The primary objective of this capstone project was to design and build a vertically oriented cylindrical furnace that can sinter metal parts produced by Desktop Metal’s Studio System with a bill of materials of $10,000. The metal 3D printing market is growing at a rapid pace and a low-cost furnace will further promote interest by lowering the cost of entry. The furnace’s heating elements are resistive graphite rods that uniformly heat a graphite retort holding the metal parts. In order to maintain sintering temperatures, a closed-loop feedback system of thermocouples and power management control an environment enclosed by several layers of graphite insulation. To provide the optimal metallurgic conditioning environment, the furnace chamber is held under vacuum and a proprietary process gas flows across the hot zone. Finally, access to the chamber is facilitated by a crane mechanism to remove the sealing plate atop the furnace.