Open Source Plastic SLS 3D Printer

Basics

- Part of the Open Source Digital Fabrication Construction Set

- A Selective Laser Sintering or SLS 3D Printer

- Essentially uses a laser to melt powder into the desired object

Used For

- Very Complex Plastic Parts

- Very Precise Plastic Parts

- Ultrafast Print Speeds

- Better Structual Properties than Unannealed FDM Prints

Industry Standards

- This larger Industrial Design

- This Desktop Design

- Formlabs Fuse S1

Existing Open Source Designs

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Minimum Viable Product

- Modular

- Precise

- Fast

- Ultra Low Layer Height

Basic Design

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BOM

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See Also

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Useful Links

- This video has a good basic overview

- This video has a good video of a workflow using these printers

- This video showed an intresting method of stacking parts

- A short video showing how unsealed SLS Nylon Parts Age

- This is an in depth interview ~20min on Formlab's Fuse 1 SLS