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SLS4All
Czechia
Приєднався 21 бер 2022
Channel documenting the design and development of the open source SLS 3D printer within the SLS4All project.
Who I am?
My name is Tomas Starek and I am the real enthusiast in anything what is technically interesting and a bit complicated. It doesn’t matter it is hardware or software, but to be honest, the combination of both fits me best. I am 40+ and I am an “old-school” man. I like to use my head, hands and I honor the craft.
What's my goal?
When I started this project, my goal was to design and build functional DIY SLS 3D Printer which will have key features of “adult” SLS printers - just for my personal joy. It was also the challenge because only a few people who tried that in the past had some outcomes. At least to my knowledge.
Just before first test print attempts (March 2022), I decided to share my journey to the dreamed DIY SLS printer with others. Simply said, SLS4All was born, to make my project open-sourced.
Who I am?
My name is Tomas Starek and I am the real enthusiast in anything what is technically interesting and a bit complicated. It doesn’t matter it is hardware or software, but to be honest, the combination of both fits me best. I am 40+ and I am an “old-school” man. I like to use my head, hands and I honor the craft.
What's my goal?
When I started this project, my goal was to design and build functional DIY SLS 3D Printer which will have key features of “adult” SLS printers - just for my personal joy. It was also the challenge because only a few people who tried that in the past had some outcomes. At least to my knowledge.
Just before first test print attempts (March 2022), I decided to share my journey to the dreamed DIY SLS printer with others. Simply said, SLS4All was born, to make my project open-sourced.
How to make SLS 3D printer? Check detailed instructions!
Project home page: SLS4All.com
Discord: discord.com/invite/qDFNFASM57
Donations: sls4all.com/support-the-project/
Hackaday.io: hackaday.io/project/184506-sls4all-affordable-sls-3d-printer
This video presents a complete 3D animated tutorial of the Inova MK1 DIY SLS 3D printer build.
The aim is to provide a quick and comprehensive introduction to the build process. However, for the actual build, we highly recommend using the interactive instructions available at:
sls4all.com/assembly-manual/
These instructions contains links to other documentation and are continuously updated and modified according to our experience and feedback from the community.
Inova SLS 3D printer is an open source project. You can find all the documentation at SLS4All.com.
Chapters:
0:03 Print Chamber
0:20 Powder Chamber
0:38 Bottom Frame: Part 1
1:11 Bottom Frame: Part 2
2:39 Print Bed & Powder Bed
3:25 Top Frame
3:58 Electronics & Optics
4:41 Wiring Installation
5:05 Bottom Frame Finalization
5:50 Top Frame Finalization
Credits:
Music by Alex Guz: Time for a Road Trip, A Funk_2, Vintage
Discord: discord.com/invite/qDFNFASM57
Donations: sls4all.com/support-the-project/
Hackaday.io: hackaday.io/project/184506-sls4all-affordable-sls-3d-printer
This video presents a complete 3D animated tutorial of the Inova MK1 DIY SLS 3D printer build.
The aim is to provide a quick and comprehensive introduction to the build process. However, for the actual build, we highly recommend using the interactive instructions available at:
sls4all.com/assembly-manual/
These instructions contains links to other documentation and are continuously updated and modified according to our experience and feedback from the community.
Inova SLS 3D printer is an open source project. You can find all the documentation at SLS4All.com.
Chapters:
0:03 Print Chamber
0:20 Powder Chamber
0:38 Bottom Frame: Part 1
1:11 Bottom Frame: Part 2
2:39 Print Bed & Powder Bed
3:25 Top Frame
3:58 Electronics & Optics
4:41 Wiring Installation
5:05 Bottom Frame Finalization
5:50 Top Frame Finalization
Credits:
Music by Alex Guz: Time for a Road Trip, A Funk_2, Vintage
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Excited about building DIY SLS printer? See how it prints!
