Unboxing and First Prints on my Anycubic Photon Mono X
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- čas přidán 13. 09. 2024
- In this episode, I unbox and setup my new Photon Mono X, large format resin printer. I do several test prints and compare to the results from my Creality printer, beginning the debugging process so I can optimize my prints. I will finish that optimization process in the next episode, as well as showing how to connect the printer to WIFI and your phone.
OHHH YOU DID GET ONE! thank god. Cuz I may order one, and you explain the process way better than most do.
Thank you, Donnie, that's a real compliment!!
Thanks for the video I've been out of 3D printing for a while now this really helped
Spyder, I'm glad this was helpful!
Honestly, I found your video because I just upgraded from a Anycubic Photon Mono, to the X. The normal Mono is whisper quiet in comparison and I thought my X was faulty. I have checked your video to see the noise, and have felt a lot better. I guess the huge upgrade needs louder, bigger fans.
Nyxz, you just never know what's going to be helpful! I'm glad the video gave you some peace of mind.
Very interesting video, thank you for posting this. It looks like resin printers can be a bit of a pain. 😀
Thanks, Peter! The clean-up with resin printing can be daunting, and waste disposal is an ongoing issue, but the results are truly amazing. Like most things in life, it's a tradeoff that everyone needs to evaluate for themselves. I personally love the smooth finish only resin printing delivers!
@@GreylightMay that’s true. I guess having a good cleaning area and routine makes it a lot easier. I might have to give it a go to see how much better the results are than I’m used to with my good old Anycubic mega. Thanks again 👍
I appreciate your videos
LR, I really appreciate you taking the time to let me know that, thank you!
Another great video, got an Elegoo Saturn a few weeks ago. I can't wait to see what cool things you make with this bigger build volume
Thanks, Raharu! I'd love to hear about the settings you are using, and any issues you may have had. I've already printed a dice tower I designed, so definitely more options of what to build on this!
@@GreylightMay I'll have to talk to my wife about settings, shes the guru on that stuff, but I can point you to a few things that have made our life a lot easier with the saturn that will help you too. First print yourself one of these, it mounts to your build plate, so you can after a print, hang the plate at a angle for better drainage. www.thingiverse.com/thing:4722055 Then you will want to go to thingiverse again and print a Handle to put on the top of your machines cover, this makes taking it off with one gloved hand EASY.
Thanks for the tips, I'll check them both out!
@@GreylightMay Also if your machine has a Tank Clean option, omg its so useful in case of a failed print.. A good Trick with the Tank clean feature, is to put some old supports from a previous print in the corner of the tank sticking out of the resin, so when the tank clean feature makes a film layer, you can easily pull it out via the old support at the corner, and just peel the whole thing out.
@@GreylightMay czcams.com/video/3L59JGGJOjs/video.html here is a nice example of a tank clean feature. If he had put some old supports in the corner he could have just pulled it out too, without having to risk hurting the FEP
Just found you, you are really good. You should use ads to get paid, lol.
Thank you, Ascentren! Sadly, unless you get millions of views, there is no real money from making CZcams videos, just the satisfaction of helping people. Comments like yours are what make it worthwhile!
Thanks for the video.
Thank you, scotty, for taking the time to leave a comment!
So Jelly. I want to get one of those. I already sold my FDM printer since I was printing almost everything in resin anyway. But that extra size would come in handy. That said, the glowforge is still my most used tool, by a pretty big margin.
I'm jelly about the glowforge!
You are an incredible mentor and artisan. Thank you for this excellent information.
Did I miss the size of your LCD plate? What are your thoughts about the following printer: ANYCUBIC Photon M3 Resin 3D Printer, 7.6'' - plate size of Max Printing Size 7.08" × 6.45" × 4.03"
Thank you, Living Miracle! This is the machine I was unboxing: ANYCUBIC Photon Mono X 3D Printer, UV LCD Resin Printer with 8.9" 4K Monochrome Screen, WiFi Control and Fast Printing, Printing Size 192mmx120mmx245mm / 7.55inx4.72inx9.84in. I've taken the last year off while I moved and am just now setting up my new workshop. I'm not familiar with the Anycubic you are asking about, so I can't provide any insight. I'm eager to get started making videos again soon. I have lots of new projects in mind!
@@GreylightMay Thank you. You have quite a 3D printer. Well done. I am very impressed by your thoughtfulness and helpfulness. Your new workshop will provide a great place to produce more great videos.
You are so nice! Thank you, reading this really made my day!!
Technology has no gender and no age. Great. :-)
As it should be! Thanks, Valerio!!
grey should print better that white because the darker the resin the better the edge definition will be, as less light leaks round/through the edge of the print with a darker resin, giving a cleaner edge and corner. (or so the rumour on the street says). Black is supposed to create the best quality but I always go for grey.
Thanks, Lou, I believe that is true. I plan on priming them all as part of my learning, to see what happens when you equalize the transparency and light reflection. Many experiments need to be done!
@@GreylightMay Its the light from the LED array when you print that is leaking round the mask and softening the resin edges not the final colour of the model.
Ahhh, interesting! I see now what you mean! What about clear resins? It seems like they would be even more of a problem...
I'd love to see what you would make with a Snapmaker + rotary tool
I wish someone would give me one!
Fascinating!
Thanks, Randolph!
Was that film you removed from the LCD not a screen protector?
Chris, this is an excellent question. I know they sell screen protectors now, and they are a good idea given how hard it is to remove cured resin from a screen. The instruction video I saw at the time said to remove the film after setup, and it had a small tab for easy removal, not like a phone screen protector. If I were to do this today (the Creality was brand new when I filmed this) I would run a test print and see if it worked with it on. Or I would buy a pack of official screen protectors and apply one of those. I would hope the new printers are shipping with screen protectors in the accessory pack, but resin printing was relatively new when I got started.
Thank you. 👍🏻
Hi Ron! It's a great machine, you'll like it. My only complaint is that I'm changing the FEP more often than the Creality. I'm not sure if it's the FEP material, the large size, or what I'm printing, but I've gotten pretty good at screwing and unscrewing a WHOLE lot of little screws!
Nice video, though one thing you've said confuses me ... why would you need to change the FEP after a failed print?
Sandra, I've had cases where removing a failed print has stretched the FEP and it had to be replaced but towards the end of the video you will see that I talk about successfully removing the failed print that in fact occurred, and that I didn't need to replace it. You are right, if I had to replace it every time it would be discouraging!
@@GreylightMay ah thats good to know. The ammount of failed prints on my AC Photon outnumbers the times I've changed the FEP 100:1 :-D
I'm not that successful, but it would be a much more expensive hobby if I couldn't recover most of the time!
@@GreylightMay Yeah plus its really timeconsuming to remove and rescrew the gazillions of VAT screws... way more anoying than the costs. Anyway I am really looking forward to your future videos on the Mono X. Been eyeing that machine for a while now, but it seems impossible to find reviews without affiliate-links.
Sandra, I held off until I saw it in the beta for Chitubox. I read a lot of concerning things about their slicing software that led to mixed reviews for the machine. I still have to work my way through the print quality issues. I'm spoiled by my Creality experience, which has been totally trouble-free. I don't doubt that printing at this scale and speed is a much more challenging task, and I'm happy to put the effort in to tune it in. I'm still amazed at what these machines can do for the price. It's an awesome advance in hobby level fabrication!
Obrigado pelo video!
You're welcome!
The delaminating is a frustrating problem I've had sometimes! Let me know what you find out!
I hope to have a solution figured out in the next couple weeks!