# Used to have art foundry now i have form1+
**URL:** https://forum.formlabs.com/t/used-to-have-art-foundry-now-i-have-form1/3970
**Category:** Projects & Prints
**Created:** [March 17, 2015, 6:07pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/used-to-have-art-foundry-now-i-have-form1/3970 "2015-03-17T18:07:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Dan\_Keith](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/Dan_Keith)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2015, 6:07pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/used-to-have-art-foundry-now-i-have-form1/3970/1 "2015-03-17T18:07:37Z")
I received my printer a few weeks ago and I love it. I have used a liter of gray for numerous prints and am happy with all. I read a post on this forum about electroplating and got to thinking. Long story short I printed this and plated it.
Gray resin, Conductive paint ( not finished coating, thanks to forum post for info on Safer copper paint)
Raw copper plate feels just like the bronze casting I made back when I had bronze art foundry but much easier !
I love the printer but this might make it obsolete!!! [http://3dprintingindustry.com/2015/03/17/breakthrough-layerless-3d-printing-25-100x-faster-prints/?utm\_source=3D+Printing+Industry+Update&utm\_medium=email&utm\_campaign=237bbaeca1-RSS\_EMAIL\_CAMPAIGN&utm\_term=0\_695d5c73dc-237bbaeca1-64516421](http://3dprintingindustry.com/2015/03/17/breakthrough-layerless-3d-printing-25-100x-faster-prints/?utm_source=3D+Printing+Industry+Update&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=237bbaeca1-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_term=0_695d5c73dc-237bbaeca1-64516421)
Thanks for having a forum Dan
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### Author:  [@ShaneMans](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/ShaneMans)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2015, 3:12am UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/used-to-have-art-foundry-now-i-have-form1/3970/2 "2015-03-18T03:12:48Z")
Very nice work. It looks like some of the object did not plate yet. Is that just a trick of the light?
Also, that is a very cool link to that new printer. I’ll be following that tech for sure.
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### Author:  [@KenCitron](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/KenCitron)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2015, 4:24am UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/used-to-have-art-foundry-now-i-have-form1/3970/3 "2015-03-18T04:24:42Z")
Just a hunch but looks like it is based off a DLP projector and the model is drawn out of the bath as the image layers are drawn, but doesn’t require a peel. No layers in the sense that there is no peeling between exposures. Am I on the right track?
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### Author:  [@ShaneMans](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/ShaneMans)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2015, 6:09am UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/used-to-have-art-foundry-now-i-have-form1/3970/4 "2015-03-18T06:09:27Z")
I think you are on the right track. For lack of better words, it seems to play a “movie” of the slice silhouette on the boundary layer as it continually draws the platform up in time with the cure.
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### Author:  [@Dan\_Keith](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/Dan_Keith)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2015, 9:52am UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/used-to-have-art-foundry-now-i-have-form1/3970/5 "2015-03-18T09:52:48Z")
ShaneMans It is a trick of the light, it is fully plated, It has about .002" deposit and will take a nice shine if I was to buff it. I will probably put a verdigris patina on it, Dan
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### Author:  [@Alex\_Vermeer](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/Alex_Vermeer)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2015, 11:30am UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/used-to-have-art-foundry-now-i-have-form1/3970/6 "2015-03-18T11:30:47Z")
Love it… I’m waiting for my printer to return so I can try plating on conductive ink/paint as well. This get’s me excited even more!!
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### Author:  [@Alexander\_Lafer](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/Alexander_Lafer)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2015, 6:09pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/used-to-have-art-foundry-now-i-have-form1/3970/7 "2015-03-18T18:09:55Z")
This is awesome work @Dan_Keith ! Are you going to be electroplating more models? What else are you working on?
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### Author:  [@Dan\_Keith](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/Dan_Keith)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2015, 8:26pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/used-to-have-art-foundry-now-i-have-form1/3970/8 "2015-03-18T20:26:19Z")
The main advantage the form1+ has is it ability to reproduce accurately, digital models that I do. I have been using my diy cnc router to make patterns/models for my metal castings. But it being a subtractive machining method and my smallest bits .015 there is a limit to detail I can achieve. The form allows me to make patterns that can’t be done on the router/mill. Now that I can electro plate and get the look and feel of a bronze casting without the hassle it opens a whole nuther market. Ain’t technology wonderful :\>)