fep vat for peopoly moai

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update 4/4/2018 : the vat is working but they are some leaks while printing. this is surely due to metal plate, pressing on the fep film and "opening" a little the tpu joint. I give up this fep vat as the dlp resins are not as good as peopoly resins to my opinion, but feel free to print it. I send the SW files as request here in the comments based on https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2216068 Be very careful to protect your galvos ! First test it with water inside, to check if there are some leaks in your printing... Careful as the vat holds not much resin, I've damaged my PM motor because I've put too much resin on my custom vat, and some went inside the pm motor. when my pm motor will be repaired, I'll test and modify the main tank to hold more resin, but this version works fine to me, fill with resin when build plate is inside at first, not too much ! All parts but the joints : Print in pla 0,2 with supports for hexahonal holes. Print the joints with sainsmart tpu use fep 150 microns thickness setting : z offset the moai at 1700, then slowly increase z until the build plate touches the fep, with a little tension on springs. My final settings where at 1750 tensioner have a glass support. 137mm or 138mm wide glass ep 5mm is needed for the fep film to rest straight. glue with epoxy. Round the edges of the glass at the corners with a grinder (corindon). better print the tensioner before cutting the glass, pla's are capricious, the calculated width is 138mm, but sometimes you can get much lower width, so print the tensioner and mesure for the glass width.