Off Topic Damascus design idea

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onlyshado

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I'm wondering if new strengths and designs of Damascus steel could be produced by using metal powder and 3D printer technology to layer several types of powder in designs before forging. If the powders could be kept in place without any shifting long enough to be forged I think the possibilities are endless. Any thoughts on this idea? I don't want to make anyone mad and not trying to replace anyone making Damascus steel the traditional way. It's just an idea, so be cool.

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If done with laser sintering (I'm not an expert on steel 3d printing but that appears to be the major process), it wouldn't really be a question of keeping the powder from shifting; the powder is turned into a solid design in the 3d printing process. You would then pour in powder around the 3d printed design. That process would be similar to existing wire EDM, waterjet, or bent sheet powder process. 3D printing would probably be prohibitively expensive and therefore unlikely to take off, similar to the number of people doing anything with wire EDM (very few).
 
This is a pretty cool video if you want to nerd out on 3D metal printing and friction stir welding.....Larrin, you will understand these guys.

 
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