Great video, thanks for the info.. I am pretty new to 3D printing, please forgive me if I use the wrong terminology. I 3D print items that will be placed in water for a long period of time (years), example would be sunken treasure boxes that you would place as a decorative in a fish tank. What would be the best and cheapest way to print with a material that would last under water maintaining both color and structure? To save cost on print materials I am wondering if the way to go is a less expensive material cost for the 3D printing then apply a finish that waterproofs and maintains color and structure...or if it would be better to go ahead and print with the better material from the get go.
All 3D material should be relatively color fast in water. Sun would be more of an issue then water. I would avoid resin only because resin is toxic and while you're cleaning it off, I don't know how much resin would be an issue for fish. Any filament would work. I'd probably go with petg as it's more durable. As it's plastic it will float unless you do a heavy infill pattern or place something heavy inside the treasure box.
I don't know what I think about this video it gives a good introduction in the topic of resin 3d printing but I think the cons are really played down. A good but strongly biased video. First there companies that use resin 3d printing for prototypes. Yeah but not as many as companies that use FDM but most important it's about what the company produces anything medical 100% resin printed but everywhere else in the industry it looks more like 60-80% FDM printing. Second the UV curing, alcohol post processing and the required ventilation are pretty big factors that will cost you a lot too and the resin is compared to filament also a good bit more expensive so yeah you could buy a small cheap resin 3d printer but only for the equipment you need in addition you could buy a FDM printer with everything it needs
And one last thing there aren't many different types of resin you can print there are many colors but really different types of resin there aren't more than 30 and I think there are more than 200 different types of filaments with all the metal, wood, glass and I've even seen concrete printing
I really appreciate the feedback. It's things like this that make my videos better and thanks for taking the time to write it! At least the video made you interested in giving your thoughts. I actually was worried the negatives were too much of the focus. I certainly wasn't trying to suggest everyone should resin print only. Film and printers are obviously most practical and the uses to use. But I think that the process of Ross printing really good and appreciation for the whole 3-D world because it's a different way to think about design, layout and production.
Great info, thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Great video, thanks for the info.. I am pretty new to 3D printing, please forgive me if I use the wrong terminology. I 3D print items that will be placed in water for a long period of time (years), example would be sunken treasure boxes that you would place as a decorative in a fish tank. What would be the best and cheapest way to print with a material that would last under water maintaining both color and structure? To save cost on print materials I am wondering if the way to go is a less expensive material cost for the 3D printing then apply a finish that waterproofs and maintains color and structure...or if it would be better to go ahead and print with the better material from the get go.
All 3D material should be relatively color fast in water. Sun would be more of an issue then water. I would avoid resin only because resin is toxic and while you're cleaning it off, I don't know how much resin would be an issue for fish.
Any filament would work. I'd probably go with petg as it's more durable. As it's plastic it will float unless you do a heavy infill pattern or place something heavy inside the treasure box.
Resin sounds like a HUGE PITA.
It is but it's worth it. Especially if you're doing models and something like spaceships.
I don't know what I think about this video it gives a good introduction in the topic of resin 3d printing but I think the cons are really played down. A good but strongly biased video. First there companies that use resin 3d printing for prototypes. Yeah but not as many as companies that use FDM but most important it's about what the company produces anything medical 100% resin printed but everywhere else in the industry it looks more like 60-80% FDM printing. Second the UV curing, alcohol post processing and the required ventilation are pretty big factors that will cost you a lot too and the resin is compared to filament also a good bit more expensive so yeah you could buy a small cheap resin 3d printer but only for the equipment you need in addition you could buy a FDM printer with everything it needs
And one last thing there aren't many different types of resin you can print there are many colors but really different types of resin there aren't more than 30 and I think there are more than 200 different types of filaments with all the metal, wood, glass and I've even seen concrete printing
I really appreciate the feedback. It's things like this that make my videos better and thanks for taking the time to write it! At least the video made you interested in giving your thoughts.
I actually was worried the negatives were too much of the focus.
I certainly wasn't trying to suggest everyone should resin print only. Film and printers are obviously most practical and the uses to use. But I think that the process of Ross printing really good and appreciation for the whole 3-D world because it's a different way to think about design, layout and production.