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Now, the SparkMaker Full HD is providing more options for do-it-yourselfers who use 3D printing. The SparkMaker is an upgraded 3D printer with a 1080p LCD screen and four new types of resins.

Individuals with the first generation of Sparkmaker can upgrade with a kit that includes a metal tank, metal panel, 1080p LCD screen and UV backlight.

The Resin LCD-G offers ultra-clear resin for making 3D engraving prints that show internal details. This also ensures the object doesn’t turn yellow over time.

SparkMaker is a resin printer, which was successfully funded through Kickstarter. It uses an LCD screen to cure the resin. The printer is ready-to-use from the box. It had been mentioned numerous times as one of the most affordable resin printers on the market as well as an easy to use the machine. Sparkmaker comes with its own slicing software and allows to use of third-party resins.

Following a successful Kickstarter campaign by Sparkmaker3D in September last year, the company is now pushing new boundaries to make 3D printing even more affordable for everyone. The new SparkMaker Full HD 3D printer comes with an upgraded 3D printer with a 1080p LCD screen, and 4 new types of resins with great features of ultra-clean, high temperature, macaron colours, and good printing.

The SparkMaker SLA 3D Printer is a significant upgrade to its predecessor. The success can be easily gauged by the fact that within a few days of its campaign launch, it has successfully raised around 390% of its funding goal with 33 days still pending for the campaign to end.

This shows the confidence customers have in the previous version of the SparkMaker. Also, it is the most affordable desktop SLA 3D printer available in the market.

The SparkMaker FHD 3D printer boasts of a metal body, panel, and tank. It has a 1080p FHD screen with a building area of 61.8×110mm can achieve a 57 micron XY resolution which is a great quality as high as that of 2K LCD screen with the build area of 68×120.9mm. It’s difficult for human eyes to tell the difference between the resolutions of 57μm and 47μm XY resolution.

The SparkMaker FHD 3D printer is the most affordable desktop SLA printer to date. It is compact and can be easily carried around. The Kickstarter price for the upgrade kit starts from as low as $99, and the complete FHD 3D printer is for only $199.

With the full high definition LCD screen, SparkMaker FHD 3D printer allows you to print larger size (up to 61.8 x 110 x 125 mm), higher quality (57 μm XY axis resolution), in a faster speed (up to 25 mm/hr).

Based on the feedback of many of users, SparkMaker FHD now supports wireless control through Bluetooth connection. Either through an SD card with printing files or the smartphone App by Bluetooth, it is just one button to get printing started with SparkMaker FHD.

We have sold more than 5000 units of SparkMakers since last year. It is amazing to find what our users printed with SparkMaker. There were the DIY experts who manipulated the machine with additional features, engineers using it for prototyping, and designers using it to make jewelry.

For those you have owned SparkMaker the first generation, if you want to upgrade it here is the upgrade kit for you.  The kit includes 1 x Metal Tank, 1 x Metal Panel, 1 x 1080p LCD Screen, 1 x Mainboard, and 1 x UV Backlight.

SparkMaker FHD 3D printer also has Bluetooth connectivity and 3D printing can be easily controlled through a dedicated smartphone app named SparkStudio.

Lastly, the company also offers free slicer software for download from their www.sparkmaker3d.com. The company assures that they will regularly update the software to improve the user experience.

Hear us out: now a household item, it"s worth asking yourself why you"d live life on paper when you can have a three-dimensional printer at your fingertips. Interested? Enter the world of 3D printing with the powerful SparkMaker Original SLA 3D Printer Starter Bundle.

Affordable and easy to use, this 3D printer produces smooth models using SLA and UV LCD resins. It might sound very techie and complicated, but it is really just as easy to use as a normal paper printer. This user-friendly 3D printer supports offline printing; to bring your ideas to life, simply insert your SD card with the pre-loaded design into the machine and hit print – it’s that easy. Within seconds, you’ll see your creation start to form. Keep an eye on the LED indicator light to monitor your project’s progress.

