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Ok so is there a way to straighten prints? Like something I can add to the resin to make it either flexible (preferably) or just less brittle. Because I just printed something that is small with thin pieces and it was flexible right off the printer. So I thought that if I primed it right away with out curing it that it would stay flexible unlike the test piece that fell apart after I cured it. However a few hours afterwards i was seeing if it was still flexible and it snapped super easily with little presser. I thought that the gray primmer would stop it from curing and it wasn’t even in sunlight at all. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what could have happened and how I might stop this from happening again? I should also mention that it was in a 42* cooler for 6 hours at work and I also suspect that they use clear uv lighting in there but I am unsure.

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I have many curing questions. How do I know when anything is cured enough to handle or considered “safe”. With most of the resins so far they have been “fast” resins and got hard when cured. These parts ate a mix. 75% elgoo grey abs like, and 25% tenacious. My uv box seems to be lacking and I am not sure when it’s safe to handle without gloves. Is it as simple as when it’s not tacky?

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My UV lamp finally arrived, i dont have to depend on weather anymore. Quick question though.... how long to cure for?

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Hello

I'm thinking of buying an ultrasonic cleaner so I can remove the resin from my impressions. I have been looking around different sites and there are some pages that do not recommend me to put isoporpylic alcohol in the ultrasonic cleaning tank. What other cleaners do you recommend I put on?

The resin I'm going to use is Anycubic's ECO UV RESIN.

Thanks a lot!

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I ordered a UV laserpointer from AliExpress. It arrived today. Planning on using it for resin glueing/ welding.

I tried it with QC grey and get a penetration of about 1.5mm through a 4mm drop of resin.

https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/VEcJpAl1Z

Paid extra for ali standard shipping. As I didn‘t want to play the China Post lottery
(Anyone‘s guess when or if it arrives).

Paid €4.73 total and arrived in 15 days.

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Hi, how do you think about that?

€ 277,69 Réduction de 15％ | 2019 nouvelle Machine de lavage et de traitement UV anycubique pour imprimante 3D uv lcd/dlp/sla modèles de photons dédiés au traitement deux en un

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Three days, three tries and I am yet to make my first successful print. My first attempt was the Photon cube. It came out okay but a the base was a little wonky and the word "photon" inside the cube was deformed. This was almost certainly due to not having the Z set properly. I reset the Z and tried again.

I soon had an idea that this wasn't going to work since I could see that the print platform did not stay straight, apparently I did not tighten down the grub screw as tight as I should have. After the platform had risen enough it was clear that the raft detached from the platform and so I had nothing but a little half-formed wafer setting loosely in the vat. I set the Z again.

I was pretty confident about my third attempt. I was sure that the platform was level and that the grub screw was tight. After a few hours I was able to see that everything looked level but again there was no raft attached to the platform. This time the raft was affixed to the FEP instead of the Platform.

Maybe I had the Z set too tightly to the UV LED? I was able to remove the paper with resistance, but maybe it was a little too much resistance. I have reset the Z and will prepare for my fourth attempt tomorrow.

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Hey all, quick question. I made one of those uv light curing chambers with a steel pot that I've seen here sometimes. How long should I leave my print in there to cure?

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So running resin printers for a month now. 8 Units total. 7 Anycubic Photon S and 1 Elegoo Mars. I have learned a lot. I have been printing with FDM machines for 18 months and this resin world is very different but the same.

In the resin world I have seen some very odd stuff and some very cool ideals.

I need to say is that both worlds are needed at the moment due to size and cleanup of work.

The resin world aka SLA printing it is a little messy and the resin costs a LOT. You can get GREAT results from these printers but they are small, BUT bigger ones are on they way as the price drops.

You need to watch yourself and protect yourself at all times. GLOVES..... CLEAN UP.... Resin can cause issues.

For us and when you dispose of....

Next compare the Anycubic Photon S to The Elegoo Mars.

PROS

Anycubic Photon S

Bigger Z

A Little Faster

Elegoo Mars

Easier Bed Level System

Great Price

Adjustable feet on the printer for better machine leveling

I think the Build plate is better and prints come off easier.

CONS

Anycubic Photon S

Plastic Plastic Plastic

PRICE

Elegoo Mars

Very Loud Fan

You have to remove the WHOLE Cover off the printer

The USB jack is in the back and not a great connection

The power switch is in the back

Smaller Z height but unit is Taller.

Both units are Great machines it will come down later to Customer service and so on for choice change.

I have used both Anycubic and Elegoo Resins in both machines and no issues.

These style machines make great additions to you FDM machines or by themself.

Next when you buy a curing lamp aka UV lamp make sure your lamp is 405nm and not the others styles like 365/368 and so on. Those lover nm units will take longer to sure and might cause you issues.

But to All Good Luck Printing and HAVE FUN.

Thanks

Michael Enoches

please feel free to add to this or ask questions.

This is just my info.

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So the master table of suggested times is based on the Photon, yes? And since the Photon-S has potentially "stronger" UV source one should not be surprised if shorter exposure times than those in the chart produce a good print on one's Photon-S?

Taking a break from "playing" with prints and running the R_E_R_F.pws file with the resins I bought. So far, found that I get a good print with AC-Black at about 20% less exposure than that suggested in the Google Sheet. Doesn't seem like much but just pondering the Google Sheet and if it should add a column to indicate Photon vs. Photon-S. I notice the submission form does distinguish between printers.

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