Parts are available on Thingiverse for those ... even in heavy-duty applications like press tooling. It often doesn’t have the same longevity of traditional metal tooling, but for small one ...

When we think of using a press to form metal we think of large ... and money perfecting a process for pressing copper parts with 3D printed dies, which you can watch below the break.

Such was the case about seven years ago when I saw the first copper press tool at a conference hosted by a major power-tool manufacturer. The most popular examples of this press tool have a set of ...