Sorry for the late reaction. Just like you I decided to take a try with resin printing, and I also used the water washable type. I build a simple enclosure that vented all fumes outside, so I could reduce the toxic risks. And indeed - I got great and detailed results that made me very happy. I agree there is no way FDM printing will ever gets this level of detail. Still - I gave up on resin printing. First of all - I was far too messy for me. Cleaning and curing was a lot of work and I honestly think it was not worth the result, as I really did not needed much high resolution stuff anyway. Secondly - Storing all that toxic material, and getting rid of the contaminated cleaning solution and all the material that was in contact with the resin (like gloves and wipe cloth and so on) in a safe and environmental friendly way, was a hassle. And lastly (not the most important bit, but still) I could not stand the smell. It was really nasty. So at the end I went back to FDM printing. Most prints I make are designs I make with FreeCAD anyway, so the level of detail of FDM is more than adequate. This time, however, I went for the most trouble free, tinker free, and cost effective solution by buying a Bambu Lab printer. I was easy to set up, prints "out of the box" perfectly, and is my "to go" workhorse. I think my experience with resin printing was really a fun one, and I have learned a lot of it. But at the end it was not really for me....
You don't need to play the "Schrodinger's Print" game (is it good? or is it failed? we won't know until we open the box!). Resin printers have a "pause" function, and when you press it, the printer will move the build plate up so that it is visible; that way you can check to make sure the print has adhered properly and is progressing normally before committing to it. There are a few printers that don't seem to do this properly, but those tend to be on the lower end of the price spectrum (i.e. cheap Chinese junk.) This unit seems to be pretty well put together so I would wager that it is has a working "pause" function. Give it a try!
For the IP on the printer, you should be able to go into your router and set a static IP for the unit. Typically that's where you make that decision, not on the unit itself. Very nice video! Thank you for the detail!
I'd like all machines of this kind to have Ethernet as well, instead of JUST wi-fi. Home automation products are guilty of this as well: PLEASE add an Ethernet jack....
What a great review. I have no knowledge whatsoever of 3d printing, as I don't need it at all, but this vid made me feel like an expert after 35 minutes - and I know some people who might be interested in the printer, so I am informing them. Thank you.
Fantastic review Graham! Appreciate the extra work with the graphics, very informative. I've not been long in the 3d printing world, got the knowledge now if I step into resin printing!
Thanks, nice intro to resin printing, helped me make up my mind. Surely your router should remember the DHCP it's assigned to the printer. A decent router will allow you to reserve an address for a device.
Gave my Elegoo Saturn Resin Printer away and bought a second FDM 3D printer instead. Absolutely hate the hassle of printing and cleaning Resin prints. Dealt with everything from failed prints to a punctured Vat and Resin flooded LCD screen. Thought of paying someone to take the damn thing because even giving it away for free felt criminal.
Do yourself a favor and use regular resin not washable. You'll find you have more failures with supporting models with washable. You'll also end up spending x5 more time cleaning them and they'll be more brittle at the end. Also Alcohol dries in seconds without an air compressor. I've been printing resin for 4 years now, just got into FDM printing this year, I went backwards heh.
Tbh the wash time doesn't bother me, since it's automated, and the blow dry isn't hard to do either. I'll probably try the alcohol wash at some point though, to get a comparison on strength.
Hi guys. While printing, an error message pops up that says 'print error' and the printing is being interrupted. Any ideas? The strange thing is that up to the printed layer, everything looks great and then it just stops printing with this message. I have tried cleaning up everything, using new resin (or even no resin at all with the same file) and leveling again, but still the problem remains. Any ideas?
Great video. I love your clarity of explanation and measured diction. The framerate seemed to drop from time to time despite my gigabit connection - maybe RU-vid hasn't finished converting it. Good call on the throbber / screensaver. I think a friend of mine will be very interested in this. You mentioned that it uses a eMMC card: can this be swapped out, say for a larger capacity one? How easy is it to replace if it fails? Indeed, how maintainable and repairable is the thing? How expensive and how available are spare parts? Say you drop the plate or crack the screen. For the IP address issue, can you not just set a DHCP reservation on your router or DHCP server?
If your only reference for an FDM printer is Creality, then you really need to try a Prusa. I have a Creality Ender 3 S1 Pro and it is complete garbage. I just built a Prusa MK4 and it printed a perfect benchy on it's first print. 3'rd print was a torture toaster that also printed and functioned perfectly. While I certainly do not dispute the detail level you can achieve on a resin printer, to me it is certainly not worth the hassles of washing, drying and curing a print afterward. Not to mention the smell, toxic fumes and proprietary software. I'll stick with the open source community.
My old plastic injection die setting days working with Acetyl and ABS, the fumes from it, near feel like vomiting if you get a good whiff. Real poor ventilation 25 plus years ago and I certainly don't miss it.
Pretty amazing, specifically compared to early FDM printers. However, it's all about what you print so I have to say: 21:32 that looks really very much like raccoon turds to my old eyes! Just sayin! 😉
The problem with youtube is we get a game of telephone when it comes to the actual science of resin safety. It's nowhere near as dangerous as most will have you believe, but many creators will just parrot what other video makers are saying. The studies on the manufacturer pages are often much more accurate and they are required by law. A random youtuber will often have a sensor or a measurement, but not take into account the environmental conditions and other sources and harborers of TVOCs. Anyways, a hotdog is gonna kill you way faster. Enjoy life. Good video btw
I know you probably already know that, but pretty much every router allows you to reserve an IP address for a specific device. I would argue it is better than defining the static address from the device itself, as it's easier to see if your assigning the same address to multiple devices. And doing this from the device control panel or the router control panel feels pretty much the same to me
Tbh this is true... I'm just lazy. I have DHCP set up with a 'reserve' space at the top end of the range, so when setting up a device like this that wants a static IP, I can just do it on-device while I'm in front of it and connecting to WiFi, instead of having to go into my router config. It's not a deal breaker or anything, just a weirdly absent setting that any other device would have.
I've gradually come around to preferring to set a static IP via IP address reservation on the router rather than doing it on the device. As you say you have oversight of all address reservations at the point of doing the new one. I have a number of Raspberry Pis and they get the same IP regardless of the OS I throw onto them at any particular time which makes getting to them remotely simple. It also means that if you connect the device to another network that uses a different address space or that already has the preferred IP allocated, you can still be up and running pretty quickly.
