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Re: 3-D Printing with Metal

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Originally Posted by asid61 View Post
Best of luck! I would like to see something that's not a welder, as my school banned us from having one on the grounds that it was "unsafe".
Meanwhile, the milling machine, bandsaw, and various power tools are A-OK.
Welding requires proper ventilation as the aluminum additives heat and off-gas. I don't know your shop, but welding is considered unsafe without the ventilation.

In other news, metal 3D printing is so last year:
http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/...tead-of-hours/