Peachy 3D Printer?

[Chris Meyer]

Anybody else see this yet?

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/117421627/the-peachy-printer-the-first-100-3d-printer-and-sc?ref=category

Chris

[Alex Hunt]

Well... it's cheap!

Thanks for pointing it out.  There are several ideas in there that I like a lot, so I'll keep an eye on this project.

A few concerns:

1. This printer is going to be extremely sensitive to vibration.  Any jostling of the tank will distort the print. (Maybe floating a sponge in the water before you add resin on top would damp some ripples.)

2. It doesn't look like they can turn the laser off during the print - note the string up the center of the cube.  How would you print islands of material without stringing?

3. Computer generated audio (especially from a laptop) is quite noisy.  I don't know if that causes the bumps in the demo pictures or ...

4. That's no galvo!  I think the inertia of the mirrors might cause rippling in the prints.

5. No hard facts until they are 'done with R&D'.  Why are you kickstarting if you aren't finished designing?  Maybe that's just me...

But in the end, the price is right!  This printer would be a great starting point for someone investigating resin printers.  I'm thinking of supporting it just to play around.  I can already think of several improvements...

Alex

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