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i am always amazed at how 3d printer articles brought to the forefront of this aggregator rarely, if ever, talk about the peachy printer in considering lowerin
by justifier 12y ago
i am always amazed at how 3d printer articles brought to the forefront of this aggregator rarely, if ever, talk about the peachy printer
in considering lowering costs i suppose the question is who is assessing these costs: an individual, or a company
form1 is interesting but at 3.3k that is quite expensive for an individual
there is an effort for a 100$ stereolithographic printer called the peachy printer
comparing specs:
pP(i) form1(ii)
resolution .2mm 20-200microns(.02-.2mm)
build vol ?inf?* 125×125×165
software open closed
price printer 100$** 3.3k$
price resin 60$ 150$
* peachy's design is formless, seemingly only limited by the tank volume and struts
** 100$ self assembly, 400$ fully built
when the peachy is finalised and in the hands of users i think this build volume aspect will be a source of very interesting experimentation and debate
peachy was impressive when it started its effort and has steadily improved but the really impressive element of the campaign for me is the transparency of development(iii), and the ethics of its staff(iv)
also the software is opensource : https://github.com/PeachyPrinter https://github.com/PeachyPrinter
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(i) http://www.peachyprinter.com/#!printer-specs/c1gk6 http://www.peachyprinter.com/#!printer-specs/c1gk6
(ii) http://formlabs.com/products/form-1-plus/ http://formlabs.com/products/form-1-plus/
(iii) https://www.youtube.com/user/PeachyPrinter https://www.youtube.com/user/PeachyPrinter
(iv) http://www.peachyprinter.com/#!ethics/c2208 http://www.peachyprinter.com/#!ethics/c2208
- tonyarkles 12y agoI'm guessing no one talks about it in when articles like this show up because... well.. no one's really used one yet. I've spent the weekend hand-assembling what is hopefully the final prototype rev of the PCB though, and hopefully they end up in peoples hands soon. I don't speak for my employer at all, but I'm pretty excited that they should be out in the wild Really Soon(tm).