Re: Stereolithography machine

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Mat" <bergson7@...> wrote:

>
> Hello friends
> I am trying build small stereolithography machine and we have

problem

> with Ultra violet laser for it. There are a couple sources for it

but at

> the moment all of them are quite expensive. I am still searching.
>
>
> Is there anybody who made or tried make this in the past ?
> Best regards.
> Mat
>

I have never seen any home built STL machines, this may be because it
would need its own very unique driver/interpreter - I don't think
that anything like EMC or Mach could come close to driving that type
of system - unless a very special "repost" would convert STL into the
slice segments needed.

But - if a set of drawings and an open source type project were to
ever surface...it would jump to the top of my TODO project list.

I'm going to WESTEC on tues and will drewl over the
STL and other rapid prototype equipment, for now its just another
technology I can only dream about (and contract out).