*WE ARE NOW LIVE ON KICKSTARTER!!!* www.kickstarter.com/projects/micronics3d/micron-a-desktop-sls-3d-printer *We are coming to Open Sauce!* We are sponsoring Open Sauce and will be exhibiting at booth *A10.10* Come visit us to see Micron printing, play with our slicer in-person, and see all the cool test parts (and glitched parts) we have printed! *We have a launch date!* Kickstarter going live on *June 13th at 12:00pm CDT* , link here to follow the campaign > www.kickstarter.com/projects/micronics3d/micron-a-desktop-sls-3d-printer What to expect: - Pledges for the printer will be starting at $2999 for the Super Early Birds, but the quantity will be very limited so better mark your calendars :wink: :wink: - Printing material and additional build chambers will be available as add-ons. Of course if you are not ready, you can also show your support by pledging T-shirt tier. - We want to take our time to make sure everything is built right and don't want to over-promise, so we are listing a conservative shipping date that's starting in April 2025 to account for Murphy's law. *Printer Reviews on The Way!* We have sent beta test units of our printers to KZread content creators and they will have videos on the printer coming. The printers that we sent out were the first batch of beta units we have ever built, so they were a functional but little rough on the edges. What to expect: - Overall speaking, most creators were able to get the printer to work properly - some we have had to get on a call or two and send out replacements parts to sort a few issues while some were smooth sailing all the way. - Most of the issues they have encountered were due to manufacturing variances (hence the variances in their experiences), and will of course be sorted out for the production machines. - The biggest issue by far is our FDM printed sift bin cracking along the layer lines and making a mess. We will switch to a different manufacturing method like RIM or add reinforcements like sheet metal inserts for the production versions. Guess we are doing SLS for a good reason eh? That's why we say we will take our time so we can run a second run of pre-production machines (in parallel with spinning up the production line) and make sure everything is *perfect* on the production machines.

@patrickl9930

2 ай бұрын

I'm not yet in the market for SLS -- I'm more of a resin-head... but I'm so happy you all exist and are working to drive down the prices so aggressively. It fills me with hope that SLS will come down to the price of a high-end FDM printer some day, and make it a no-brainer to snag one for the shop :). Thank you for all your hard work!

@caeli5532

2 ай бұрын

Hello, why inside printer camera you use hepa filters instead of electrostatic filters with water, which do not need consumables in the form of hepa filters?

@spankeyfish

Ай бұрын

@@caeli5532 electrostatic filters will be much more expensive, consume power and are probably a lot bigger.

@caeli5532

Ай бұрын

@@spankeyfish NO))) try to find in Yt videos "Electrostatic precipitator filter" and "DIY Electrostatic Precipitator With Liquid Electrode Test Chamber". I talk about electrostatic filters for home use, not for industrial application.

Thank YOU for making SLS more accessible!

@Brainwash110

2 ай бұрын

accessible SLM would be amazing, but SLS is fine for now :D

I have to admit, after an hour I was expecting more than a little cross shaped object.

The world needs more engineers like you. Thank you for all your work on this. I wish I was in a place to buy one now.

@Tinmann_77

2 ай бұрын

I found this about 4 months after I bought both a resin and a filament printer. Wish I had known about this I would have ordered it instead lol

@TotallyNoAim

Ай бұрын

@@Tinmann_77 no, sls is more expensive and you can almost so everything with a resin or fdm printer

Only time I've ever been excited to watch an unboxing

@REDxFROG

2 ай бұрын

It's not an unboxing. Starting the machine and using it is something else.

@micronics3d

2 ай бұрын

@@REDxFROG Beginning of video: Box. End of video: No box. Counts as unboxing for us 😉😉

The oils on your fingers might be bad for the lamps.

@micronics3d

2 ай бұрын

The oil is there to make you comment and drive up engagement

@bluegoogie6436

2 ай бұрын

@@micronics3d more oil please!🤪

@Resyektt

2 ай бұрын

@@micronics3dplease for the love of god tell me this is the truth 😂

@leerunyan9726

2 ай бұрын

@@micronics3d thanks for the respectful reply.

@JaridMitchell

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tips! I’ll be submerging mine in a vat of extracted human finger oil before use

Looking forward to the day those boxes show up at my house.

