This guy is insane. More than the knowledge even... What impressed me the most was his dedication to keep going with this after all setbacks... For a while I thought he hasn't succeed, but then today I was gifted with this video. Really awesome!
Holy shit man, absolute king. Just the perseverance to keep going with this after all the set backs, never mind being able to build all this by yourself. Gave a dono and as i said this has so much potential for society in general, excited to see more.
@@user-wg5lu6ub6e For real. Pure insanity. Fighting for every bit of progress, but never giving in. Always progressing and always learning (and teaching) in the process. (edit: even his failures are a wealth of knowledge).
@justus1995 I get it all the time because I jump around so much in RUclips, but let me guess, it got your attention and you stayed for the whole video?
It’s so tough for individuals making huge projects like this. Micronics likely needed more time and money to finish their idea, but shouldering that without outside investment isn’t a small feat! The kickstarter could have helped with that, but the promise of delivering a product in a timely manner was where things went wrong imo. What would have been better is a campaign that promised a discounted rate on a later produced machine after 4x the time they assumed they would need. Idk if kickstarter would even allow a campaign like this though, and the excitement of sharing the awesome product you’re making while creating a company to sustain it is understandable. To be clear, I think the Micronics guys are super talented, and ended up in a situation where they needed more time and money to finish their idea, but didn’t have that option. Hindsight is 4 years ago or whatever and it is easy to make armchair quarter collector calls after the fact, but I blame their “failure” on the situation they ended up in and not character flaws inherent in them as individuals. Hopefully FormLabs doesn’t just nuke them and we see some improvements in their products (ie price lol) from the acquisition. Also I’m not implying you feel they’re bad people, but just clarifying my thoughts! So, give this guy money I guess? Or advocate for community backed companies to support him? Either way, I’m looking forward to seeing what comes next!
well this is already available to buy a company named alphalaser from germany has such an machine in their portfolio, but still impressive he developed one himself in his garage
Holy shit, this epic story has more drama, grit, heroic refusal of defeat and plot twists than the average HBO series! I absoultely salute you for the mental fortitude to not give up. o7
The only thing more impressive than your vast technical knowledge is the unbelievable amount of perseverance you have in the face of repeated disappointments.
If you want a global shutter, there's a raspberry pi camera that has it, which might be worth it on a budget, especially since you can mount your own lens
holy shit, that's one heck of a cool project you have there, mad respect maybe some tips or rather suggestions from someone who works with a SLM machine (from Aconity for anyone interested), if I mention anything you already addressed then it's just me being too enthusiastic and writing this comment while watching the video: - as someone pointed out, when working with 316L a lot of people use base plate heating, 316L normally takes around 300°C, for cubes it's relatively safe to not heat cause you don't have that much volume in comparison to the area connected to the plate, but anything with a different area to volume can make some problems cause the stresses get too high to handle for what little support you have, if you ever go into aluminium like alsi10mg use 200°C, that can also reduce your adhesion problems - 316L is notorious for spatter, if you have problems with that either reduce the layer thickness (we would use 30 um with such problems) or take a look at the gas flow, we had a problem with it being too turbulent and thus leading to a different print quality depending on the position on the platform, a slight modification to the exit nuzzle made it way better and more consistent over the whole platform, also drying the powder can help - concerning your density, it would be pretty cool to see a cross-section of your parts, depending on the form of your pores you can see where you are concerning energy, big irregular pores? probably lack of fusion, so more energy. big round pores? probably keyhole pores, so too much energy. lots of small round pores? gaspores, can't do a lot about those except for drying the powder and going slower with lower energy, or remelting every layer so the gases can escape the meltpool - we have 2 solutions for the coater, either a silicon lip or a carbon brush (there exists a 3. one from the manufacturer, a metal lip, but that's just shit), the silicon lip gives a way smoother powder bed but can break off any high spots or parts that threaten to rise up due to a lack of fusion or warping and it doesn't work with higher temperatures, becoming too soft and ripping out of it's holder, the carbon brush is way more forgiving but can lead to valleys in the powder bed, where particles are stuck to the brush - normally we burn in the first layer up to 3 times, just because you can't really control how thick it is, so rather put in more power and be sure, than having too little, putting in too much power will even out with the next few layers anyways - printing bigger or just a lot of parts and thus crowding the platform can lead to not enough powder being transported, so we normally brush over with a supply factor, meaning 2 - 3 times the height in powder that we theoretically need being brushed on, saved my ass more often than I want to admit hope my rambling could help you even a little bit, good luck with the project, would be so cool to see bigger and more complex parts being printed
Thanks for sharing all of that info. I don't know if I will be able work in any preheating in the near future but will keep it on the cards. I found a recommended temperature of 50 - 80C for SS316 in a MDS and was referencing that. I think at the current scale things should be alright.
