Thursday, March 31, 2011

First video...

Hi Guys,

I hope you enjoy...

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snOErpOP5Xk

Cheers,

Junior

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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Ring - Mass Production... :-)

Hi Guys,

It is really amazing what you can do with high resolution printer, sometimes I see myself surprised with the results.

You can print very small things with great details... take a look on the rings I printed....

BTW, now I can give a ring to my wife every day... hahahahaha... (I hope she doesn't read this)

Cheers,

Junior

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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Venus 2.0

Hi Guys,

You may remember the first object I printed last year (Venus), I have printed again this week... take a look on the difference...

These are the pics of Venus printed last year....



And this is the new Venus..... with 50 microns resolution.... cool!!!!!!!!


Cheers,

Junior
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Monday, March 28, 2011

High Resolution compared to FDM Kit

Hi Guys,

This weekend I decided to compare the results of my Homemade High Resolution 3d Printer (I need find better name, this one is too long) with the existing low costs FDM printers (kits). I am huge fan of the FDM kits and I think they are great but they can't deliver professional results.

I have printed the objects with 50 microns (this is so good that I can't see myself printing on 100 micros again... :-) )

Take a look on the pics....




Okay, I don't need to tell you that my whistle is the second one....

Another one.... the first picture is the FDM object and the last two pics from my Printer.





BTW, I will upload a video this week.

Cheers,

Junior

PS: Sorry that I haven't be able to answer the comments as I have been too busy... I will try next weekend.
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Friday, March 18, 2011

News...

Hi Guys,

Sorry, I have been quite busy to and did not have time to post the news...

I have some amazing results to share with you... great resolution of 50 micros and printing speed - 3.5 cm per hour

Look the pics....

I will have some more news soon...

Cheers,

Junior










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Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Updating the blog...

Hi Guys,

Sorry, I am updating few things and the blog will be offline for few days...

Cheers,

Junior
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Thursday, November 25, 2010

Updates....

Hi Guys,

Sorry for taking too long to post something and answer some comments, I have been quite busy at work...

Right now there are two main issues in the printer:

1) The Teflon glass arrived and didn't work... :(
The main reason is that the coated Teflon is not opaque and the surface is irregular.
Still working to find a solution soon because the workaround of using Teflon and tape reduces a lot the quality. Additionally the process fail sometimes when the tape does not hold the Teflon... terrible

2) The resin is too sticky after printing and requires a complex post curing process, including chemical baths and sun bath. I am right now looking for some alternatives.

I will post some more details soon and answer the comments.

Cheers

Junior
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About the Project


I have been dreaming about having a 3D Printer at home for many years, but the ones with good quality are not affordable and the low costs just deliver poor quality. Sounds crazy but I decided to build a high resolution 3D Printer by myself at home (people actually said that I was crazy and this was impossible). The funny thing I never saw this type of machines in real life, and still haven’t seen one besides the one I built.

Now that I succeed building the first prototype, the target is to bring this low cost 3D Printer to every home, so we are developing the first affordable one with high resolution.

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