{"id":569,"date":"2010-08-24T11:29:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-24T11:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/569-shapeways-silver-samples.html"},"modified":"2014-07-03T16:58:15","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T16:58:15","slug":"shapeways-silver-samples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/shapeways-silver-samples","title":{"rendered":"Shapeways Silver Samples"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whenever we ask the Shapeways community what materials and processes they are interested in being made available we always get many requests for <b>3D printed silver<\/b>.&nbsp; In response to these requests Shapeways has been experimenting with a few silver processes, testing for quality, reliability, best pricing.&nbsp; 3D printing silver is quite difficult to perfect, so it has taken us some time to get the quality we would like for the Shapeways community and we are now very excited to share with you our first silver samples&#8230;&nbsp; <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- s9ymdb:1731 --><!-- s9ymdb:1732 --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"223\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/shapewayssilver2.jpg\" style=\"border: 0px none ; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;\"><\/p>\n<p>Take a look at the images below and let us know what you think?&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><!-- s9ymdb:1727 --><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSC_06302.jpg\" style=\"border: 0px none ; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; width: 630px; height: 417px;\"><\/p>\n<p>Ring detail shows layering similar to that seen in 3D printed stainless steel when a raised element makes it difficult to polish surrounding surface.<\/p>\n<p><!-- s9ymdb:1728 --><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSC_06342.jpg\" style=\"border: 0px none ; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; width: 631px; height: 417px;\"><\/p>\n<p>Sterling silver with an even polish.<\/p>\n<p><!-- s9ymdb:1729 --><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSC_06372.jpg\" style=\"border: 0px none ; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; width: 630px; height: 404px;\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Highly polished sterling silver.<\/p>\n<p><!-- s9ymdb:1730 --><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSC_06412.jpg\" style=\"border: 0px none ; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; width: 630px; height: 417px;\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/model\/112908\/draw_your_own_earrings.html\" target=\"_blank\">Draw your own earrings<\/a> 3D printed in sterling silver showing the &#8216;grain&#8217; of the pencil sketch.<\/p>\n<p>Let us know what you think? 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