kelvinA- I thought of the name SecSavr Suspense because the resin looked like it was suspended in air the first time I saw the demonstration video, and because it sounds mysterious.
- The door of the machine will lock like a washing machine when printing.
- I'd prefer it if the build volume is a cuboid, but if the build plate needs to be rotated for curing and space is a concern, it might have to be cylindrical.
- Washing while printing might be possible, especially considering that the topmost layer would have to be cleaned so that other colours / materials can be used.
- The plastic film could also act as a splashguard for the overhead screen.
- I'd like the resevoirs to be the resin bottles themselves so that changing colours is as easy as the J55.
- I'm thinking of a vertical "magazine" of resin-to-film applicators on each side that would have n amounts of colours.
- There would be 2 axes: one to line up the colour to the roller of the film, and one to move the applicator /cartridge on or off of the roller.
- The target for n would be 4 and above, thus 8 total.
- CMYK, White, Transparent, Soluable is 7.
- Desigining for a bigger screen would be more useful, but that would increase cost and size.
- Having it so that the shortest side of the screen is at the front and back of the machine would likely have benefits over the longest side, as seen with most resin printers on the market today.
- One would be that the unsuported span of film would be shorter, but the disadvantage is that the length that the applicator would have to cover would have to increase, increasing the chance of resin application defects.
- Another would be the increase in wall surface area that can be covered by the curing LEDs and still have a visible window at the front. It's not that the window will have 0 LEDs, it's that it's possible it would have less so that the part was still visible from outside.
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A project log for Liquid Laminate Lithography 3D Printer [gd0105]
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I'm sure this was written mostly to get the ideas out of your head and on paper (ie, for future you), but I'm finding it hard to follow as just text. Illustrations would go a long way here, whenever you have the time to write about this project again.
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Yeah, I wrote it and was thinking "Man this sounds complex. If I could just quickly model something up, it'll be so much easier to describe and convey." so that was what I was planning to do next (as well as something to use as a project image).
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