I'm absolutely certain that even half of this project would've driven me to insanity. The world wouldn't have half the tech it does without people like you.
I didn't understand 95% of what you are doing, but I can easily tell that you should be respected for your knowledge and dedication... I only know about normal 3d printing (pla, abs, nylon and CF etc.) and I call myself a maker... But compared to you, I am a teletubbie..
Try using two or three powders together, of different particle-sizes. I forget the math on how it works, but smaller particles will fill void-space of larger particles, and you should be able to get the powder itself up to like 85%-90% of pure/solid material, and thus that should help with the fusing of the particles to make a solid piece.
that can make spreading the powder quite difficult due to agglomeration. industry standard is to use 15-45 or 15-50 um powder distribution. it provides a good balance between density and flowability of the powder
Smaller particles also melts easier meaning that you now have something very hot that will spread the heat to the larger particles, this is very noticable when casting as as soon as you just have a little molten metal in the bottom its very easy to melt more metal rather than a hot empty crucible
everything remind me very much of a publication "development of a hollow laser beam for micromachining" by E. Demirci in Advanced Optical Technologies long time ago. cool work, keep on!
I understood about 20% of the video, language barier and all but still this is over my pay grade :) I have no idea why I watched it fully but.. here we are. Thanks for the lecture :)
Wonderful and very detailed video! I have a tip: with the cheap Q-switched units you _can_ indeed just turn the q-switch off physically. However, If you want an OEM plug&play solution, JPT's M7 series MOPA laser sources can be kicked into CW mode digitally(set pulse length to
This video is amazing and you are a monster for keeping the project going after all these failures. I know a couple of companies that would actually pay you to miniaturize this or even put it into production. You should call a company like Prusa Research or one of the Universities that study this to see if they'll connect you with a great manufacturer
Me working on additive manufacturing on a PhD thinking i understand somethings and this guy building lasers in his garage 💀 Wild mate! Continue the incredible job!
This should have millions of views and likes. Incredible effort. It would be a dream to be able to affordably print metals in the home/ hobby space. Thankyou for making it closer to reality.
I BOW TO YOU. Please keep this independent and DIY. You show the rest of the world where we can go and for that, you are to be commended. Bravo. 🙏🏿✊🏿💯👏🏿
Just think about it. If you do something like this and you face an obstacle, there is no RUclips, no reddit, no hidden forum posts. You have no help. You have to figure it out. Amazing - and I feel so stupid now, this is a whole different level.
hey, I work @ Carbon as a controls engineer / architect and... I just wanted to say mad props. Thats an insane amount of work and there's so many details across many engineering disciplines (mechanical, electrical, optics, control systems, image processing, software / FW, materials). awesome job!
Hot Damn!! I had thought you stopped the project, but here we are, printing a Benchy. Absolutely mind blowing. See you again, whenever that is. Good luck and godspeed!!
I think this is the first time I've ever seen transverse modes illustrated like that and it pretty much explained everything about a concept I was aware of but never really dug into, it was just something laser beams did that people doing much more important things with lasers than I was needed to be concerned with. Impressive project, I would never have been able to push through all those setbacks, some no doubt quite costly.
The quality of the benchy after seeing all the issues in the test prints really impressed me. There's so much going on here, to be able to crystallise any working solution on your own is amazing
I'm so very very glad you're not dead, and that you'd been working on it this whole time! I think about your older videos a lot, and I'm sure this one will be the same despite much of it going over my head. Great work!
A job well done mate. Insane professional engineering for the money given. You've got some serious knowledge of optics and SLM printing. I've graduated my bachelors on experimenting with SLM printers, the second time I made a laser positioning system for my masters. The struggles I see in your video feels like a 10 of my project all cammed into one project. My respect! I hope you'll will have a lot more succes with these projects!
