sla 3d printer

Chinese Company Unveils a Super Fast SLA 3D Printer – Can Print 2,712 cm3 in 1 Hour?

It was just two weeks ago that we reported on a company called Carbon3D and their extremely fast DLP SLA 3D printing process called “CLIP”. They claimed to be able…

Designer Creates a DIY SLA 3D Printer for Under $30 (Minus the Projector)

Most of us are aware of the KISS principle: Keep it simple, stupid! And while simplicity is certainly a theme in many 3D printers, they are anything but stupid—and created…

Formlabs Heads to Germany, Opens Office in Berlin, Partners with iGo3D

When it comes to desktop Stereolithography (SLA) 3D printers, their is one company who is leading the pack by leaps and bounds. That company is Somerville, Massachusetts-based Formlabs. A major…

Kitprinter3d Unveils Affordable SolidRay SLA-DLP 3D Printer Kit

I’ve been predicting for some time now that Stereolithography technology will eventually be the preferred technique used in desktop 3D printing. The accuracy and speed, combined with the quality of…

Form 1+ 3D Printer Just Got Draft Mode & Smart Supports – Enables the 3D Printing of a Working Speaker

Formlabs is a company that has gone from Kickstarter superstar to the leading manufacturer of consumer/prosumer SLA 3D printers. Their Form 1+ 3D printer is their latest machine. It was…

33cm Tall, Extremely Detailed Bear, Printed on a Form 1+ 3D Printer in 7 Pieces

There is always that debate: which 3D printing technology is best for home/small business use? Is it stereolithography (SLA), like that found in the Formlabs Form1+ 3D printer, or is…

Hardcotton Launches Elemental SLA Pressure Controlled 3D Printer on Kickstarter Starting at $950 AUD

Way back in July of this year we covered a Cranberra City, Australia startup called Hardcotton which was in the process of developing a very unique Stereolithography (SLA) 3D printer,…

iBox Nano, The World’s Cheapest, Smallest SLA 3D Printer Launches on Kickstarter for $189

Several months ago we had an all out price war between several companies which launched on Kickstarter trying to become the world’s cheapest 3D printer on the market. While many…

Russian Engineer Creates $250 3D Printable SLA 3D Printer Using CD/DVD-Rom Drives

The RepRap movement is probably the single most important aspect of the rapid rise of desktop 3D printing. The open source, do-it-yourself attitude, and ability to print the majority of…

LumiPocket – Miniature DLP 3D Printer with Unique Features Launches on Indiegogo

Previously we have covered 3D printer manufacturers who have taken size to an extreme and created machines capable of taking up an entire room of a house. These printers are used…

‘Artisan Make’ Introduces New ‘Make’ SLA 3D Printer in China

I have been a big proponent of stereolithograhy (SLA) based desktop 3D printers because of the edge that they have in regards to speed, print quality and resolution when compared…

Sharebot Announces New Voyager SLA 3D Printer to Go Along with New SLS and FDM Printers

The news just comes pouring in for Italian based 3D printer manufacturer, Sharebot. Within the past week alone, we have reported on three different new 3D printers that Sharebot has…

Roland DG Unveils Their ARM-10 SLA 3D Printer for $6,995, Along With a New Milling Machine

Back in May, we learned that Autodesk had decided to jump into the 3D printing space, by announcing a new 3D printer that would be released at a later date….

LittleRP: Open Source SLA 3D Printer With Unique Tilt Option Set to Hit Kickstarter

Back in May, we reported on a 3D Printer called the LittleDLPer, which was an open source DLP SLA 3D Printer which had plans to launch a campaign on Kickstarter….

Hardcotton Unveils Elemental, Their Innovative Pressure Controlled SLA 3D Printer

Throughout the first half of this year and the last half of 2013 we saw all kinds of innovation within the fused deposition modeling (FDM) based 3D printer market. New…

Spanish Company LEÓN3D Announces New LionCrewer 1.0 SLA 3D Printer – Priced Well Under 2000€

For years, the go-to technology for at-home consumer level 3D printing has been fused deposition modeling (FDM), where a spool of plastic material (filament) is melted and extruded onto a…

Sedgwick DLP 3D Printer Launches on Kickstarter as Most Affordable SLA 3D Printer Yet

As a writer, one of the worse things you can do is repeat yourself from one article to the next. Unfortunately though, sometimes you are left with no alternatives. Over…

MakeX M-One Open Source DLP 3D Printer to Launch Kickstarter Campaign on June 24 – Starting at $1699

Many in the field of consumer 3D printing, believe that in the not so distant future, fused deposition modeling (FDM) based 3D printers will begin to be replaced by more…

Rayee LCD Based SLA 3D Printer, Prints Entire Layers At a Time, Seeks Funding on Indiegogo

Speeds of 3D printers are getting better. According to a recent presentation by 3D Systems, printer speeds are, on average, doubling every two years. This is an amazing statistic because…

mUVe 3D Set to Launch New DLP (SLA) 3D Printer Starting at Only $999

mUVe 3D is known for their mUVe 1 resin based 3D printer, which was successfully funded on Indiegogo a little over a year ago. Now, Dean Piper, the founder of…

LittleDLPer: Open Source DLP 3D Resin Printer, Coming Soon to Kickstarter at an Astonishing Price

It’s been amazing, how over the past year or so, the prices of consumer based 3D printers have come down so considerably. We have seen printers like the Micro3D come…

KAST 3D Printer Claims to be 12 Times Faster Than Other Printers – Launches on Kickstarter Soon

At the HAXLR8R conference in San Francisco on Monday, 10 hardware companies debuted products which they believe will make a difference. One of those companies was KAST, who showed off their…