First print , newbie , major problem
Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2017 1:54 pm
When I go to print , I get nothing at all. Nothing stuck to the build plate and nothing in the vat. The projector lights up during every layer and the build plate moves between every layer.
Some description;
I bought and assembled this unit myself and had a fairly hard time. Followed instructions from the littlerp technical site. Some instructions seemed to be from a different version of the littlerp printer. This made it very difficult. I also have a flexvat which I have had no instructions on , I just kinda winged it. So we cant rule out that some part of the build was wrong. The projector is an Acer h6510bd. No mods on it. There is a manual focus which I have tried to print with , once on each extreme of this focus , both with same results. I am using creation workshop and the exposure numbers for SubSF red from the littlerp tech site. SubSF red is the resin that came with my printer.
What I have tried;
I have levelled the machine. I can confirm that the build late is moving up and down. I can confirm that the projector light intensifies greatly during each layer. I don't really have a reliable way to see if the image is aligned onto the build plate. But my best observations is that it is. Also , I cannot find information on how much resin to put into my vat. Is there a wrong amount to put in? Would it cause this problem? Also , I've read somewhere to manually put my build plate firmly against the vat film to start each print. But I cannot find where I saw this. So did I imagine this? Is this wrong? Could this be the issue? I also cannot find much help on this site because the search feature doesn't work. It just keeps saying that my search words are too common and doesn't populate a list of results.
Guys , Any help for a complete noob would be appreciated. Thanks in Advance , If you require more info Please don't hesitate to ask.
Some description;
I bought and assembled this unit myself and had a fairly hard time. Followed instructions from the littlerp technical site. Some instructions seemed to be from a different version of the littlerp printer. This made it very difficult. I also have a flexvat which I have had no instructions on , I just kinda winged it. So we cant rule out that some part of the build was wrong. The projector is an Acer h6510bd. No mods on it. There is a manual focus which I have tried to print with , once on each extreme of this focus , both with same results. I am using creation workshop and the exposure numbers for SubSF red from the littlerp tech site. SubSF red is the resin that came with my printer.
What I have tried;
I have levelled the machine. I can confirm that the build late is moving up and down. I can confirm that the projector light intensifies greatly during each layer. I don't really have a reliable way to see if the image is aligned onto the build plate. But my best observations is that it is. Also , I cannot find information on how much resin to put into my vat. Is there a wrong amount to put in? Would it cause this problem? Also , I've read somewhere to manually put my build plate firmly against the vat film to start each print. But I cannot find where I saw this. So did I imagine this? Is this wrong? Could this be the issue? I also cannot find much help on this site because the search feature doesn't work. It just keeps saying that my search words are too common and doesn't populate a list of results.
Guys , Any help for a complete noob would be appreciated. Thanks in Advance , If you require more info Please don't hesitate to ask.