Anycubic Photon

[C855B]

Downside to the S - at least for me - is AnyCubic does not support a slicer for it that runs on MacOS <10.11, nor is there support for Linux. So I would have to buy a new computer, too. ChiTuBox 1.5 (I run the Linux version) creates PhotonS-compatible files, but it's been around for a few months and I have doubts it takes advantage of anything in the new firmware. AnyCubic seems to be making hay about "exclusive features" in the new Photon WorkShop/firmware combo, so I don't see this situation resolving anytime soon.

That said, I've barely scratched the surface with what I can do on the original Photon. If I'm going to upgrade to a new model, it will have to run faster and jump higher. IOW, a second-generation something-or-other, not an incremental freshening.

Besides, if there was a big technology leap in the offing, I'd rather it be in resins. Namely, something a little less brittle. I'm prototyping larger pieces not directly MRR-related, and discovering there is surprisingly little tolerance for flex stresses. @Mark W already commented about this with his Unitrack gap fittings, that the Photon versions were single-use due to the brittleness, where the PLA from his new Prusa could handle reuse.

[Chris333]

A while back I saw I guy on youtube that I think was making gun silencers out of resin. But anyways he was printing a large socket with various resins and using a torque wrench to test was was the strongest. 

Edit: This guy:

[diezmon]

I'm thinking of jumping in, and have been reading all about the Photon getting replaced with basically the Photon S.

Is there a way to really see which this is?   https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07TVW9HGH/

I see it listed along side the Photon S listings.

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[C855B]

... Is there a way to really see which this is?   https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07TVW9HGH/

That's the original Photon. I would buy directly from AnyCubic, the original Photon is on sale today for $239 (no resin incl.), Photon S is $389 with resin and spare FEP.

[mighalpern]

well thanks for the heads up,  I have been on this fence for about 6 months and thanks to  C855B for posting that its on sale today I jumped
BTW there are about 8 hours left on the sale as of this time.  with resin and a packed of film, free shipping  287 dollars.   My wallet hurts, but my brain is very happy to learn and experiment.

Everyone's experience is so valuable, I usually re-read this long  post just to keep it all fresh,  now I'll have one to try.

Many thanks for all the incredible info.  Keep posting
Happy Holidays

Miguel

[diezmon]

Ha, I ordered one too 

[Chris333]

What about black Friday though?

[mighalpern]

you had to go there 

[diezmon]

What about black Friday though?

DOOOOP!!

[Erock482]

I've been stalking this thread and have my photon on the way, I'm curious how it will handle some of the models of D&RGW Narrow Gauge equipment I've been working on. I think test subject number one will be this! a D&RGW short caboose, this one is based mainly on drawings of 0578, Printer arrives tomorrow, then science shall commence.

I need to get a coupler drafted up that'll work with the Kadee 714's If the grab Irons work out, I might give the car floor a run with the truss rods and turnbuckles on board, granted i feel that may be a tad ambitious.

I think the grab irons may likely fail, But Ill give it a go to see what happens. If it works, that's a bunch less holes I have to make and grab irons I need to bend.

[Chris333]

Would you really want printed grabs?  I'd change the drawing to holes where wire grabs would go.

But yeah that should print.

[AlwaysSolutions]

We should have a thread of crazy [bleep] you've printed that you didn't think would work...but did.     For grabs I'd recommend like Chris says, design with the holes, but go ahead and try to print the grabs for it to apply after.  If they don't work out, do metal.  Some of the craziest stuff I've printed was just to try something I just knew wouldn't work, then when I pull the plate and see they printed, or assemble them and they work my eyes bug out in amazement that it just did something I didn't think it would do!  This Little Joe has pantographs that extend and retract, railing at the front, and bent grabs, ladders and trucks all printed with the Photon.  Long thin rails will break easily, but if you can design mounting points to have have sturdy supports every 5-7mm the life expectancy of a 3D printed rail goes up.  The grabs here are quite sturdy:

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-Mike

[Lemosteam]

Printing them and cleansing the surface they are on are two very different prospects.  This is the biggest reason I don'e recommend printing delicate things on a shell.

[peteski]

This Little Joe has pantographs that extend and retract, railing at the front, and bent grabs, ladders and trucks all printed with the Photon.  Long thin rails will break easily, but if you can design mounting points to have have sturdy supports every 5-7mm the life expectancy of a 3D printed rail goes up.  The grabs here are quite sturdy:

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-Mike

Funny, in your photo the black grab ions look like they were separately added onto the shell. It must be  the contrasting paint (you did excellent job not getting any paint on the side of the shell).  OOPS! It just sunk into my brain that you didn't print the grabs directly with the shell.  You printed them separately, and applied them to she shell like you would metal ones

I also agree with John: just because it is possible to do, sometimes it doesn't mean that one should.  Unless the model is to just be a display model, or a proof of concept, I would use metal grab irons. But I usually over-engineer and over-build things.

[diezmon]

....I think test subject number one will be this! a D&RGW short caboose, this one is based mainly on drawings of 0578, Printer arrives tomorrow, then science shall commence...

Is this from scratch?  What are you using to draw?  I've been amazed at some of the designs I've seem people do.