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Oh, I am going to have to watch that. This is a very interesting idea. Imagine scaling it up to structures.

It could be like putting rebar in cement.

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It could be like putting rebar in cement.

Imagine filling the voids with epoxy instead of resin. Or better still, glass/carbon fiber reinforced epoxy. That would be a game changer.

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This could also be crazy useful in off-world building and manufacturing. You could add various stuff into the solution to make it more radiation tolerant or stand up better to storms/impacts. Hell, maybe even add some sort of heat-reclamation capability to generate small amounts of power just form it sitting there.

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There certainly is a lot of potential in this idea of reinforcement/selective filling. I'd really like to explore these things myself but my 3D printer has been dormant for over 2 years now and is rather outdated by today's standards (Anycubic Predator delta printer). I don't really have the desire to drop a few grand on a new multi-material/AMS printer, but it would be interesting to work on these challenges. For now my money sink is still music studio gear so 3D printing will have to stay in the background again.

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I'll admit right off that I didn't have time to watch this whole video so he may have addressed my comment but it seems to me that you could just increase your infill for the same benefit??

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I'll admit right off that I didn't have time to watch this whole video so he may have addressed my comment but it seems to me that you could just increase your infill for the same benefit??

Yes he compared it to solid infill and it was stronger, in some cases. Increased infill still has layer separation issues which limits its strength, but the injected molten resin fills the gaps better and can improve layer adhesion significantly. The use cases for solid infill and molten injection would need to be better defined, but for now it's all still experimental. There's a lot of experimentation and exploration opening up for this technique and I think we'll see more ideas and improvements to come.

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I've been printing for a little while now and the more I do and learn the more it seems like I have to do and learn!!!

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I've been printing for a little while now and the more I do and learn the more it seems like I have to do and learn!!!

That's the whole 3D printing experience summed up in one sentence! It's fun, frustrating, exciting and tedious all at the same time and we just keep on doing it!