by Toglefritz | Jul 14, 2015 | 3D Printing
3D Printer Frame Design Every part of designing a 3D printer is fascinating, from the linear motion system, to the electronic circuitry, to the software, designing a 3D printer offers Makers the opportunity to explore a wide range of technological areas and skills....
by Toglefritz | Apr 11, 2015 | 3D Printing
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...
by Toglefritz | Apr 11, 2015 | 3D Printing
The Form 1+ is a very capable 3D printer for a number of reasons. Among the most important is that the Form 1+ has extremely good repeatability. If you print the same model a dozen times in a row, it will come out of the printer exactly the same very time. This is...
by Toglefritz | Apr 9, 2015 | 3D Printing
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...
by Toglefritz | Apr 8, 2015 | 3D Printing
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,...
by Toglefritz | Apr 6, 2015 | 3D Printing
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,...
