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[T] Building both the Suspense and SuspenseSmall

A project log for Liquid Laminate Lithography 3D Printer [gd0105]

The best of resin with the best of filament; is such a 3D printer possible?

kelvinakelvinA 07/30/2022 at 21:290 Comments

I'm currently implementing the T12 lead screw into the design and have removed 4 linear rails from the BOM, saving around £40, so I think £1099 - 1199 is still in the cards, but I've remembered scrolling though Discord and Reddit comments about what printer they should buy / just bought and $500 came up often. Additionally, unless it's a TV or a table, consumers don't usually have a free 1.2m cuboid volume to place the SecSavr Suspense.

I was thinking that a solution could exist under £400 (spoiler, it can't) for a SuspenseSmall that shared many of the Suspense components so that: 

I did some quick addition and it's looking to be heading for £649 when "the unknown" is taken into account.

This is for a SecSavr SuspenseSmall with the following specifications:

I will take any opportunity to sping to quad colour support if physics allows. If the Suspense works as intended with dual colour, it'll already be a strong competitor to the Photon M3 Plus that's also at £649 on Amazon, but white, black, support and transparency would allow something closer to consumer's original expectation of 3D printers a decade ago, but in greyscale. The SecSavr Small (shortened name) and the SecSavr Suspense would be a similar setup to the cheaper B+W laser printer and the more expensive but full colour laser printer.

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