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Another DIY DLP 3D Printer turns to Crowd Funding

date May 13, 2012 comments Comments are closed

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The majority of current DIY 3D printers on the market are based around FDM technology which is a great simple 3D printing process. Put simply it takes a plastic filament, melts it down and pushes it out a tiny nozzle which is directed on to a bed which moves around in the X and Y directions to effectively draw your object. The print head is raised and the next layer is drawn on top until the part is complete. The process is slow and is limited in resolution due to the size of the nozzle opening and the Z stepping for each layer.

DLP (Digital Light Projection) on the other hand is a much faster printing process that is capable of printing very high resolution models and is a technology that is slowly creeping into the DIY 3D printer scene. Continue Reading →

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$4,000 Hi-Resolution DLP 3D Printer Kit

date May 4, 2012 comments Comments are closed

We posted an article last year about a new DLP 3D Printer which was being developed by a gent based in Singapore by the name of  . His machine showed promise and was capable of producing some amazingly details prints in a very short time frame. Over the past year he has invested considerable time and money into the development of his software and is now making the complete system available as kits through the crowd funding site Indegogo.  He needs to raise 300K to reach his target and is currently 1/3rd of the way through with 28 days remaining. You help Junior reach his target by pledging just $60 for a PDF copy of his plans or at the very top end $4,000 gets you a complete kit with all the components and required software to make it run.

Read on for a video of the machine.

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MiiCraft™ DLP Printer

date March 28, 2012 comments Comments are closed

Home built DLP 3D printers are gaining popularity all over the place. The latest one we have come across has been designed by a bunch of guys who go by the name of MiiCraft. The design is very similar to that of  DLP Printer however this one uses a Pico projector. From the looks of the photos and video’s this thing has got promise! For more information head on over to www.miicraft.com

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Home made DLP printer

date August 15, 2011 comments Comments { 84 }

A while back we posted some pictures of parts that were printed on a home made high resolution DLP 3D printer by . Well it looks as though he has been busy refining his software and printing some serious detailed small parts! From the limited information it looks as though he has some initial funding but may still look a releasing kits on a crowd funding website to help raise capital and get these printers out to the world.

For more information check out his blog.

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