@user-gs7tq8iz5p

2 ай бұрын

Have you already ordered?

@RealAndySkibba

2 ай бұрын

@@user-gs7tq8iz5p not yet. I'd like to though.

@lnfotron

2 ай бұрын

same

You should think about providing some white cotton gloves for installing the bulbs. Oil from your fingers can burn onto the bulb.

@snapo1750

2 ай бұрын

Use a nose clean tissue or a piece of toilette paper or similar.... good catch i had the same thought

@DamienDavidO

2 ай бұрын

Thought the same thing. But also excited about the development.

@yerand59

2 ай бұрын

These lamps don’t have the reflective layer of gold that is especially susceptible to damage from oil like the EOS lamps have.

@Zuluknob

2 ай бұрын

@@yerand59 No halogen lamps should be touched with bare hands. It's known to shorten their lifetime. The oil from your fingers burns onto the glass and then absorbs the infrared causing a hotspot on the tube(as far as i can remember).

@EPeltzer

2 ай бұрын

I've used them for 30 years. Just give them a wipe with a little alcohol on a paper towel when you finished installing them. It's as simple as that.

Freakin BALLER! i'm so pumped i was planning on X1C, but i have to send files off to be SLS printed anyway. With this I can still use my Ender 3 for POF and the Micron for final products. ALL BY MYSELF!

@makers_lab

2 ай бұрын

Get both; any Bambu will be upgrade you won't regret, but this, while a tad janky in a few places, is definitely looking very compelling.

really impressive engineering. this guy is the Vitalik of SLS

@t3r083

2 ай бұрын

but is he as hung?

@JustinCiriello

2 ай бұрын

Too bad he isn't the Charles Hoskinson of SLS, then it would be even better.

@overengineering6096

2 ай бұрын

@@JustinCiriello Definitely not!

@georgestone8099

2 ай бұрын

Nah because this guys invention actually has a clear and tangible use case..

Holy crap I really appreciate the way you guys are going about this product! No marketing BS, just showing us what you designed, how to use it, and printing stuff on it. And it looks like you're having a pretty open approach about the design and not trying to lock it down airtight. This is so great to see in the consumer space!

Wow...... finally accessible sls for the hobbyist! Thank you so much for working on this and providing it to the community

This is incredible. The thought that you’ve put into its design, the extractor coming as standard. I’m so excited for the future of printing. This is a tad out of my price range at the moment, but I can’t wait! I would love to see print comparisons to resin and FDM parts.

Do not touch the lamps with your fingers!!! The grease from your skin will burn onto the lamp and eventually cause it to cease.

this is probably the one tech product ive been most excited about since the Valve Index, this is cool as heck!

I am beyond excited about this product! Been wanting an SLS printer for a while, can't wait to order one!!!

Love the energy! Incredible work!!

Incredibly excited to see where this goes, this could be a game changer for so many parts

what you guys doing is amazing and also amazingly simple. great work and I wish you all the success you deserve ❤

what a blast to see innovation like this at this price point

Probably the best breakthrough I have seen for years consumer avaiablity without the high pricing.

This is so exciting and incredible. Congrats on this amazing product and innovation! I would love to get my hands on it one day.

Bro, I don’t have enough for one of these right now but your energy in the videos makes this a great watch

This is actually completely jaw dropping levels of design, just for the UX alone.

This is freaking awesome! ❤

Love the multifunctional accessories

Very cool! Actually a bit less complex than I was expecting. Looking very promising.

WE NEED MORE! :) Awesome

This looks awesome, BUT! You touched the halogen bulb with your fingers! It just about made me scream out loud.

@jbbolts

2 ай бұрын

lol.... were old!

@Bletotum

2 ай бұрын

Explain this one to me; is that a safety problem? Is the part very fragile?

@FriendxA

2 ай бұрын

google it@@Bletotum

@thomasd9827

2 ай бұрын

@@Bletotum the oil causes uneven heating of the bulb glass, so the expansion(heating)/contraction (cooling) rate is different from the untouched glass - during one of the cycles - pop!

@dtibor5903

2 ай бұрын

He did it to trigger people like you to comment. Many youtubers make such "small mistakes" on purpose to drive engagement

Very interesting device, wishing you guys the best for this product to take the market by storm

I saw your other video and went to check out the printer and everything was "SOLD OUT" "SOLD OUT" "SOLD OUT" LOL Hell yeah dude! Good job!

