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Old 10-12-18 | 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by squirtdad
Pure curiosity and knowledge question: what is the state of the art for for printed metal, what materials are printed and are they malleable enough to wrap?
Or I misunderstood your question.

You can print aluminum, titanium, stainless and most every precious metal. The stainless can be annealed to be malleable. Precious metals are just naturally soft.

Shear strength is about 85%, tensile is about 90% and compressive is about 95% of the "natural" material
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