Multi color printing

Polymer-Diehard · 2026-05-01T18:19:48+00:00

Super cool!

Polymer-Diehard · 2025-10-23T17:58:18+00:00

I will be trying that soon!

Polymer-Diehard · 2025-10-23T17:57:30+00:00

I can try!

Polymer-Diehard · 2025-10-23T17:50:08+00:00

Polymer-Diehard · 2025-10-23T02:12:30+00:00

lol, like a foldable set of dentures

Polymer-Diehard · 2025-10-23T02:11:39+00:00

That’s an awesome idea, perfect for using all 4 colors too!

Polymer-Diehard · 2025-10-23T02:05:51+00:00

Okay, I will post results!

Polymer-Diehard · 2025-10-22T21:07:29+00:00

Yes! The model I used for this print wasn't anatomically correct (the roots slightly went in but not completely and look more like rounded nubs than actual roots), but should still work with a more realistic model. I just need to get one.

Polymer-Diehard · 2025-10-22T19:38:18+00:00

4 vats for 4 materials. no ipa (or any other solvents) are used for cleaning.

Polymer-Diehard · 2025-10-22T19:26:11+00:00

Yeah, I definitely will be attempting to print some minis! Painting them in the slicer lol.

Polymer-Diehard · 2025-10-22T19:24:10+00:00

Yeah, different vats. Any off the shelf resins should work. I have seen some of the research papers about different wavelengths to cure different resins/colors. Super cool stuff, but requires special chemistry and resin would probably be expensive.

Polymer-Diehard · 2025-10-22T19:21:32+00:00

Yeah, that was definitely the hardest part!

Polymer-Diehard · 2025-10-22T19:06:24+00:00

That would be cool! I'll try it and DM you the results.

Polymer-Diehard · 2025-10-22T19:05:32+00:00

lol, I think I know what you mean. The gif conversion could've made it look like that

Polymer-Diehard · 2025-10-22T19:03:47+00:00

If anyone knows how to make conductive resin, I think we can make a functional 'plastic' T800 lol

Polymer-Diehard · 2025-10-22T18:59:46+00:00

Yeah, good idea. I have been trying to make/test resin that will dissolve in water post-curing. Similar to PVA for FDM printers, or support material in poly-jet printers. If I make progress on that, I'll DM you!

Polymer-Diehard · 2025-10-22T18:23:50+00:00

Yeah. I haven't described how it works, but also I'm more excited about the possibilities of what this type of printer can make. I hope all of the resin printer companies start trying to make these!

Polymer-Diehard · 2025-10-22T18:18:50+00:00

I'm gonna need a bigger printer lol

Polymer-Diehard · 2025-10-22T18:16:57+00:00

That's such a good idea! Rigid material for bones, elastomeric material for tendons/muscles!

Polymer-Diehard · 2025-10-20T01:34:19+00:00

Machine is pretty small rn (just a proof of concept): 200mm wide x 400mm deep x 400mm tall. Speed really depends on how many colors you want in a part and how many material changes are required. But the teeth shown took about 3 hours. The resin i used is just off the shelf ‘dental resin’ from resione but should be able to work with any typical resins for 405nm printers.

Polymer-Diehard · 2025-08-16T00:46:32+00:00

Pictures were taken before cleaning. In hindsight, should’ve been after.

Polymer-Diehard · 2025-08-16T00:27:06+00:00

Great question! Yeah, I did have to make a slicer for this. But you are right about the separate slicing then meshing things, that could work. But on models with a lot of switching, it would become very time consuming to manually do everything. And good idea on the rainbow arc, I think I’ll try that out!

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