<![CDATA[SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — Saffire SLA printer]]> https://www.soliforum.com/topic/16461/saffire-sla-printer/ Thu, 22 Jun 2017 07:41:44 +0000 PunBB <![CDATA[Re: Saffire SLA printer]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/136183/#p136183 carl_m1968 wrote:

I am done with kickstarters ever since I got ripped off on the Peachy Printer. I just can't trust them.

Checked on tracking, I should be getting my D7 Thursday. But I still plan to get a Form 1+ as well. I dread ever selling it.


the resin printer ibox Nano kick starter failed also and left people empty handed and inventory got auctioned off then sold on ebay cheap. designer vanished and no support now for a iffy quality tiny printer. so yeah Im with ya on flybynight stuff.

]]> Thu, 22 Jun 2017 07:41:44 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/136183/#p136183 <![CDATA[Re: Saffire SLA printer]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/136175/#p136175 I have tried the coral cuffs from thingiverse on fdm and I never thought they came out looking all that great. so I did it in sla and they come out really nice. the white one was printed on the wanhao d7 and the funky almost olive green (its unpigmented fun to do mixed with grey form labs) is from the saffire.

http://soliforum.com/i/?HbQyqjF.jpg

]]> Wed, 21 Jun 2017 15:44:21 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/136175/#p136175 <![CDATA[Re: Saffire SLA printer]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/136065/#p136065 http://soliforum.com/i/?wnvy0yF.jpg
http://soliforum.com/i/?DjLyPX2.jpg

I do like that I don't  need to do any sanding compared to my FDM prints.

]]> Wed, 14 Jun 2017 17:23:13 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/136065/#p136065 <![CDATA[Re: Saffire SLA printer]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/136049/#p136049 here is the tower painted but with no sanding
http://soliforum.com/i/?MAIpuL6.jpg
http://soliforum.com/i/?8eJOUzz.jpg
http://soliforum.com/i/?HdWFvZf.jpg
http://soliforum.com/i/?oFLk2Io.jpg

]]> Tue, 13 Jun 2017 19:27:04 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/136049/#p136049 <![CDATA[Re: Saffire SLA printer]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/136043/#p136043 http://soliforum.com/i/?kgpIt7q.jpg
http://soliforum.com/i/?4S2Qx2N.jpg
http://soliforum.com/i/?AjqFjp3.jpg
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:520158

]]> Tue, 13 Jun 2017 17:30:33 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/136043/#p136043 <![CDATA[Re: Saffire SLA printer]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/136038/#p136038 So this mixture of fun to do and grey from form labs doesn't like to fully cure.
even after all night in the cure box it is still sticky.

oh well lesson learned don't mix those two types.

]]> Tue, 13 Jun 2017 11:53:03 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/136038/#p136038 <![CDATA[Re: Saffire SLA printer]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/136033/#p136033 http://soliforum.com/i/?ErNRvny.jpg
http://soliforum.com/i/?TGnJnap.jpg
http://soliforum.com/i/?iDv6lWF.jpg
http://soliforum.com/i/?2v2Bzpv.jpg

]]> Tue, 13 Jun 2017 02:21:52 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/136033/#p136033 <![CDATA[Re: Saffire SLA printer]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/136021/#p136021 ok finished printing it . doing the post process wash and curing then will take a photo.

]]> Mon, 12 Jun 2017 20:33:48 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/136021/#p136021 <![CDATA[Re: Saffire SLA printer]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/135995/#p135995 carl_m1968 wrote:
mark.burton wrote:

Privan,

That file has lots of errors on it. I am surprised it printed using preform. slicer wont slice it properly, neither did cura or simplify 3d. I ran it with through net fab and it would not repair it nor would mesh mixer.

Meshmixer nor Simplify3D will open either.

Sorry about this, I guess I never paid attention to the errors, as it opens up in Preform without issues.  I also was able to open it in Meshmixer without problems, but I could see it had some non-manifold edges, so I fixed it.

Here it is again.

]]> Sun, 11 Jun 2017 06:06:59 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/135995/#p135995 <![CDATA[Re: Saffire SLA printer]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/135992/#p135992 here is a quick painting of the rangers
http://soliforum.com/i/?AefbHrL.jpg
http://soliforum.com/i/?Aayu9RY.jpg
http://soliforum.com/i/?p8qMzdb.jpg
http://soliforum.com/i/?y9hVzoj.jpg
no sanding on either one.
just primer then a thin coat of paint to try and preserve as much detail as possible (and I'm not a great painter)

]]> Sat, 10 Jun 2017 22:07:59 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/135992/#p135992 <![CDATA[Re: Saffire SLA printer]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/135988/#p135988 ok so here is the mecano spider painted. note I didn't do any sanding
http://soliforum.com/i/?a668HL5.jpg
http://soliforum.com/i/?Lhl7a30.jpg
http://soliforum.com/i/?WbG5mwp.jpg
http://soliforum.com/i/?ABuvtmw.jpg
http://soliforum.com/i/?bibEcOl.jpg
http://soliforum.com/i/?KrtMMyz.jpg
http://soliforum.com/i/?X9Ts9d5.jpg
http://soliforum.com/i/?VHXl5AM.jpg
http://soliforum.com/i/?mFyb6qm.jpg
http://soliforum.com/i/?lnKB61T.jpg

]]> Sat, 10 Jun 2017 17:52:17 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/135988/#p135988 <![CDATA[Re: Saffire SLA printer]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/135814/#p135814 mark.burton wrote:

Privan,

That file has lots of errors on it. I am surprised it printed using preform. slicer wont slice it properly, neither did cura or simplify 3d. I ran it with through net fab and it would not repair it nor would mesh mixer.

Meshmixer nor Simplify3D will open either.

]]> Thu, 01 Jun 2017 22:36:46 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/135814/#p135814 <![CDATA[Re: Saffire SLA printer]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/135813/#p135813 Privan,

That file has lots of errors on it. I am surprised it printed using preform. slicer wont slice it properly, neither did cura or simplify 3d. I ran it with through net fab and it would not repair it nor would mesh mixer.

]]> Thu, 01 Jun 2017 22:22:42 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/135813/#p135813 <![CDATA[Re: Saffire SLA printer]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/135790/#p135790 It was supposed to arrive tomorrow but tracking shows it just departed China and they are recalculating the delivery date so probably Friday now. I bought mine straight frm the Wanhao factory. They even sent pics of the unit before and after packaging with the production number on flip chart next to it and the box. Looks like a mug shot.

]]> Thu, 01 Jun 2017 01:24:08 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/135790/#p135790 <![CDATA[Re: Saffire SLA printer]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/135789/#p135789 Mine was a 1.2 they never had a see through plastic cover it was planed so marking materials show that but never materialized.
I did get the side fan so its now a 1.3.

I should have waited as well but.... well I didn't.

the 1.4 also comes with a flex coupler on the z axis which will reduce z wobble that mine has been suffering from. however I just got my flex couplers from amazon and installed them so I am hoping that helps fix that. unfortunately my fep sheet seems to be having issues. so I am busy replacing it with the spare the gave.  the one it shipped in arrived in poor condition had marks on it dings and scratches but I used it any way. however it has started getting to the point that its failing a lot on prints in specific spots and those where the spots that looked bad to begin with.

I honestly suspect that the "store" I purchased it on amazon was selling a "beta" unit at the full retail price but it was packaged like the retail one so.... not sure. it could also be that the fep was just damaged in shipping.

I have also ordered some spare higher quality fep sheets from fepshop.com that are supposed to be more optically clear. but they wont be here for a while.

Hope you enjoy your d7 have you got it yet?

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