This is crazy. Metallurgy, optics, electricity, electronics, software, mechanics, systems & more? How are you so knowledged on all these difficult topics? How is this even possible? How long did it take to learn this much? How do you learn and improve your skillset?
I'm sure other people might've said this but for your leveling hammer, invest in a rubber or plastic tipped mallet. It is generally what we use for leveling / adjusting in the shop. Also might want to use a test indicator instead of a travel indicator for your leveling; the dial may take a minute to learn to use but they allow for much more accurate leveling. Really cool project!
This video is absolutely bonkers! Wow, thanks so much for sharing and persevering. Seeing the process is so much more interesting than the usual RUclips shake and bake projects. Respect!
Amazing work! I worked with 3ds printers in Germany. Your research and success are amazing feats. I can see very similar implementations within titanium additive machines. Your findings are very inspirational on a consumer level! Thank you
Amazing things like what you have created take a lot of time and never forget all that time that you spent will matter because you are making one of the coolest things I've ever seen
Dude I just stumbled upon this video out of no wear and am blown away at one man is capable of with modern resources and perseverance. Incredible. Keep on keepin' on son.
Extremely impressive! I've worked at two companies doing hardware engineering on LPBF machines. I can appreciate the complexity of what you are doing and cant believe you got this thing to print a benchy on the budget you are working with.
With the camera perhaps you should use a raspberry pi and one of their camera modules. The HQ camera has a threaded lens mount and you can get long ribon cables easily. Also it has plenty of documentation and APIs to drive it
My man, this is brilliant. I think you are the first one being this successful with this cheap of materials. I have no doubt, that if you keep working on your design, you can develop a metal 3d printer that you'd be able to sell. (Similar to normal 3d printers) I can't wait for the future.
Hey, a lot of professional systems use carbide blades for layer deposition and scraping. You might want to look into replacement carbide blades for paint scrapers. They're flat and sharp and fairly inexpensive! This has a second effect of being able to knock off high spots, but also can jam and remove parts if the build Also, stiffness of the recoater and powder beds is super important. Some linear slides may help tremendously
wow… i think thats the coolest looking benchy i ever saw and the proccess behind it is even cooler. totally love that you didnt give up and you posted a video explaining all of it. really great to see it and i hope you the best of luck in other projects.
Thank you for sharing the process. I have been clicking on your channel to see if I missed on any new videos once a few weeks. Congratulations on the successful benchy! Looking forward to watching your new updates.
This is some excellent work, love to see the bleeding edge become garage hackable. Even if in this case it's still well over my head. Looking forward to the next video and about to go consume your whole back catalog!
Just a request from my side, please keep uploading videos or shorts or atleast some posts to keep us updated with this project. I am also trying to build a Metal 3D printer myself and your videos helps speed up the process. Thanks and All the best!
wow, it's so motivating to see your progress. keep at it. The results look really cool! I'm looking forward to the next video! Thanks also for showing all the mistakes and solutions.
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The amount of knowledge the project requires is insane. Metallurgy, thermodynamics, motion physics, electronics, programming etc...
Lasers, optics, photogrammetry…
Metrology
This guy is insane. More than the knowledge even... What impressed me the most was his dedication to keep going with this after all setbacks... For a while I thought he hasn't succeed, but then today I was gifted with this video.
Really awesome!
What category does the spreading a powder with a credit card belongs to 🙃
@@Adrian_Galilea finance
Holy shit man, absolute king. Just the perseverance to keep going with this after all the set backs, never mind being able to build all this by yourself. Gave a dono and as i said this has so much potential for society in general, excited to see more.
Dude. Thank you!
@@metalmatters dude you earned my sub frame one you're a genius
@@user-wg5lu6ub6e For real. Pure insanity. Fighting for every bit of progress, but never giving in. Always progressing and always learning (and teaching) in the process. (edit: even his failures are a wealth of knowledge).
What an absolute legend!
It's essentially just a laser welder attached to a CNC head.
Still cool, but not rocket science.
RUclips algorithm doing it's thing again. Feeding me channels i've never heard of doing some crazy dedicated engineering in their sheds
This sort of channel is why I like RUclips so much.
