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dlpower

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About dlpower

manufacturing enthusiast.

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    Comment #40078027

    Have not had this in my experience with formlabs. they recommend that you use a protective coating spray for parts that are outside in direct uv, I have never used it though and my…

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    Comment #40077932

    yeah the 6k is wild for sure, if you are looking to not use formlabs resin why would you buy a formlabs printer though? The biggest advantage of formlabs in my mind is the ecosyste…

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    Comment #40077741

    Yeah for sure, I see where you are coming from. I have used a form 3 a lot (4k of materials) and have my own form 2 and for my uses it has worked super well. There are certainly bl…

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    Comment #40069471

    More the opposite than anything. The SLA parts are isotropic so you have the same properties in every direction and do not have to worry about breaking on the layer lines like in F…

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    Comment #40069313

    Open platform allows you to use non formlabs resins, it works fine but tbh what you pay for with formlabs is getting the perfect prints every time. The form 3 works so well because…

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    Comment #40069258

    They have a robust material library, silicone, polyurethane, glass filled polymers etc. The material is not really a bottleneck at this point. I have used their ESD material which …