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• Developer Creates 3D Printer That Uses Bitcoin Mining Heat for Bed Temperature Control March 17
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A developer known as PizzAndy has created a prototype 3D printer that uses heat generated from Bitcoin mining chips to control the printer bed temperature. The hybrid device was discussed during a recent interview on a Podcast, where PizzAndy explained how the open-source Voron printer design was modified with a custom bed system. The printer bed functions as a heatsink for Bitcoin mining ASICs, which generate the heat needed for 3D printing operations.
The current prototype achieves 500 GH/s of Bitcoin mining performance when the bed operates at 75°C. The system uses four BM 1362 AK chips connected to a custom heatsink that directly warms the printer bed. PizzAndy noted that the mining chip waste heat currently only heats the 3D printer bed and does not extend to the extruder at this tim