@micronics3d

2 ай бұрын

It's pre-release, coming soon on Kickstarter :)

I am SO excited for this

I wish I had a good use case for one of these so I could justify buying it. It's clear a lot of thought went into this product. Seems very polished, great job helping bringing SLS printing pricing down closer to the consumer market.

Frickin amazing!

Love it ❤ Keep you the great content and hope to own one of these printers in the future 🔥👍

This is GOOD for its price point, your going places :)

Got a few Q's for designy bits that don't immediately make sense. - Why must the lamps match up with their slots? If they aren't all the same, why not? 0:54 - Why does the glass plate need to be aligned with the triangle? It looks square, so it should be the same on all sides? 4:16 - Why do you need to top off the sift bin after the print is done, just to sift it out again? 5:42

@micronics3d

2 ай бұрын

1. Lamps all have slightly different output power and are calibrated. If you put it in the wrong socket, one side of the build area will get hotter than the other. 2. The baffle pattern is not symmetrical 3. So you can refill the print chamber.

My small business needs this!

I'm so ready for this

Very exciting. Let's gooo

Really looking forward to buy one!

this is really a thoughtful design at each level, time to preorder i guess

You're gunna change the 3D printing game with this thing dude..... Amazing job

Cant freaking wait to buy one of these.

Awesome 😃

Amazing !

I like the convenience of the sifting box for mixing and depowdering, thays clever. You might want to consider using a low cost grow tent with the extractor fan to make a better fume hood. Im skeptical that makeshift fan extraction will actually keep things clean given my experience working with powders and fume hoods in the past. Interested in learning more though!

this is so dope

My god, yall really found a way to make what is basically advertising be exciting.

Pretty cool - is the Kickstarter going to be more of a traditional Kickstarter where the money is used for production and it takes a few years, or is it more of a 'preorder' kind of Kickstarter where you already have production lined up and the printer would probably ship even as early as this year?

@micronics3d

2 ай бұрын

It's more a traditional one since we are not VC backed. All the R&D is already done so we can expect to ship 8-12 months after the campaign.

@ZeeLobby

2 ай бұрын

​@@micronics3dhope you guys have funding to ship in 24-36 months. I have yet to see anything in this arena hit their target. I'd plan for 3 years, even if that means raising the price, than expect one year and have everybody lose. Not hating, I pray to the printer gods this works out.

@lnfotron

2 ай бұрын

@@micronics3d I can tell you that I for one will be backing you. and I dont think you guys will have a problem reaching your funding goal.

I would love to see how well a miniature comes out of this and how easy / hard it is to brush off the powder

Sick stuff

I cant wait to buy this 😍

Looking forward to purchase one :)

This is passion, it oozes out of every crevice of the design and function.

This is so cool, love what you are doing for SLS at home! You're becoming the Prusa/Bambu Lab of SLS, bringing it to something anyone can do at home!

I'm definitely going to be a day one buyer. This is going to do wonders for my business.

this is such an amazing feat for only 3k. If i had the money to buy one, i definitely would. Really excited for what this means to the 3D printing community- hopefully, desktop SLS' will be the new norm!

The only word for it is "Beast"🔥🔥 One recommendation: To transfer the powder into the chamber, make some kind of adapter that allows the powder to slide in slowly and no dust will be there

Amped. Excellent set of included components for the price.

aged out Fred selling us next level tech. cool world

you're a champ!

You are making a huge change in the maker Community 🎉😊❤

Nice!

I'll probably never actually buy this but it's still a very interesting piece of tech, truly amazing

Just comment to drive up the engagement and make your product successful in the future. Good luck with launch event and fulfill initial orders. Make SLS for every one.

absolutely amazing. generally i'm pretty good about saving money but this might change that lol

Can’t wait.

working with an sla and fdm printer at the moment but its only a question of when I will switch to sls. Looks really promising for smaller buisnesses or hobbyist with disposable income.

How are your print materials so cheap and will there be more options in the future?

You guys are incredible - don't listen to the haters. Your price point is incredible. Your innovations are amazing, many are long past overdue and just clever, I'm particularly impressed with your homebrew analog galvo controller.

