Question 3D printing pill press punch dies

[frosties]

I'm looking for a very long time for a good resource for pill punch dies.
I know Alibaba etc got them but the import to Europe and customs are my problem.

My plan was to print just the tip with the logo on one or maybe two sides of the punch dies.

I already got dies without logo, so if there is a material which 3d printable and robust enough for a few docents of prints, it would be enough.
Because of the size/price of the print, changing a logo tip after a few presses won't be a problem.

Has anybody experience with 3d printers and could tell me if that idea could work?

Beeing able to produce a pill press with legal/available parts and a 3d printer would be a cool idea, which goes with the spirit of this forum!

 

[The-Hive]

I used to use theses cast them into steel polish them up weld a rod to it and modify a badge press. I was gonna make a tutorial on it, but you need a furnace strong enough to melt stainless steel.

 

[frosties]

My idea was to use those blank pill press molds from Amazon and attach the images to it. I used a lever press to do single pills and it worked pretty good.
There are tutorials on YouTube on how to build a small funance but I think the whole procedure seems too complex for me without any experience in melting steel.

I don't understand why there is no filament on the market sterdy enough to hold the pressure. I hope there will be soon. I mean metal filament already exists but doesn't look good on the videos I've seen.

 

[The-Hive]

I’ve seen them 6mm should do you could even get somebody with a CNC machine to engrave the pattern or design. A guy in the UK got raided by met police he had loads of pill presses and thousands of ecstasy tablets.

 

[frosties]

Anybody knows of you here is material that strong already existing?

Or is it somehow possible to use the 3d printed dies as a mold for metall?

 

[Tovenaar]

Use nylon CF as filament
And print stamp and mold.
I gonna try soon for tdp5.

 

[frosties]

Yes please share the results here!