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Thinking of buying a photon mono se - i guess just for printing minis the the mono x is overkill because it’s just capable of printing bigger things and not higher quality, right? also, how useful or necessary is a wash and cure machine? sorry if these are stupid newbie questions
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Apr 7, 2021 10:24
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The Baumann posted:I bought a $50 ultrasonic cleaner off harbor freight and that works great for me. If you put the print in a ziploc bag then you only have to dispose of the liquid in the bag instead of the whole tank. i live in ireland so literally anything is going to be a more reliable option than leaving them in the sun for a bit lol
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Apr 7, 2021 15:00
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The Baumann posted:Fair enough, I’m in New York so its not cloudy 300 days of the year. To be fair though it’s not so much about sunlight as it is about UV, which comes through even on cloudy days. If you have some time before you get a curing set up that would work fine.
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Apr 7, 2021 17:22
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i just got my printer. test file getting churned out as i type! so i'm looking through myminifactory for some models to print and, uh, i guess 3d modellers sure are horny 
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Apr 17, 2021 18:14
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i bet that no-one has made a dumber printing mistake than i did over the weekend went to clean out the vat, so i got a funnel and the original bottle to pour the excess, thought to myself “hmm it’s a bit dark here in the garage” and took it outside to pour it instead  fortunately i noticed the skin forming almost straight away so i got it back indoors and was able to hack the hardened top layer off easy enough. god drat i am a dummy
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Apr 19, 2021 13:47
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oh yeah i got a sexy necromancer ready to go dont worry Here is my first print - a Viking bust. I guess I did kind of a lovely job cleaning the torso before curing because there’s white residue along the bottom. Is this salvageable? Will the point of a hobby knife remove the worst of it? Does it mostly get obscured by primer? 
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Apr 20, 2021 13:46
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yeah i scrubbed them with ipa, then they spent some time in an ultrasonic cleaner, then a final scrub with some warm soapy water. i probably did a shoddy job with the ipa and then the other steps didn’t do much where i missed
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Apr 20, 2021 14:41
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The Baumann posted:What percent alcohol were you using? One of my big reasons to switch to simple green was I couldn't find high enough percent with everyone buying it up last year to disinfect with.
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Apr 20, 2021 14:51
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is there a rule of thumb for the relationship between exposure time and layer thickness? the factory default settings work pretty well (anycubic photon mono se) but i get a little bit of the “topography” look which is more noticeable as i paint the model. i tried printing a test piece just by reducing layer thickness from 0.05 to 0.02, and it came out really soft and blurry in the details. my first guess is i overexposed the layers. does that sound right?
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May 3, 2021 17:41
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yes my first proper print was a pretty huge bust (not sure the exact scale but the head alone is the same size as a space marine) and it took 3 three-hour prints, which i gather is pretty drat quick for a big model
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May 3, 2021 21:57
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i got the anycubic compostable resin and im kinda nervous that it’s an extremely loose definition of compostable that will end up with my homegrown vegetables killing me
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May 11, 2021 13:07
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Electric Hobo posted:Print and eat a sandwich. Let us know how it turns out!
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May 11, 2021 13:24
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 I think the knuckles, fingernails, wrist tendons all show off a decent finish on it. ignore the half-finished paint job please ive only blocked in rough colours
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May 11, 2021 14:20
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Electric Hobo posted:I'm always sceptical when when something is being marketed as "just as good!", but that looks great!
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May 11, 2021 16:37
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recommendations for stl sources? i've used myminifactory pretty much exclusively so far and it has a pretty great selection, but if there's a couple of other sites, maybe even a resource that has a big list of artists' patreons, i'd love to hear them.
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Jun 3, 2021 16:31
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InternetJunky posted:What kind of stuff are you looking for? I subscribe to ~20 patreons and back kickstarters at a level that probably means I have a problem so I can probably point you in the right direction. i guess my problem is i don’t know what i want until i see it lol. painted a lot of 40k so probably not so much grimdark sci fi, something cyberpunk or steampunk or any of the -punk aesthetics would probably be cool. fantasy stuff would be cool too
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Jun 4, 2021 19:15
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http://m.nutsplanet.com/product/t35021-infected-gangster/2340/?cate_no=191&display_group=1 i really like this kind of thing. idk if you would call it cyberpunk but some dystopian bullshit. there’s a couple of models in that line that i really like
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Jun 4, 2021 19:21
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i would pay a dollar or two a month for a patreon that scoured the rest of patreon and kickstarter for cool 3d print projects
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Jun 4, 2021 19:37
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thanks very much for the suggestions everyone  InternetJunky posted:Here's some patreons I would recommend to people. There is a ton of crap sculptors out there to avoid. I include "the big boys" in this list because they probably offer the best value for your buck. I much prefer some of the other ones in my list however. drat this is a good post
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Jun 4, 2021 22:51
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i looked up both fulament and wam bam and i swear they both ship to every country, island, principality on earth except the UK, i can’t find how to ship here at all. Even I try to get it shipped to ireland i can’t choose a county in the north
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Jun 15, 2021 15:47
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anycubic’s eco resin is apparently completely non-toxic but idk i still take care and let the washing liquid cure out before disposal
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Jun 21, 2021 22:21
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Bucnasti posted:But it's not water washable.
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Jun 21, 2021 22:42
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i got a mono se direct from anycubic and had zero issues and love it, but i possibly got lucky
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Jun 22, 2021 21:45
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Bucnasti posted:Does anyone know where I can get .stls for wrestler minis? My buddy is a huge wrestling fan and just started getting into mini painting so I wanted to hook him up with some wrestlers but I can't seem to find any.
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Jul 6, 2021 20:27
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yet to try it but some people swear by dunking the uncured model in hot water for a few seconds, then removing the supports, then doing your wash and cure afterwards
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Jul 23, 2021 18:29
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how badly am i loving up by just using the anycubic slicer? I Guess it’s fine-ish since i just use the presupported versions of models, but I should probably stop because they all overdo it to an insane degree
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Aug 5, 2021 13:35
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Eediot Jedi posted:Really don't want to be at the intersection of 3d printing horny and railroad horny. Bonk! Go to hornby jail
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Aug 12, 2021 08:18
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Yeah myminifactory is in theory so much of a better platform for mini patronage, it should be a lot easier for creators to come up with business models that combine subs and one-off purchases (especially for new subs who want to buy old content) this way. I know you can get discount codes and such but having it all baked in to one platform should be a lot smoother.
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Sep 1, 2021 15:51
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Is there a ballpark figure for the relationship between layer depth and exposure time? Like if you drop layer depth by 40% from 0.05 to 0.03, should you drop exposure time by a similar percentage? Or are there too many variables to even give a rough guide?
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Sep 4, 2021 18:31
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they maybe meant mono se e: although $200 for the se would be kind of an insane deal i guess
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Dec 8, 2021 14:23
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RangerScum posted:Finally signed up for the 3dartguy patreon only to find that GW really did a number on his content a month ago or so. What a shame. I think they dmca'd the majority of his models that I was interested in acquiring lol.
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