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My photon was at the point where every single print would fail with a USB read error, even on new drives of a known-good model. I finally got around to disassembling the unit and noticed that my USB port was off-center and its shielding was touching the photon's outer case. Some quick electrical tape around the case opening and I'm back to printing*.

*During my first print after taping, half of the LCD went out; but this was resolved with a firmware update. Is there a connection? Who knows...

While I had the case open, I noticed that the USB port is pretty close to what I think is the power regulator for the UV light source. I didn't get a good look at the component, but there are some inductors on it right next to the USB port and I expect it's putting out some interference. I plan to do some proper testing and to maybe add shielding when I get the time, but I'm posting here now to gauge others' experiences and to see if anyone else sees an improvement from the tape. Does the EMF + grounding theory sound plausible to anyone else?

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So just a quick question from a rookie printer. I just got my first test print done today and was really impressed. Printed a couple more figures but it's night and I am impatient to cure them.

What product or UV light/set up do people find works best for curing them?

I was looking at UV nail curers online but what would people who are more experienced with printing recommend?

Thanks in advance!

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I'll be setting up a photon in the next week or so. Can I get some pics of your working areas, to see what your on-hand bits and bobs are?

I plane to line the desk with builders plastic, and rest the photon on a serving tray as splash management.

I already have a friend printing out a thingieverse vent adapter for the rear. Adding ducting and an inline fan. Charcoal filter if required.

I already have a few litres of iso and an ultrasound machine for cleaning airbrushes.

I have built a curing chamber with a UV spot and UV tape, a steel bin and a small turntable.

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Hi guys I have few questions.
I left my dirty IPA under UV light with an idea to clean it and i thought that it will cure resin and it became white like this. Obviously it was quiet stupid from me.Any idea why did this happened?
Can I use methylated spirit instead of IPA?
Can I use white spirits instead of IPA?
Thanks for answers!

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Further adventures in Photon chainmail. Episode two of many...

After the success of my 5-way and 3-way mail patterns, I re-visited my 6-way pattern to make it a bit tougher. I've remodelled it to have rings that are (I think) about 1.3mm cross section, so they're quite a lot more robust - https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3460640

The main experiment I did today was in knitting together multiple swatches to see whether making a bracelet (or even something larger) from multiple swatches is feasible.

I printed and fully post-processed the first swatch. I printed and washed the second one, but did the joining before I cured it. I went through with a set of side-cutters and nipped the 15 rings down the side of the soft swatch. I knitted them together, which wasn't too bad with a pair of tweezers, then I painted a dot of resin on each of the cuts and zapped them with my UV torch to re-join them. All in all, I think this is a 85% successful effort. Of the 15 rings I needed to cut and re-join, 12 survived the experience. One snapped when I was trying to knit it, and two snapped after they got glued to their neighbours with the resin.

Next step I think will be to print the splits into those rings as an 0.3mm gap or therabouts. Basically large enough I don't need to bend the rings as much, but small enough that the resin's surface tension will let it take up the gap.

I've chucked the 6-way up on Thingiverse for anyone who wants to try it. I've laid the pattern out so they mate end-to-end straight up, and side-by-side with only a small offset: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3460640

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I print with white opaque anycubic resin and after only 3 minutes of uv curing you can tell it becomes yellowish. Does anyone have similar experience while curing white resin?
Is there a resin out there that keeps its perfect white? And if not, what do you use for painting and not loosing any detail?

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So, I was having issues with print, creating some square and hole "randomly" in my prints, so I used the UV test and I get that...
No wonder my prints fail. Any idea what is wrong? Can I fix it easily?

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Guys. I need UV Leds please!!

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Hi.
After inserting the pendrive, the fan, table and UV lamp stopped working.
Only tft works.
What could have happened Hi.
After inserting the pendrive, the fan, table and UV lamp stopped working.
Only tft works.
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Fellow Photoners,

Did anyone try to mix resin with aluminium powder (5-7 um)?
I know that aluminium could reflect the UV light, yet I am thinking about it to end up with some kind of composite material to make parts with better mechanical properties.

Any ideas or experience? Mix ratio? Curing time?

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