Printing In Metal with a MIG Welder
Whenever the question of metal 3D printers comes up, someone always chimes in that a MIG welder connected to a normal 3D printer would work great. A bit of research would tell this person that’s...
View ArticleCan 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...
View ArticleTurning 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 able to produce...
View ArticleCooking 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 One Thing that you can’t do without, the...
View ArticleEnder 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; metal printing is another thing entirely....
View ArticleHackaday 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 serving as testbeds....
View ArticleNifty 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 of manual skill from the operator. [PROFESSOR PARDAL...
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