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Not I, but loubie3D@gmail.com does. You want this for casting or just resin fun?

John Driggers casting

Lorran Teresani Tagliari Drop her a line - worse case is it's not something she can do.

John Driggers lorranteresani@gmail.com

Scrolling by, that first pic looked like a really bad Darth Vader head...

I printed one out at 28mm and am using it as a high cleric in my 5e D&D campaign

Love the Buddy Christ

I notice that the tackyness of the object goes away when its fully cured

It’s cured enough when the surface is no longer sticky. Assuming you washed it well.

Over-curing may cause brittleness and discoloration.

Yep when the tacky feeling is gone its cured

when the model is no longer tacky to the touch, and if you lightly scratch your fingernail on the edge of the model if it doesn't make a scrape mark then it's cured enough. I also will let my model sit out for a couple days to off-gas because the resident on the inside of the model doesn't get as much of the UV light to cure

My best solution is to estimate how long something will need and try to cure it for that long... anything between 30 seconds and .... (or less)

When the tackyness is gone I think it's ok.
Then there's the "can I play with it" test... by just picking it up and dropping it on the (hard) floor from table height...

I can drop the Anycubic test print uncured without it breaking, with the amount I cured it I dropped it and it was still fine.
First (and only) break line appeared in the base when I tried to bend it and see how far I could go

If you want to know it's positively cured 100% you can always blast it under your UV light for 24 hours.

" How do you like your steak?
Rare - Medium - Well done - Charcoal. "

My best solution is to submerse it in water and stick it in the Southern California sun for a couple hours.

If hollowing out your prints add multiple holes for washing. It allows more alcohol to get it and make sure there is no uncured resin left inside to leak or cause cracking.

Unfortunately for what I use my prints for hollowing isn't an option.

Jen McVey oh gotcha, yeah I've learned to add multiple vent holes and then fill them back up with apoxie sculpt.

You don't, and they aren't

My most used resins are clear and I post cure in hot water under a UV lamp for 30 min + (I put them in and then take them out whenever I remember/get around to it). They are about as cured as they can be.

I have a part printed in Siraya Blu that I ha ve left out in the sun on my patio for about 11 months, it has no discernible mechanical difference. So, for that particular resin I'm not sure there is a such thing as over cured.

When you say 100% do you mean “fully cured for general use” or “100% cured as proven by laboratory testing”?

Do it! Take before and after photos of your hands so we can evaluate the effects after a month or two.

It's going to have trace chemicals left. But can be used to clean more prints.

Uncured resin is nasty stuff, so I would recomend against it.

Yeah I really wouldn't, you don't know if any chemical broke down and stayed in the alcohol solution.

resin is very harmful topically. you can continue to use the ipa to clean prints, but for nothing else.

This may be a silly question, but what would happen to the resin dissolved the ipa if it was exposed to uv light?

Would the cured resin particles settle out?

Pete Frith i've done this with EA...which is what I'm using to clean my prints. What you end up with is a a squidgy gunk which you can filter. A paint filter probably wouldnt get it all, and a coffee filter would likely get blinded

But you can certainly use the ipa for cleaning.

Or just use soap and water like a sensible person?

Can you not get any more of the resin out and reuse it?

Pete Frith This is a good way to reuse IPA for cleaning prints, but I 100% would not put it on my skin

Just to clarify, it would be a boon to the community if I had the means to make 2+ gallons of home made hand sanitizer. I personally don't need soap or isp at all. I just figured if my waste could help combat the global pandemic than it'd be a no brainer.

Niall Forrester HEY! You're a smart ass! How great you must feel, trashing other people ideas.

Seems okay for the prize but the detail wont be as good as the regular Photon. (Which is where I started a month ago)

I've seen that as well being not as high resolution but still pretty good prints overall

Quality is really good. Havn't seen any difference in quality. But my screen died after a week of usage, will get a new one from anycubic.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rHWO-iNzpxU

The zero has a smaller build plate. I was thinking about getting the zero to save money. But I decided to go with the regular photon because of the bigger build plate. And it was only like $40 more.

Chris Wilson currently it's 70 more and that's US, ordering direct. With coupon code i can get the printer for 139 US vs 209. If i buy it from Amazon is 379 CAD. So all in all its about 100 more while it's on sale for 239 instead of 279.

Chris Denyer I paid $220 for my photon on ebay. Vs the $180 I was seeing the zero. Just ordered mine a few days ago.

Chris Denyer

Cheapest one on ebay from USA.

Chris Denyer

What I paid ?

Chris Wilson ordering direct from anycubic

Chris Denyer nice. I probably should have looked up the website then. Lol. I just assumed they'd be shipping front China so I went with the one I found on eBay from the US.

Maybe consider the Phrozen sonic mini? In my opinion it’s just all around better. Also if you use their resin we are talking 1 second layer print times. The screen last a lot longer too.

https://www.phrozen3dp.com/....../sonic-mini-lcd-rapid......

Under no circumstances consider the Zero to be a viable option for purchase. Any other option you're considering is better value for money

That^^^^. And avoid the Longer Orange 10 as well. It sucks pretty good. I made that mistake.

Chris Wilson lol they do ship from us as primary and backup is China for our area. Sounds like may actually be Canadian Wearhouse as well.

Dane Bennett i haven't heard anything good about the longer Orange either, wasn't on my radar at all.

I had a coupon for $70 off so I got it for $99 it was my 1st resin printer and honestly i love it!!! Great quality easy to use I would 100%recommend it but now I want another one..... so be prepared for that problem

I have a Ender 5 but want to get into resin printers now as well

Chris Denyer yea before resin I had 4 ender 3 and loved them! I still use them to print terrain but can't beat a resin for minis

David Collinson it's nearly half the price and seems decent for the price.

