@Spelljammer Very nice design. It keeps all of the guides and rods up out of the water, thus minimizing rust and corrosion issues.by tyoung87 - Polar Machines, SCARA, Robot Arms
I agree that it should be kept as simple as possible. This idea is based on the assumption that the resin layer being too thick would cause issues. If this is not the case then this would needlessly over complicate things. But if it is the case then this could be a viable solution. With no way of testing, ideas must stem from assumptions. Just working with what I've got.by tyoung87 - Polar Machines, SCARA, Robot Arms
@Traumflug The salt water level rises, yes. But the raft floats on top of the salt water and the feed mechanism would be on the raft. So it would be the level of the resin relative to the raft, which as the resin gets used in the print it will undoubtedly lower at some point.by tyoung87 - Polar Machines, SCARA, Robot Arms
You could always make it so that the bottles aren't actually on the raft, but rather are somewhere up above it with hoses running down to it. This would just bring in the problem of the hoses limiting the movement of the raft. This could be fixed by making it so that the bottles, which are now somewhere up above the raft, still twist and turn in the same way as the raft, thus keeping the hoses frby tyoung87 - Polar Machines, SCARA, Robot Arms
Also, I do agree with rylangrayston, the whole thing shouldn't really move that much. The rods would probably be more of something that keeps it generally lined up with the base by preventing it from floating off or twisting. I imagine that nylon rods should work quite well. If they don't, another idea could be to make it so that instead of the base of the rods being the base of the container andby tyoung87 - Polar Machines, SCARA, Robot Arms
Alright, I've separated out the resin reservoir idea and added on to it. I wrote it up with notes and drawings, so hopefully you can understand my handwriting. So here it is:by tyoung87 - Polar Machines, SCARA, Robot Arms
I honestly think that the idea that was posted on Blender Artist by Spelljammer about having the peachy printer on the raft has merit, and I'd be interested in seeing how this could combine with the idea of the multi resin raft that is already going on. I went ahead and took a moment to whip up a crude drawing of how I think that the two could go together (with a couple of my own ideas thrown inby tyoung87 - Polar Machines, SCARA, Robot Arms