3D Printing Metal: How strong is it?

[GoatPrint]

I look forward to the day we can do this at home for a reasonable price

[Shelorygod]

You should check if you can heat treat the bit, without that nothing will be strong enough

[gabriell]

You forgot the last crucial step for tool steel. Heat treatment in sure this would be much stronger after the treatment!

[Le_Sixx]

This is not exactly how you're going to have a bit that lasts long. You will need a hardening process like any other tool steel.

[cllgscreative]

You should look at Wera's hex tools. There is a concave dip on each of the 6 sides. Wera claims this makes the tool stronger. This may prevent sheering.

[christiangonzalez]

Should do an update on this with effects of heat treatment and show overall cost as well to be most informative

[oscarvogel]

If you make the splined area loonger you can cut it off when it gets stripped and have fresh splines.

[XVRickXV]

Make the hexagonal shaped tip twice as long and as you strip it, use a metal file to remove small amounts of material and expose the rest of the intact geometry to keep having that crisp fit on the screws.

[lrog]

For most of the high quality bits like this, they are not only heat treated but also formed not by removing material like CNC but forged to align the fibres in the metal. This is the key step to making them last. But it would be so expensive to make a die and a punch for one single tool bit. (I didn t see a comment talking about this so I hope you ve found this interesting)

[OG-ProfessorFarnsworth]

I’m guessing that bit wasn’t hardened. Idk what kind of steel they used or if it even could be hardened but they’re may be room for improvement.

[TinkerDadD]

that's cool! i won't lie, the ability to print durable tools is why i wish i could afford the higher end sls-type machines that can do metal. hell, sls pa would be fantastic too....

[SnoringVids]

You just gained a subscriber my friend!

[SeanQuinn]

Maybe you could JB weld two single sided bits if you trim the bases?

[Hexdprints]

That is really cool! I love your videos

[ianoconnor]

It is common for Allen key bits to strip like that, you can grind them down a little bit to get the edge back

[pixel_printing]

i have a leatherman free p4 with metal printed parts and they have held up really well

[bits]

they can be but they need proper post processing and the right material choice aswell.

[ESTedwards]

can we get the link for the multitool?

[AtomicBleach]

Wiha ultra driver bits work. They have pretty much every double headed bit imaginable

[noeaguinaga]

I've always wanted to have hex tips with longer tips on them. That way you round one which is enevitably going to happen. Then you can just grind away a couple mm of material, slowly. Don't want to change the temper. And boom. Ya in there!