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Hoping you fine folks can help me with some tuning.

I've had a Photon for years now (one of the original ones, with the blue windows) and it's been printing great the while time. Recently, though, I picked up a Photon S to play around with as well.

Thing is, I just can't get the S to print as well. Most of what I print is miniatures (thanks HeroForge!) and have gotten decent at rigging supports for them. On the original Photon, the supports (medium-ish) snap off cleanly every time with very minimal fuss and very little surface scarring. Quick, easy, very little detailed-snipping required.

On the S, though, the same supports are rigidly stuck to the model and need to be cut free. They also often leave deep pits and scars. If I drop down to light supports, they seem to work a _bit_ better, but I get a lot of "globbing" (bits of the model, on the side near the plate, are just a blobby, indistinct mess.)

Here's what I've tried so far:
- Used a RERF to fine-tune the resin. I can barely see any difference between any of the tiles whatsoever.
- Turned down the curing time to 12s (down from 15s on the original)
- Used original .photon files AND the new .photons files.

What I'm using:
- The latest version of ChiTuBox
- Monocure Rapid Blue

I've also noticed that the prints that come off the S look different. They're much shinier, even after cleaning and drying, than the originals. Though, I don't know if this is good or bad.

I know the S has a different light on it and is expected to cure a bit faster. But what other changes should I be trying? If you've gone from an Original to an S, what settings did you find you needed to tweak?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I keep trying prints from both machines at the same time, but end up keeping the one from the original every single time. :(

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My Imgur Secret Santa gift this year, made possible by my Photons: https://imgur.com/gallery/uckGYHi 翻譯年糕

Got a new Photon S yesterday and got it set up next to my existing original Photon. Both printers will be cranking out D&D minis in bulk for Imgur Secret Santa.

I'm impressed with the onboard filtration of the S so far. It's only slightly worse than my original photon which has been upgraded with a complete air extraction system.

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Some friends of mine recently got a Photon and have run into a problem I couldn't quite diagnose. Maybe y'all can help.

When the print head is all the way at the bottom, the motor will sometimes skip a bunch of steps and get stuck. This happens almost every time the first layer prints. It's as though it doesn't have enough strength to overcome the suction force on the FEP. (Though, it'll sometimes get stuck even when not printing, so it's not the suction that's the problem.)

Once it gets stuck, it'll just buzz. However, you can get it unstuck by helping to turn the lead screw. Once it comes free, the motor takes over and it moves okay.

I'm told that the problem started after "there was a resin spill", so that's quite likely related.

Here are my theories:
- Damaged stepper motor from resin getting in it
- Damaged stepper driver from resin getting on it
- Bent or mis-aligned lead screw, from being disassembled incorrectly. (Possibly pinching at near the bottom of the rail?)

Before I have them order a new stepper motor and we take the printer apart again, does anyone else have a better theory? I'll be heading back to their house in a few days to take another look at it.

Thanks Photonsters!

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Hi Photonsters!

I'm curious how many of you are using my rear vent adapter to 4" for your original Photon. ( https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2877754 )

It's got almost 5k downloads at this point, just from Thingiverse alone, but I'm curious how popular it actually is among users.

Also, comment in the thread if there's any updates or improvements you'd like to see for it. 翻譯年糕

I'm probably missing something really obvious, but is there a way to change the default support settings in ChiTuBox? I'm trying to fine-tune the supports but it looks like I have to go through and change things every time I open the tool.

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Any ideas what this dark residue might be? I always seem to find it after a print. Doesn't seem to harm anything, but it makes me wonder if I'm doing something wrong.

(Resin is Monocure Rapid White)

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What slicer are y'all using these days? The latest version of Anycubic's official one definitely improved support generation but I'm still not satisfied. (My last job took almost an hour to manually adjust supports so that cross-members weren't passing through the model, etc. Then I lost 20+ minutes of work to a Chinese error I couldn't read. :( )

I've previously tried using Meshmixer's support generation but wasn't super pleased with those results either.

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Been away from my Photon for a few weeks now (sorry, I know I promised a few of you some new projects!)

Coming back to it today, I noticed a greyed-out "Send" button in the slicer that I forgot about before. Which makes me wonder: does this imply that it's possible to hook the printer up directly to a computer and send it prints without needing to swap a USB stick back and forth?

Anyone try and see what happens?

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Anyone have any experience with using resins under fluorescent lights?

I've recently moved my Photon into a closet which is lit by an overhead Sylvania F20T12 fluorescent bulb. I can't find any kind of data sheet about what sorts of UV ranges it puts out, but I'm concerned that it might cure the resin a bit.

Can anyone confirm/deny that before I go spend a frustrating amount of money on an LED replacement?

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