Jolene Sweeney this is why I'm looking into resin ones now lol

Micheal Fuller I've heard of this one, still more money or about the same price as a photon on sale.

Chris Denyer yep! Do it! Also start looking for IPA now tho.. you need that to clean prints and with everything going on you can't get it. Acetone works but it's not ideal

Jolene Sweeney this is where the water washable stuff comes in. Hearing mixed results though about it.

Chris Denyer true I haven't tried it but next time I order resin I'll most likely get the water washable one. But a 1000ml of resin goes a long ways for 28mm minis.... lol

Chris Denyer still better then the zero tho. Zero is a waste of money in my opinion.

Micheal Fuller of course I'm sure it's better then the zero just like the photon is better then the zero but those two are the same pricepoint

Love it for the price

Jolene Sweeney would love to get that kind of coupon, so far only found one for 30 off.

Chris Denyer I'll PM you idk if it still works

Chris Denyer nah, only about £60-70 cheaper then the current Photon mate, to my eyes, it's not worth the downgrade. Get a Phrozen sonic mini for a couple quid more ?

Chris Denyer sometimes it’s better to save more money and get the more expensive options. That way you don’t kick yourself for not. You know?

Micheal Fuller yep i understand that lol this is one reason why i thought i would ask. It seems that people who don't have it don't like it but people who do have it think it's good.

Chris Denyer people that have the zero might only have the zero so they don’t know what better is.

Chris Denyer what i would really suggest is getting a photon and wash bundle. I have 2 photons and 3 wash systems and it’s game changing honestly.

Micheal Fuller it says US only for wash system at moment.

Chris Denyer oh... that’s awkward. Lol

I've been struggling to get successful prints from my Zero, but I'm new to resin printing so I can't tell if it's user error. Seeing this thread makes me think I chose the wrong model.

Mine is on the way, I'll share some results and look around for help in case I mess something up ?

Jonathan Basseri what issues are you having? I'm new as well but my printer worked straight out of the box no isses...

As someone who recently moved from a FDM printer to a SLA printer too... I can confirm a few things:

1) Printbed alignment!
2) Base layer needs a different setting than higher layers.
3) Make sure base layer sticks.
4) Orientation matters.
5) Supports are there to make your print succeed.

My base layer is good at sticking to the build plate. First test cube partially failed halfway through and the next one broke off halfway through.

My current plan is to point a space heater at the printer (it's out in the garage) and avoid auto supports entirely

The Anycubic test cube should be printable without supports.
My resin printer is in my boilerroom with about a steady 18 Celcius.

From what I've been reading, Opaque resin needs a bit of longer exposure time compared to Translucent ones... (from the same brand)

Edit:
I was able to print the testcube with Anycubic Translucent Green with the "default" settings from Chitubox.
Though for my mini's I've bumped the base layer exposure because I had a fail with base-layer adhesion to buildplate.

Edit 2:
If you've leveled the bed, empty the VAT and flick it gently with your finger, the sound it makes should be about 300Hz - 325Hz (use a spectrometer app on your phone)

I got a zero and 1 litre of resin for £105 so at that price it was a no brainer.

Okay, at that price, with resin, defo worth it haha

Nathan Fairclough coupon code?

https://www.youtube.com/....../UCbv2mDrRqXovPdahRyoCFh......

Chris Denyer one of the lucky winners in their giveaway pre launch.

Got a £70 voucher code yes.

That makes sense. I found out about the contest after it was done lol

Ahh, you jammy sod xD

Good little machine, unless you intend to print minis. The lower res screen makes them not so great.

I like mine a ton!

I have to disagree quality comparision between zero and regular photon on epic Scale minis. We have slight difference

And some bigger one

Ścibor Sekunda I would ask how you avoid the obvious stepping effect from the XY res.

shit, it looks like crap. I didn habe any idea why it looks so and how to avoid id. I would recommend asking anycubic support about it- it looks like smht is wrong with your printer

My LCD has damaged sections on the side, Anycubic are currently replacing it. However figured these lines were the 0.1mm XY res.

It is a good deal if you are low on funds and just starting out.

I do this every weekend or when I get off early.

Stealing this, lol

I am currently living through this very thing.

But you know that you could and that's enough!

Ouch. Right in the truth...

But if I get paint on my hands, how am I supposed to refresh Facebook every 30 seconds for the latest pandemic memes?

More like none got painted but more added to collection lol

me either! I have tons too.

I glued some together

Nary a one.

There really should be an Ork warband that paints themselves and everything they own gamesworkshop grey in the lore somewhere.

Yup, I'm stealing this too

Marcello Ganzerli

Myriah Wood

Where is the lie?

Is it weird that I heard that in Morgan Freeman's voice?

nope , i did that to haha

Neil Forster me also heard.. ?

1 week in, ive not lifted a brush :(

It me.

it'd be weird if you didnt...

I joined the hobby b/c I like scraping mold lines, not painting.

Sorry fellas keeping them nos or not at all ?

My hobbyshops "It's Monday, what did you do last week" thread has been more active than ever.

Oh God hilarious

# truth !!!

So True

I have been putting a pretty big dent in mine. Still alot to go

I decided to totally switch two rooms around to redo my craft room, and repaint both rooms in the process, so it’ll be a bit before I get to my minis lol.

Painfully true.

I hope you are spared from this virus.
I live in Belgium ... and it is getting worse by the day!

*Paintfully true.

Lets me real, unless you found a way to speed up your Photon to being able to take just a few minutes to run a print, you still don't have enough time to print the hundreds of to thousands of models you've downloaded since getting your printer! And seeing how you are spending all your time prepping models to print, you don't have any more time to actually paint them. ? ? ?

u mean not get printed? whats your room temp?

if they did write what story would they tell?

Mario Hippmann 24'c