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blakelove
Dec '16

Hi community,

I am looking to have a metal stamp printed. The stamp is destined to be heated by torch for the purpose of burning a logo into wood. Can someone confirm they can print something solid enough to withstand being heated by a torch multiple times without the quality degrading.

Thank you

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Garyg
Dec '16

Hi

I looked through the 3D hubs providers and found that some people are printing with metal materials.

I would imagine that you would need a laser sintered material to withstand the abuse you are planning on placing on your parts.

I would suggest you click on the 3D Hubs icon and select a material.

I needed to click on the More materials button to get to the people that are claiming to be able to print in metals.

I’m not sure about Canada located hubs, but there are a number of them in the US.

I would look at a number of Hubs to see if any look as though they could fulfil your needs.

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I use 3D Hubs, but am not in any way, associated with them.

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I hope my small rambling helps you out And

I’m hoping that others with Metal Laser Sintering process will chime in here.

Enza3D
Dec '16

Hi @blakelove,

You could get something printed in a castable material, and have your stamp cast out of metal (a jeweler could do this, or a prototyping shop). Metal sintering is very expensive, so it may be more economical to print then have the print cast.

Enza3D
Dec '16

Just following up on this - any filament that claims to be metal but can be printed on a standard FDM printer (Makerbot, RepRap, etc.) is not true metal and will not work for this application. It is just PLA or ABS mixed with metal for visual appearance but will not offer material properties of metal, so it will not work for this application. You will have to find a Hub or service that specifically offers DMLS (direct metal laser sintering), otherwise it will behave like normal plastic.