FreeCADFirst of all, I want to thank Yorik, and every participant of the FreeCAD project, for such tool. I tried other tools in the past, but FreeCAD's scripting power, avaliability and freedom has no equal. Thank you
I want to present a project that it is now around 7~8 months old. It is a 3D printable DLP 3D printer. Among it's particularities you can count that it is made entirely with FreeCAD, from the very beginning.
http://www.github.com/bqlabs/Sunrise
(Sorry for the big photos, I didn't work out how to shrink them)
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It's structure is made out of aluminium extrusion profiles, and 3D printed parts. While the latter are generally frowned upon when it comes to structrural integrity, I must say that they perform just well, and given the fact that this kind of printers don't need to withstand high forces. They don't move that much either...
It uses a hacked small LED projector, because machine size was a main variable here. DLP 3D printing already has a messy work environment, you don't want to have also a big machine taking all the space. It's not brilliant in speed, but for that resolutions, I think it's worth the wait.
A small high power projector is being developed right now, with proper optics, adapted for this application. We want this technology to blossom.
It's still in a Beta state, but results are cool:
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Greetings.
