Use acetone on your screen if you have dried resin, leave it for a bit and use a plastic scraper to gently get it off. Almost always pretty much damage free.
Very informative, got the MonoX in pre order and it’s been running great, when I got it Chitubox didn’t have the pwmx format and I basically use Photon Workshop just to slice the file and I stuck with the old versions ever since. I’ve always been using Siraya Tech Fast Grey resin, in Photon Workshop I found 1.8 exposure is great for me and 40 exposure for the base with 6 layers is good. Going to get some transparent resin, maybe Elegoo or Siraya next to try out, tweaking the setting for it will be an adventure.
I am new to 3D printing. My husband's boss does a lot of it and gave me three Photon Mono X printers that he no longer uses but they need help. I'm hoping I can get at least one up and running. I don't know enough about them yet to see if fixing them is going to be worth spending money on, or if I would be better off buying a new one. I screenshotted your settings and hopefully I can find more videos on how to actually use them, so I can learn to troubleshoot them. Thumbs up from me!
Broooo, I loved this machine. My lcd touchscreen took a large deuce (it was all scrambled) and they made some firmware fix for me. After that? Has not worked since. I used these settings and ensured to copy them again after upgrading to the new Chitubox. No luck yet. Man, I miss making hero statues. I use FDM to print costume pieces to mold and cast. I tried doing a statue on FDM but... no. It just is not the same.
I need to upgrade for my FDM to a Neptune 3 Max. I hear Neptune 4 is lacking in logic. What do you suggest as a machine upgrade that is AROUND the same price and build volume?
I just picked up the mono x and am having print failures due to either the print sticking to the fep or support failure. My settings do not have the same configuration as what is showing in your video. Have used Photon Workshop, Chitubox and Lychee without any success. I use water washable resin. Any help would be appreciated.
Informative video, but after owning the Mono X for about 10 months I find it to be a toy. We bought and use it for engineering parts - ie we need all surfaces and we make large and solid prints, without caring much about resin consumption. As a general point one side is always really poor quality, supports that are strong enough that prints don't warp cannot be removed properly, and to get usefull parts we often need to CNC at least one side. We love the speed of print and the fact that you once in a while get good prints but as a professional tool it is poor, although we do have maybe 20-30% of parts that the machine produces really well. We have had some great parts with SirayaTech Fast White and 20% Tenacious mixed in. If resin spills through the FEP you can disolve it with acetone and scrape it off with a box cutter blade. It is hard on the tape of the screen though (PS - last comment you should ignore - We also removed the polarizing film so it prints full size plates instead - so screen replacement.)
Aren’t these lift speeds really low??? I applied your setting but in lychee slicer. A 2inch statue could take several days to print. Could you provide your insight on this?
So I use Chitubox and don't always trust the slicer time. Its like microsoft time. My lift speeds are slower. What I found with working with this machine is to get a good print I had to slow it down. Basically it was pulling way to hard and fast when it lifted often times pulling the print off the build plate. Not everyone's experience is the same.
I am wanting to get my first sla printer I have creality cr10. I want to spend 500ish$ on printer and cure station. Is there any quality improvement in the new m3 (regular) over the Mono X. Any other printer you recommend over the mono x / m3
Well, just spotted the MadCat in the background. ;-) Consider yourself subscribed! :-) Thanks for the review as I amseriously considering it to get into this type of 3d printing. Best wishes, a fellow Mechwarrior
I have a M3 the quality is no so good, but if for budget limit it still a good choice printer. I didn't have M3 plus or Max but i curious about the auto refill work? because resin mixture in the bottle may not even after a while, if u not shake it the auto refill will only suck the bottom part of the mixture. Will it effected the printing quality?
I am planning on getting the Elegoo Saturn S. I had an Anycubic Vyper FDM printer and it was constant problems and customer is horrible. Sorry... I digressed. Have you tried the Siraya Tech resins? Just curious.
What is your UV Exposure % set at in the Photon Mono X touch screen setting? Seems that all of your recommended settings depend on us knowing what you have this at. Default is 80%.
