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alright2565 52 days ago [-]
Their website is all AI generated and as far as I can tell, the only thing of substance on it is this cube: https://www.scraplabs3d.com/_next/image?url=%2FPXL_20260114_...
1970-01-01 52 days ago [-]
Their YouTube channel contains no video, no audio, and no images of the product. Red flag is red.

https://www.youtube.com/@ScrapLabs3D

pstuart 52 days ago [-]
I wouldn't know -- perhaps the HN Hug of Death™ is in play
evo 52 days ago [-]
I wish them the best, but to my knowledge most metal laser sintering setups involve powders so fine as to be both a fairly serious health concern and (depending on the metal) a plausible fuel-air explosive if there's sufficient concentration in the air.

It's not something that instills me with confidence when they self-describe as "scrappy", I'd like to see extra vigilance into the safety concerns.

KaiserPro 52 days ago [-]
It appears that its a laser sintererererer, which makes sense. You might have noticed the explosion in adverts for laser welding systems. This means that there 200w+ lasers floating around.

I assume it still needs to be held in an inert atmosphere. Plus getting the fucking thing off the build plate isn't trivial.

I know that at the shop at my old work, they used to use a wire EDM machine to cut the thing from the build plate, then mill it flat again.

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ItsABytecode 52 days ago [-]
Heading says "no sintering". Text says "...lasers. Metal powder in, metal parts out"
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