Build Your Own SLA/SLS

Thanks for the reply! Nice work on the software too btw! This wouldn't be possible without your generosity to the community.

Ill look into the 5v rail supply as well. What do you think i should use a minimum amperage requirement? I have a few power supplys at different ratings.

I'v already began sourcing components. Besides if i ever produce a number of them, ill want reliable vendors of each component anyways to list in the BOM. My plan is to run off of the 12V rail on a standard atx powersupply. I have quite a few laying around from pc's over the years. Any issues in doi...

Okay guys, thanks for the recommendations. I really appreciate it. I canceled my order for the Arduino uno and placed an order for the Arduino Mega2560. I'm still trying to decide who i want to buy the ramps from as im seeing varying quality over different makers based on user comments/reviews. If y...

I think you are really over estimating how much power you need. a little Nema23 or even 17 would be more than enough for this type of printer. Also 20mm ballscrew is much too large. Just for an example, I was using a nema23 with the RAMPS board, my ballscrew was only a 12mmx10mm pitch. It could eas...

As i'm looking at the 'defaults.h' in the grbl firmware, i see this dec #ifdef DEFAULTS_GENERIC #define DEFAULT_X_STEPS_PER_MM 250.0 #define DEFAULT_Y_STEPS_PER_MM 250.0 #define DEFAULT_Z_STEPS_PER_MM 250.0 So given my ball screw pitch and if i were using 1/64th stepping my steps per mm would look s...

Hey guys, totally new to the forum, and the technology for that matter. I have an abundance of questions but as i'm in the early stages of designing my Stereolithography Bottom-up style 3D printer i thought i'd start with the basics. Some back-round about myself.. My name is Tony, i'm a programming ...