Would you have to level the top panel with the paper you get with the screen protector like normal, or do you have to do something different when you have a screen protector on it?
I just got a Mono X this week. But I'm having major issues with the Anycubic Workshop outputting files that the Mono X can read. They are the right file type. But the printer won't print them. And I have noticed that there is no print preview showing up like the test cube print does. I tried downloading chitubox free version and couldn't get it to download either
I had the same issue. Only way I got mine to work was downloading an old version of Photon Workshop and using that. I tried the newest version of Chitu and had the same issue as you. Very frustrating!
@@Rise3DBuilds I did try after I got the PW to work. I went in and saved the new firmware to my usb but the printer wouldn’t recognize the file at all. I was getting frustrated at that point and gave up lol.
hi, i want to start cosplaying star wars armor, like clone and mandolarion armors. To primt that i need quit a decemt 3d primters, what do you suggest?
@@Rise3DBuilds Thank you, I have just one listed. I will play around with that more and go from there. Besides a personal friend who uses it, I noticed you do as well. So onwards I shall go. 👍👍 Thank you for your support
I would not say you need to replace your order. The photon mono is a good machine once you line out the settings. This weeks video I compare it to the Saturn S. I found the Saturn S to be a better machine for the cost. I have a M3 max on the way but I am not sure getting the M3 will change the problems that you might run into. For cost and value I prefer the Saturn S from elegoo. Same size and sharper resolution.
@@Rise3DBuilds thank you for quick response i appreciate it i discovered your channel today big like to u and subscribe to ur amazing channel i'm new that's why im asking if i made a mistake getting the mono x like my first 3d printer
@@aymezemouri2942 hopefully your printing is going well. I haven't finished the video yet when typing this, so keep that in mind when reading. Make sure your build plate is flat. Get a straight metal ruler or something similar. Take the edge of the ruler and put it edge to edge, then corner to corner. You should see little to no light between the ruler and the build plate. My build plate came concave. Haven't even messed with it because it made me mad.
Very helpful video but i have one big question the new ver of chtubox is 1.9.3 now has a few more setting in there then what you have is there any other new setting that I can take advantage of.
The setting are good sticks to the build plate will I was shock but very SLOW 396hrs- 745hrs way to long for a print there got to be a better way in speed. Here is a suggestion try to find a sweet spot not so fast that loses detail but not so long that take so long to print.
Got few of them for work, one died right away, others with milion of issues. Huge crap. Good only for fan boys and who wants to buy one just to play with it, including dissambling whole unit. Most of the reviews are payed reviews this or that way
hi, i want to start cosplaying star wars armor, like clone and mandolarion armors. To primt that i need quit a decemt 3d primters, what do you suggest?
Use acetone on your screen if you have dried resin, leave it for a bit and use a plastic scraper to gently get it off. Almost always pretty much damage free.
Very informative, got the MonoX in pre order and it’s been running great, when I got it Chitubox didn’t have the pwmx format and I basically use Photon Workshop just to slice the file and I stuck with the old versions ever since.
I’ve always been using Siraya Tech Fast Grey resin, in Photon Workshop I found 1.8 exposure is great for me and 40 exposure for the base with 6 layers is good. Going to get some transparent resin, maybe Elegoo or Siraya next to try out, tweaking the setting for it will be an adventure.
I am new to 3D printing. My husband's boss does a lot of it and gave me three Photon Mono X printers that he no longer uses but they need help. I'm hoping I can get at least one up and running. I don't know enough about them yet to see if fixing them is going to be worth spending money on, or if I would be better off buying a new one. I screenshotted your settings and hopefully I can find more videos on how to actually use them, so I can learn to troubleshoot them. Thumbs up from me!
Broooo, I loved this machine. My lcd touchscreen took a large deuce (it was all scrambled) and they made some firmware fix for me. After that? Has not worked since. I used these settings and ensured to copy them again after upgrading to the new Chitubox. No luck yet. Man, I miss making hero statues. I use FDM to print costume pieces to mold and cast. I tried doing a statue on FDM but... no. It just is not the same.
Great video! I am getting a new photon mono x2 and the settings will definitely be different. Can wait to start printing!