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Project home page: SLS4All.com Discord: discord.com/invite/qDFNFASM57 Donations: sls4all.com/support-the-project/ Hackaday.io: hackaday.io/project/184506-sls4all-affordable-sls-3d-printer Video presents the complete printing procedure of the Inova DIY SLS 3D Printer. It explains in detail all the tasks leading towards the successful prints. It means printer preparation, job creation, nesting, s...
How I Made My DIY SLS Printer Better - Most Important Upgrades
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Project home page: SLS4All.com Discord: discord.com/invite/qDFNFASM57 Hackaday.io: hackaday.io/project/184506-sls4all-affordable-sls-3d-printer If you're wondering what design changes I've made to the second evolution of my DIY SLS 3D printer, this video is for you. I did my best to remove all the childhood diseases of the first prototype and take it to the next level. The goal was to come up w...
DIY SLS 3D Printer Testing - InDepth Look
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Project home page: SLS4All.com Discord: discord.com/invite/qDFNFASM57 Hackaday.io: hackaday.io/project/184506 The video shows the first printing outputs from the SLS DIY 3D printer. It also provides a detailed insight into the individual tasks such as filling the printer with powder, preheating, printing, post-processing, etc. Once the project is completed, it will become open source.
Recoater after redesign (05/05/2022)
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Recoater after redesign (05/05/2022)
Current Status of Inova SLS 3D Printer - Quick Walk Around (04/2022)
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Current Status of Inova SLS 3D Printer - Quick Walk Around (04/2022)
Test of laser optics' arrangements of my Inova SLS 3D printer (09/2021)
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Test of laser optics' arrangements of my Inova SLS 3D printer (09/2021)
First test of the recoater function of my Inova SLS 3D printer (08/2021)
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First test of the recoater function of my Inova SLS 3D printer (08/2021)
First moves of beds and recoater of my Inova SLS 3D printer (04/2021)
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First moves of beds and recoater of my Inova SLS 3D printer (04/2021)
Free to download file and code??
Yes.
if that was a 1060nm at 500 watts, and higher heat bed you could do metal.
Dear Santa... you owe me.
Form labs sold their souls. So freaking sad
That powder is so damn expensive sadly
ZEUSSSSSSSSSSS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CREATE A $2k SLS PRINTER, AND MY LIFE IS YOURS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Question: Why is the sintering done object by object? Won't it be faster and more efficient if it did line by line? Planning to get the kit somewhere in the first quarter of 2025.
What are you going to do with the cd?
Nothing, it is not needed for Raspberry Pi OS. It works out of the box.
@SLS4All Ha! I hope so, I haven't seen a computer with a CD drive in years, let alone a pi with one.
How much does it cost?
thanks for sharing, this is a new standard for assembly technique videos
Glad you liked it!
Great work for a DIY technology appropriate to our times, but it is essential to Set the Effective Build Volume to the standard: 220 x 220 x 250 mm adopted by standard consumer FDM printers... the customer base will multiply by a factor of 10 minimum... instead Effective Build Volume for PA12 Nylon: 150 x 150 x 180 mm (4.1 liters) / 5.9 x 5.9 x 7.1 inches (247.2 cubic inches)
Interesting point, but I don't think SLS can be compared as simple as that to the FDM. It is like with the SLA - different technology, different use cases, ...
@@SLS4All Hi, ČESKO Thanks for your answers My message just recommends to size the print volume to the same values as those already defined and adopted on the most common FDM printers... it is not very complicated to do, you can, and propose a second model larger by a few mm more to add on some mechanical components of the current SLS4All version, and also define the appropriate parameters for these new dimensions in the SLS slicing software. I am not making comparisons between SLS and FDM 3D printing technologies. The limitations of FDM technologies compared to SLS and SLA are well known by any designer and maker... Anyway. My intention is constructive, in the positive sense. I would be interested in a SLS4All model with a print volume of 220x220x250mm Many designers and makers design their object creations based on the 220x220x250mm manufacturing volume that has become standard thanks to consumer FDM 3D printers... So it becomes very easy to adopt a new SLS4All machine for commercial production. It's all good for your superb product, SLS4All, which can very easily be integrated into 3D manufacturing workshops already equipped with standard FDM machines
wonder if it can print metals.... would like to print some combustion engines owo
No, it is for plastic polymers only.
