Re:Glassomer: Glass shaping at room temperature
by skykooler on Thursday June 18, 2020 @02:10PM
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I suspect that the glass powder will quickly wear through machining tools and 3d printer nozzles. So I'm not sold on this actually being economical.
Re:Glassomer: Glass shaping at room temperature
by ericb on Thursday June 18, 2020 @02:11PM
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Nozzles are fairly cheap.
Re:Glassomer: Glass shaping at room temperature
by lucioperca on Thursday June 18, 2020 @03:13PM
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Diamond coated tools are not that expensive either.
Re:Glassomer: Glass shaping at room temperature
by colordrops on Thursday June 18, 2020 @02:15PM
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They also have the ugliest logo.
TL;DW: they sell glass powder that's mixed with a polymer binder. You can buy it as a liquid or solid. It can be cut/machined as a solid, cast or 3d printed as a liquid, and there's versions that set from liquid to solid with UV exposure. Final processing in a kiln burns away the binder and melds the glass powder together, forming the final object.