I need to upgrade for my FDM to a Neptune 3 Max. I hear Neptune 4 is lacking in logic. What do you suggest as a machine upgrade that is AROUND the same price and build volume?
I just picked up the mono x and am having print failures due to either the print sticking to the fep or support failure. My settings do not have the same configuration as what is showing in your video. Have used Photon Workshop, Chitubox and Lychee without any success. I use water washable resin. Any help would be appreciated.
Informative video, but after owning the Mono X for about 10 months I find it to be a toy. We bought and use it for engineering parts - ie we need all surfaces and we make large and solid prints, without caring much about resin consumption. As a general point one side is always really poor quality, supports that are strong enough that prints don't warp cannot be removed properly, and to get usefull parts we often need to CNC at least one side.
We love the speed of print and the fact that you once in a while get good prints but as a professional tool it is poor, although we do have maybe 20-30% of parts that the machine produces really well. We have had some great parts with SirayaTech Fast White and 20% Tenacious mixed in.
If resin spills through the FEP you can disolve it with acetone and scrape it off with a box cutter blade. It is hard on the tape of the screen though
(PS - last comment you should ignore - We also removed the polarizing film so it prints full size plates instead - so screen replacement.)
Hi ,do you have any experience with castable resins ?Can you tell me something about that,some tips or settings thanks
Aren’t these lift speeds really low??? I applied your setting but in lychee slicer. A 2inch statue could take several days to print. Could you provide your insight on this?
So I use Chitubox and don't always trust the slicer time. Its like microsoft time. My lift speeds are slower. What I found with working with this machine is to get a good print I had to slow it down. Basically it was pulling way to hard and fast when it lifted often times pulling the print off the build plate. Not everyone's experience is the same.
I am wanting to get my first sla printer I have creality cr10. I want to spend 500ish$ on printer and cure station. Is there any quality improvement in the new m3 (regular) over the Mono X. Any other printer you recommend over the mono x / m3
Would you say it still holds steady today? It’s dropped with a crazy discount and I’m thinking about pulling the trigger on it. Would would you think
I no longer use mine. I have switched mainly the phrozen brand and nothing under 8k
Because of this video I bought thr mono X. First thing I'm gonna do is load up your settings
What's your exposure %? Most recommend 60% for earlier firmware and later firmware 80%.
Well, just spotted the MadCat in the background. ;-) Consider yourself subscribed! :-) Thanks for the review as I amseriously considering it to get into this type of 3d printing. Best wishes, a fellow Mechwarrior
I have a M3 the quality is no so good, but if for budget limit it still a good choice printer. I didn't have M3 plus or Max but i curious about the auto refill work? because resin mixture in the bottle may not even after a while, if u not shake it the auto refill will only suck the bottom part of the mixture. Will it effected the printing quality?
I am planning on getting the Elegoo Saturn S. I had an Anycubic Vyper FDM printer and it was constant problems and customer is horrible. Sorry... I digressed.
Have you tried the Siraya Tech resins? Just curious.
I have not. I have heard good things about it but I am still working through my current stock
What is your UV Exposure % set at in the Photon Mono X touch screen setting? Seems that all of your recommended settings depend on us knowing what you have this at. Default is 80%.
I think so too.
Mine is default
If you don’t mind me asking, where did you find your Trek & Star Wars files? Thx!
I get them all over the place and few are custom. I use Yeggi.com to search for stuff a lot of the time.
Would you have to level the top panel with the paper you get with the screen protector like normal, or do you have to do something different when you have a screen protector on it?
I just got a Mono X this week.
But I'm having major issues with the Anycubic Workshop outputting files that the Mono X can read. They are the right file type. But the printer won't print them. And I have noticed that there is no print preview showing up like the test cube print does.
I tried downloading chitubox free version and couldn't get it to download either
I had the same issue. Only way I got mine to work was downloading an old version of Photon Workshop and using that. I tried the newest version of Chitu and had the same issue as you. Very frustrating!
@@alvaradohh which version of Photon Workshop did you use???
Have you updated your firmware?
