Yep what remains looks like flare to me. There are now several thrads related to the topic. Just click the little arrows On the right of the following boxes to go to the full thread.
Hi All,
I’ve been running lots and lots of tests to try and characterise the effects of laser flare. Basically it’s as previously described by @Monger_Designs and @RocusHalbasch - in that I am seeing bad flaking and corrugated surfaces on parts - on the faces of parts matching brightest flare side.
It might be a little “tl;dw”, but I think this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gWAbKKrR6o illustrates it best - I’m not done yet, there’ll be at least one more video, probably two, but imo t…
Continuing the discussion from Form1+ laser flare issues illustrated - pics and video :
@Sam_Jacoby
My intent with this thread is not to revive the thread @Sam_Jacoby, perhaps rightly, killed for becoming unmanageable and to spread across too many topics. It is just to reply to his closing statements in that thread.
Glad to hear you have enjoyed the thread, and found it informative. I’m sure all the customers who worked hard to discover for themselves and understand exactly what was wrong wit…
As some of you are aware I’ve been having print quality issues with my Form1+. I’ve posted on the @kevinHolmes thread “Form1+ laser flare issues illustrated – pic and video” – LINK some typical examples.
Although there are similarities with print quality, I feel there are more factors at play them just the laser flare.
FormLabs support has been great, and I truly believe they are taking the laser flare issue seriously. One thing they have asked me to do is revisit the ambient temperature of t…
This thread was created at the behest of @Sam_Jacoby as a way to break up the mess that was Laser Flare Illustrated. Specifically to discuss refitting things onto the Form1+ laser path. Please note that actually doing so is both a good way to cause bodily harm to yourself, others, and void your printer’s warranty at the same time.
Please note that the idea for a spatial filter originated not with me but @Ante_Vukorepa and @JoshK . The need/absence of a columating lens was the hard earned discove…
There have been a lot of pictures taken of the laser spot test taken and passed around, but as it is it really doesn’t show much of value. The reason it isn’t a very good test the way it’s being handled currently is neither the naked eye nor any camera can capture the full range of detail in the laser spot, because of the huge range of intensity it contains. So in order to give a more accurate picture of the range of intensity represented I made a series of shots with different exposures.
The m…