Hoping you fine folks can help me with some tuning.
I've had a Photon for years now (one of the original ones, with the blue windows) and it's been printing great the while time. Recently, though, I picked up a Photon S to play around with as well.
Thing is, I just can't get the S to print as well. Most of what I print is miniatures (thanks HeroForge!) and have gotten decent at rigging supports for them. On the original Photon, the supports (medium-ish) snap off cleanly every time with very minimal fuss and very little surface scarring. Quick, easy, very little detailed-snipping required.
On the S, though, the same supports are rigidly stuck to the model and need to be cut free. They also often leave deep pits and scars. If I drop down to light supports, they seem to work a _bit_ better, but I get a lot of "globbing" (bits of the model, on the side near the plate, are just a blobby, indistinct mess.)
Here's what I've tried so far:
- Used a RERF to fine-tune the resin. I can barely see any difference between any of the tiles whatsoever.
- Turned down the curing time to 12s (down from 15s on the original)
- Used original .photon files AND the new .photons files.
What I'm using:
- The latest version of ChiTuBox
- Monocure Rapid Blue
I've also noticed that the prints that come off the S look different. They're much shinier, even after cleaning and drying, than the originals. Though, I don't know if this is good or bad.
I know the S has a different light on it and is expected to cure a bit faster. But what other changes should I be trying? If you've gone from an Original to an S, what settings did you find you needed to tweak?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I keep trying prints from both machines at the same time, but end up keeping the one from the original every single time.
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翻譯年糕
James Tanner
2020-01-27 08:55:54
