{"id":18083,"date":"2022-03-14T00:00:34","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T07:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.disneyexperience.com\/news\/?p=18083"},"modified":"2022-03-19T12:34:28","modified_gmt":"2022-03-19T19:34:28","slug":"3d-printing-with-prusa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.disneyexperience.com\/news\/3d-printing-with-prusa\/","title":{"rendered":"3D Printing With Prusa"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Last year, I decided that it was finally time to invest in a 3D printer. I chose a MSLA resin printer for its higher printing resolution; I’m a stickler for fine details. I new that I would outgrow an introductory-model printer, so I went with something a little beefier with better resolution. I finally settled on the Prusa<\/em> SL1S and CW1S bundle<\/a>. It was much more costly than other 3d printers out there, but I’m beyond happy with my purchase.<\/p>\n

After the 3-month waiting period (there is waiting list and a delay in getting parts), I finally received my two large packages. The shipping only took a few days to arrive in California from Prague, but customs held up the shipment for a day to have me fill out some forms. I don’t remember what those forms were for; I just signed them. About a month later, I received a bill from FedEx<\/em> for customs charges over $100. That was not a pleasant surprise.<\/p>\n

The printer came with a lot of little extras like a couple bottles of Prusament Tough orange resin, a tiny 32GB USB stick, extra FEP film, a couple of scrapers, extra\u00a0 face shields, gloves, Haribo<\/em> gummy bears, and more. It’s been a while since I opened the box, so I don’t remember everything that came with the printer. I should have taken pictures, but I was too excited to get everything out of the boxes.<\/p>\n

The first several prints had weird warping issues. But, I think those were due to colder winter temperatures. I did preheat the resin, but obviously not enough. There were a few nice, warm days that were above 80 degrees Fahrenheit, and I warmed the bottle of resin in the sunlight. There was definitely a difference in the viscosity of the warmer resin, and the prints came out looking great.<\/p>\n

The Prusmanet Tough resin was also extremely brittle\u2014and expensive. Not only is the resin pricier than local sources, shipping from Prague is expensive. Buying supplies from Prusa<\/em> is not economically feasible for me. Other than buying replacement parts, I will be buying Siraya Tech<\/em> Fast grey resin<\/a> online. It’s way less expensive, I get free 2-day shipping with Amazon<\/em> Prime<\/a>, and the resin is far stronger than the Prusament Tough resin.<\/p>\n

The First Print<\/h2>\n

For my first print, I downloaded a Hercules statue<\/a> from CGTrader<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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