New 3D printer. Woohoo!!!!

[smokeriderdon]

OK, so I took the dive. I bought an Elegoo Mars 5 Ultra resin printer. I am loving it!!! This thing is awesome. And the ease of use is incredible. I was printing within an hour of setting it up. Would have been sooner but had issues getting the newest Chitubox version downloaded.



I joined a 3D page on FB and have rapidly realized I am NOT enthused about trying an FDM type printer. Dear Lord. Its like you have to do 48 calibrations and sacrifice 10 virgins to get a decent print out of those things. Every problem posted has 32 different answers and all of them COULD be the issue. Although I have been looking at Elegoos Neptune 4 Max. That one seems to be pretty good and does a lot of auto calibrating. So thats something Im pondering.

Here are some of the things Ive printed up already. Stacking up the future projects. As if I dont have enough model kits to keep me going until my last breath.

Donatello as the Last Ronin. In the comics its Michelangelo, but this model has it as Donnie, and I LIKE it! I still have o print the base, but his hands and the rest of the stuff are printed, just not pictured.



Dragon skull, then Tiamat then a cobalt dragon.

[smokeriderdon]

And I plan on taking a CAD class at the community college here in the spring. Learn to make my own stuff.

[Twokidsnosleep]

Ha ha, now you are hooked
Thingiverse is great for free stl’s
You go crazy ! and show the prints

[Stokesy44]

Its great when you try something new and find that its awesome. Such a good feeling. The printed items look awesome.

I had a similar feeling when I first bought an airbrush, it was like magic!

[aur0ra145]

Nice! Those are some great looking prints.

[digger303]

Cool prints and very slick.

[Twokidsnosleep]

Ya you look pretty dialed in with your prints, nice and clean and detailed
Any failures yet???
Man I was failing more than producing …maybe still am


Amazon has a cheap silicone mat to put down under the machines to help vs spills…resin not stick to it
Also a tea leaf holder works well for small parts safety when cleaning them (snap ball tea strainer on Amazon)
Plastic funnels for pouring resin or IPa
A glass food container to wash parts off excess resin right after the print. Glass comes clean nicely with oven cleaner spray
Wear gloves always. Good ventilation