I sure do like this project. I still don't know enough about SLA and the right path for my build, but it sure appears that if the goal is putting UV light on the resin, then a UV laser through a galvo should be superior to trying to squeeze the small amount of UV from a projector or from a tablet LCD. With the galvo concept, you are making and using only the wavelenth of interest. Sadly, my experience building my C02 laser engraver won't be of much help here, because it is quite slow in comparison to these galvos. My mirror raster scans across a 30" bed at about 800mm/sec, then has to stop and turn around and advance the other axis by one line. That being said, there are a few related issues like resolution and what happens when alignment is wrong and scan lines overlap.
I did the kickstarter for the TIKO 3D printer, and I hear it will be shipping in a month or two, but after researching SLA, I think my TIKO will be a dinosaur within a year. Perhaps I should sell it on Ebay as soon as I get it. Still unsure. I'll be watching this forum with great interest!Statistics: Posted by lasersafe1 — Sat May 21, 2016 2:11 pm
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