Scrap Labs has broken the mold of desktop metal printing with its new Scrap 1, unveiled at the Rocky Mountain RepRap Festival in Colorado. With a 100 mm cubic volume and a 200W laser at 915 nm, it aims to democratize metal sintering without closing doors to software. The machine is controlled from the browser and is compatible with ScrapSlicer, PrusaSlicer, and OrcaSlicer.
915 nm laser and remote browser control 🔥
The Scrap 1 design moves away from typical closed systems. Its 915 nm laser, less common than 1064 nm ones, allows efficient work with metal powders in a 100 mm cube. Browser control eliminates the need for proprietary software, and compatibility with three popular slicers (including its own ScrapSlicer) makes it easy for small workshops or advanced makers to get started. There is no touchscreen or physical buttons: everything is managed from a web interface.
The printer that asks for wifi instead of a manual 🤖
Scrap Labs has decided that the most modern thing is to not even have a screen. The Scrap 1 is operated from the browser, like a smart coffee maker that doesn't know how to make coffee. If you lose the signal, the print stops, but hey, at least you save on buttons. And with a 100 mm volume, you can make metal parts the size of a large die, just what you need to show you have a metal printer without really knowing what to print.