@@Rise3DBuilds I did try after I got the PW to work. I went in and saved the new firmware to my usb but the printer wouldn’t recognize the file at all. I was getting frustrated at that point and gave up lol.
Maybe after I update the firmware I’ll be able to download and properly use Chitubox?
hi, i want to start cosplaying star wars armor, like clone and mandolarion armors. To primt that i need quit a decemt 3d primters, what do you suggest?
Any updates on what you did?
Great info!
Great video, Thank you.
Do you have settings for the Elegoo Saturn. I’ve tried Reddit and no luck. I don’t want to buy another printer but it may be my only option
Shot me a email and I can send rhem
@@Rise3DBuilds ok thanks
My build plate came concave. Haven't even messed with it because it made me mad.
Did you warranty it. They are usually pretty good about it if you send a photo.
Did you mention your UV setting?
I can not find the Photon Mono X on Chitubox Any idea.
It should be listed under Anycubic
@@Rise3DBuilds Thank you, I have just one listed. I will play around with that more and go from there. Besides a personal friend who uses it, I noticed you do as well. So onwards I shall go. 👍👍 Thank you for your support
@@AceBullion is this the install with the thumb drive? Is so go to the site and download the newest version
Soooo. Photon x OR Saturn S ?? Which would you recommend
Saturn s
Hey brother, ever try Lychee Slicer? Far easier than Chitu
Ever since I went to chitubox pro hardly ever had a issue and the great extra tools that come with it. Gave it a whirl but stayed with this one
Can i print 1/12 action figures with no problem?
I think so. but in all honesty look at the phrozen Mighty 8k
dude u scared me i bought this machine yesterday and all the videos that i saw no one like the mono x should i replacement it with the photon M3 ?
I would not say you need to replace your order. The photon mono is a good machine once you line out the settings. This weeks video I compare it to the Saturn S. I found the Saturn S to be a better machine for the cost. I have a M3 max on the way but I am not sure getting the M3 will change the problems that you might run into. For cost and value I prefer the Saturn S from elegoo. Same size and sharper resolution.
@@Rise3DBuilds thank you for quick response i appreciate it i discovered your channel today big like to u and subscribe to ur amazing channel i'm new that's why im asking if i made a mistake getting the mono x like my first 3d printer
@@aymezemouri2942 hopefully your printing is going well. I haven't finished the video yet when typing this, so keep that in mind when reading. Make sure your build plate is flat. Get a straight metal ruler or something similar. Take the edge of the ruler and put it edge to edge, then corner to corner. You should see little to no light between the ruler and the build plate. My build plate came concave. Haven't even messed with it because it made me mad.
Very helpful video but i have one big question the new ver of chtubox is 1.9.3 now has a few more setting in there then what you have is there any other new setting that I can take advantage of.
I am on a older version still but I will update and check it out
Thanks, I'm going to use your setting to build Space Battleship Yamato on mono X.
The setting are good sticks to the build plate will I was shock but very SLOW 396hrs- 745hrs way to long for a print there got to be a better way in speed. Here is a suggestion try to find a sweet spot not so fast that loses detail but not so long that take so long to print.
What program are you using?
chtubox is 1.9.3
MMMM... I hate Chitubox worst slicer in the market :S
Got few of them for work, one died right away, others with milion of issues. Huge crap. Good only for fan boys and who wants to buy one just to play with it, including dissambling whole unit. Most of the reviews are payed reviews this or that way
Friend,I really appreciate your work. We are looking for reviewers, would you like to review Longer's 3D printer & laser engraver?
I sure would. Email me at mike@rise3dprinting.com
@@Rise3DBuilds Glad to hear that ,I will send you email now.😆
@@Rise3DBuilds Friend, it doesn't look like an email address. My email alerts me that my email address is wrong.
Mike@rise3dprinting.com
You. Am also try mike@riseofthefenix3d.com
hi, i want to start cosplaying star wars armor, like clone and mandolarion armors. To primt that i need quit a decemt 3d primters, what do you suggest?
And what filament, it has to be durable and strong ofc
Creality cr-10v2 is my fav for my armor. Works well and great size.