The SparkMaker Original SLA 3D Printer prints high-resolution models at 100 XY resolution and up to 20 Z layer thickness. Expect top-quality printings with a 3.9" x 2.2" x 0.5" molding size. SparkMaker uses affordable UV LCD resins in a variety of types. The bundle includes everything you need to get started: along with the printer itself, the bundle comprises two resins – white hard resin (LCD-BW) and fresh hard resin (LCD-BF) – a wrench, power adapter and cable, gauze mask and the handy user manual.

Life is better in 3D. Experience the thrill of printing out your own creation while getting familiar with a tool that is already changing a major industry as we know it. Right now, you can get the SparkMaker Original SLA 3D Printer Starter Bundle for $194.95, down 39% from the original MSRP.

Initially priced at just $100 on Kickstarter, the SparkMaker seemed to be just another one of those too-good-to-be-true 3D printer deals that fail to adequately deliver to their backers like the Buccaneer, the ONO, the Peachy printer or Tiko 3D’s Unibody. Instead, it not only delivered, it also went on to general commercial availability and reportedly sold more than 5,000 units. We at 3dpbm even got one to test through our Italian-language portal Replicatore.it. Now the ultra-affordable LCD photopolymerization 3D printer is coming back with a new and improved 1080p version, the SparkMaker FHD (Full HD).

Intelligently, the new system is launching either as an upgrade kit to the original SparkMaker. At just $99 this includes 1 x Metal Tank, 1 x Metal Panel, 1 x 1080p LCD Screen, 1 x Mainboard, and 1 x UV Backlight. It is also available as an early bird new stand-alone system priced at just $249 ($499 is going to be the final retail price). The new SparkMaker FHD upgraded 3d printer comes with a 1080p LCD screen and 4 new types of resins for ultra-clean, high temperature, macaron colors, and high-quality surfaces.

The full high definition LCD screen enables even larger size prints of up to 61.8 x 110 x 125 mm, with higher quality (57 μm XY axis resolution), and faster speeds (up to 25 mm/hr). Just like its predecessor, don’t expect miracles. It is built to be affordable, however, it does offer several more improvements. Based on the feedback of many users, SparkMaker FHD now supports wireless control through a Bluetooth connection. Files can still be printed with just one button (the only button on the 3D printer), either through an SD card with printing files or the smartphone App

The new resins include several different options. The Resin LCD-Q | Go Colorful, which offers colorful printing options. It works well with the macaron color palette.  The new Resin LCD-G | 3D Engraving is Easy is an ultra-clear resin for making 3D engraving prints that show delicate internal details. The Resin LCD-H | Stand for High Temperatures can withstand temperatures as high as 320 C. It is a perfect material for making injection molds in small batch production. Finally the Resin LCD-MG | Print Your Favorite Models turns hard and tough after printing. It is ideal for making durable models.

The main selling point of the SparkMaker is its price point. 200 super early bird backers on Kickstarter got one of the 3D printers and a 100g sample resin for just $99. A further 500 got the same package for $129.

The Kickstarter price has since risen to $159. After the campaign, the SparkMaker will retail at $249, which is an exciting prospect considering most desktop SLAs are priced within the thousands.

Total build volume of the SparkMaker 3D printer is 102 mm x 56 mm x 125 mm (L x W x H). With the casing, machine dimensions are just 170 mm x 170 mm x 254 mm (L x W x H), a snug fit for the corner of any desktop.

Though the makers recommend using the 3D printer with specially made SparkMaker colored resins, the machine does have third party compatibility, so it can be tried with any 405nm-410nm UV-light curing materials too.

Development of the SparkMaker 3D printer started in April 2015. At that time, the WOW! team, who are based in Shenzhen, China, were using a digital light source to cure the resin.

SLA 3D Resin Printer for Precise Printing : Solid built and industry-grade Z-axis linear guide is easy to level, allowed to print at 100 micrometer XY resolution and up to 20 micrometer Z layer thickness, ensuring a higher resolution and stability but avoiding wavy lines during printing. Unlike most FDM SLA LCD 3D printer, 24 UV LED light sources inside are uniformly distributed in each parallel panel, which delivers more evenly radiation so that print out a better-shaped and preciser model.

