Now it is possible to print your model in stainless steel on Shapeways! Check out these samples, which can be 3D printed in metal, or upload your own model. The material will be finished in a shining stainless steel look and costs $10 / cm³. For more details check our materials page here.

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The process lays down a thin layer of stainless steel powder, this is bound by a binding material. Layer after layer is applied and the resulting model is then lifted out of the powder. The model is then heated, cured and infused with bronze. Then in this case it is polished. This is a very new process and we're taking it straight out of the lab and bringing it to you.

This is just a bit of expectation management on our part:

We can currently print models your models in Stainless Steel. Keep in mind the guidelines when modeling for 3D printing and it is best to keep the wall thickness at a minimum of 3mm. The minimum details size can be 0.1 mm

However we have to manually check each model to be sure it can be printed. Even though you can successfully upload your model it will not always mean it can be printed in metal. With this great new process we can not give you guidelines for modeling that will ensure you that designs made according to these specifications can be 3D printed in metal.

The models will take 14 working days to get to you from the moment you order them.

The Stainless Steel 3D printing process does not provide for as smooth a finish as some other stainless steel things you might already own. You will see some layers and layer definition in your final object.

In some objects the polishing process might not be able to get all the nooks and crannies. In the Moebius ants small model for example that you can see in the pictures above the underside of the ant legs are not polished.

We still think that this is AWESOME! But, want you to know what you're buying!