Metal Base & Scrap Labs Usher in an Ultra-Low-Cost Sub-$10,000 Metal LPBF Evolution

• Dutch firm Metal Base started a low-cost metal LPBF revolution last month. An ultra-low-cost metal laser powder bed fusion system was engineered by Tom Bakker. With a direct path to...

The system is reported to have a 100 x 100 x 100 mm a 200W laser at 915 nm and be able to make layers between 20-100 um. There’s a HEPA filter, and it’s built on top of Klipper, while the slicers are PrusaSlicer, OrcaSlicer, and their own flavor, ScrapSlicer. The company wants to offer stainless steel, tool steel, copper, nickel alloys, and cobalt-chrome (CoCr). Now I’m intensely skeptical about the copper. Also, you should know that leftover powder can trigger thermite reactions with other powders and cause metal fume fever. I’m thinking that this will be dangerous to do. Furthermore, there is an oxidation risk. Nickel is a 2B carcinogen. CobaltChrome LPBF Powder is a Presumed Human Carcinogen But the idea of 3D printing cobalt chrome (CoCr) on a home machine is one of the stupidest thi