Orders of magnitude cheaper ..

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Orders of magnitude cheaper …
http://3dprint.com/9592/matterfab-reveals-their-affordable-metal-3d-printer-an-order-of-magnitude-cheaper/

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“An order of magnitude cheaper” and “same quality as million dollar”.

In other words: $100,000.

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hm sls for 4000$ ? maybe for plastic powder but metal? I guess the solution lies in making a powder melt at lower temp and using cheap CO2 laser or something.(you get these for 300$ in china…) but laser that melts metal… dont think these are cheap…

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@marc_kerger , the laser isn’t the problem. It’s the vacuum chamber to keep the metal from oxidizing, or the argon gas to fill the chamber that’s more of a cost issue.

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@ThantiK OK I thought it was laser power. those cheap CO2 lasers even with lots of power dont do nothing to metal.

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Metal cutting lasers are like 1kW+ machines.

SLS yields a rough texture, be it plastic or metal.