Monday, September 13, 2010

New tests and new findings...

Hi Guys,

I was wrong, the curing time was not enough to cure the resin totally, the resin was yellow because was not cured. I put it for few hours in the sun and became crystal clear, and got very hard.

The problem now is that increasing the curing time also increased the stickiness, so the acrylic base does not work... I need to find another material for this.

Meanwhile I will finish some other parts of the printer that are still pending. The program is 95% ready and it's amazing. I will share it later on.

Another important thing, the resin is clear and the light pass through and cures more than the layer it suppose to cure... so, there is no way we will produce a crystal clear object... but I am fine with that...

Also I am checking with Dymax if they can provide the resin with color.

Regards,

Junior
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