Here you go folks, let's see if we can't liven things up a little around here. Couple of 'rules' I guess, just to try and keep it 'on track',
1. Let's try and not let it turn into Facebook/Instagram with us posting every meal on it (the occasional spectacular offering is fine).
2. Doesn't have to be woody, but given that's the point of the forum it would be good if that was the main focus where possible.
3. Finished items can go in here, but feel free to link to WIP posts if they exist so people can dig deeper into it if they want or if they missed the WIP.
That's it, let me know if you want any further guidelines adding in but other than that, crack on.
I'll start us off...My boy (12yo) asked for a 3D printer for Christmas and after much discussion about how he needed to present a 'business case' as to how it wasn't going to turn into an expensive ornament, Santa duly delivered.
We went with an Elegoo Mars 3 Pro resin bath printer with an associated washing/curing station. As part of the setup and calibration process you need to align the build platform with the glass plate at the bottom to make sure prints don't fail, then they give you a test file to print, which is two stylised chess pieces with a helix and spiral staircase running up the hollow centre.
This prints off as just over 1000 layers and I must say I am incredibly impressed with the quality for a device that cost under £300. You can't see the layer lines at all with the naked eye and can just about feel them under a fingernail.
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There's some slight distortion around the bottom of the base in the last pic, which i think is down to the Boy and I being impatient after a failed first print, so pausing the process to have a look if it had actually bonded to the plate, which shows that while you can do it, it's advisable not to because it clearly causes some re-alignment issues and affects the final print quality.
All in all though we're delighted with the outcome and are currently playing with it to refine the design,slicing/printing processes and coming up with new/novel ways to use it.
1. Let's try and not let it turn into Facebook/Instagram with us posting every meal on it (the occasional spectacular offering is fine).
2. Doesn't have to be woody, but given that's the point of the forum it would be good if that was the main focus where possible.
3. Finished items can go in here, but feel free to link to WIP posts if they exist so people can dig deeper into it if they want or if they missed the WIP.
That's it, let me know if you want any further guidelines adding in but other than that, crack on.
I'll start us off...My boy (12yo) asked for a 3D printer for Christmas and after much discussion about how he needed to present a 'business case' as to how it wasn't going to turn into an expensive ornament, Santa duly delivered.
We went with an Elegoo Mars 3 Pro resin bath printer with an associated washing/curing station. As part of the setup and calibration process you need to align the build platform with the glass plate at the bottom to make sure prints don't fail, then they give you a test file to print, which is two stylised chess pieces with a helix and spiral staircase running up the hollow centre.
This prints off as just over 1000 layers and I must say I am incredibly impressed with the quality for a device that cost under £300. You can't see the layer lines at all with the naked eye and can just about feel them under a fingernail.







There's some slight distortion around the bottom of the base in the last pic, which i think is down to the Boy and I being impatient after a failed first print, so pausing the process to have a look if it had actually bonded to the plate, which shows that while you can do it, it's advisable not to because it clearly causes some re-alignment issues and affects the final print quality.
All in all though we're delighted with the outcome and are currently playing with it to refine the design,slicing/printing processes and coming up with new/novel ways to use it.