Look forward to the KS campaign👍👍.

Will you be providing a cheaper line of powder, or is that not a thing yet?

Thats a lot of work for the print but certainly it has a LOT OF POTENTIAL. Well done 🎉

@chris_piss

29 күн бұрын

Honestly compared to resin printers this is pretty simple

You should 3d print a spout for that jug of nylon powder to lower the amount of dust from pouring it.

Can you show some examples of really high resolution/detail prints?

You just BLEW my mind using the lid to open the bottle of powder

@nakleh

2 ай бұрын

I do that with my coffee creamer :)

man the amount of things i would make for my car using this printer is insane.

How much does the powder weigh, per 5.3L container. Just trying to assess how expensive this printer will be to run compared to fdm.

I'd love to see how the resolution fairs for these parts, could we get an example done for a medium size mini? Resin SLA currently dominates the tabletop scene and I'd gladly pay $2999 just to not have to deal with resin.

This is a very clever printer. I'm looking forward to the prices coming down for the average person. Never touch those lamps with bare hands. I'm shocked the instructions didn't tell you to wear gloves or include gloves. Excellent video.

Amazing machine! How long before we will see a low cost version of it printing with any metal powder? Is that just a matter of settings and a stronger laser? Does metal also need pre heating? Will we see HDPC and Nylon pre mixed with graphene (FLG) and or carbon fibre strands? And is there a plan for the propriety parts you developed to come down in price, and release a kit for a max of $1000-$1500? Also how do you remove powder from a fully closed part like eg. a football? Or sneakers that need air pockets?

❤ great achievement! Could you please post a video on sandblasting? What a small suitable equipment would be. Time vs tolerance if possible. Thank you and good business!

wish you the best

This is absolutely brilliant, I wish I could afford one. I had my eyes on those for so many years and making them my one day goal. I wonder what is the real life cost of printing tabletop miniatures for gaming and terrain. I rather use that tech instead of resin printer.

Awesome I’m really excited about this price point. Does the printer print any faster? For the number of layers on that first print it seemed a little slow.

respect

Great machine, I´ve so exited with the "home" sls printer. I have a question about the security system for avoid an dust explosion, i mean that the industrials solution use nitrogen for replace de oxigen inside de machine, how do you solve it in your machine?

@accumall3027

Ай бұрын

SLS was never made for home... . seems there is no extra security design.

I recommend including in the instructions to wear rubber gloves when replacing those halogen heating lamps, they tend to burn up rather quickly if the oils and dirt on your hands get on them.

Yeh very excited by this, sub 3k for an SLS is incredible. Great work

This is nothing short of incredible for a first of its kind commercial products. Sure, there are visible shortcomings (I'm thinking of the dust extractor and the "fume hood" made with the glass plate), but that's nitpicking. This is a damn SLS printer that's accessible to makre spaces and consumers. I tip you my hat.

Will there also be some metal powder?

Very impressive! After the Kickstarter is complete, how soon will this printer be shipping?

SUPER cool, but wow…. So much work to start and stop a print. I guess this really is more suited towards printing lots of stuff in batches!

The dust extractor being used at each powder-pouring step is a smart use of resources. But perching it on the sifter looks really precarious. I'm sure you've tested it (probably to destruction) and made sure it's a safe and secure load... but oh boy does it make me nervous. Especially with the glass bed added!

@micronics3d

2 ай бұрын

If you drop it we are happy to sell you a replacement 😉😉

So it took 1h for this tiny part whereby it is consuming 500w? Thats half a kWh😮 As for now you can print PA12 at JLCPCB for 2€/g (the powder alone is 1€/g at microns site). Downside is, they only print PA12 which has a pretty low E module. I am really excited about Microns success with this machine and am hoping for a new trend of consumer SLS printers

Question for setup - should those heat lamp bulbs be handled bare-handed? I ask because certain bulb types react poorly over time to skin oils and such on their surface.

This is so cool, I wish I had this money to drop on a printer but it is literally a years tuition at my uni but I'm hoping it will drop the price of the industrial setups

This might’ve urban legend but for all HOT burning lamp, you need to NOT leave your oily finger print on the bulb. Use a tissue to hold the bulb for installation.

wonder if itll be open source so we can contribute to firmware and UI changes