Comment Re:Goodbye jobs (Score 1) 475
Repeat after me: '3d printers are not able to make full strength metal parts. It is extremely unlikely they ever will be able to. 3d printers are not able to make full strength plastic parts. It is extremely unlikely they ever will be able to.'
Why would he want to repeat that? Fully dense metal parts with equivalent-to-wrought properties out of the machine and with a bit of stress-relief heat-treatment: http://www.eos.info/en/products/systems-equipment/metal-laser-sintering-systems.html http://production3dprinters.com/slm/spro125-direct-metal-slm-production-printer