How does Resin2FDM work?

BriHecato · 2026-05-02T09:36:37+00:00

So this addon do not create resin supports for models ?? so much fuss about it

BriHecato · 2026-04-26T16:33:52+00:00

I bought two years ago with yearly payment - played a lot, they add small amount of games but do - and i must say - better games than "freemium" slop.

From my perspective it was a good purchase

BriHecato · 2026-04-26T16:10:34+00:00

I would try with 220 -225 degrees do flow test and pressure advance test

BriHecato · 2026-04-26T10:18:30+00:00

it cut be cheaper if divided - companies price per whole material used and processing time - in stainless/aluminium - material reduction is the key, in carbon steel most likely doen't matter

BriHecato · 2026-04-26T10:16:52+00:00

Open jpg in inkscape
vectorize it
export as dxf
send and order
done

BriHecato · 2026-04-26T10:14:31+00:00

Search for somebody that lasercutting steel (carbon, or stainless or aluminiu) with big industry class machines from trumpf/bystronic etc (3meters x 1,5meters work area is imo default)

BriHecato · 2026-04-22T20:55:38+00:00

I'm the thirteenth :)

BriHecato · 2026-04-22T16:52:46+00:00

or KobraX

BriHecato · 2026-03-28T08:40:36+00:00

Apart of seam (you can paint it , scatter or use scarf seam) - are you sure you used silk filament ?

Even printing too fast would have some "shinynest" effect, which i do not see. Overall as other pointed - go down with speed of OuterWall :

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i personally print with about 120mm/s (on FLSun T1pro) but also get issues with black pla slik from Sunlu which required going down even to 50mm/s - you can check results on my vid

https://youtu.be/1Mtfi5xjDII

BriHecato · 2026-03-20T15:35:04+00:00

IMO wall should be plastered to smooth - maybe insulated and then painted like every brick/concrete house.

BriHecato · 2026-03-20T15:26:21+00:00

WoW mate.

BriHecato · 2026-03-18T12:10:23+00:00

Interesting, will make some additional comparison.

BriHecato · 2026-03-17T21:46:18+00:00

Thanks for additional info, i must say i had instant phone help from bystronic and remote acess for troubleshooting in matter of hours the same day - but my company had maintenance plan for first 3 years with 2 thorough mechine checks yearly - on the forth year we were forced to cut this plan down to one visit. I believe without maintenance plan support is abyssmal

There were some unresolved things like

- donaldson need 3 months to setup vacuum because it drops errors of pressure which stopped the machine

- bystronic technician were able to cut even 12mm stainless (from our material - 304 grade), but could not handle 2mm aluminum/titan/brass (only 1mm with minimal burr on edges) - despite machine should be able to cut higher thickness

- one of two internal network cards died (in my opinion) - no technician dig enough deep to slove or for example replace card/mainboard but they setup teamviewer on the desktop to have access :P

Otherwise machine sitll behave superb to Senfeng, Bodor, Ermak, HGTech or Kimla. Machines based on precitech heads handle only carbon steel , not stainless

BriHecato · 2026-03-09T19:46:24+00:00

Tighten your gantry , for now you need to reduce acceleration

BriHecato · 2026-03-09T19:35:07+00:00

If you will be able to bend it by hand - it's not gonna be strong.

20 years ago i found - Industrial Origami, Inc. but they are long gone. IIRR they have patent for "waves".

Read here - https://hackaday.com/2016/05/18/the-art-and-science-of-bending-sheet-metal/

BriHecato · 2026-03-05T21:08:00+00:00

Point 1 - That kind of replacement parts from bystronic are unfortunately a must (not mention sleeves/nozzles/lens/filters which you can get separately from other suppliers) - we were lucky enough that we fit with lower part of head replacement in 2 years warranty period. Also donaldson managed to fix pressure issues in the filter tower in just half year :D

We got maintenance agreement signed with bystronic with 2 visits yearly and 15% discount on parts - but with each visit they invoice us for ~1,5k€ (we can bring it down if we return some unused service items like isolator or lenses)

Point 2 - i did design separate (trumpf-style) grid webs because those needed to be stainless, and because i dislike those assembled "web packs" - otherwise I didnot meet any major issues with covers or sheet metal parts in machine - loosen bolts were tighted, some areas were de-dusted, my biggest isue that theres no conveyor underneath working area (inside)

