Now the folks at FormLabs have turned the whole ‘casting metal and 3D printer’ thing on its head: they’re printing sacrificial molds to cast pewter. There are two techniques demonstrated in ...
[Thomas Sanladerer] wanted to create some molds using 3D printing for concrete and plaster. He used a delta printer with flexible filament and documented his process in the video below. If you ...
3D printing can more easily create prototypes of parts to test their form, fit and function with the rest of an assembly. Tooling molds and dies, as well as patterns for castings, are 3D printed.
"We're using 3D printing and advanced manufacturing techniques to make us faster in forgings and castings," he said. Casting molds are typically made with sand using a wood mold to shape the sand ...