dahuman on 19 October 2013
| ListerOfSmeg said: Interesting idea, but I am not sure how viable it will be for a lot of things. The detail just isn't there. It looks like it will be a cool toy to play with but I don't see me making a lot of useful items with it. Guy is pretty smart though. He came up with some pretty good ways of working around using expensive parts. I may buy one on release for kicks but holding out for the powder based printers for the real useful items I want to make. Last time I looked into them they were getting them close to being able to print out shoes. |
The resolution is very high since it's laser based, would be nice for making certain parts using the hard resin for places that doesn't generate lots of heat for sure. I currently have a Prusa i3 and I can see myself using them for different things so it's pretty exciting for me. :D If you check their Kickstarter updates, they even have mixtures for more elastic resin and you can mix them for different hardness. They are also currently improving the design and contracted a company to make mobile apps for iOS and Android already. It's pretty cool shit. You can pretty much already print out shoes using a softer more elastic resin and just pad them if the material ends up being durable enough.
