The latest company to take advantage of wood 3D printing is Kabuku Inc., the Japanese company behind the sleek Rinkak 3D printing marketplace. However, Rinkak won’t be selling wood filament, as sold for desktop FDM/FFF 3D printers. Instead, as a 3D printing marketplace, the site allows customers to purchase items laser sintered in its Woodlike material.
3D printing with wood offers the warm texture associated with the natural material, but with design complexity not possible with traditional woodworking techniques. As you can see from the gorgeous 3D prints available for purchase at Rinkak, laser sintered wood yields more a refined look than objects 3D printed from wood filament of the type invented by Kai Parthy.…
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