Re:MIT team develops 3D printer that's 10x faster than compa...
by jstanley on Saturday December 08, 2018 @11:31AM
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What's the best way to keep the laser pointed just in front of the nozzle?
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Re:MIT team develops 3D printer that's 10x faster than compa...
by oliveshell on Saturday December 08, 2018 @12:20PM
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Not the parent commenter, but I imagine mounting it so it rotates around the nozzle’s axis would work. Fiber optics would help if the laser unit is too big to have swinging around on the print head.
You might also need to be able to tilt the laser up/down to vary the distance from the nozzle.
It should be pretty easy from there to have the computer keep it pointed at wherever the nozzle is going next.