Basically, it's using a pico-projector mounted on an X/Y linear system. It will be able to expose tiled portions of a much larger image on a vat bottom at a resolution of 25microns X/Y. I've just started the build, but I'm making good progress.
New Project Build!
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New Project Build!
Hey everyone, Thanks for making this such a great community. I've started a new project build. You can view some details about it here:
Basically, it's using a pico-projector mounted on an X/Y linear system. It will be able to expose tiled portions of a much larger image on a vat bottom at a resolution of 25microns X/Y. I've just started the build, but I'm making good progress.
Basically, it's using a pico-projector mounted on an X/Y linear system. It will be able to expose tiled portions of a much larger image on a vat bottom at a resolution of 25microns X/Y. I've just started the build, but I'm making good progress.
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Re: New Project Build!
Wow very cool, I was accumulating parts for a Muve printer before I happened across this forum and changed gears to build a DLP printer. So I have 6 meters of openbeam here as well as 6 stepper motors etc looks prime for a next build based on this. Can't wait to see your progress. 
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Re: New Project Build!
The nice things about this design is that you could go either way. You can arbitrarily swap out the laser for a projector and re-configure the software.
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Re: New Project Build!
That sounds like a fantastic solution. But if the DLP works well (And I'm sure you will make it so) I can't see wanting to mess with lasers since I'm sure it would be a little less accurate and far slower build times since it has to draw the layers.
But if the DLP works well (And I'm sure you will make it so) I can't see wanting to mess with lasers since I'm sure it would be a little less accurate and far slower build times since it has to draw the layers.-
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Re: New Project Build!
Very Nice! Looking forward to see how well the tiling works and if you get lines where the tiles overlap. There's got to be just enough overlap to make sure the tiles are stuck together but not enough to see any lines. It will be cool to see.