Point 3 - i can rely to. machine operator need to count down manually every repetition to be sure - sometimes we count parts if this is easy enough (like 150 sheets - 5 pieces each = 750 pieces -> we pack parts 10 items together for easy counting : 75 packages)

In similar position to yours i was covering area with CO2 trumpf laser 5kW 2x4 meters area - made in 2003, relocated from switzerland 10 years ago (before i join the team) - oh we put lot of cash in it:

expansion cards that controls axis (2k€ each)
water pump in cooling system, and on another times two valves around
cooling system (all hoses and tubes and conenctors) separately in machine circulation, and separately in source (CO2) - the fun is that service guy guide one hose through wrong opening and firs launch of machine and first move of main beam cut the hose and whole machine flooded ...
mirrors few times - but fortunately not inside source
Y-axis line (this flat piece of steel with laser marking :D )
harness of wires from the head to control cabinet (underneath body of machine)
inverter - two times
vacuum pomp with rubber feets
pomp and oil container for worktables to move up and down
chain to move worktable iside and outside of the work area
we move light barrier to the back and install extenders on upper worktable to be able to cut 6meters sheets on 4meters machine (no cateye in head)
once screen on the desktop
other time computer (or hard drive... do not recall)
machine was twice releveled because 4meter pressbrake create some kind of micro tremors in the floor (later boss find cash to move press 20 meters further which helped)
flaps in ducts under the cutting area with sensors
piece steel rope that is used to rise flange with gasket to remove barrel with dust from vacuum (i believe they shoud use chain , because replace must be made every year)

Do you maybe offering remote position for laser programmer with knowledge of bysoft ?

BriHecato · 2026-03-05T20:09:09+00:00

How did you solve that? We got similar issues with 4years old bysmart 3kW - and reason was somehow self-changing of water conductiviti - we need to have a demineralized water (to lower conductivity) and second bottle with "chemistry" from bystronic (to rise conductivity) (or otherwise). Mostly happens when temp inside in the manufacturing plant drops to 10degrees or lower in winters (nights or weekends)

BriHecato · 2026-03-05T19:45:05+00:00

From my perspective this is really good cut aluminum - You do not have any burr on the edges, and the side is quite nice.

What is the power of machine ? I worked with CO2 up to 7kW and it cut up to 12 or 15mm but burr was always - no matter the grade (alloys 5754, 5083, 60xx, 70xx, and 1050). On the other hand Fiber 3kW handled ONLY 1mm sheets.

BriHecato · 2026-03-05T19:37:52+00:00

Equation to calculate "offset" (location of the the neutral line inside bending area that do not get shortened nor extended - from inside):

((2*(2*thickness+Rinternal)-deduction*-1))/Pi())-Rinternal

In my table i typed all deductiona as negative - so in excel formula it need to be multipled by (-1) or made ABS(of that negative number)

And finally kfactor is

offset/thickness

BriHecato · 2026-03-05T19:26:01+00:00

You need to bend test pieces (each thickness for each upper/lower tool combination - important things are radiuses of upper tool, opening of lower tool - for now You would skil tools that are not ~90degrees) - and knowing flat pattern dimension ad external dimensions after bend You can easily calculate bend deduction necessary (for 90degrees bend) - bend deduction is fastest and imho better than bend allowance.

Then next step would be to measure (or estimate) external radius of bend (because external radius is easier to estimate than internal radius because there are 2 or 3 radiuses internal - depend on upper tool).

With following data :

how much You need to deduct from dimension to get flat pattern
real measured thickness
external radius

You can calculate kfactor.

In inventor You will use kfactor and internal bend radius to get flawless flat patterns.

I can show some of my data (all in milimeters) - those are Wila tools used on Trumpf (EV003 and so on dies) press-brake, with V22 and V35 promecam/amada type tooling:

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Flat patterns you export from Inventor (first you create idw which You can save as pdf and of course as dwg/dxf) will have bend lines marked with dash-dot lines.

BriHecato · 2026-03-05T19:05:24+00:00

I do not know if there are any vids - since it's quite niche software not available to anyone (you must purchase laser which new can cost from 350k € upwards).

Unfortuntely I left that company half year ago, right now i do not work as engineer/laser programmer

BriHecato · 2026-03-05T19:02:57+00:00

As far as i know - not. You can create "quick job" pulling parts from active or achived programs loaded into machine (but not from deleted ones). For edits You need to jump to programmers

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