First time Resin printing experience with S4U - Any ideas?
3rd try on the test rook and I've finally got it printing.
slightly painful first time experience,
I used some Isopropanol to wipe down the plate after removing the protective films, replacing the vat bolts with the hand screws, and updating the firmware to current.
I went straight in with lychee (my fault, I know) and used the community settings for Sunlu ABS-like. tried that in .ctb format.
Queue print not sticking to plate, stuck to PFA instead.
Second attempt after cleaning that up, I tried modifying the settings for a longer burn in exposure, 35s and 15s wait-before-cure and exported in .goo as I heard CTB doesn't support custom wait before times. I've seen this helps with thicker resins like my Sunlu ABS-like
second print, another disc just stuck on the PFA.
this time, it's making a popping noise on release after trying the pre-sliced test file (a good sign, as I know this comes from the deliberately overexposed settings on the test print)
but, the print is actually attached to the plate, so semi successs so-far.
honestly? I have no clue what's wrong with my first attempts as it's using the commmunity settings on a pre-designed model.