DIY Metal 3D Printing - Success

Here we go again.. Development of a DIY metal 3D printer, printing 316 stainless steel. This project aims to establish a cost effective opensource metal 3d printing platform. Subscribe for future developments & announcements. BMAC: www.buymeacoffee.com/metalmatters Music: Librarian - I Hope We Can Live On The Moon Someday https://soundcloud.com/bythelibrarian References: "Monitoring of Welding Using Laser Diodes" https://www.researchgate.net/publication/224830820_Monitoring_of_Welding_Using_Laser_Diodes" Operating the pulsed laser diode SPL LL90" https://dammedia.osram.info/media/resource/hires/osram-dam-2496583/Operating%20the%20pulsed%20laser%20diode%20SPL%20LL90_3.pdf Les' Lab - Alternative avalanche based pulsed laser driver (Files available in the description): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-htF8Jrixo "Experimental and Simulation Analysis of the Evolution of Residual Stress Due to Expansion via CMAS Infiltration in Thermal Barrier Coatings" https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/11/10/1148 Diode laser pumped Nd:YAG laser: https://www.leybold-shop.com/physics/physics-experiments/optics/photonics/solid-state-laser/diode-laser-pumped-nd-yag-laser/vp5-8-6-2.html "Implementation of a diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser with quick-change output couplers for high-beam quality 1064 or 532 nm wavelength generation" https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S1054660X09060012 "Minimalistic FW for Processing GCode commands to xy2-100 protocol and control peripheral devices using a Teensy board." https://github.com/opengalvo/OPAL "Review on volumetric energy density: influence on morphology and mechanical properties of Ti6Al4V manufactured via laser powder bed fusion" https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40964-022-00328-0 "Selective laser melting (SLM) of AISI 316L—impact of laser power, layer thickness, and hatch spacing on roughness, density, and microhardness at constant input energy density" https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00170-020-05510-8 "Process Optimization and Microstructure Analysis to Understand Laser Powder Bed Fusion of 316L Stainless Steel " https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4701/11/5/832