Resin 3D Printing FINALLY got good. | Elegoo Mars 5 Ultra 

Printer review time again! Any of you car guys tempted to pick up the Mars 5 Ultra? uk.elegoo.com/pages/elegoo-mars-5-series

Im loving the snap on toolbox in the house 😮, I used to have one in the house but I think the mrs would fail to embrace a return

That glove action looks well practiced. Looks a good bit of kit.

I recognize some of these prints. Growyr!

So far i've given 3D printers a miss as i had nothing to print, but seeing Land Rover parts printed you've just piqued my interest, and in one video put me right off FDM and got me hooked on resin! Now i see how the Land Rover models i've seen on fleabay have been created.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts and time on this resin printer.

Couple of things. First, if you're going to do functional prints, take a look at the ABS-like tough resins as they have some flex to them. The type of resin you're using, while great for static pieces that don't have to flex or won't be handled a lot, are too brittle for functional parts. ABS-like gives your parts a bit of spring. Second, not sure if you're aware, but your wash process seems a bit lacking. You may have adapted already, but my recommendation is to use a pickle washer for an initial rinse, followed by 5 or 10 minutes in your wash station, followed by allowing the parts to dry for a few hours before curing. Any bit of residual resin will result in a shiny spot which is an indication of insufficient rinsing, which is going to potentially obscure detail. It may not be possible to get it all, but you can get most of it. One last piece of advice is to get a silicone tray with sides of 3-5 cm to pass your build plate into until you can prize the prints off of it. Seeing that resin splattered on your printer's housing definitely triggered me. Resin splatter is death to your printer, and even a little between your lid and the printer can results in a lid that defies all mechanics tools to remove it. A good quality painter's scraper (Level 5 and Hyde are good) will be a much superior experience to the included scraper and is worth the cost. I have two of these Mars 5 Ultras inbound (one for me and one for a mate), and a Saturn 4 Ultra as well. They are so much better than the resin printers I started with (Mars original) and a relative pleasure to work with. Good luck.

I love that. You go on about how dangerous the fumes are, don your paper mask, tell us you are going to get a twin filter respirator and then the first thing you do is remove the top of the bottle and have a sniff! Exactly what i'd probably do 🤣🤣🤣

You didn't remove the plastic wrap from the bottom of the resin tray😭😭