3D Printing General Discussion (merged)

[Glitterwolf 202285]

5 hours ago, TheAuldGrump said:

Is it just me, or do 3-D printer owners... evangelize? 

 

The Auld Grump - I sent them to Cast n Play, solid, chunky 3-D models....

 

No, no, we don't...

But while we here do you have some time to talk about our Lord and Saviour, the Resin Printer?

 

[jadeite 218]

6 hours ago, TheAuldGrump said:

Is it just me, or do 3-D printer owners... evangelize?

 

My friends have called it a pyramid scheme.

[Gadgetman! 19839]

Except that for it to be a pyramid scheme, we would have to get some sort of kickback from the printer sellers.

 

I know they haven't paid me, yet...

[Glitterwolf 202285]

Elegoo Mars.

 

Does anyone tinker with the "Light -off Delay" and the "Bottom Light-Off Delay" ????

I always kept them at 0.

Any recommendations?

 

 

[TaleSpinner 48153]

2 hours ago, Gadgetman! said:

Except that for it to be a pyramid scheme, we would have to get some sort of kickback from the printer sellers.

 

I know they haven't paid me, yet...

 

They actually do.  I have received, to date, 4 bottles of resin from AnyCubic, simply for making positive Amazon reviews of their products (3 of the 4 were unsolicited and the 4th I was planning on doing anyway once I got time to understand the product better).

[TripleH 13106]

[TheAuldGrump 48923]

13 hours ago, TripleH said:

We keep the Creality in our bedroom....

 

The Auld Grump - it really pretty quiet - less loud than the fan in our window, come summer - and when we do hear it, it is generally at the end of its run.

[TheAuldGrump 48923]

Well, not only do we have a whole lot of not-mind-flayers, we also have two or three neothelids.... (Two definite - the other is a critter that I have been thinking of as a purple worm with a complex set of mandibles.)

 

I think Megan should have plenty of ilithids, neo and otherwise.

 

The Auld Grump

[TheAuldGrump 48923]

For those having difficulty finding high concentration IPA - I am hearing good things about denatured alcohol, which is in nowhere near as short a supply.

 

 It is sold as fuel in hardware stores.

 

The Auld Grump

[Humansquish 3362]

Those with resin printers, how many prints in a row do you usually go before needing to clean the vat? Just curious.

[Clearman 11590]

18 minutes ago, Humansquish said:

Those with resin printers, how many prints in a row do you usually go before needing to clean the vat? Just curious.

 

I top off the resin level after each print and only clean the vat if a print fails.

[Cygnwulf 6127]

21 minutes ago, Clearman said:

41 minutes ago, Humansquish said:

Those with resin printers, how many prints in a row do you usually go before needing to clean the vat? Just curious.

 

I top off the resin level after each print and only clean the vat if a print fails.

Same.  And even then, for most failures, 'cleaning' the vat means pouring all the resin out through a paint strainer into an empty bottle, squeegee-ing it with a petg scraper, a quick wipe with a dry kitchen towel (which then goes into the cure box for a bit before disposal) before reinstalling and refilling with the filtered resin.  
I only actually CLEAN clean the vat when changing resins.  For that the vat itself gets into the rinse tank and completely washed, kitchen towel dried, then allowed to air dry for a bit before going back in.

[Glitterwolf 202285]

51 minutes ago, Humansquish said:

Those with resin printers, how many prints in a row do you usually go before needing to clean the vat? Just curious.

 

32 minutes ago, Clearman said:

 

I top off the resin level after each print and only clean the vat if a print fails.

 

THIS!

[Gadgetman! 19839]

If you have two Resins you switch between(or one main, and several occsionals), consider getting a second vat. 

Saves a lot of bother. 

 

[haldir 42567]

So looking at a upcoming adventure for my Sat. group, the villain is a green hag. I thought I'd print off this one as my green hag minis are good minis but some reason they don't fit this scenario. Looking at mmf, I come across 2 that will fit. One is from Duncan Shadow & the other is (name escapes me, it's on the computer downstairs....) but I like both. The Shadow one is more of a grisly scary hag & the other is a more traditional style with a skull staff. I figure I can work the staff even into her disguise as she is suppose to be a "young girl" in disguise when they meet her. I figure make it a beat up teddy bear. The scary one would work as well. Now I have to decide which one I like best.

 

At least satyr will be easy as I've only got 1 (Reaper's metal) & I need 5 or 6 of them. I was going to get a prepainted one, but it's a wimpy uninspiring mini but I recall Cast n Play's "Greek" Patreon month. Hey I'll actually print something from a Patreon purchase!!