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Brick Layers: the Promise of Stronger 3D Prints and Why We Cannot Have Nice Things
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; alt="Excerpt from 1995 Stratasys patent, showing the drawings of FDM layers, including brick layers."/>It is a fact of life that 3D-printed parts from an FDM (fused deposition modeling) printer have weaknesses where the layers join. Some of this is due to voids and https://hackaday.com/2024/11/09/brick-layers-the-promise-of-stronger-3d-prints-and-why-we-cannot-have-nice-things/
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; alt="Excerpt from 1995 Stratasys patent, showing the drawings of FDM layers, including brick layers."/>It is a fact of life that 3D-printed parts from an FDM (fused deposition modeling) printer have weaknesses where the layers join. Some of this is due to voids and https://hackaday.com/2024/11/09/brick-layers-the-promise-of-stronger-3d-prints-and-why-we-cannot-have-nice-things/https://hackaday.com/2024/11/09/brick-layers-the-promise-of-stronger-3d-prints-and-why-we-cannot-have-nice-things/