I’m incredibly new to 3D printing. I have an Anycubic Photon Mono 2 and I’m using the Anycubic standard resin. My first couple of prints went fine; first one was the test print and the second was a set of dice (which technically didn’t go fine since I wasn’t aware you can’t just print right on the plate, so one side was blank).
However, ever since then my next 4 prints have failed. I thought I was maybe going too complex right off the bat - attempting to print a flexible dragon for my kids - so I decided to run the resin exposure test (“RERF”). Only 4 of the 8 printed, and the ones that did only barely printed. I have absolutely no idea what’s going on with this and was hoping that someone here could give some insight and advice.
Thanks!
bradons@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Is it cold where your printer is?
KiloGex@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Somewhat. It’s in my basement and it usually hovers around 50* in there until the summer (which it is not).
roofuskit@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I’m assuming you don’t mean 50C. This is your problem. You need to buy or build a heating solution for your printer. There are many commercial products available. You need a temperature 75F or higher for resins before you print. Some print best at 80F+.
rainrain@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Im presently doing all my printing via craftcloud. It seems too expensive and fiddly to do it myself. But I’ve got this room where, if I get a printer, I’ll put it.
So if I do it like a humidor. Controlled environment and ventilation. Is this the normal thing to do?