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Why I see only the shadow not full body? Is it something switched off?

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I have my photon on the balcony. I have a nice cabinet that it's in. But it's cold. I put a heating pad in there, but it's not warming it up enough. Here's my thoughts: if I were to put some networking electronics in it, they could generate heat and warm the whole thing up. But what about the fumes? Would the fumes ruin the electronics at all?

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Ivan Antharon Antalec , Bo Nørgaard , Nard Janssens , Dave Liberato

2016 Hackaton by formlabs employees that resullted in a Open Source DLP slicer with MIT licensing - Probably good for reference, uses nodejs

https://github.com/formlabs/hackathon-slicer
http://www.mattkeeter.com/projects/dlp/

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Hello friends - troubleshooting question - brand new to this group BTW, had my photon for < 1 week. It printed like a dream for the first 5 prints or so, then a print failed and a 2mm or so layer of resin was stuck on the top of the FEP. I (as carefully as I could) scraped it off and cleaned it up with alcohol. FEP seemed to be undamaged. I reinstalled and started a print - It adhered and starting printing but after about 10mm it failed and another glop of resin layers are cured in the bottom of the resin. Do I need to replace my FEP already? How can I avoid having to do this every 3 days??

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Model from Fabio Schizzo at patreon
First model I've printed from him. I blew this one up 250x
There's a few errors and breaks I need to look at
Axe head printed separately

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I have Anycubic Clear but it's yellowing after IPA cleaning. Following some threads here, I'm trying to find a vendor for Monocure resin away. I've found a few places out of stock. I'm in the US. Can used Resinaway be left in the sun and filtered like IPA?

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What do you say about this ???

Shoul i try & win or lose my $ ? :(

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Hey fellow Photonsters!

First of all, sorry for the long post. Have a potato ? ?

When I joined this group I was a total noob at 3d printing and I knew it wasn't going to be easy. I ran in to a few problems while printing and decided to ask the group. Everyone was really helpfull and thanks to that, I fixed most of the problems! ?? And as a bonus, I got to learn a lot about this printer. Now I will try to pass on my knowledge and show you my step by step preparation for printing. I'll also add some tips I wish I knew off when I first started printing. Feel free to try them or completely ignore them, it's up to you ?

?️ I'll start with some links wich will help you understand your Photon and get you ready for printing.

1. A link to the FAQ on the Photonsters github page. Full of tips&tricks so a must see for the newbies ?

https://github.com/…/anycubic-photon-do…/blob/master/FAQ.md…

2. Anycubics youtube channel shows you videos wich will help you getting started with the Photon.

Anycubic Photon: https://www.youtube.com/playlist…

3. This channel shows you the solutions to almost all problems thay you'll run in to while printing. You'll find videos about cleaning the printer and replacing parts.

Photon Problems Solving: https://www.youtube.com/playlist…

4. Very usefull video wich shows you how to properly level your printer.

https://youtu.be/qEaNVfT8y9w

?️ Once you've got to know your printer a little better, cleaned your VAT, checked your FEP, checked your LCD, leveled the bed and tightened the screw (I mean, really really tight! If it's tight enough you can keep printing without having to re-level for a while ?? ) it's time to start printing awesome prints! ?

To achieve the best results, and save resin, I start with printing some test/calibration prints. Not the most exciting models to print, but trust me, it's totally worth it ?

The following links contain the files and programs I use every time I start using a new Resin.

1. Anycubic Photon resin settings. This file contains an overview of the resins used by members and the settings they got succesfull prints with. These settings are a good starting points but changes might be needed for finetuning.
https://docs.google.com/…/1crvzMnt_8NJXAsABinoIhc…/htmlview…

2. The resin xp-finder. This is a file wich will help you find the right exposure settings for your resin. You'll need to run the printer in a test-mode so it can use different exposure times in one print. You can print 2 different tests, one at 0.025mm and one at 0.05mm.

⚠️ Make sure to run your printer in print-mode once you get back to printing other stuff than the resin xp-finder ⚠️

I will add a pic wich shows you how to read the printed result ?

https://github.com/…/photon-resin-calibrat…/releases/tag/1.2

3. The matrix calibration test. This is a test print that shows you different types of details in one print. It's also pretty fast and can be printed flat on the bed.

3D printer Calibration Matrix found on # Thingiverse https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:165389

After printing, you can scrap it off the buildplate and start cleaning and curing. (I'm using an ultrasonic cleaner filled with resinaway and an nailstudio uv light as an curing station)

Most of the time I print the matrix with 3 or 4 different exposure times. So one with 12s, one with 13 etc. I compare them to see wich one gives the best results.

4. The last test print I print before i start with the real deal, is the Ameralabs Town. This is a very nice looking and very usefull testprint wich I really like ??

https://ameralabs.com/blog/town-calibration-part/

Once finished, it's time to start printing models! ?? ??

Use the settings, wich gave the best results, for your model and be amazed by the results you can achieve ?

?️ Last but not least, there is something wich kinda bothers me.. ?

I see a lot of problems posted on this page. But most of the time the post only shows a photo of an failed print and the almighty question: "What's the problem?"

So please, if you decide to post your problems, add additional information such as slicer settings/ support settings/resin type/oriantation/hollowed or not hollowed/cleaning method/products used and stuff like that. This will make it easier for everyone to help you fix your problem. Oh, and definetly add photos ?

Huge thanks to all the people who developed and created the files and videos posted above and I hope you guys find this post usefull ?

Enjoy printing! ? ??

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Just a quick phone pic. This model would not slice in anything, Meshmixer had issues handling the file size and would crash. ChiTuBox, did it. I am impressed.

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Hi all new to this, what is the file validation tool you run before printing?

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