I’m here for that though
Hey youtube AI, please keep them coming. Reminds me of old youtube with guys like nile red and codys lab. Mad scientist!!!
@justus1995 I get it all the time because I jump around so much in RUclips, but let me guess, it got your attention and you stayed for the whole video?
Please please please resist any attacks from big companies!! Spread info and resources! This is way too amazing to be taken down
Effing micronics...
I was just thinking about them lol@@calhoub
No one is going on take it down you spaz
It’s so tough for individuals making huge projects like this. Micronics likely needed more time and money to finish their idea, but shouldering that without outside investment isn’t a small feat! The kickstarter could have helped with that, but the promise of delivering a product in a timely manner was where things went wrong imo. What would have been better is a campaign that promised a discounted rate on a later produced machine after 4x the time they assumed they would need. Idk if kickstarter would even allow a campaign like this though, and the excitement of sharing the awesome product you’re making while creating a company to sustain it is understandable.
To be clear, I think the Micronics guys are super talented, and ended up in a situation where they needed more time and money to finish their idea, but didn’t have that option. Hindsight is 4 years ago or whatever and it is easy to make armchair quarter collector calls after the fact, but I blame their “failure” on the situation they ended up in and not character flaws inherent in them as individuals. Hopefully FormLabs doesn’t just nuke them and we see some improvements in their products (ie price lol) from the acquisition. Also I’m not implying you feel they’re bad people, but just clarifying my thoughts!
So, give this guy money I guess? Or advocate for community backed companies to support him? Either way, I’m looking forward to seeing what comes next!
well this is already available to buy a company named alphalaser from germany has such an machine in their portfolio, but still impressive he developed one himself in his garage
This is wildly impressive. Incredible work. If you need some CNC parts hit me up, I'd be happy to contribute.
yo, nice to see other engineering channels
I'll keep that in mind
Eyyyy this guy :)
Holy shit, this epic story has more drama, grit, heroic refusal of defeat and plot twists than the average HBO series!
I absoultely salute you for the mental fortitude to not give up. o7
the "herb" grinder heatsink is an incredible act of DIY ingenuity
I was here on the day that diy metal printing became a reality
If we had only known it would be so simple.
Yes, I'm joking.
This video is great. I'm not joking this time.
“He’s a man of focus, commitment, and sheer fucking will”
I understood about 30% of the video, but it was FASCINATING. Amazing stuff. I'm impressed with your sheer skill and determination
Had to reduce to 75% play speed to even keep up with the waterfall of details.
Keep up the great work
👍👍👍
I passed out twice so had to do it over three evenings.
The only thing more impressive than your vast technical knowledge is the unbelievable amount of perseverance you have in the face of repeated disappointments.
If you want a global shutter, there's a raspberry pi camera that has it, which might be worth it on a budget, especially since you can mount your own lens
holy shit, that's one heck of a cool project you have there, mad respect
maybe some tips or rather suggestions from someone who works with a SLM machine (from Aconity for anyone interested), if I mention anything you already addressed then it's just me being too enthusiastic and writing this comment while watching the video:
- as someone pointed out, when working with 316L a lot of people use base plate heating, 316L normally takes around 300°C, for cubes it's relatively safe to not heat cause you don't have that much volume in comparison to the area connected to the plate, but anything with a different area to volume can make some problems cause the stresses get too high to handle for what little support you have, if you ever go into aluminium like alsi10mg use 200°C, that can also reduce your adhesion problems
- 316L is notorious for spatter, if you have problems with that either reduce the layer thickness (we would use 30 um with such problems) or take a look at the gas flow, we had a problem with it being too turbulent and thus leading to a different print quality depending on the position on the platform, a slight modification to the exit nuzzle made it way better and more consistent over the whole platform, also drying the powder can help
- concerning your density, it would be pretty cool to see a cross-section of your parts, depending on the form of your pores you can see where you are concerning energy, big irregular pores? probably lack of fusion, so more energy. big round pores? probably keyhole pores, so too much energy. lots of small round pores? gaspores, can't do a lot about those except for drying the powder and going slower with lower energy, or remelting every layer so the gases can escape the meltpool
- we have 2 solutions for the coater, either a silicon lip or a carbon brush (there exists a 3. one from the manufacturer, a metal lip, but that's just shit), the silicon lip gives a way smoother powder bed but can break off any high spots or parts that threaten to rise up due to a lack of fusion or warping and it doesn't work with higher temperatures, becoming too soft and ripping out of it's holder, the carbon brush is way more forgiving but can lead to valleys in the powder bed, where particles are stuck to the brush
- normally we burn in the first layer up to 3 times, just because you can't really control how thick it is, so rather put in more power and be sure, than having too little, putting in too much power will even out with the next few layers anyways
- printing bigger or just a lot of parts and thus crowding the platform can lead to not enough powder being transported, so we normally brush over with a supply factor, meaning 2 - 3 times the height in powder that we theoretically need being brushed on, saved my ass more often than I want to admit
hope my rambling could help you even a little bit, good luck with the project, would be so cool to see bigger and more complex parts being printed
Thanks for sharing all of that info. I don't know if I will be able work in any preheating in the near future but will keep it on the cards. I found a recommended temperature of 50 - 80C for SS316 in a MDS and was referencing that. I think at the current scale things should be alright.
