Video : Formlabs Releases New Resin TOUGH!

So i received a email today telling me about Formlabs new resin TOUGH!  It looks like it currently only comes in one color, a cornflower blue semi-translucent resin.  It is supposed to be tough, durable, and used in a variety of ways where ABS is normally used.  From the video and the gif below, the results are pretty impressive!

However the sticker price for 1L is the shocker, $175.00!!  More expensive than any of their other resins!  I'm not sure this is a good thing as other companies are producing similar (normal) resins at a fraction of the cost, and its only a matter of time before a similar (tough) resin can be had for cheap.  
I guess this is similar to Makerbot vs other fdm manufacturers, the highly visible company has to charge a premium for their "brand" even though its the same chemicals in the end.  

But if people pay for it, who am I to judge?  For me personally I'll shop around for a better price, or dare I say attempt to create my own! :)  

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Hot Glue Can Save Your Failing Print, Maybe...

Over at Make Andrew Terranova shows how using a little hot glue on a failing print might be all you need to save it!  

Essentially the print was skipping a few layers so he added some hot glue and the print was saved.  Head over to make and read his article  about how he came up with the process and how he uses it to save some of this failing prints on his 3d printer.

I like the idea and for one I plan on using the technique myself if my print starts to fail... great work!


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