One-click Operation & Fully Assembled : This family-friendly mini desktop SLA 3D printer is almost fully assembled, best choice for hobbyist, beginners and professionals or as a Halloween Christmas gift. Printing platform, leveling device, resin tank and slicing software are already set up, you can get started right out of the box. One click of the button to start, pause or stop as you required, so that you can operate it flexibly and worry free with this easy-to-use LCD 3D printer.

Case in point? The $300 Sparkmaker printer. Born from a Kickstarter project that launched in early 2017, the Sparkmaker is one of the first SLA/DLP printers to break the $500 barrier – so we got our hands on one to see how it stands up to the competition.

The first thing you’ll notice about the Sparkmaker is its diminutive size and weight. Tipping the scales at just six pounds, and measuring a slim 6 x 11 inches (it’s a cylinder), it’s easily one of the smallest printers on the market. So while it won’t be hard to find a spot for the little guy, it does come with a downside.

Lifting the orange UV-blocking hood reveals the printer’s tiny 4 x 2.2 x 5 inch build envelope. While that’s certainly not the smallest build area we’ve ever seen, you shouldn’t expect to do any huge prints on this machine. On the upside, Sparkmaker does feature a removable resin vat, which makes swapping materials a breeze.

The Sparkmaker owes its low price point to its relatively simple printing technique. Instead of using a laser like Formlabs’ printers, Sparkmaker uses a UV backed LCD screen to project an image up into a vat of resin, which causes it to solidify – a process known as DLP. Despite having a few minor drawbacks, this printing method provides the Sparkmaker with a maximum resolution of ten micrometers. For those of you keeping score at home, that’s ten times more detail than your average FDM printer, and about 1.5 times more detail than the $3,500 Ultimaker 3 – arguably the best consumer-level FDM machine on the market right now.

Unlike FDM printers, the Sparkmaker only has one moving component and doesn’t require any assembly, so it’s extremely simple to set up. After plugging it in, all you have to do is pour some resin into the tank and make sure the build plate is level. Once you’ve done that, you’re ready to print.

Then there’s the software. Like many printers these days, Sparkmaker has its own proprietary slicing program that can be downloaded for free on the manufacturer’s website. It’s called Sparkstudio, and compared to most other proprietary slicing programs, it’s one of the most intuitive and approachable ones we’ve ever used.

Sparkmaker is inexpensive for a reason. Most of the body is made of plastic, and the parts feel a bit flimsy and cheap. The creators definitely cut some corners during manufacturing, and it shows.

There is a fairly simple workaround for this problem, though. Following some advice from the Sparkmaker Facebook group, we used a different 3D printer to print a new lead screw. This simple replacement drastically improved the printer’s success rate and overall consistency. If you intend on buying this printer, you should definitely plan on replacing that screw.

Another bonus is that, generally speaking, the Sparkmaker is incredibly easy to take apart and work on – which is good, because it definitely requires some tinkering.

Sparkmaker’s on-board user interface is practically nonexistent, and is comprised of nothing more than a single push knob. However, unlike other printers that utilize this design, that’s all the Sparkmaker gives you. It doesn’t have an accompanying screen for you to navigate with, so the machine lacks a variety of helpful functions as a result. These include: being able to pause a print, the ability to adjust machine settings without plugging in to a computer, and the ability to select specific files on your SD card for printing. The latter is particularly annoying, as you’re then forced to either remove old files or rename them. Sparkmaker will only recognize sliced files named “Print.wow.” It’s not the worst problem you could ever have, but it’s definitely one of those bothersome quirks that make the machine a pain to work with.

Despite the issues with consistency and slicing bugs, the Sparkmaker prints surprisingly well – (when it finishes, that is). With its maximum Z-axis resolution of 10 microns, this little machine can print some amazing detail and super fine geometry. There’s a slight amount of voxeling visible on some of our test prints (a consequence of the printer’s DLP printing technique), but the effect is only noticeable if you’re looking for it.

Overall, the Sparkmaker’s virtues outweigh its flaws when it comes to print quality. It’s definitely not on the same level as, say, the Formlabs Form 2, but let’s not forget that this is a $300 printer we’re talking about here. It’s one tenth the price of a top-of-the-line machine, yet offers only slightly lower quality. That’s pretty impressive.

