I purchased one of the product made out of silver from Boltenstern and I believe it is printed by cooksongold. I was so curious the quality of precious metal and choose one product and received. M80 makes sense for precious metal as their spot size/ build platform / cartridge system at least most friendly system. Most recently I have seen several used M80 machine deal and cooksongold is move to binderjet. In this specific category still 3d printed wax and casting makes sense instead of direct manufacturing.
I also think that 3D printing from resins for casting manufacturing won this race. I have friends who are jewelers who use resin 3D printers on a daily basis and use a maximum of 1-2 machines (they don't need more).
The difference in price of 3D printers from resins and metals is abstract. Maintenance costs - incomparable. Additionally, there are not as many problems with casting as with metal powders (described in the article).
So the expiration of PRECIOUS M 080 is simply a sad result of all the above factors. It doesn't matter whether the machine itself was good or not.
And customer does not pay more for the technology. Instead of technology they will pay for uniqueness and creativity. For that resin casting can do same thing as tool. Thanks for the reply. I enjoyed your article
I purchased one of the product made out of silver from Boltenstern and I believe it is printed by cooksongold. I was so curious the quality of precious metal and choose one product and received. M80 makes sense for precious metal as their spot size/ build platform / cartridge system at least most friendly system. Most recently I have seen several used M80 machine deal and cooksongold is move to binderjet. In this specific category still 3d printed wax and casting makes sense instead of direct manufacturing.
Thanks for the insight.
I also think that 3D printing from resins for casting manufacturing won this race. I have friends who are jewelers who use resin 3D printers on a daily basis and use a maximum of 1-2 machines (they don't need more).
The difference in price of 3D printers from resins and metals is abstract. Maintenance costs - incomparable. Additionally, there are not as many problems with casting as with metal powders (described in the article).
So the expiration of PRECIOUS M 080 is simply a sad result of all the above factors. It doesn't matter whether the machine itself was good or not.
And customer does not pay more for the technology. Instead of technology they will pay for uniqueness and creativity. For that resin casting can do same thing as tool. Thanks for the reply. I enjoyed your article