A man of Focus... Commitment.. Sheer Will
Very happy to see this still going, especially with the whole Micronics machine going down in Formlabs flames :)
saw that too. thought a sub £5000 machine would be a good start for sls then bam, formlabs mothballs it.
The Benchy is beautiful.
I'd call your printer a success so far.
I'm absolutely certain that even half of this project would've driven me to insanity. The world wouldn't have half the tech it does without people like you.
That was such a great breakdown of your testing. Thank you for sharing- am excited to see the next one in 2026! :P
Hey Zoe!
@@mikebergman1817 Hai Mike! smol world haha
i have absolutely zero idea wtf you're talking about for most of this video, but I like it
Very impressive! I envy your relentlessness towards problem solving. Looking forward to see whats next ;) Cheers from Denmark
I didn't understand 95% of what you are doing, but I can easily tell that you should be respected for your knowledge and dedication...
I only know about normal 3d printing (pla, abs, nylon and CF etc.) and I call myself a maker... But compared to you, I am a teletubbie..
Same
Try using two or three powders together, of different particle-sizes. I forget the math on how it works, but smaller particles will fill void-space of larger particles, and you should be able to get the powder itself up to like 85%-90% of pure/solid material, and thus that should help with the fusing of the particles to make a solid piece.
how do they all stay evenly distributed?
I guess you're talking about Fuller Curve Approximation
that can make spreading the powder quite difficult due to agglomeration.
industry standard is to use 15-45 or 15-50 um powder distribution. it provides a good balance between density and flowability of the powder
Smaller particles also melts easier meaning that you now have something very hot that will spread the heat to the larger particles, this is very noticable when casting as as soon as you just have a little molten metal in the bottom its very easy to melt more metal rather than a hot empty crucible
@@bencolbourn5691idk put it in a box and mix?
everything remind me very much of a publication "development of a hollow laser beam for micromachining" by E. Demirci
in Advanced Optical Technologies long time ago. cool work, keep on!
I understood about 20% of the video, language barier and all but still this is over my pay grade :) I have no idea why I watched it fully but.. here we are. Thanks for the lecture :)
Man, this is what I want to be one day. Incredibly knowledgeable and capable across a wide range of engineering disciplines.
After watching this I am not confident enough in calling myself an engineer anymore, holy smokes. Great Job!
Wonderful and very detailed video! I have a tip: with the cheap Q-switched units you _can_ indeed just turn the q-switch off physically. However, If you want an OEM plug&play solution, JPT's M7 series MOPA laser sources can be kicked into CW mode digitally(set pulse length to
Thanks for the insight. The fiber units have come down a lot in the last year since I purchased the DPSS system. Very tempting..
This video is amazing and you are a monster for keeping the project going after all these failures. I know a couple of companies that would actually pay you to miniaturize this or even put it into production. You should call a company like Prusa Research or one of the Universities that study this to see if they'll connect you with a great manufacturer
Dude. The amount of stuff in this video would require a literal lifetime to learn and implement. This is some midblowing stuff man.
