Build Your Own SLA/SLS

Are you guys having success with replacing the light bulb with a UV LED?

a friend of mine tried this for his PhD thesis about a year ago, with the result that the UV LED busted the DLP chip very quickly.

I personally haven't tried anything else than Sylgard 184 yet, but the mUVe 3D printer for example uses adhesive Teflon FEP film. you can buy it in their store for 3,50 US$ http://www.muve3d.net/press/product/fepteflon-non-stick-reservoir-coating/ doesn't help us much, since we are located in German...

I believe that there is glycerin underneath the teflon fep film. the glycerin can pass through the fep film when the cured layer is lifted with the build platform, and flow back underneath the teflon (because it is heavier than the resin) once the freshly cured layer is released. does that make sens...

Hi Helmi, would you mind sharing the name of the german company from which you got the teflon film? For the mUVe printer, they use self-adhesive teflon film. In regards to the solidator guys and how they do it, I have written a post with my interpretation of their patent over at the B9 Forums. I bel...

Hey Pie,
any news about your Coating tests?

I am not much a chemist, and do not quite understand by what type of principle your solution works - but I'd been keen to know more.