Researchers from Canada’s Western University have developed a new open-source approach for 3D printing water pipe fittings.  According to the London, Ontario-based team, around 126 billion cubic meter

Could be promising as long as the print is water tight.

  • @rbesfe@lemmy.caEnglish
    10•21 days ago

    3D Printed pipe fittings have to be one of the worst 3D printing applications I’ve ever heard of. We use metal fittings for a reason.

    • AnyOldName3English
      8•21 days ago

      Plenty of plumbing is done with moulded plastic pipes and fittings, and I’ve 3D printed garden hose fittings (things like GHT to BSP adapters, which aren’t easy to buy) with success, so it’s not like moulding is the only way to make plastic good enough.