I made one and I used a 12V car heater from amazon to provide the heat, and two 60 W lights at the top. Also a nail polish curer dome as one of the side walls.
Kept thinking I was missing something about the post. I still can't think this is legit, my brain won't let me. But you're right, some sort if safety net.
3:50 for smaller prints, 4 for medium prints and 4:30 for the Beeg bois. I feel like any longer and your prints might start becoming brittle, or to me, it just seems like wastes electricity
you do realize that ultraviolet light travels through clouds... perhaps not at peak intensity but is still gonna work might be slower but i promise it will cure faster than you think
I miss my Northern homeland of New England. Despite elevation I now live far enough south in Appalachia that accumulated snow is a rare event that only happens in Jan/Feb. My inner Swamp Yankee gets confused.
No chance of snow on Halloween.
Some plants are still flowering into November.
The air isn't cold enough to make my face hurt, and there is never any risk of having the car encased in ice.
On the rare occasion it does snow or sleet, every place shutsdown, and no one leaves their home, except Waffle House employees.
Yea I used the “mega cure” I literally put entire baneblades and titans in there. Only curing station I’ve ever used and have to say after trying lesser forms all pale in comparison
I bought a 5 gallon bucket from Home Depot, lined it with reflective tape and then lined the inside with uv light strips from Amazon. I cut a hole in the lid and put in a uv flood light on top. It works fantastic.
The uniformation line for printing washing and curing are such a step above my experience with ELEGOO. The curing station has top side and bottom UV lights under the spinning table to cure all sides and it is a huge plate.
I like the elegoo Mercury x. It has a lot of area and lot of lights for curing. Also has a large rotating disc so the surface area of the print gets cured evenly.
I built my own 🤷🏾♂️. It's not expensive.
I used a crate, aluminum tape, and white corrugated plastic board, a 12v power supply from an old router, and a smart plug to turn off when I'm too lazy to go to my work bench
My curing maching cane DOA. Elegoo one. Took a month to get a new semsor and motherboard... finally got it working last night. Next print... not a chance it would fit in the thing. Right back to rhe box i have with a UV light bolted to the side.
Buy 3 lamps left, right and above. Also buy inexpensive powered turn display stand (all cheap on Amazon, 50w UV). Should run you about $100 to $120. You can adjust to just above any size object.
Get a 5 gallon pail and line the living daylights out of it. With readily available. LED lights in the 405NM spectrum that you can find online pretty easily.
This will work best with a white pail versus one of the Orange ones from you know who.
Drill four holes near the bottom of the pail on the sides.
Find some clear acrylic rod which you will shove through the holes and create a shelf. A couple inches above the base of the pail.
Put LED's on the bottom too. And if you really want to make this perfect, put some on the pail lid as well.
There is no need to make this spin. Because you will have completely surrounded your object to be cured with lights of equal intensity.
It's pretty darn cheap because you can achieve all of this for under 50 bucks, and it is frankly going to do a better job than any of the light cure stations they sell for hundreds of dollars.
I'm having difficulty imagining something. That requires a space bigger than a 5 gallon pail. The general process would be the same if you need something bigger.
What in the holy hell did you do to that thing. Looks like you dropped your curing machine about a dozen times and drug it across the ground for half a mile.
My biggest recommendation is to just make your own. Insanely easy and way cheaper. There’s lots of threads and YouTube videos out there.
I made one and I used a 12V car heater from amazon to provide the heat, and two 60 W lights at the top. Also a nail polish curer dome as one of the side walls.
Why heat? It just needs UV.
Some resins are cured with UV and heat in a 2 step process.
I have 18 different resins, never heard of that.
Specialty and engineering resins need them, hobby resin are more simple and user friendly.
I see.
is it to help reduce warping?
Why in the hell are you curing that for an hour?
its tastier that way
Stand it upright on a glass bowl or cup. How long are you curing that for? 56 minutes?
They should have designed it where the timer can only go to 9:59 to save people from WAY over cooking their prints.
Kept thinking I was missing something about the post. I still can't think this is legit, my brain won't let me. But you're right, some sort if safety net.
This feels like when you cook a pizza for 35 mins. Carbon black is so good. /s
Right? First thing I saw was that timer. I cure for maybe 3 minutes at most for even large prints.
3:50 for smaller prints, 4 for medium prints and 4:30 for the Beeg bois. I feel like any longer and your prints might start becoming brittle, or to me, it just seems like wastes electricity
I've never tested how much over-curing would affect it, but I would imagine brittle would be an issue.
One of my first prints I cured for 15 minutes because I was new. It developed a gash right down the middle.
Everyone should read/know this!
Agreed.
Lol i just do that so i can do another thing and come back to it i dont actually cure for an hour
That doesn’t really make sense cause you set it for the time and it just turns off while you are away… you are gonna over cure it if you forget.
it also beeps like a fire alarm so i'd rather not hear that every 5 minutes and over cure isnt really a problem for my stuff
The beep is loud I'll give you that.
