No affiliation here, I just came across FiberSeeker 3 and wondered what people think about it. The ability to do continuous fiber embedded printing really seems to step up the prints from prototype to actual functional parts.
I’m thinking it would be really cool to try printing some bike components, specifically a seat post setback adapter for my tall ass. I’m wondering if this type of composite part could take that kind of repeat shock?
Just for anyone wondering, because I was sure wondering, existing continuous fiber filaments from other brands run upwards of $450 per spool at the moment. Jesus.
Aaaaaaand, I’m out. Seesh that’s insane.
I mean… the printer itself costs ~2500 … I was out before the spool
Same as a Voron
You’re going to have a heck of a baller Voron for 2.5k. My Voron, even with some CNC aluminum parts sprinkled in, was way less than that.
But that’s the point, this unit uses separate spools of filament and polymer and then coextrudes them, making it way cheaper. I was trying to hunt down an article about it but can’t seem to track it down, but I think they said spools of the fiber are around $50.
“Composite Fiber Coextrusion (CFC) is a proprietary 3D printing technology that embeds continuous fiber strands into melted thermoplastic during extrusion. Unlike chopped fiber or filled filaments, CFC places full-length fibers precisely where strength is needed — layer by layer.” - from the kickstarter
Sounds really cool and useful, but wouldn’t we also need non planar slicing and maybe a 4th axis for the full potential?
The bane of 3d printing is generally between layers though. Layers are not strong, but they are much stronger than the between lawyer connections.
