Comment on Issues with my second resin print
Okalaydokalay@lemm.ee 9 months agoThanks for the recommendations!
A new USB is definitely on my list of things to get…I honestly forgot about that recommendation how it can cause weird issues, but that’s a good point to rule out.
I tried adding some new supports on another attempt last night but had some issues with the print seemingly not printing at all, or maybe it was and I was impatient. Going to try again tonight after watching this video, thank you for the tips!
CaptainFlintlockFinn@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
Any time!
If it didn’t print at all I’d be looking at that USB right away. I had many half printed things and corrupted files before I clued in.
Okalaydokalay@lemm.ee 9 months ago
I’m unsure as it said it was 73% done but I saw supports and not enough actually printing under the supports…it was weird. But when I went to clean everything, there was a huge circular piece of plastic in the bottom of the vat. So I’m so confused lol
But you’re right! I’m starting from scratch today with deep cleaning on everything and recalibrating. A new USB would be perfect to match!
CaptainFlintlockFinn@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
That piece on the FEP sheet is where it let go from the supports when the build plate lifted. More support will probably fix that.
I always think about what’s happening when I’m doing supports. The resin gets cured on the FEP then the build plate moves up and pulls that layer off the FEP. The part is being pulled by forces in opposite directions so we need to make sure that the part hanging on to the build plate is sufficiently anchored so it’ll pop off the FEP and not off the build plate.
ekky43@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
@Okalaydokalay@lemm.ee
True, the sticking can be quite the hassle. I personally (carefully) sanded down the metal print plate, as to make it more rough and therefore more sticky, and then bought some new film from fepshop.com which should be less sticky than the original on my Elegoo Mars Pro 1.
That worked really well, minimizing layer shifts quite a bit and allowing me to use less supports without the print going haywire.