Good for home many hours, I wonder.
Damn them. I wuz gonna do that.
Oh well. Always knew GE or Pratt or Garrett (cough, Honeywell..gak) would do it once DMLS was good enough.
Might point out that this looks like a low performance engine, the compressor has straight radial vanes, turbine is basic and the surfaces are not finished.
Still....it works.
Now everyone can have a jet.
Jets for the masses. What a great thing.
3D printers will revolutionize manufacturing.. Someday people will purchase the templates and output their products from home. Probably end millions of jobs, too. Nonetheless, FORWARD WE GO!
The rockets on the Dragon crew spacecraft are also 3D printed:
SpaceX Crew Dragon Spacecraft Takes Flight During Pad Abort Test at Cape Canaveral
I didn’t need another reason to not fly.
“Direct Metal Laser Sintering”
that answers my question...