Anycubic Photon

[rodsup9000]

Anyone get the version with the yellow Plexi inserts instead of blue? I read the yellow is an older version and the top of the lead screw is different on it.

Edit: Blue is old, Yellow is newer. 

 Mine is Yellow, and if you go back and look at post 17, Mark's is blue. So if I was a betting man, I going to say yours will be yellow too.

[Chris333]

And I just saw a blue one with a flat top      

[wcfn100]

Just give me one that works. 

Jason

[Chris333]

Just give me one that works. 

Jason

https://github.com/Photonsters/anycubic-photon-docs/blob/master/known-issues/photon-known-issues.md

[John]

Dang, too bad I'm not getting commission here!  Rodney, Chris, Jason, and Aaron so far?  Anyone else?   

This dog is getting to old to learn new tricks ..

[Mark W]

I've added a Nacelle to complete the Turbine parts and am working toward making a fully operational turbine kit available!


https://i.imgur.com/DwstS9v.jpg


https://i.imgur.com/rtXGzIT.jpg


Same level of detail as the transparent green, but the grey really makes details pop!
And just look how smooth that Nacelle body is! 


https://i.imgur.com/dv8mbHG.jpg

[central.vermont]

Wow this stuff has real potential it looks like!!

Jon

[rodsup9000]

 Did some measuring on the oil tank and compared it to the drawing.

  Overall length

 Drawing 27.1mm     Printed tank 27.24mm

 Width   
 
 Drawing 18.1mm    Printed tank  18.25mm

 Height   

 Drawing 5.3mm      Printed tank   5.45mm

 This is amazing as it should have some shrinkage according to the resin stat sheet

[Iain]

Another good technique is to use a naming convention for your .photon files.  For instance, I name files like so:

TankTread3Set_AycbGreyResin_L50_B110_N16.photon

[Name and # of parts]_[Brand and color of resin]_[layer height microns]_[Bottom exposure seconds]_[Normal layer seconds].photon.

Also put them in a git repo.

[Chris333]

Mark,

So would you say the gray is better than the clear green for model choo-choo purposes?  The grey seems like it would be more durable and possibly flex more. I bought an extra bottle of clear yellow because I though the settings would be close to the same as the included green. I figured the color didn't really matter since everything will be painted. But if there are other advantages the grey might be worth it.

Mine should be here tomorrow hopefully.    That will either bring less questions... or more 

[tom mann]

Why does this stuff look so much better than (a lot of) Shapeways? It actually looks molded, not printed. What is the difference in technology?

[carlso]

Tom,

I have the same question. I would sure like to see an N scale SP Krauss-Maffei done with this. I have some items done in "newer" Shapeways materials but they still are needing tweaking.

Maybe Mark will go into business? ? ?

Carl

[Lemosteam]

@Mark W can you please show a clean pic of the platen side of an M1 track printing?  The fluid side does look very nice, but everyone needs to see what the support side looks like after the supports are removed.

@tom mann , this might help you understand the difference. 

Simplified, the major difference is how the first layer and every near-horizontal layer is supported in the initial single thickness layers, FUD uses wax, SLA machines use finger-like supports for this purpose (the nest above the printing), and both leave an imperfect surface behind.

This is fine if the model can function with essentially one side messed up (in either type of printing).  If not well...

My roof designs do not lend to SLA type printing.  MY Streamlined K4 shell would be an absolute mess printed in SLA and I can sacrifice none of the sides for that design as any imperfections would render the shell useless.  At least with FXD, the rough surfaces can be sanded smooth and other non visual surfaces (inside ribs and structure) are still functional.

Also note that this design has 0.25mm square and round holes printed for stanchions and wires, etc.  Sla would fill those with uncured fluid and great care would have to be taken to get the fluid out of the holes.

Someone is welcome to prove me wrong here, but I just don't see a clean way to print or orient this design in an SLA machine.  This is actually one of the reasons I have not purchased a printer.

Used projets like the ones at SW go for around 15k   

[Chris333]

My Photon is "in the house"  yellow Plexi.  Sat it next to the furnace vent as it was on the porch and 30 degrees out.

[Chris333]

First try is running now. Wish you could move the build plate up and down at a higher rate. The max you can move it is 10mm. So you have to keep pressing the button over and over to get the head out of the way.

The resin sort of smells like glue, but I can't think of what type of glue. If I stick my nose over the bottle I can smell it. Machine is running now and if I walk over to it and take a few deep sniffs I car barely smell it.