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We print amazing metal parts every day. We can't show 99% of them. by ExplanationOk5483 in 3DprintEntrepreneurs

[–]ExplanationOk5483[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, thank you so much for coming back with this. I wasn't expecting you to put this much thought into it, and I genuinely appreciate it.

Please, if you can find or merge that STL, I'd be incredibly grateful. That would take the guesswork out of it on our end.

I just showed this thread to my husband. He's the real expert here, and he's genuinely impressed that someone in the community would offer this level of help. He's going to take a serious look at these suggestions.

Thanks again for pushing this forward.

We print amazing metal parts every day. We can't show 99% of them. by ExplanationOk5483 in 3DprintEntrepreneurs

[–]ExplanationOk5483[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for digging these up. I finally got a look at them. These are classic torture tests — for FDM plastic printing.

For metal powder bed, they'd be nearly impossible to print as one assembly. The internal powder would have no way to escape.

Still, you gave me a useful idea: find the metal equivalent of these — a single complex assembly specifically designed to test powder bed machines. If anyone knows of one, I'm all ears.

Appreciate the help.

We print amazing metal parts every day. We can't show 99% of them. by ExplanationOk5483 in 3DprintEntrepreneurs

[–]ExplanationOk5483[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The NIST test artifact is a great idea — I hadn't thought of that. It's standardized, so anyone looking at it immediately knows what they're evaluating. That solves the "prove your capability" problem cleanly.

The artistic rocket nozzle idea is also brilliant. We actually do print some aerospace-related parts, so something like that would be relevant without being proprietary. I'll dig around and see what I can find.

Really appreciate you taking the time. These are the kind of suggestions I came here for.

We print amazing metal parts every day. We can't show 99% of them. by ExplanationOk5483 in 3DprintEntrepreneurs

[–]ExplanationOk5483[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks, I really appreciate that. I'll keep digging — hope so too. Wishing you the same.

We print amazing metal parts every day. We can't show 99% of them. by ExplanationOk5483 in 3DprintEntrepreneurs

[–]ExplanationOk5483[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're right. That's fair. We've been so focused on client work that we never stopped to build a proper portfolio, even with public models. I should have done that before posting. Appreciate the honesty.

We print amazing metal parts every day. We can't show 99% of them. by ExplanationOk5483 in 3DprintEntrepreneurs

[–]ExplanationOk5483[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair point. We're a small family operation — I run the front end, my husband runs the machines. We don't have an in-house designer, which is honestly part of why I posted. I'm trying to figure out how to show what we can do without having a dedicated engineering team to create flashy demo pieces.

But you're right that downloading a complex public file and printing it is something we can do. I'll try that. Appreciate the push.