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09-30-2014, 11:20 AM #11
Check it out. Early castings from the Visijet FTX Green material from the Projet 1200 3D Printer before we figured out the proper procedure. This is what you don't want.
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The last picture is a 15mm sphere put into the oven by itself, no flask, no investment. No reaction until 800 degrees and then boom. The lower part is the sphere and the bubble on top is the heated resin from the inside. This is what happens during the casting process. The resin expands as it heats, cracks the investment, and leaves behind this coal-like crud inside which ruin your castings.Last edited by bford903; 09-30-2014 at 11:33 AM.
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09-30-2014, 10:22 PM #12
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Hi bford903, thanks for sharing on your experience with Shapeways too! Am learning quite abit from this thread. Unfortunately, because I am not based in the US, Shapeways is quite expensive for my prototyping needs. Think I'll stick with sourcemake for now. Picking up from what you shared on the printers, it seems like I should pick from these makers then:
Projets
http://www.sourcemake.com/maker.php?id=73
http://www.sourcemake.com/maker.php?id=175
B9
http://www.sourcemake.com/maker.php?id=148
Form1
http://www.sourcemake.com/maker.php?id=4
http://www.sourcemake.com/maker.php?id=40
http://www.sourcemake.com/maker.php?id=152
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10-01-2014, 09:54 AM #13
Depending on what you're printing, I think those will work just fine. The two Projet links are both full-color plastic printers. The B9 Creator is high resolution DLP with castable material, and the Form 1 also has high resolution DLP prints with multiple resins available including transparent. Pretty good selection.
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02-03-2015, 07:04 AM #14
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02-03-2015, 07:43 AM #15
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As an interesting note, there is a castable wax/plastic filament coming soon. While it won't change the logistics of poor resolution for jewelry use, it should be easier to cast with, and perhaps won't be too bad to smooth the surface and recarve detail lost prior to casting.
http://www.3ders.org/articles/201501...-filament.html
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02-03-2015, 02:23 PM #16
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02-04-2015, 03:40 AM #17
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Looking forward for your thoughts.
I want to buy a printer for high quality jewelry molds for casting.
Regards.
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03-18-2015, 10:51 AM #18
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Hey, I'm brand new to the forum so HI everyone.
I have a store that does 3D printing and we have a Projet 1200 which we print for a client that does team rings, corporate rings etc. He had no success using the FTX green to cast for gold, silver or stainless rings luckily the FTX cast came out (I think from much complaining in the industry about FTX cast) and it seems to be working great for him.
However I now need to significantly ramp production and so was thinking of purchasing 5 more Projet 1200 to meet capacity and just read on here about the Form 1 which looks very interesting. Does anyone else have experience with the Form1+ and jewelry?
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03-18-2015, 11:31 AM #19
Form1 will send you a sample of their castable material if you give them a call. I have a sample they sent me, but haven't had time to test it. I would also look into the B9 Creator. I hear good things about the castability of their material and the resin is considerably cheaper than the competitors.
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03-18-2015, 02:58 PM #20
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I've just ordered a sample of an actual clients ring so we'll see how it is next week! very hopefully as the cost of material and the build time is a fraction of the Projet 1200
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