Author Topic: Resin printing a flywheel. A fail, but.  (Read 891 times)

Offline A7er

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Resin printing a flywheel. A fail, but.
« on: September 02, 2022, 09:40:55 PM »
I tried resin printing a different flywheel design yesterday. It would have turned out as a usable print, but the resin ran out before the print was complete! The photo shows the inside of the print, not a view I often get to see. After my initial annoyance I realised that failing in this way had given me a chance to see where a lot of distortion I have been getting in my larger prints was coming from. In this case it was the internal support structure generated by the slicer software, Lychee (Prusa slicer produces similar internal supports that also create distortion). Wherever there was an internal support, there was external surface distortion. This made me wonder if my slicer settings were wrong for this type of print. I will be printing a flywheel tomorrow with the adjusted settings, increasing the exposure time for the layers will hopefully make the outer skin stronger and less liable to sag. So a fail, but it could be teaching me something.
Lee.

« Last Edit: September 03, 2022, 11:29:06 AM by A7er »

Offline BillTodd

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Re: Resin printing a flywheel. A fail, but.
« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2022, 10:14:07 PM »
BTDT

Usually happens after a fail , when one is already at a low ebb :-(

Offline A7er

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Re: Resin printing a flywheel. A fail, but.
« Reply #2 on: September 03, 2022, 03:00:39 PM »
We just keep plodding on!
Lee

 

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