From WIRED · Boone Ashworth · · 1m 40s
Formlabs brings 3D printing to your desk
The 3D printer maker's new Form Studio 1 costs $699 and fits on a desk, targeting consumers instead of just professionals.
In brief
The 3D printer maker's new Form Studio 1 costs $699 and fits on a desk, targeting consumers instead of just professionals. Formlabs released the Form Studio 1, a $699 consumer 3D printer using stereolithography resin, marking the company's first device aimed at regular users rather than professionals. Originally…
Formlabs targets everyday users
Formlabs, which has nearly two hundred thousand printers in service, has announced the Form Studio 1, its first consumer-focused three D printer. The company's previous devices cost twenty five hundred dollars or more.
The Studio 1 costs $699
The Form Studio 1 prints with SLA, or stereolithography, resins that harden when exposed to ultraviolet light.It costs six hundred ninety nine dollars and is now on sale.Individual resin bottles start at twenty nine dollars.
It fits on a desk, mostly
The Studio 1 takes up roughly the same space as a minifridge.You will likely need a wash and cure unit, sold separately for one hundred ninety nine dollars, plus room for tools and resin cartridges.
Quiet and low-odor printing
Three D printing with resin can be stinky, but Formlabs-branded Alpha resins are U L GreenGuard-certified when used with a Formlabs V O C Extractor.
“We know that some people are going to put it in their bedrooms.”
High precision, low failure rate
The S L A printing enables very detailed constructions.In Formlabs' internal testing, the company says it has had a roughly two percent failure rate for its prints.The printer can use Formlabs-branded products or third-party resins.
Straightforward to use
The Form Studio 1 has a front touchscreen for troubleshooting and readying prints.Formlabs also offers an app called Form Mobile that can control prints or send designs to the printer.The overall experience feels surprisingly straightforward.
At a glance
Formlabs released the Form Studio 1, a $699 consumer 3D printer using stereolithography resin, marking the company's first device aimed at regular users rather than professionals.
