<![CDATA[SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — Formlabs 3D Printer]]> 2014-06-13T05:52:11Z PunBB https://www.soliforum.com/topic/6232/formlabs-3d-printer/ <![CDATA[Re: Formlabs 3D Printer]]> Comedy gold. I'm awestruck.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/4515/ 2014-06-13T05:52:11Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/58581/#p58581 <![CDATA[Re: Formlabs 3D Printer]]> WTH is that!!!
It's been three days of this joker messing with the forum.  What part of BANNED don't you get!

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/2291/ 2014-06-13T02:13:14Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/58561/#p58561 <![CDATA[Re: Formlabs 3D Printer]]> Wow.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/221/ 2014-06-13T02:04:38Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/58559/#p58559 <![CDATA[Re: Formlabs 3D Printer]]> Alice side refers to the printing component from the platform edge of your cock. The following a few tips that can help you to avoid:
1, when you print to a layer of glue printing pad. Especially when you know there will be warped edge local Multi Coated glue. 2, the best combination of print head and a platform, than under normal circumstances to close. This will help you make the best layer printing. But also to avoid the adjustment gap is too tight, it may cause the material to flow out failure. 3, if you see Alice just in one place you repeat, this is a very good signal, the print platform you don't level. When you print, please ensure that your platform level. 4, pay attention to record your printing environment conditions. The room air flow or temperature changes, will enlarge the warped edge condition.
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]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/6202/ 2014-06-13T01:51:15Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/58557/#p58557 <![CDATA[Re: Formlabs 3D Printer]]> That XFab is ridiculously awesome.  That will be my first purchase for my business, well one of the first anyway.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/3772/ 2014-05-19T03:43:51Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/56564/#p56564 <![CDATA[Re: Formlabs 3D Printer]]> Today I attendedthe Bay Area Maker Faire, and of course I checked out as many different printers and technologies as I could.

Regarding the FormLabs, I did get a chance to actually hold and examine some of the models in detail.  Truth be told, it's not that much different (print quality) than what we can get with a well tuned printer.  In fact, not too far from FormLabs was Ultimaker's booth, and their new Ultimaker 2 produced some of the best output I saw all day.  And dare I say, it was better quality than the FormLabs.

On the other hand, there was one other company out there with a SL type printer, that absolutely blew me away.  It's called the XFab, and is made by DWSLAB.

First of all, the printer is easily twice the size of the FormLabs, and prints much larger objects, then the material they use is not the same as the resin used by FormLabs, the final print is like a semi-flexible rubber.

But the output quality was unbelievable, it really looked near injection molder quality.  Check out this little model.  It's just under 2" tall.  Look at the zoomed in image, I can see a few imperfections, but I still can't see any layer lines.

http://www.soliforum.com/misc.php?action=pun_attachment&amp;item=5327

http://www.soliforum.com/misc.php?action=pun_attachment&amp;item=5328

I want one of these printers.

OH, the price of the printer is $5000.  Considering the quality of the output, I think it's a bargain.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/1357/ 2014-05-19T01:35:14Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/56562/#p56562 <![CDATA[Re: Formlabs 3D Printer]]> Rocketman wrote:

What price range is this? I was thinking $2000 or so like a makerbot would be. Another two concerns of mine would be printing area limits and propriety technology that can't be fixed by just anyone.

It's $3300.

formlabs dot com/products/our-printer

I think it's very well made, but it doesn't serve the same uses as an FFF machine. It's a machine that makes parts with very high quality smooth surfaces, but it doesn't do so well on functional parts.

B9Creator is what you want if you want this kind of part in a less expensive machine. There's mUVe 1, but it's very complicated and the parts it makes doesn't appear to approach the quality of parts B9 or Form1.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/5682/ 2014-04-27T03:18:12Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/55160/#p55160 <![CDATA[Re: Formlabs 3D Printer]]> I thought formlabs had a decent price point for the components and engineering you are getting. I thought it was a real good value considering the hardware they used to make it smile some of the other printers coming out now have found ways to cut costs with cheaper components and such. the main expense in using this type of rapid prototyping machine is in the consumables unless you don't do much printing....

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/296/ 2014-04-24T04:11:11Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/54941/#p54941 <![CDATA[Re: Formlabs 3D Printer]]> I don't know about formlabs specifically, but there are quite a few laser/resin printers starting to appear out there with the price points getting closer to reasonable (of course most of them seem to be announced, but not yet actually available).

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/270/ 2014-04-23T13:52:14Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/54856/#p54856 <![CDATA[Re: Formlabs 3D Printer]]> What price range is this? I was thinking $2000 or so like a makerbot would be. Another two concerns of mine would be printing area limits and propriety technology that can't be fixed by just anyone.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/783/ 2014-04-23T03:06:35Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/54827/#p54827 <![CDATA[Re: Formlabs 3D Printer]]> 5x more expensive, resin is not as strong as ABS/PLA. What you describe as advantages are true over FDM, though.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/221/ 2014-04-22T21:58:00Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/54800/#p54800 <![CDATA[Formlabs 3D Printer]]> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzpVtkwkxMc

I know this is an older video but what is the potential for this type of 3D printing? Seems like it would be better overall both in detail and having fewer moving parts to calibrate all the time as well as I assume no warping. My only concerns would be a smooth break from support structures and material costs. What is there to know about this method?

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/783/ 2014-04-22T21:10:50Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/54796/#p54796