05-07-2020, 08:18 AM
Oops, it appears that I completely forgot to post the results of my printed lens test.
The best of the lenses that I've cast (the one shown at the end of post #25) is on the right. The printed lens is on the left. It is partially sanded in this pic; I think the circular ridges around the outside are artifacts due to the quality of the mesh when I exported it and not so much the print. I pulled it out the other day and cleaned those up, but I'll need to re-polish it before I take another picture.
In other news, I have a large format printer on the way. Hopefully I can resume actual progress on my builds soon.
The best of the lenses that I've cast (the one shown at the end of post #25) is on the right. The printed lens is on the left. It is partially sanded in this pic; I think the circular ridges around the outside are artifacts due to the quality of the mesh when I exported it and not so much the print. I pulled it out the other day and cleaned those up, but I'll need to re-polish it before I take another picture.
In other news, I have a large format printer on the way. Hopefully I can resume actual progress on my builds soon.