This is totally fascinating and hopefully it answers my question about a specific use case for 3D printing. Have you tried printing any objects with sugar - as in the edible sweet stuff? This is what I am currently researching and obviously the SLS method looks like the only practical solution
I haven't tried it but it should be possible. I'll try it once I have some free time.
Form labs are scum never will buy from th3m, thank you for your hard work.
Is there any way to do the deal with the job on the PC and sand the file to printer I think it may be work
You can completely control the printer remotely from PC. You can connect to the printer from your LAN via any browser.
@@SLS4All So that I can do every thing except printing on my PC?
Yes, you can.
@@SLS4All Thanks for your answer
@@SLS4All by the way if that i expect for a huge build area ,and that i have notice that you are using the popular 3d printer control board,so can you add the support for multiple laser galvanometers in the frimware or it just already support?
Great job. More companies should make video instructions like this. For those that already have the first set delivered, I would love to hear some feedback on overall assembly and operation so those of us that get the next set have some insight on what to expect.
This would be great for people like me who are stuck at home and looking to start or learn a new business. I wish I could afford something like this, I lost everything when I got cancer and now stuck at home most of the time. Look forward to seeing where this project goes, good luck!
that project is clearly underrated
how are the sales/ preorders going? The 3d printing community wishes you huge success with this project
Thank you! The first sets are with their owners, so now it remains to be seen.
I wish i could hit the like button more than once!
Thanks!
Well explained!💯
This is awesome and a ton of effort clearly went into it. One small thing I noticed is the ball bearing solution for the Z wobble... I came up with a similar design awhile back for a large FDM machine and underestimated how quickly the contact surface can wear down. I had to use printed parts so the balls were resting on the magnets directly but sealed with grease to try mitigating this. Your metal plate (presumably aluminum) will be better but allowing the 4 balls to rest on a lower friction material, guide pins (or possibly chamfered edges?) instead of the flat plane might work better in the long run. Just my two cents, thanks again for all this!
Thank you! As for the z-wobble solution. I use one trick - all the weight/forces doesn't go through the balls, but through the long screws that are there. So the contact surfaces are loaded minimally and it doesn't matter what load is acutely in the chambers.
What program is used for these nice manuals?
Fusion 360 and Cadasio.
Keep up the good work!
🎶👏🎶👏🎶👏🎶👏🎶👏🎶👏
Dude, discord is banned in Turkey, can you give me your Instagram or phone number so I can contact you?
Here is insta but I don't use it much. instagram.com/sls4all/
I have a Formlabs Fuse 1. What a piece of crap. It fails a lot, I have lost thousands of euros in powder. The support is just "try again. Oh, it worked? No problem then...". I have replaced broken parts (they charged me 400 euros for a regular stepper motor, where the only thing wrong was a broken 1 cent pipe splice). Consumables are crazy expensive. They charge 5000 euro a year in service agreement (which I ended because why pay when they have no interest at all in fixing problems -- when the agreement says on site free service). So my plan had been to develop my own. Mostly just to have Formlabs buying outright because with their crappy shit of a product they can't handle competitors. But when I see how well you have done, I have cancelled the plan. You single handedly have built a better printer with better software. You should now get investors and go big. Crush the evil F. I wish you good luck. If you want any input from a serial entrepreneur of hardware consumer products, please let me know. I'll share experiences with you that might help you get this manufactured and sold in large quantities. Everything I can do to help crush the scammers from the US. The Formlabs is totally closed. Can't use other powders. Well, today, I got a firmware update that opens up for other powders. It cost €14,500 to enable. I'm not kidding. And the customer doesn't get ANY info during the printing process that can help diagnose the failed prints. You even made superior software!! I'm so extremely impressed.
