The clear resin is terrible for functional parts. It cracks, chips or shatters very easily. It’s hard to beat good old FDM ABS for functioning parts. The new tough resin from Formlabs is pretty good, and I’ve had nothing but success with it, however at $175 a liter, it doesn’t make sense to print larger functioning parts like wrenches and screwdrivers.
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all the functional parts that I made with the clear resin has been awesome. And I haven’t had any problems with cracking or chips or shatters.
cheers
Sunshine prototyping’s
http://formlabs.com/support/guide/prepare/design-specs/
Leave 0.5mm between two moving parts and clean your parts immediately after the print finish, so the resin doesn’t cure.
It also depends on the orientation, 0.5mm will allow the clear resin to escape.
Nice prints.
Please check the design specifications (http://formlabs.com/support/guide/prepare/design-specs/ 6) to be sure functional parts will print perfectly.
Ok! Thanks for the tip
Check out our website for functional parts ONLY!
http://www.stlhive.com/shop/categories/free-model-to-download-and-test-your-printer/ 7
Thank you this is awesome!