Stefanie Pender made a glass FDM machine which extrudes molten glass guided by an industrial robotic arm. Glass is melted by oxygen/propane welding torch. She achieves simple geometric forms, but she gets A for effort and coolness in my book.
Printer working:
Here is the glass "filament" extruder:
Detailed project overview can be found at:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Glass-Fused-Deposition-Modeling-FDM/
Printer working:
Here is the glass "filament" extruder:
Detailed project overview can be found at:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Glass-Fused-Deposition-Modeling-FDM/
