# What to do with old Form1+?

**URL:** <https://forum.formlabs.com/t/what-to-do-with-old-form1/21874>\
**Category:** Projects & Prints\
**Created:** [January 15, 2019, 11:35pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/what-to-do-with-old-form1/21874 "2019-01-15T23:35:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![SavvaM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@SavvaM](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/SavvaM)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2019, 11:35pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/what-to-do-with-old-form1/21874/1 "2019-01-15T23:35:58Z")

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Oi,  
I recently got my hands on an old Form1+ that was lying around in our lab - we have a Form 2 now, so the first version became kind of obsolete. I kind of feel bad that a powerful machine like 1+ is collecting dust; it only worked once in five times, so trying to use it for its original purpose isn’t practical.  
So my question is - does anyone have any cool pet-project ideas that could be realized using the hardware inside Form1+? I have a few artsy ideas, but I’m curious if any tinkerers or professional engineers on the forum could help me with inspiration:)  
Cheers.

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**Author:** ![rkagerer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/439d5e/32.png) [@rkagerer](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/rkagerer)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2019, 1:52am UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/what-to-do-with-old-form1/21874/2 "2019-01-16T01:52:00Z")

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Print quick and dirty prototypes in Clear at 200um - at more than twice the speed of the Form 2 (by the time you account for temperature preheating, slower peels / wiper, etc. of the newer model). I did a project once where I had to iterate a lot, being able to spit out prints in 15-20 minutes really sped up the early stages.

Also search the forums / blog posts for OpenFL for some more exotic ideas.

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**Author:** ![Geace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58956e/32.png) [@Geace](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/Geace)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2019, 2:04am UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/what-to-do-with-old-form1/21874/3 "2019-01-16T02:04:50Z")

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I have the same question and none idea. Please explain your ideas. Greetings.

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**Author:** ![SavvaM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@SavvaM](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/SavvaM)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2019, 3:50am UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/what-to-do-with-old-form1/21874/4 "2019-01-16T03:50:36Z")

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Thanks for the note! I was actually just reading about it here: [OpenFL: an API for the Form 1 / 1+](http://forum.formlabs.com/t/openfl-an-api-for-the-form-1-1/8259)

This sounds absolutely awesome, wasn’t aware of it until today. So glad that formlabs actually made it a bit more open source!

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**Author:** ![SavvaM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@SavvaM](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/SavvaM)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2019, 3:54am UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/what-to-do-with-old-form1/21874/5 "2019-01-16T03:54:41Z")

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> [@rkagerer](#):
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> being able to spit out prints in 15-20 minutes really sped up the early stages.

hm, that’s really neat! kind of a shame that one can’t do something like that with Form2.  
unfortunately wouldn’t work with my 1+ - while the laser is still working, the sensors related to tanks and resin are messed up.

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**Author:** ![rkagerer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/439d5e/32.png) [@rkagerer](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/rkagerer)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2019, 6:21am UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/what-to-do-with-old-form1/21874/6 "2019-01-16T06:21:40Z")

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Refresh my memory - I didn’t think the Form 1+ had any resin sensors?