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Lots of talk about printing in low temps, heaters etc but has anyone had issues with heat?

Australia is currently experiencing its hottest January on record and is expected to have the hottest summer on record. Average maximum temps where I live have been just over 38 degrees C over the last 30 days (long term average max 32.5). My Photon is in a room (printer room) that faces the west and although our house is air conditioned I generally don't cool the printer room as I don't spend much time there. Temps in the room peak at 35 degrees at 5pm and don't really dip down below 28. So far no issues with the Photon's prints but not sure if this is good longer term?

It's great for filament storage with humidity often below 20%!

Any thoughts?

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Working on it for 1 month now almost ready to be used to store my 2 fdm machines and photon ☺️
There will be added a vent and a heater to always have the same temperature.
Behind the smaller doors there will the filament and resin for storage... dehumidifier will take control off the water inside the air for the filament

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What do you think happened?
First of all, in the original file there is not the first layer that forms a film, it should be empty. (so I do not know why it behaves like that)
According to the piece I found it glued on the base, but to be so often, I think it has remained attached to the base for a while 'time and then it is detached.
The printer is calibrated and clean, so the sheet can come out by pulling but you can not push it.
I use isopropyl alcohol and a few drops of Rain off so that the piece is detached from the base during the initial phase. (otherwise it does not come off)
The settings are these:
- Layer thickness: 0.05
-Normal exposure: 12s
-Off time: 6.5s
-Botton exposure TIME: 100s
-Botton layers: 8
The press is in a room with an average of 12 degrees and relative humidity 50%
The resin is anycubic orange, but it is much more liquid than the original and the tips for printing are very similar.
I attach the link:
https://www.ebay.it/…/ANYCUBIC-Orange-Color-3…/264036072638…
Thank you so much for any help

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has anyone put together a pi based monitor for their printer. I have octopi for my FDM printer, and want something similar, it would be awesome if there was a way to interface with the controller to remotely monitor progress. at this stage thinking a camera, temp and humidity sensor, with relays to control the fume extraction fan and UV Curing light setup

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Temple of the United Plates of Photonia
PSA

So you've been getting great prints, life is good, the zwobs are nowhere to be seen. You decide to clean your vat. You undo the two little red knobs as you've done hundreds of times before.

You pull out the vat, but, the LCD screen and the fep film have been together for so long they fell in love and decided to stick together! Till death do us part! So as you remove the vat, the LCD screen gets pulled out together.

They get stuck usually because of resin leaks from pinhole tears in the fep film. Or humidity, heat and moisture between the screen and fep can stick them.

An annoyance mostly, but disastrous too at times, especially if you damage the lcd flex cable. Or in a recent accident, a group member had her cable completely torn.

You can avoid this costly calamity by carefully twisting the vat left and right before lifting it slightly, ensure that the fep is not stuck before slowly pulling the vat out.

True blue adherents to the Blue Plate will tape the edges of the screen securely to the base plate. Special bonus! If you have a resin spill, no worries that resin will get into the grooves and leak to the insides. Not just any old electrical tape though, none of that gooey nonsense, and it's too thick to boot.

Kapton tape, 10mm wide and 100µm thin works best. Completely prevents screen lifting with your vat. Thin enough that it won't affect the clarity of the images, heat and chemically resistant. Matches the new yellow windows too!

Tape your screens down today!

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Newbie here, just got my photon and only printed a few times. I have a quick round of questions and I though you might be able to help me with some answers.

1. How do you prevent air bubbles from creating inside the resin from the build platform going down into the resin ? I've seen them form on the edges of the build platform a couple of times when printing starts.

2. I saw after each print that a thin layer of moisture is forming between the LCD and the FEP film. Am I assuming correct that it is because of the temp difference between the room temperature and the hot LED area below ? Do I need to remove the VAT each time and clean it or can I go printing without issues ? Btw my room temp is 25C and relative humidity is 45%.

3. How do you safely dispose of the nasty chemicals resulting from washing the printed objects ? I assume they need to be handled like car oir or other nasty stuff. Does this relate to local country/city regulations ?

4. I ordered some Monocure 3D Rapid resin. How does it compare to the Anycubic resin in terms of quality/ease of use and also does it smell less or more ?

5. My DIY arduino based VOC counter is at max while printing and goes down only after two hours from the printing end while the 4x4m room is with the door / windows open and continuously ventilated with a big and powerful HEPA/carbon filter, as I don't have yet an enclosure which I suppose is the best way of dealing with the fumes ?

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Quick Q, the heatwave we've been having appears to be over, my printer will be in a wood cabin in the garden, if I heat the cabin will the printer print ok?

With other (casting) resins they need heat but still struggle in a heated cabin due to the humidity.
I haven't been able to try my printer at all yet as I'm refurbing the cabin, now I'm worried the British Autumn/Winter mean I won't get any successes until Spring. I have a toddler so using indoors is not an option.

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I am doing something wrong. I was printing great with Nova3d gray, then I switched to Nova3d blue and then orange. With the blue and orange I have not had a successful print. Leveled I don't know how many times using FR technique. I run the exposure test and the blue is off the charts, but the orange is on. However, when I print models all I am getting is a thick and hard to remove layer on the FEP, nothing else in the vat and nothing on the build plate. Again, the exposure test works, sticks to the plate like it should, but models are just a layer of cured resin on the FEP. What the heck am I doing wrong? Thought maybe I should sand the build plate, but was hoping to solve it without that since Nova3d gray stuck fine without sanding. I am printing in 70 degree farenhight, 60-70% humidity, no UV exposure other than the photon. I am at my wit's end, I miss printing beautiful minis ? Thoughts?

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Help me buy this Printer! (Knowledge not money ? )

My wife has given me the green light to buy the printer but I have one problem to solve. The smell. My office (where my Prusa calls home) is adjacent to our nursery. I cannot have these fumes going into my sons room. I might be able move the printer into the basement but I can’t close it off from my curious cats. I’m assuming I can’t put it in my garage or shed as the temperature and humidity vary to greatly. What can I do to solve this concern of mine?

Also, any hints how I can vent/purify and not open a window come my Minnesota winters would be great.

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Looking to buy a Photon, but concerned with the potential for resin smell. Does anyone print in their garage? What % humidity / temperature is acceptible for prints? The garage does get hot, and thinking I'd move printer in/out of garage when cool enough to print through the night.

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