It's funny, I understood almost nothing you said or did, but I couldn't quit watching.
this is without a doubt one of the most impressive projects that I've ever seen a single person take on. incredible stuff.
Me working on additive manufacturing on a PhD thinking i understand somethings and this guy building lasers in his garage 💀 Wild mate! Continue the incredible job!
I understand next to nothing here, but am now emotionally invested in your progress.
You are a god amongst men, this is incredible work. The number of different problems you’ve solved here is astounding. Well done.
A lot of this went over my head, but I still enjoyed the video.
This should have millions of views and likes. Incredible effort.
It would be a dream to be able to affordably print metals in the home/ hobby space. Thankyou for making it closer to reality.
I BOW TO YOU.
Please keep this independent and DIY. You show the rest of the world where we can go and for that, you are to be commended. Bravo. 🙏🏿✊🏿💯👏🏿
Way, way, way above my head. I think you are working at genius level.
RUclips's most underated channel. Great work, i love your stuff
I'm 2.75 minutes in and I'm blown away by your confidence to design your own fuggin camera for your own laser welder. So smart, man
Just think about it. If you do something like this and you face an obstacle, there is no RUclips, no reddit, no hidden forum posts. You have no help. You have to figure it out. Amazing - and I feel so stupid now, this is a whole different level.
You don't know how long I've been waiting for this moment. I almost shed a tear when I saw the thumbnail
Congratulations on the benchy man, what a legend
Because of genius people like you I am studying engeneering and want to achieve and create things like you !
hey, I work @ Carbon as a controls engineer / architect and... I just wanted to say mad props. Thats an insane amount of work and there's so many details across many engineering disciplines (mechanical, electrical, optics, control systems, image processing, software / FW, materials). awesome job!
Hot Damn!! I had thought you stopped the project, but here we are, printing a Benchy. Absolutely mind blowing. See you again, whenever that is. Good luck and godspeed!!
I think this is the first time I've ever seen transverse modes illustrated like that and it pretty much explained everything about a concept I was aware of but never really dug into, it was just something laser beams did that people doing much more important things with lasers than I was needed to be concerned with. Impressive project, I would never have been able to push through all those setbacks, some no doubt quite costly.
The quality of the benchy after seeing all the issues in the test prints really impressed me. There's so much going on here, to be able to crystallise any working solution on your own is amazing
I'm so very very glad you're not dead, and that you'd been working on it this whole time! I think about your older videos a lot, and I'm sure this one will be the same despite much of it going over my head. Great work!
A job well done mate. Insane professional engineering for the money given. You've got some serious knowledge of optics and SLM printing. I've graduated my bachelors on experimenting with SLM printers, the second time I made a laser positioning system for my masters. The struggles I see in your video feels like a 10 of my project all cammed into one project. My respect! I hope you'll will have a lot more succes with these projects!
hats off to you sir ,testament of what a man with will is capable of.
Man, you built not one but three different designs never giving up in the process 🎉
I am in awe at the amount of work and knowledge in here. Discovery channel can go get bent.
Please protect this man at all costs. Genius!
Hope you had time for a job while working on this project.
Well, now I understand why commercial SLS machines are so expensive. Super impressive work!
Let's make this video go viral! Really good content!
This is crazy. Metallurgy, optics, electricity, electronics, software, mechanics, systems & more? How are you so knowledged on all these difficult topics? How is this even possible? How long did it take to learn this much? How do you learn and improve your skillset?
Wish you all the success in the world. It's never a problem, only a challenge!
Just brilliant! I too have spent many hours trying to film welding, your camera following the puddle was just wonderful. Bravo. Very interesting.
An incredible amount of work for one pair of hands! Worthy of admiration!
I'm sure other people might've said this but for your leveling hammer, invest in a rubber or plastic tipped mallet. It is generally what we use for leveling / adjusting in the shop. Also might want to use a test indicator instead of a travel indicator for your leveling; the dial may take a minute to learn to use but they allow for much more accurate leveling. Really cool project!
I was just wondering about your project a bit ago. So glad you didn't give up.
This video is absolutely bonkers! Wow, thanks so much for sharing and persevering. Seeing the process is so much more interesting than the usual RUclips shake and bake projects. Respect!
