:thanks: for the comments
To some point I agree - IR is used in most commercially used SLS machines. The problem would be to match the wavelength of the laser to the absorbtion of the material - hence the black pigment. AFAIK they use CO2 lasers which seem to match the absorbtion of nylon.
As...
Hi,
I got a rather weird idea.
I hat three old DVD burners awaiting the bin but I sourced them for motors etc. as a byrooduct I also saved the laser diodes. Since I am more into modelling (Ships not myself:D) and things like rapid prototyping and SLS ate pretty useful there there might be some...