n2ri wrote:

knowack wrote:

I use my Solidoodles to print functional, practical pieces.  I'll continue to use them extensively in that regard, as well as more whimsical purposes. My SD4 does an especially good job (my prints look better than most of the swill on Thingiverse!), but I've reached the practical limit of what an FDM printer can do.

The Anycubic Photon is to fill a void in my capabilities by printing small, detailed items like wargame figures, decorations, etc.  This just adds another tool to my 'toolbox' of 3D printers and laser engraver.

I'm looking forward to learning this new process.

-Kevin

same here with my SD2 but need a small SLA like this for scale model detail items and vehicles in HO, N & Z scale. wish I could find an Ibox Nano for the tiny parts

You know that was a kickstarter that was never actually made right? Only a few prototypes where ever released to supporters.

https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/wha … box-78397/

Besides you can get a Photon or a D7 for about what you would pay for a Nano know if you found one due to it being a collectors item. The advantage of a D7 or Photon is you can print many of those small items in the same amount of time it would take to print one. That Nano could do the same but fewer at a time.

I know but most of the old inventory of Nano parts were sold in a storage auction then posted on ebay complete with parts nomenclature (which I archived with photos) of the open source parts used and complete printers go for $100-$200 on ebay often. and all My N scale and smaller items can print on it in the space of a Soup Thermos. most costly part is the small glass petri dish used for vat but I got connections with medical suppliers

knowack wrote:

I use my Solidoodles to print functional, practical pieces.  I'll continue to use them extensively in that regard, as well as more whimsical purposes. My SD4 does an especially good job (my prints look better than most of the swill on Thingiverse!), but I've reached the practical limit of what an FDM printer can do.

The Anycubic Photon is to fill a void in my capabilities by printing small, detailed items like wargame figures, decorations, etc.  This just adds another tool to my 'toolbox' of 3D printers and laser engraver.

I'm looking forward to learning this new process.

-Kevin

same here with my SD2 but need a small SLA like this for scale model detail items and vehicles in HO, N & Z scale. wish I could find an Ibox Nano for the tiny parts

You know that was a kickstarter that was never actually made right? Only a few prototypes where ever released to supporters.

https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/wha … box-78397/

Besides you can get a Photon or a D7 for about what you would pay for a Nano know if you found one due to it being a collectors item. The advantage of a D7 or Photon is you can print many of those small items in the same amount of time it would take to print one. That Nano could do the same but fewer at a time.

I use my Solidoodles to print functional, practical pieces.  I'll continue to use them extensively in that regard, as well as more whimsical purposes. My SD4 does an especially good job (my prints look better than most of the swill on Thingiverse!), but I've reached the practical limit of what an FDM printer can do.

The Anycubic Photon is to fill a void in my capabilities by printing small, detailed items like wargame figures, decorations, etc.  This just adds another tool to my 'toolbox' of 3D printers and laser engraver.

I'm looking forward to learning this new process.

-Kevin

same here with my SD2 but need a small SLA like this for scale model detail items and vehicles in HO, N & Z scale. wish I could find an Ibox Nano for the tiny parts

The Anycubic Photon is to fill a void in my capabilities by printing small, detailed items like wargame figures, decorations, etc.  This just adds another tool to my 'toolbox' of 3D printers and laser engraver.

I'm looking forward to learning this new process.

-Kevin

I thought I saw one advertised that claimed similar properties to ABS when finished that was like $110 or so for a litre. I think I will look at something like this after I get through the resin I already have.

knowack wrote:

I just received my Anycubic Photon yesterday; haven't even opened the box yet!  I hope to have time to play with it this weekend.

-Kevin

like to know how you like it as another long time SD user. if I didnt have so much stock of filament and money invested in my SD2 FDM I would rather have one of these for my tiny items I print that many wont even print in FDM

These printers as well as the D7 like mine included use a resin that becomes acrylic once cured. Prints are very brittle and small things like fingers, horns, and such break off at a touch. I can't tell you how many prints I have broken simply trying to remove supports. They will shatter if dropped. They also become even more brittle over time as any exposure to UV light cause the material to cure further to the point of over curing. So a few years from now the parts will probably just fall apart. These printers are fine for trinkets and such or things that will just sit and look pretty. But for usable and structural parts the resin just is not there. The few so called durable resins or still horribly expensive. You can get normal resin for about $60 a quart/liter. But the durable stuff is like $300 per liter.

If they ever make a resin that cures just as durable as PLA or ABS then these printers will take off simply because of the sub .01 resolutions they can do.

I just received my Anycubic Photon yesterday; haven't even opened the box yet!  I hope to have time to play with it this weekend.

-Kevin

like to know how you like it as another long time SD user. if I didnt have so much stock of filament and money invested in my SD2 FDM I would rather have one of these for my tiny items I print that many wont even print in FDM

-Kevin

scobo wrote:

Yeah, this forum is not so busy these days.
Like I say, the Facebook Photon group is where you want to look, it has far more members and a ton of good info.

The forum is busy, just not for the TWO photon owners here. The rest are FDM, Formlabs, or Wanhao D7.

I was referring to the SLA section.
The last post other than about the Photon was November and a total of 14 threads last year.
Not so busy then.

I can not say less than 10 post per day on average is considered busy. It only become busy when there is battle going on. lol

For this forum that is busy.

Yeah, this forum is not so busy these days.
Like I say, the Facebook Photon group is where you want to look, it has far more members and a ton of good info.

The forum is busy, just not for the TWO photon owners here. The rest are FDM, Formlabs, or Wanhao D7.

Yes, already saw it and selected, take me some time to find this buttom

Even this days i prepared complete spanish translation for coder of ChiTuBox (a very nice guy), i was in contact with him and he will release a new update in the next days with 11 languages supported natively.

Thanks anyway for your reply, I start to think we are alone in the SLA printer section :-P

Best regards!