Might be one of the best RUclips Videos I've ever watched. You have my greatest respect. Just insane....
Anyone that can do anything with an fpga has my respect great video
Amazing work! I worked with 3ds printers in Germany. Your research and success are amazing feats. I can see very similar implementations within titanium additive machines. Your findings are very inspirational on a consumer level! Thank you
Consider blowoff fans for spatter. And silicone blades for recoating powder
Mind blown. Those are amazing results
Amazing things like what you have created take a lot of time and never forget all that time that you spent will matter because you are making one of the coolest things I've ever seen
What a staggering effort! Congratulations for carrying through to a finished benchy.
Dude I just stumbled upon this video out of no wear and am blown away at one man is capable of with modern resources and perseverance. Incredible. Keep on keepin' on son.
Extremely impressive! I've worked at two companies doing hardware engineering on LPBF machines. I can appreciate the complexity of what you are doing and cant believe you got this thing to print a benchy on the budget you are working with.
With the camera perhaps you should use a raspberry pi and one of their camera modules. The HQ camera has a threaded lens mount and you can get long ribon cables easily. Also it has plenty of documentation and APIs to drive it
Please do not make us wait until 2026 for the next update! Amazing content and persistence!
My man, this is brilliant. I think you are the first one being this successful with this cheap of materials. I have no doubt, that if you keep working on your design, you can develop a metal 3d printer that you'd be able to sell. (Similar to normal 3d printers)
I can't wait for the future.
Hey, a lot of professional systems use carbide blades for layer deposition and scraping. You might want to look into replacement carbide blades for paint scrapers. They're flat and sharp and fairly inexpensive! This has a second effect of being able to knock off high spots, but also can jam and remove parts if the build
Also, stiffness of the recoater and powder beds is super important. Some linear slides may help tremendously
your music choice just threw me back a couple of years :) didn't expect this from a diy metal printing video haha.. awesome!
wow… i think thats the coolest looking benchy i ever saw and the proccess behind it is even cooler. totally love that you didnt give up and you posted a video explaining all of it. really great to see it and i hope you the best of luck in other projects.
I love those wire feeders. I thought what you had looked great.
Your work and determination is top-shelf. Keep up the good fight!
I can’t imagine being this intelligent and determined
For the filling, I recommend a checkerboard pattern and a second pass to make it flatter and better bond to the base layer.
You have certainly mastered a lot of skills to get where you are. Godspeed.
excellent work! hope this starts the DIY metal printing revolution!!
This is so impressive. Your passion project is much better than mine!
Absolutely awe inspiring. I'm speechless at your breadth and depth of knowledge and sheer perseverance.
Thank you for sharing the process. I have been clicking on your channel to see if I missed on any new videos once a few weeks. Congratulations on the successful benchy! Looking forward to watching your new updates.
I think the first method definitely deserves more exploring. It seems a more likely mass market solution to metal 3D printing.
Wow! You've done a great job. It's incredible how consistently and purposefully you act!
This was amazing, thank you for your time and money spent testing this for the betterment of this community
This is some excellent work, love to see the bleeding edge become garage hackable. Even if in this case it's still well over my head. Looking forward to the next video and about to go consume your whole back catalog!
wow this is incredible, can't believe you did it all by yourself, congrats and good luck finishing the project!
Drum n Bass interlude... excellent choice buddy
Just a request from my side, please keep uploading videos or shorts or atleast some posts to keep us updated with this project. I am also trying to build a Metal 3D printer myself and your videos helps speed up the process. Thanks and All the best!
Amazing develoment capacity. Absolut respect ! Best luck.
You're gonna bring down the price of metal 3d printing by sharing all this info! Wow imagine a company like bambu using your r&d data! Thank you!
This is outstanding. Your perseverance is greatly appreciated.
wow, it's so motivating to see your progress. keep at it. The results look really cool! I'm looking forward to the next video! Thanks also for showing all the mistakes and solutions.
honey wake up! Metal Matters is revolutionizing the world as we know it
Amazing work for a home gamer. If you can get that density up you have really opened doors.
man what a machine... this guy ate through those papers like its nothing :D
See yall again in 2 years I guess
Who will be there first? The chinese with a commercial solution for sale on Aliexpress or Metal Matters? ;D