Formlabs Debuts 3DP Hobbyist Resin

Nov 12, 2024

Formlabs Debuts 3DP Hobbyist Resin

Formlabs has announced Creator Series, a new line of low-cost, safe resins for consumers designed to deliver performance, safety, and quality to the hobbyist resin market. The new line addresses safety standards, bringing Formlabs’ professional quality to the hobbyist market to empower more users to experiment, innovate, and create with confidence.

Figurines created with Creator Series resin. Image courtesy of Formlabs

Creator Series will launch with its first two resins – Creator Tough Resin and Creator Super Clear Resin – that enable hobbyist printers to produce aesthetically pleasing and high-quality minis, figurines, and other low-impact parts. The new resins are packaged in a basic plastic bottle, rather than a cartridge, to be poured directly into the resin tank by hand, offering a more simplified user experience with reduced mechanical properties.

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Here are some details about the Creator Series: 

  • Creator Tough Resin: A tough, strong, and semi-flexible ABS-Like resin, with a matte gray finish that provides a perfect canvas for painting. 

  • Creator Super Clear Resin: An ultra clear, strong, and stiff resin, making it perfect for creating optically clear parts, that can be easily post-processed with clear coat or polishing to achieve superior clarity, and can be dyed to create fun colors.

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Creator Tough and Creator Super Clear are compatible with non-Formlabs 3D printers and specifically validated for third-party LCD and DLP printers including Elegoo Mars 4 9K, Elegoo Saturn 3 Ultra, Anycubic Photon M2, Anycubic Photon D2, Uniformation GK2, Phrozen Sonic Mini 8K, and the Creality Halot Mage 8K. Validated print settings profiles are available on creator.formlabs.com as well as Chitubox and Lychee Slicers.

Image courtesy of Formlabs.

These resins are formulated without harmful chemicals typically found in low-cost hobbyist resins, including 4-Acryloylmorpholine (ACMO) that creates a harmful vapor and bad odor when heated and can cause skin rashes and burns.