Sunday, October 17, 2010

Forgot to mention on previous post...

The time to print the brain gear was same as to print Venus (around 5 hours)... most of the 3d printers in the market would need more time to print a very complex object.

That's is the main advantage of this process, the object complexity does not affect the printing time as you print full layer each time.

Regards,

Jr
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3 comments:

  1. sxt173October 18, 2010 at 8:46 AM

    I'm curious, was the brain gear hollow? I am trying to figure out why you would need a support structure if the material is curing instantly and if it is hollow, if you would need a support structure if it were printed solid?

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  2. Junior VelosoOctober 18, 2010 at 11:07 PM

    Hi, yes the brain gear is hollow. You need structure as the bottom gears are printed before the structure as they are in lower layer.

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  3. TalldrinksOctober 20, 2010 at 6:11 AM

    Incredible project! I was wondering if you've ever attempted to expose the liquid with some sort of camera flash or beam spread laser. If used as the projectors light source, could they improve layer build time (even though your time is already great).

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