Form 1+ 0.1mm vs. 0.025mm Layer Thickness

Form 1+ 0.1mm vs. 0.025mm Layer Thickness

The Formlabs Form 1+ is capable of printing parts in three layer thicknesses:  0.1mm, 0.05mm, or 0.025mm. There are benefits and drawbacks to each of these layer thicknesses and each has its own applications. This page compares the extremes of the Form 1+’s...
7 Tips for Using the Form 1+

7 Tips for Using the Form 1+

Use a lever to detach models from the Form 1+ build platform When you print items on the Form 1+ using support material, which you likely do for the vast majority of prints, the PreForm software automatically generates support structures, including a kind of raft...
Day 1 with the Formlabs Form 1+ 3D Printer

Day 1 with the Formlabs Form 1+ 3D Printer

About two months ago I was very, very fortunate to win a Formlabs Form 1+ 3D printer from the Formlabs Contest on Instructables.com. It took a little while for all the pieces of the printer to arrive (the printer ships in three parts: the Form 1+ 3D printer itself,...
A Gallery of Form 1+ Prints

A Gallery of Form 1+ Prints

The Form 1+ uses stereolithography rather than fused filament fabrication (FFF). Instead of taking a plastic filament, melting it, and pushing it through a little hole onto the build platform like most desktop 3D printers do, the Form 1+ uses a light-sensitive resin,...
Getting an FCC License to Fly FPV

Getting an FCC License to Fly FPV

Getting an FCC License to Fly FPV One thing most multirotor pilots interested in flying with FPV technology don’t realize is that one of the prerequisites to flying FPV is getting an amateur radio licence from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)....