into solid materials. This process is self-supporting — advantageous because no extra breakaway branches are needed to hold up dangling parts of your print. It can also work on a variety of materials — we’ll see plastics and minerals at first, but metal-printing machines won’t be far behind. Here are a few to keep your eye on.

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