Print quality is only one part of the equation, though. Consistency and reliability are the other part of it, and unfortunately, that’s where Sparkmaker falls short. Due to the aforementioned software bugs and hardware flaws, this machine has a woefully above-average failure rate.

All in all, we’d say that the Sparkmaker produces impressively detailed prints about 30 percent of the time. The other 70 percent, you wind up with something that resembles postmodern glitch art. We’ll continue working on it though, and will update this article if we figure out how to get better, more consistent prints.

That said, Sparkmaker definitely isn’t a good printer for beginners. In its current state it’s too flawed, too buggy, and too unreliable for us to recommend to anyone who is just breaking into the 3D printing scene. However, if you enjoy a little challenge and aren’t afraid of getting your hands dirty, the Sparkmaker is a fixer-upper that might be worth your time.

You definitely won’t find another SLA/DLP printer that can match Sparkmaker’s $300 price tag. However, there are a couple competitors out there that you can snag for around $500 – such as the Wanhao Duplicator 7, which boasts a slightly larger build volume, and a built-in screen for menu navigation.

If you don’t have your heart set on an SLA/DLP printer, there’s a handful of good FDM printers on the market you can get your paws on for around $300. For budget buyers, we highly recommend Monoprice’s $160 Mini Delta printer. It can’t match the Sparkmaker’s print resolution, but it does boast a larger build area, and is far more reliable.

With its cheap parts and plastic chassis, the Sparkmaker’s lifespan will likely definitely depend on how you treat it. Without regular maintenance, we’d be willing to bet things will fail after a year or two. However, if you keep it tuned up and well-oiled, it’ll probably keep on ticking past the age of 5 – assuming that WOW! keeps pushing out firmware updates and bug fixes.

On the plus side, Sparkmaker’s community is brimming with guides for fixes and upgrades. We found endless support through the Facebook community as we encountered problems, both from other users and the developers themselves.

If you’re new to 3D printing and you want something that’s easy to use, definitely don’t buy this printer. We guarantee it will make you pull your hair out. However, if you’re ready to get messy and have the gumption to make a few DIY upgrades, then Sparkmaker might be up your alley. With a bit of tinkering, you can definitely make this machine shine.

Two days ago, Hong-Kong based manufacturer has launched its second campaign on Kickstarter for the SparkMaker FHD, an improved version of the first SparkMaker SLA 3D Printer. Just like the former campaign, the company has reached its goal again, in less than 30 minutes. However, this time, their aim was to raise 43 277 €.

This 3D printer integrates a 3D printer with a 1080p LCD screen, and 4 new types of resins that are ultra-clean. With their macaron colors, they allow to 3D print with high temperature.

Thanks to the high definition LCD screen, it is possible to print larger size (up to 61.8 x 110 x 125 mm), higher quality (57 μm XY axis resolution), in a faster speed (up to 25 mm/hr).

Other basic things but completely useful have been added. Users can now handle their 3D printer using 1 x Metal Tank, 1 x Metal Panel, 1 x 1080p LCD Screen, 1 x Mainboard, and 1 x UV Backlight.

Hong Kong-based company, Wow!, recently launched a Kickstarter campaign for their newest 3D printer, SparkMaker. This 3D printer utilizes stereolithography (known as SLA or SL) technology which creates patterns, models, prototypes, and parts layer by layer using photopolymerization, a process wherein light causes molecular changes, allowing them to link and form polymers.

The SparkMaker has easy use by virtue of a one-button printing process. It also makes it simple to load multi-color resins and offers print-ready designs that are easily downloaded. The system also doesn’t take up much space with measurements of 10 x 6.7 x 6.7 inches. The weight comes in at an incredibly light 6.6 pounds.

With the masses interested in accessible 3D printing, it is no surprise that the SparkMaker has garnered so many fans and such funds. It has a cost that is well below other SLA printers and offers many of the features people want. As more and more companies put out lightweight 3D printers, it seems likely this technology will only continue to spread.