Message from @Kaytee
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he probably just has a local supplier
right now i just have a couple fdm machines, they're neat and all and i can work with a loooot of materials with em since my hotend gets up to 300C and i have a pretty good fume-catching setup, but like you can only do thermoplastics with those
or just harvests it from shit like i do
sure nylon is cool, polyurethane is cool, but i want metal too
i live down the road from the industrial side of town
i can get any material i need, hell i can usually ask a buddy for some scrap and they go "yeah sure take i"
i harvest shit as well though, rebuilding atm but i have a filament extruder for recycling plastics
o shit cool
Anyone have an SLA/DLP printer?
60/40 virgin abs resin / recycled shells gives you serviceable plastic blend for anything where strength isnt critical
i'm looking at getting a dlp printer
wait for the wanhao d7 to hit v2
that's what i'm doing
I'm comfortable with the idea * of building one
be aware though uv resin is about as expensive as good quality rtv silicone
it's not cheap like fdm
How expensive are we talking about
$20 a liter?
try $60-$100
Holy fuck
But the resolution on dem parts
i'm sure there's some horrible shit resin that doesnt work right and takes too long to cure for $20/L
but you don't want that for sla/dlp printer
that's more for molding parts
Yup, i'm guessing that's the difference
between the regular resin that's 20$ a litre
Curing time
there's also the 3d printing markup
like how virgin abs pellets costs next to nothing but abs filament for 3d printer can cost $30/kg for a decent brand
Cant you combat that with an insanely bright UV projection solution though?
probably
give it a shot and lemme know how it goes
I know you can get 50W UV leds
it may make me less hesitant to go for dlp
and i can rig an adequate cooling system
i plan to sell miniatures to local tabletop people anyway and that'll offset the cost of even expensive resin pretty quick, but
i need some uv resin to make ciem shells
That's my use
o shit
also artisan keycaps