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but I think it might be!

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[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What? The printer? They use metal pellets and AFAIK, you program the printer to heat an induction coil to melt the pellets.

Yes. Very cool. Thanks for the explanation.