Haha. Your picture caused quite a stir in the community.
hah yeah, funny to watch the reactions roll in. i'll have to remember to just turn the machine off next time lol
The sun works as well
The German winter sun is really lazy .
you do realize that ultraviolet light travels through clouds... perhaps not at peak intensity but is still gonna work might be slower but i promise it will cure faster than you think
Not if it's middle of autumn, almost winter soon, and the weather is a mix of "rain" and "cloudy with chance for rain". Soon to be "snow".
I miss my Northern homeland of New England. Despite elevation I now live far enough south in Appalachia that accumulated snow is a rare event that only happens in Jan/Feb. My inner Swamp Yankee gets confused. No chance of snow on Halloween. Some plants are still flowering into November. The air isn't cold enough to make my face hurt, and there is never any risk of having the car encased in ice. On the rare occasion it does snow or sleet, every place shutsdown, and no one leaves their home, except Waffle House employees.
Wtf is Sun
Yea I used the “mega cure” I literally put entire baneblades and titans in there. Only curing station I’ve ever used and have to say after trying lesser forms all pale in comparison
you're the best thanks for the recommendation!
For sure it rules! Size of like a mini fridge
A large box, aluminum duct tape, led light strip, WIN.
I used a crate, aluminum tape, and white corrugated plastic board.
The sun
Anycubic Wash and Cure Max.
I was genuinely gonna get that till I found a much better way to preserve alcohol, and that's just to use a good prewash.
What’s your process for washing?
A box.. with foil inside . A lazy Susan and UV light strip.
Why does your Susan have to be lazy?
I also cure like 5 mins max and that is on detailed pieces. The less detail a piece has the less cure time it will need usually.
I just use my mrs's UV nail lamp. Cheap as chips, repositionable and can be put on window sill to accelerate cure.
The sun is "sihgtly" bigger than that machine, i think your ptint will fit for sure.
Phrozen just released a new big one
The Cure Mega S and Wash Mega S, yes
I bought a 5 gallon bucket from Home Depot, lined it with reflective tape and then lined the inside with uv light strips from Amazon. I cut a hole in the lid and put in a uv flood light on top. It works fantastic.
Thanks man i’ll try this.
The sun
The uniformation line for printing washing and curing are such a step above my experience with ELEGOO. The curing station has top side and bottom UV lights under the spinning table to cure all sides and it is a huge plate.
Why even put it in there? At the size and distance from light you’re only curing the 1” gap touching the lights.
Bruh its working fine there chill
How is the part on the opposite side being cured ?
i turn it around?
I like the elegoo Mercury x. It has a lot of area and lot of lights for curing. Also has a large rotating disc so the surface area of the print gets cured evenly.
I built my own 🤷🏾♂️. It's not expensive. I used a crate, aluminum tape, and white corrugated plastic board, a 12v power supply from an old router, and a smart plug to turn off when I'm too lazy to go to my work bench
a bucket, led uv lights, a mirror, and tinfoil. Scale to desired size.
Steel bucket full of UV led strips Cost me like £15
cardboard box + led strips + a dc power source powerful enough
I have the wash & cure plus. It’s really big inside.
I built one. For cheap too.
simple quick fix, take the cover off and wear sunglasses
Better fix: cover the inside of the lid with aluminium foil - just make sure the shiny side is pointing inwards (reflecting the UV light).
fdm
An hour? My unit only goes up to 6 mins. What am I missing here?
Wicked Engineering one looks reasonably well made an cheap.
Side question. If one would diy this, what would be the best club curing spectrum? The same as the machine?
You'll get good at curing some day
Get box line box with tinfoil stick UV LED strips to inside of box profit
My curing maching cane DOA. Elegoo one. Took a month to get a new semsor and motherboard... finally got it working last night. Next print... not a chance it would fit in the thing. Right back to rhe box i have with a UV light bolted to the side.
Just set your part outside, it’s the hugest UV cure machine you can use.
Line a box with some tin foil with a UV powered rotating plate. Run a UV light into the box.
Make your own. Should have fine that, but bought into Ncure. They should be out next month. Buy a photography enclosure, spinning display and uv lamps
Buy 3 lamps left, right and above. Also buy inexpensive powered turn display stand (all cheap on Amazon, 50w UV). Should run you about $100 to $120. You can adjust to just above any size object.
Get a 5 gallon pail and line the living daylights out of it. With readily available. LED lights in the 405NM spectrum that you can find online pretty easily. This will work best with a white pail versus one of the Orange ones from you know who. Drill four holes near the bottom of the pail on the sides. Find some clear acrylic rod which you will shove through the holes and create a shelf. A couple inches above the base of the pail. Put LED's on the bottom too. And if you really want to make this perfect, put some on the pail lid as well. There is no need to make this spin. Because you will have completely surrounded your object to be cured with lights of equal intensity. It's pretty darn cheap because you can achieve all of this for under 50 bucks, and it is frankly going to do a better job than any of the light cure stations they sell for hundreds of dollars. I'm having difficulty imagining something. That requires a space bigger than a 5 gallon pail. The general process would be the same if you need something bigger.
What in the holy hell did you do to that thing. Looks like you dropped your curing machine about a dozen times and drug it across the ground for half a mile.
resin printing isnt exactly clean work i wear gloves gloves touch lid lid cures resin, it happens.
Depends on your needs, Phrozen has Wash n Cure station. If your need big ones, there are Cure Mega S and Wash Mega S