new 3D printer with resolution of 0.001"
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Simon Dorfman
Oct 1, 2012, 3:33:23 PM10/1/12
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This looks pretty awesome:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/formlabs/form-1-an-affordable-professional-3d-printerAnyone with 3D printer experience have any comments on this? Do you think they'll deliver what they're advertising?
-Simon
Charles Allhands
Oct 1, 2012, 3:39:01 PM10/1/12
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Simon,
You may be interested in the comments about it on Hacker News: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4575260
-Charles
-Simon
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Dithermaster
Oct 1, 2012, 3:39:25 PM10/1/12
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The Form 1 has been getting a lot of press as an affordable resin printer. So far nobody has made one available for cheap. It remains to be seen if they will be sued out of existence.
On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 2:33 PM, Simon Dorfman <si...@yamlike.com> wrote:
-Simon
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Sector67 Team
Oct 1, 2012, 5:45:07 PM10/1/12
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I actually saw this printer as well as the B9Creator (http://b9creator.com/) this weekend. Both have been successful on Kickstarter.
The B9Creator is using a novel (patented by Mike from B9Creator) system to prevent the resin from sticking to the vat during prints. It uses an LCD projector to cure a whole layer of resin at a time. At the time I talked with him (yesterday) he plans to license his machine in a format that allows for use and modification, but does not allow anyone to commercially clone and/or use his technique without licensing it.
The Form 1 machine is using a currently patented by others tilt mechanism, it remains to be seen if they're legal licensees of this technology or if they aren't aware (or ignoring) the potential infringement. They're using a blue ray laser to cure the resin in a vector approach, this technically gives them a faster print speed because they can put much more light (curing potential) down in a pinpoint area faster than printing a whole (dim) layer at once.
Chris
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