Take a look as this printer on Kickstarter (yes I know these usually don’t come to fruition but this is their second Kickstarter, already having delivered on the 1st). Resin printer for $400, retailing for $1200 after pre-orders. Up to 10 micron resolution in Z and 50 in XY but their demo prints only show up to 35 micron Z resolution which is still more than sufficient. Uses an LCD to cure the resin and gets pretty good uniformity. I personally backed it already (got it at $200 :D) but I want to see what you guys think. They doubled their funding goal of $50k in the first 3 minutes!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kudo3d/bean-3d-printer-the-ultimate-consumer-sla-3d-print
Are we sure this isn’t a d7 with a few changes?
@Brad_Hill most resin printers look alike and specs set them apart. This has higher resolution and a special system to make the prints peel off the bottom of the tank easier.
The d7 is a 2k lcd of the same size with the same z arm. These are not coincidences. They just added a ball mount and hinged vat that flaps on it’s own, then rounded the corners to look less obvious. At least that’s my theory.
I’m not saying this is a bad thing but the $1200 retail is just misleading.
@Brad_Hill I agree, they did have a pre-release page with comments that got removed when the page went live. They mentioned that $1200 will be the most it will cost and they’re still working with suppliers and expect to eventually retail the printer cheaper. Unfortunately there’s just no record of that anymore.
I’m sceptical about reliability of the result for everyday use. And I hope to be wrong and the project will shine. But I have spoken with small developer & producer of similar stereolitography printer (but with LED and 4K resolution; their 3rd main model) during 3Dexpo in Prague and the price of sustainable commercial products with tech. support, tailored slicer etc. is still quite higher with reliable components.
I’d be worried about the build size - just 6.8cm on one axis (presumably X or Y). I know there’s lots of small detail stuff for which that’ll be fine, but I get orders that are too big for my Form 2, and that’s more than double that dimension.
The “comparison chart” also annoys me as it’s almost entirely subjective. Why is the size of the machine considered a plus point - it’s only important if you’re really limited for room. Laser SLA or DLP SLA match or beat it on everything other than price, so all this chart really says is that it’s the cheapest.
For that price it would be still good for me. Anybody experienced their previous project?
@Jon_Gritton yeah that chart doesn’t make much sense to me either. As for size, it’ll probably be fine for my needs. Anything bigger or functional will go to my FDM machines.