Paul Boyd
Member
- Location
- Loughborough, UK
Well, all credit to Amazon delivery for once - I ordered the Mars 4 MSLA printer and a bottle of Anycubic water washable resin on Sunday, the resin arrived yesterday and the printer today. What’s really nice is that the printer came with a paper manual to get me started.
It’s levelled and in place, and I “printed” a few layers with no resin in the tank and all seems ok. That’s where it’s staying but I think I’ll sit it in an old tea tray in case of resin disasters. I’m also waiting to get some suitable tubs to wash parts in before using it in anger. I also have some ideas on UV curing.
There’ll be questions! For starters:-
1 - the film seems very fragile with lots of dire warnings about not puncturing it, for obvious reasons. Apart from carelessness, is there anything inherent in the process I should be aware of that might puncture it?
2 - when pouring resin back into the bottle, through a filter, what’s the safest way to clean the film and tank? Dunk the whole lot into a bucket of water and wipe?
Cheers,
Paul
It’s levelled and in place, and I “printed” a few layers with no resin in the tank and all seems ok. That’s where it’s staying but I think I’ll sit it in an old tea tray in case of resin disasters. I’m also waiting to get some suitable tubs to wash parts in before using it in anger. I also have some ideas on UV curing.
There’ll be questions! For starters:-
1 - the film seems very fragile with lots of dire warnings about not puncturing it, for obvious reasons. Apart from carelessness, is there anything inherent in the process I should be aware of that might puncture it?
2 - when pouring resin back into the bottle, through a filter, what’s the safest way to clean the film and tank? Dunk the whole lot into a bucket of water and wipe?
Cheers,
Paul
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