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A 3D printer for printing with welding wire

dominik-meffertDominik Meffert 03/20/2020 at 18:150 Comments

Just tested printing with flux core wire and the first layer printed very well, but as soon as the second layer started the melting stopped completely - I think it lost its conductivity due to a layer of less conductive material covering the metal. With the steel wire the socond layer melted, but the melted material did not fused together...

I also tested aluminum wire. It fused together but was very brittle.

Will test thicker steel wire, maybe it helps when there is more melted material at once.

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