I’m looking at getting a high res 3D hobbyist printer. Does anyone the board have a Form1, Muve3D, or B9 Creator? Would they be willing to print out a few test parts for me? I can pay for postage and a reasonable printing fee. Ideally, I’d like to compare all 3 before arriving at a decision.
I just ordered a Muve for work and should have it running in 3 weeks I would guess. I have a Pryntech OpenSL kit as well. OpenSL operates in the same basic manner as the Form1. The OpenSL does not work yet because the software is lacking. I have organized with a few people to get a proper host application written though. Hopefully something comes of it soon.
Since it works the same as the muve, why not adapt that? The host software, etc, is all opensource.
They are similar but with different means to the same end. Muve is cartesian based. It simply moves the laser around with the XY carriage.
OpenSL and the Form1 use galvanometers with mirrors that reflect the laser and steer it.
Muve can simply take Gcode from any normal slicer etc. With galvanometers you cannot easily get the same performance from Gcode. Galanometer based systems are actually more like laser slide shows, similar to how DLP systems work. You input pictures of each slice and those pictures are then scanned with the galvanometers. The software to display the pictures using galvos - integrated into a host - is what we are working on.