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Ultrasonic cleaners. Really better than IPA and a toothbrush? How long does it take?

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Hi everyone! Looking into getting the anycubic soon and just had a question about ventilation.

My garage is 15ft wide by 40 feet deep, but has no windows (it's under my house). Do you think it is large enough size where the fumes would dissipate better and not be as noticeable or would it be best to find a way to vent to fumes out of the garage somehow?

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Just bought the photon, and the recommended tools, along with some elegoo resin. I've got containers, IPA, resin, scrapers, funnel, nitrile gloves, safety goggles, etc. All the main tools. Anything specific I'm missing that make it all easier? What does everyone do for the final cure? Sun?

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Can I recycle my old resin bottles or is that toxic for recycling centers if they’ve been rinsed with IPA?
If not, where can I take them?

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Last night I tried out the # Harzlabs Dental Cast. Perfect result as always with their resins! Amazing!

This one does have a little smell compared to their other non-castable resins, but still enormously better than most other (cheaper) resins. And still you cant smell it with an open container of IPA in the room.

This is however the first resin from Harzlabs that I actually bothered to activate the carbon filter fan for (meaning I couldn't smell it after all which I've gotten used to with the harzlabs resins ? ? )

Anycubic Photon Classic: 50um layers, 16s/layer

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So I'm looking at ultrasonic cleaners. To those of you that have one, how effective are they? Are they better then a IPA bath? So I'm looking at ultrasonic cleaners. To those of you that have one, how effective are they? Are they better then a IPA bath? 翻譯年糕

Hey guys, finally took the plunge and ordered my photon off Ebay. Due next week. First things first, I know it gets asked a lot as I have been on this page a while but I cannot find a one stop shop for a list of everything I should have before first print ie IPA, UV lights for curing filter and fan for fumes and so on. Is there a good youtuber to follow to get the run down before I start?

Secondly, I am in Australia. Any other Aussies here? I had a quick look for extra resin and didn't find much except outrageously priced resin. Is there a trick / time / place to find some decently priced?

Thanks in advance!

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Alright, I got my first real "issue" with my Photon. Apologies for the long write-up but I wanted to give an accurate account of events that have lead to here. I had a print fail last night, standard support issues from the looks of it. I cleaned the build plate, drained the resin to remove any stuck bits, refilled, started printing before I left for the day. Come home and it says my print finished but the build plate is still submerged. I lift the build plate out and there is this half-cured sheet of resin on the plate... Super weird. So I go to move the vat and it doesn't seem to be moving. I know not to yank it, so I twist and it comes out. Appears to be something on the base (May have gotten something on it after cleaning). Great, time for a DEEP clean. Build plate, drain all resin, bath in IPA, wipe EVERYTHING down with microfiber. Then I clean build screen as well. Put everything back. Run my print that failed through validator, fixed a few trouble spots, resave it. Run again... Notice I'm on layer 5 and I haven't heard the build plate move. Stop print. Go to lift plate... Doesn't move. Tap it a few more times, finally does. Do a UV test just incase: Bottom half of screen isn't displaying. Turn off and on; UV test is fine now and Z-Axis is responsive. Pull plate and clean off. Load the file into ChiTuBox, reorient the file and reslice. Start print again. Does the first layer, doesn't move for the second and the LCD touch screen stays dark and then the printer restarts. That was the last I touched it. Unsure of the best course of action now, as I've never had any WEIRD issues like this happen before, especially since I had so many happen at once. Looking for some advice on where would be the best place to start troubleshooting. Help me Vinicius Silva, your my only hope... But seriously, I'll take anyone's advice. SYSTEM INFORMATION Slicer: ChiTuBox 1.4.0
System: Photon 5.5
Version: V4.2.3_LCD.0 /1440x2560 /F2.5
Resin: Elegoo Grey
FEP: The 3D Club 0.2MM (Replaced a few weeks ago)
USB: 64GB USB3.0 drive from Micro Center (Been using it for quite awhile now without issue) 翻譯年糕

Ok test print is done. I washed it in IPA and rinsed with water. I dried it before curing and since it's dark out I threw together a makeshift curing station until I build something better.

I am very happy with the results. I have no idea though how long I should cure it and how to tell if its under or over cured. Its looks good to me and it's not brittle. The cube has some play to it but its not "soft". How long would you guys cure something in a setup with 3 UV Blacklights like that?

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