Thank you for your words of support. Let's see what the future holds...
As someone who used to run and service Hp Multijet fusion printers I want to congratulate you on this very impressive and extremely cheap printer (for the given technology). Have you tested part strength?
Thank you! As for the part testing - not yet, but it is planned.
Wait, can we print house frames with a giant SLS printer? All you need to have is a giant pile of sand, right?
Oh wow, I thought we were done after Micronics but here you are. Amazing. Don't give up to corporations!!
What's the maximum print size? Can you use this for moulds for aluminium casting in a video?
Max. usable build volume is 150x150x180mm. Thanks for the topic for the video!
Already recommend the machine to friends here in Adelaide South Australia - do you ship worldwide , use metric plans? @@SLS4All I'm sure you can sls ceramic,no? Do you plan on making a larger model? Thanks 😊 look forward to casting video 😀
Thanks! Yes, we ship worldwide and we are metric. Printer is only for the plastic polymers, not ceramics. Lager model is not planned at this moment.
@@SLS4Alloh, ok thanks 🙏 So, this printer can't be used with metals ceramics or composites? Just nylons?
Not just nylons, but yes - it's for plastic.
I hope there will launch bigger size build volume
THANK YOU!
Is it possible to use ceramic powder like alumina?
No, it is for plastic polymers only.
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Wow. It’s like an exact copy of the Lisa X
Cannot wait to build this one. I am an engineering teacher for a middle school, and we will be building this as a class!
That's really great! I hoped that it could be interesting for the technical high schools and universities. Students will understand all aspects of the SLS technology in deep detail during build. If you could share my project with other high schools or unis it would be much appreciated.
Glad this project is still ongoing!
I feel like you're videos are being hid. I've been searching for a metal 3d printer for a long time. Took a random reddit post to find this Anyways time for me to save up
Sorry to disappoint you but this printer is for the plastic polymers not metals.
How big is the jump from what you have now, to a system that can do metal powders?
Unfortunately, very big.
@@SLS4Allthanks for the reply! Hopefully one day, we will see prosumer level dmls machines
Really wish i could order a kit from you, just unfortunately entry price is just still waaay to high for most people. I mean $3k USD is a decent used car... Really wish there was more development into the SLS world.
Hopefully, parts to build it become cheaper one day...
My problem is that the powder material is to expensive to make it worth it
Thank you so much for your video. People like you are inovators in our community and the reason we see progress.
Wow the software seems very good
Thank you for this video. And even more for this project. Question : Can you maybe make 3D presentation of how much space a standard setup would require (printer, cleaning station, any other table / shelf needed ). It would be important info for the people who would like to purchase your kits. Thanks
That's a good idea, I'll prepare some information about that.
$7,000 is the kit cost. And I believe that does not include the cleaning station. This is a very impressive demonstration. However I would not say at this price that this is something that is "for all." I was expecting a kit to be 2 or $3,000 and even then I would probably wait and see. Yes nylon SLS is far superior to FDM or SLA. Still, a wonderful FDM printer can now be had for 1/10 this cost. When I really need SLS parts I will have a job shop make them and ship it to me, it's quick cost effective these days.
I uderstand your point but if you check the costs of the parts needed you will see that price tag you would like to see is now simply impossible. Believe me that I would be more than happy if I could offer it cheaper. Btw., when FDM and SLA printers started, I mean before their boom, the demand was low and prices high. That's the rule of the market.
Dude you are a legend for this
Can you print metal parts with it? Using some different powder designed for SLS it should be possible I guess.
No, that's not possible. Metal printing is a whole different world.
Awesome job! I wish this was in my budget but I hope to see more of these running on YT
Can you instead place a 500w laser and make it metal 3d printer ? I can help with the ac dc converter
No, you can't. Priting metal is a completely different discipline, it is not just about the laser power.
O snap, something that is actually affordable, this is awesome!!