Message from @Kaytee
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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
for decent quality resin
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 $20/L
that's more for molding parts
Yup, i'm guessing that's the difference
between the regular resin that's 20$ 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
also will sell 3d print service
that reminds me
how much do you think i could sell a stone keycap for