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At this point, most readers will be familiar with fused deposition modeling (FDM) 3D printers, and how a plastic filament is pushed through a heater and deposited as liquid through …read more Continue reading Glow Plug Turned Metal-Capable 3D Printer Hotend
Working with metals can present a lot of unique challenges even for those with a fairly well-equipped shop. Metals like aluminum and some types of steel can be cut readily …read more Continue reading Hackaday Prize 2023: Machining Metals with Sparks
To say that desktop 3D printing had a transformative effect on our community would be something of an understatement. In just a decade or so, we went from creaky printers …read more Continue reading Exploring a New Frontier: Desktop EDM Is Coming
If you’ve ever short-circuited a car battery, you’ve seen the pitting and damage a few sparks can cause. Smart minds realised that controlled sparks could erode metal very accurately, in …read more Continue reading Hackathon Wire EDM Build Really Works
The desktop manufacturing revolution has been incredible, unleashing powerful technologies that once were strictly confined to industrial and institutional users. If you doubt that, just look at 3D printing; with …read more Continue reading Powercore Aims to Bring the Power of EDM to Any 3D Printer
As a Hackaday reader, it’s safe to assume you’ve got a better than average understanding of electricity. There’s also an excellent chance you’re familiar with machining, and may even have …read more Continue reading Machining With Electricity Explored in the Hack Chat
They say that if you have a lathe, you have every other machine tool too. To some degree, that’s true — you can make almost anything on a lathe, including …read more Continue reading Cut Just About Anything with This Combination Lathe and Wire EDM
They say that if you have a lathe, you have every other machine tool too. To some degree, that’s true — you can make almost anything on a lathe, including …read more Continue reading Cut Just About Anything with This Combination Lathe and Wire EDM
When you see something made from metal that seems like it would be impossible to manufacture, chances are good it was made with some variety of electrical discharge machining. EDM …read more Continue reading Bringing the Power of EDM to the Home Shop
We’re not aware of any authoritative metrics on such things, but it’s safe to say that the Ender 3 is among the most hackable commercial 3D printers. There’s just something …read more Continue reading Simple Mods Turn 3D Printer into Electrochemical Metal Cutter