Nifty MIG Welder Built From Scrap
A MIG welder is a great tool to have. With machine fed wire and gas protecting the arc, it can make it easy to weld well without requiring a lot …read more Continue reading Nifty MIG Welder Built From Scrap
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Hackaday Links: October 1, 2023
We’ve devoted a fair amount of virtual ink here to casting shade at self-driving vehicles, especially lately with all the robo-taxi fiascos that seem to keep cropping up in cities …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: October 1, 2023
Ender 3 Meets MIG Welder to Make a Metal Benchy — Kind Of
When you can buy a 3D printer at Aldi, you pretty much know that 3D printing has been reduced to practice. At least for the plastic version of 3D printing; …read more Continue reading Ender 3 Meets MIG Welder to Make a Metal Benchy — Kind Of
Cooking Up a Batch of Homebrew Welding Gas
You know the feeling — you’re making good progress on a weekend project, you’re really in the groove, things are going right. Right up until you run out of That …read more Continue reading Cooking Up a Batch of Homebrew Welding Gas
Turning a MIG Welder into a Metal 3D Printer
Metal 3D printers are, by and large, many times more expensive than their FDM and resin-based brethren. It’s a shame, because there’s plenty of projects that would benefit from being …read more Continue reading Turning a MIG Welder into a Metal 3D Printer
Can You 3D Print an Axe?
3D printers hit the scene in a big way in the last decade, and thanks to the constant improvements that we’ve seen since then you can now get a decent one, assembled or as a kit, for a reasonable price. The one major drawback is that almost all of these printers are limited to printing in plastic, which has its obvious limitations. Printing in metal seems like the next logical step, and a group from Michigan Tech has created something that is accessible to most of us. Spoiler: they used plastic and metal printing to print a functioning axe.
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