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Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:24:24 -0700
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Subject: Re: [MakerBot] Formlabs Form1 SLA 3D Printer for about the same price
 as Replicator2 / X2
From: Andrew Russell <ganstad...@gmail.com>
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Really beautiful design.  I *almost* pulled the trigger on buying one.
Then I remembered how much fun being an early adopter* with my
Replicator has been, and I'm going to pass.  If they are still around
in 2 years, maybe I'll buy one. :)
I sincerely hope they do well.  Any word about their prep software
being OS, or even the hardware?

I've read (on this forum?) that UV reactive polymers are *always* UV
sensitive, and the prints get brittle over time.  Lost wax casting
could be a way around this, but I don't have the time to experiment
with it.
For what I want to make/print, I'll stick with ABS or PLA.

I'm really happy the consumer/prosumer focused 3d printing market is
exploding right now.
Now where is the kickstarter for an OS 3d modeling package that isn't
Blender and is focused on the needs of 3d printing? (better booleans,
flawless shrink-wrapping of arbitrary geom, open GL accelerated previs
of gcode, etc.)

-Andy

* kudos to the Cupcake and ToM owners.  Thanks for being the *early*
early adopters and getting us to where we are today.


On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Matt Smollinger
<m.smollin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> It looks like a great option. However FDM can be 90% of what SLA produces,
> at 1/10th the cost. $150 bucks for resin, and thats cheap? Yuck, and oh
> yeah, don't get it on your hands cuz its toxic and stains worse than
> anything else.
>
> I'll stick with my PLA FDM for now.
>
> --Matt--
>
>
> On Wednesday, September 26, 2012 1:59:52 PM UTC-4, Aaron Double wrote:
>>
>> Something of note between the formlabs and b9 creator.
>>
>> They are similar but different, the formlabs one uses a laser and is a
>> traditional SLA printer except they are building from the bottom up, the B9
>> creator is a DLP printer. Uses a video projector to expose an entire layer
>> at one time instead of drawing the layer with a laser.
>>
>> Not a positive or negative for either one, just a difference.
>>
>> Aaron
>>
>> On Sep 26, 2012, at 1:37 PM, happyman wrote:
>>
>> I think it is very exciting that SLA 3D Printer begin to follow the trend
>> of FDM 3D Printer. At the present, there aren't many SLA 3D Printers below
>> US$3,000 to choose from (the most prominent brand that target home 3D
>> Printer that I am aware of, is B9Creator) and most of them seem to be an
>> indiviual start up. Formlabs seems to be backed by some deep pocket
>> investors so its future appears to be brighter than the rest. It has a nice
>> software too with following features
>>
>> - Automatic generation of smart support structures
>> - Autolayout optimizes part location prior to printing
>> - Manual tools for rotation, scaling, and duplication
>> - Analyze individual print layers with 3D stage viewer
>> It also comes with finishing tools as well.
>>
>> It has already hit the target of US$100,000 in Kickstarter.
>>
>> Hopefully, this will help to accelerate the overall 3D Market technologies
>> to the next level.
>>
>> Will Makerbot consider to expand its line of 3D printer offering with
>> other technologies like SLA or SLS? Hopefully, we will know soon with the
>> increasing pressures from the competitors.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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