ExtremeDullard@piefed.social to 3DPrinting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 26 days ago3D Print Becomes Cast Iron Wrench Via Microwavehackaday.comexternal-linkmessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
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minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·26 days agoTL;DR: normal sand casting, using a microwave to heat up the metal inside an insulated silicon carbide crucible. It’s not, like, using the microwave to sinter a metal-powder 3D print or anything special like that.
minus-squareExtremeDullard@piefed.socialOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·26 days agoI didn’t know silicon carbide heated up in the microwave. I learned something from the article.
TL;DR: normal sand casting, using a microwave to heat up the metal inside an insulated silicon carbide crucible.
It’s not, like, using the microwave to sinter a metal-powder 3D print or anything special like that.
I didn’t know silicon carbide heated up in the microwave. I learned something from the article.