ARC — Atomic Recomposition Chamber // DEATHRAY

■PROVISIONAL PATENT FILED 03.05.2026 — #63/997,078

■OPEN SOURCE // PATENT AS SHIELD NOT SWORD

■GEN 1 ALPHA DEPOSITION STAGE: IN DEVELOPMENT

■SUPPORT MATRIX: GRAPHITE / ALUMINA / SiC / hBN

■TARGET MATERIAL: SS316L // FUTURE: Ti / Inconel

■RETURN THE MEANS OF MAKING TO ORDINARY PEOPLE

■PROVISIONAL PATENT FILED 03.05.2026 — #63/997,078

■OPEN SOURCE // PATENT AS SHIELD NOT SWORD

■GEN 1 ALPHA DEPOSITION STAGE: IN DEVELOPMENT

■SUPPORT MATRIX: GRAPHITE / ALUMINA / SiC / hBN

■TARGET MATERIAL: SS316L // FUTURE: Ti / Inconel

■RETURN THE MEANS OF MAKING TO ORDINARY PEOPLE

// DEATHRAY MICROFOUNDRY //

ARC-1 SERIES

ATOMIC RECOMPOSITION CHAMBER

An open source metal 3D printing platform designed to return the means of making metal objects to ordinary people. Built from consumer hardware. Designed to improve itself. A machine that builds better machines.

POWDER BED DEPOSITION

MICROWAVE SINTERING

SS316L CAPABLE

OPEN SOURCE

SELF IMPROVING

KLIPPER FIRMWARE

// SYSTEM STATUS — GEN 1 ALPHA

PATENT STATUS

FILED

#63/997,078

Provisional patent filed March 5, 2026.

DEPOSITION STAGE

IN PROGRESS

ALPHA

Nested assembly proven. Piezo vibration coupling confirmed. Pump integration pending.

SUPPORT MATRIX

READY

4-COMPONENT

Graphite 65% / Alumina 25% / SiC 8% / hBN 2%. Release agent confirmed.

MOTION SYSTEM

OPERATIONAL

ENDER 3

Klipper firmware. Gen 1 uses cartesian. Orbital cylindrical gantry planned for Gen 2.

SINTERING METHOD

CONFIRMED

MICROWAVE

Consumer microwave with susceptor. Rotating container for uniform sintering.

OPEN SOURCE

PENDING RELEASE

GITHUB

Full designs, firmware, and recipes to be released. Patent is a shield, not a sword.

// DEVELOPMENT PROGRESS

PHYSICS MODEL — FORCE CHAIN DYNAMICS

90%

SUPPORT MATRIX RECIPE

80%

DEPOSITION HEAD DESIGN

65%

VIBRATION CHARACTERIZATION

40%

FIRST FULLY AUTOMATED METAL DEPOSITION TEST

IMMINENT

// MISSION

Metal manufacturing has been locked behind half-million dollar machines and institutional access for too long. ARC is built on a single belief: the means of making metal objects belongs to ordinary people. Open source. Community driven. A machine that builds better versions of itself — the ancestor's lathe principle applied to the modern maker.

// GENERATIONAL ROADMAP

GEN 1 ALPHA — NOW

Prove Deposition Works

Plastic-printed machine. Ender 3 gantry. Nested deposition head. Piezo vibration. Prove powder moves on command.

GEN 1

Cylindrical Orbital Gantry

Three-motor cylindrical coordinate system. Piezo arrays. Matrix density mapping. Closed loop deposition control.

GEN 2

Integrated Print + Sinter

One machine. Print and sinter without moving the chamber. Chamber never loses coordinate reference.

GEN 3

Self Printing Replacement Parts

ARC prints its own worn components. Downloads improved designs from the community. Installs them. Continues operating better than before.

GEN 4+

Closed Material Loop

Matrix recycling. Variable composition by zone. In-situ quality verification. A manufacturing system that builds, measures, corrects, and improves — continuously.

FOLLOW THE BUILD

Development is active. First fully automated metal deposition test is imminent. Updates coming.

GITHUB — COMING SOON CONTACT // RICK@DEATHRAY.ME