Hi, I love my printer, even though I have had it a month or so I have not been able to spend too much time with it, but I quickly became aware that I needed a resin that was a bit more forgiving in the brittleness area so that I could print more practical things rather than miniatures etc (I do print those too).
After reading up on different resins I decided to get some MonoCure 3D Rapid FLEX100.
For those in Europe there is a discount in September at
FEPshop.com
, I got 1l for about €83 including UPS express shipping.
I tried a couple of test prints using one of Monocure's calibration models with some interesting results, the clear is 100% Rapid Flex100 and the grey is a 50/50 mix by volume of the Rapid Flex100 and Anycubic Grey.
I used the same printing times for both of them, 60s for the base layers and 20s for the rest or them.
The Rapid Flex100 initially curled up into a ball when I removed it from the platform but was OK after I washed it in IPA, many or the small details broke away (I was expecting this), it has no strength and quite floppy, also the print was oversize.
The 50/50 mix was a lot better for retaining the small details and the correct overall dimensions (50 x 30 mm), I could bent it and it would return to original shape, though it is quite stiff now that it's cured, the print times were not sufficient I had a lot of post curing to do to stop it from being tacky, I guess that's from under exposure during printing, I need more experience using the printer, but my next try will be to increase the layer exposure to about 25s.
I welcome your comments and suggestions
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