Formlabs’ SLA printed sample felt very strong to my bare hands - but it does have some weak spots when put to the test.
I’ll compare the Formlabs resin part to ABS, PLA and Taulman Bridge!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t6deOZloBU
Thank you @ThantiK for resharing! Reddit is still uncharted territory for me.
@Ashley_Webster thanks! It’s a bit different than the others, and i wasn’t sure if that was something people would like.
My wife and I like the video. Maybe eye protection would have been good.
@Ashley_Webster there’s so many variables it could be a massive undertaking…
I made a thing for you @Thomas_Sanladerer here: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:455584
@Chuck_McManis when i started getting into 3D printing, i had a couple of EN ISO 527-1 compliant tests done at my university, but only with the parts being loaded parallel to the layers. The results were very close (90%) to the datasheet values of the materials we tested.
Thomas, any chance you can share the stl file you used for the test?
@Simon_Villalobos sorry, the file was given to me by Formlabs under the condition that i don’t reshare it. However, they are considering making it publicly available at some time.
@Thomas_Sanladerer thanks!
I don’t know what your experience has been, but cheap no name natural filament has performed better than cheap colored, and cheap black filament tends to be much more brittle.
For instance printing your glide can, I am having delamination issues with some black Pla (found for $7.50/kg) but white from the same vender is fine.
If you want to give people the twisted rook file give them this link!