just received printer and need resin suggestion
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 4:21 pm
we just received our solus and are very excited to start using it. we will not be using it for direct casting but rather we are a product development company in the fashion industry and I will be using it for creating clothing hardware prototypes, custom embellishments , and masters for embossing dies and other random uses.
one of the uses I would like to explore with my solus, is creating small, single use embossing dies for leather..the idea is that the print will be placed in a hydrolic press and the impression left behind will emboss the leather...as long as the stamp can survive a single use, then its of use to me because we do primarily sampling and development and the production is left to china.
If I can find a resin that is hard enough to survive the press and can achieve the tiny letter detail im looking for, then I will have another great use for my solus.
so basically, I am looking for a suggestion on a resin that can achieve best possible detail while curing as hard as possible with castability being of no concern.
the experimental ceramic resin I read about on this forum would be excellent as it would not only be strong and hard but also heat tolerant but since that's not available yet, I will settle for strong and hard although if someone knows of a heat tolerant resin already available , that can also achieve excellent detail I would love to hear about it.
Thanks
one of the uses I would like to explore with my solus, is creating small, single use embossing dies for leather..the idea is that the print will be placed in a hydrolic press and the impression left behind will emboss the leather...as long as the stamp can survive a single use, then its of use to me because we do primarily sampling and development and the production is left to china.
If I can find a resin that is hard enough to survive the press and can achieve the tiny letter detail im looking for, then I will have another great use for my solus.
so basically, I am looking for a suggestion on a resin that can achieve best possible detail while curing as hard as possible with castability being of no concern.
the experimental ceramic resin I read about on this forum would be excellent as it would not only be strong and hard but also heat tolerant but since that's not available yet, I will settle for strong and hard although if someone knows of a heat tolerant resin already available , that can also achieve excellent detail I would love to hear about it.
Thanks