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3Dnatives Lab: Our Test of Formlabs Form 2
The story of FormLabs began at MIT in 2011, when students Maxim Lobovsky, Natan Linder and David Cranor developed the first low-cost compact 3D printer based on the Stereolithography process. Backed by several financiers and following the commercial success of…
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The story of FormLabs began at MIT in 2011, when students Maxim Lobovsky, Natan Linder and David Cranor developed the first low-cost compact 3D printer based on the Stereolithography process. Backed by several financiers and following the commercial success of the Form 1, the brand unveiled it’s latest generation of 3D printers the Form 2.
Currently being sold for a price of €3,958 (about $4,221 USD), the Form 2 is clearly not within the typical price range of personal 3D printers, but with its minimum layer of thickness of 25 microns on paper, makes it a pretty cool machine to check out.
The 3Dnatives lab was lucky enough to obtain a the printer from the American manufacturer to bring you our review on this machine. Some key areas we will be looking out during our test is what areas of this machine have seen improvements since the Form 1 and we will be looking to see if the price too high for this machine.
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