[en] It is imperative to understand the application of emerging advanced manufacturing techniques to nuclear related capabilities. The Advanced Manufacturing thrust of the In-Pile Instrumentation Initiative seeks to apply techniques such as aerosol jet printing to allow for manufacturing of novel sensor designs. As part of this thrust, a laser sintering system is being developed. The preliminary design allows for benchtop experiments that are controlled with a manual stage. The preliminary results did not appear to achieve sufficient temperatures to sinter the specimen, and temperatures were not accurately measured by the IR camera. A calibration to link silver emissivity with temperature must be performed in order to quantitatively measure temperatures with the IR camera. This calibration will be performed, and a second sintering experiment performed in detail to determine required laser exposure times and temperatures to achieve sintering with the system. Future updates for the system include a higher resolution lens for the IR camera to allow for higher magnification temperature observations, as well as a motorized stage and control framework to link the stage movements to the specimen geometry and desired exposure time during the sintering process.