MakerBots, RepRaps and UP!s: It's 3D printers!

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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Hobbies, Crafts, & Houses > MakerBots, RepRaps and UP!s: It's 3D printers!

DearSirXNORMadam: Aug 1, 2009

Are there any printers that work with stuff that would be highly heat resistant? I was wondering how possible it is to print high quality experimental rocket nozzles and such. I'm guessing clay won't be functional due to air/moisture bubbles, so are there some terminator-grade plastics that are cureable to be heat resistant?

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DearSirXNORMadam: Aug 1, 2009

Well, if it's solidified in some way besides cooling, it might. Clay would work for example, except for the fact that it can be cracked by the aforementioned air bubbles. Photocured resins also come to mind, though they aren't particularly heat resistant to my knowledge, they aren't melted in order to extrude them.

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