Superb as usual! The main difficulty is really the fact that with complex objects you always have some faces at 0 angles. And it takes almost the same amount of time both to draw the object in CAD and to place it in the most effective way on a printing bed. It makes me nuts sometimes.
For sure, it’s a trade off… time spent on the computer vs time spent on the printer vs time spent at the bench fixing. It’s all time spent. Choose your favorite I guess. I’m lazy so I’d rather spend the time on the computer and printer.
I'm glad I found this channel! I'm considering buying the new saturn 4 ultra 16k 3D resin printer, because I like making models a lot, and it's more cost effective than buying them in kits.
Thanks for clarifying that Jim! I’ve tried to tell folks that there is no one size fits all when it comes to tilt angles for printing. Some will swear by printing flat for everything, but I can see as you pointed out lots of woodgraining on the flatter areas such as the roof and hood on their prints. Also, the size of the car will matter greatly. When I printed my ‘59 Cadillac Limo months ago, because the car was so big, I do believe the tilt angle was somewhere in the 30°+ range. It took waaay long (over 24 hours), but I had no issues with woodgraining, or any Z axis shifting. Thanks for the tip about the heater! I wonder if Phrozen has something similar for their printers? Right now, I keep a small ceramic heater near the door opening to keep the workroom warm, because there’s no heater grate in that room. I have a thermometer on the table, and the temp stays around 72° which I’ve had no problems. It’s when it gets in the 60’s like you mentioned that issues occur. If it’s a very cold day out, the room can stay chilly because it’s against an outside wall, and despite the rest of the house being okay, that room can stay cold. Thanks for the great video! 👍🏾
Hey Bill, I use another brand heater in my other printer. That one has a thermostat but isn’t as pretty. You’re so right about what may work for some may not for others. I wanted to show the truth in this video. No mistaking what I saw.
This was absolutely fantastic, learnt a lot here James, and I'm sure lots of others did too, thankyou kindly, saved to my watch later files, so I can go back to it, I had to stop half way, water pipe on our 122 yr old house busted, the only 1 I haven't replaced 😂 enjoy your weekend 🍻 KC 🇦🇺🦘🪃🏔🤝🇺🇸🗽👌🍻🍻
@ScaleModelExperiment you're welcome, and temporary, till Monday, as we go to town, 120 klm round trip living in the country, I've learnt a lot watching your experiments ❤ Awesome helpful stuff 👌👊🦘🇦🇺
Thanks for watching👍 just remember that what works for me in my environment may not work for you. I talk with friends that use a 1.5 sec exposure time and print faster lift speeds and don’t have any issues.
@ Yes thank you, Im watching loads of peoples' resin printing channels. The FDM printers have shown test, test, test to find the right settings, so hopefully the learning curve will be slightly less. Im not a newbie to 3d printing just the resin side. Thank you for your help, much appreciated.
this would be better with a little primer and better lighting so you can truly see the surfaces but good on you for showing that there is no “magic angle“.
Very good video James. I'm sure that printer, resin, temp and slicer settings all come into play. I think the 45 deg hood would have been perfect if there were supports around the perimeter edge.
Superb as usual! The main difficulty is really the fact that with complex objects you always have some faces at 0 angles. And it takes almost the same amount of time both to draw the object in CAD and to place it in the most effective way on a printing bed. It makes me nuts sometimes.
For sure, it’s a trade off… time spent on the computer vs time spent on the printer vs time spent at the bench fixing. It’s all time spent. Choose your favorite I guess. I’m lazy so I’d rather spend the time on the computer and printer.
Awesome segment, watching 👀 I'll be back at the end 😊
I'm glad I found this channel! I'm considering buying the new saturn 4 ultra 16k 3D resin printer, because I like making models a lot, and it's more cost effective than buying them in kits.
Thanks for clarifying that Jim! I’ve tried to tell folks that there is no one size fits all when it comes to tilt angles for printing.
Some will swear by printing flat for everything, but I can see as you pointed out lots of woodgraining on the flatter areas such as the roof and hood on their prints.
Also, the size of the car will matter greatly. When I printed my ‘59 Cadillac Limo months ago, because the car was so big, I do believe the tilt angle was somewhere in the 30°+ range.
It took waaay long (over 24 hours), but I had no issues with woodgraining, or any Z axis shifting.
Thanks for the tip about the heater! I wonder if Phrozen has something similar for their printers? Right now, I keep a small ceramic heater near the door opening to keep the workroom warm, because there’s no heater grate in that room. I have a thermometer on the table, and the temp stays around 72° which I’ve had no problems.
It’s when it gets in the 60’s like you mentioned that issues occur. If it’s a very cold day out, the room can stay chilly because it’s against an outside wall, and despite the rest of the house being okay, that room can stay cold.
Thanks for the great video! 👍🏾
Hey Bill, I use another brand heater in my other printer. That one has a thermostat but isn’t as pretty. You’re so right about what may work for some may not for others. I wanted to show the truth in this video. No mistaking what I saw.
Interesting video. Thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching Mike👍 I see so many people disagree about print angles so I had to do the experiment 🤓
Thanks, always wondered about the optimum print angle
I had to do the experiment for myself. I was actually suprised by the 45 degree one.
stop wondering. There is no single optimum print angle. It always depends on the part and how it’s going to be used.
@ good point. The whole purpose of the experiment was to show at what angle do you see the least amount of print lines on a flat surface.
This was absolutely fantastic, learnt a lot here James, and I'm sure lots of others did too, thankyou kindly, saved to my watch later files, so I can go back to it, I had to stop half way, water pipe on our 122 yr old house busted, the only 1 I haven't replaced 😂 enjoy your weekend 🍻 KC 🇦🇺🦘🪃🏔🤝🇺🇸🗽👌🍻🍻
Dude, I understand! Thanks for coming back to me KC, I hope that you are all fixed up now.
@ScaleModelExperiment you're welcome, and temporary, till Monday, as we go to town, 120 klm round trip living in the country, I've learnt a lot watching your experiments ❤ Awesome helpful stuff 👌👊🦘🇦🇺
@MetalMania3DTV-TAS-AUS you’re welcome Aussie bud👍
Very usefull video, maybe make another using various anti-aliasing settings ??
That’s a good point. Maybe do the 45 degrees with various levels of AA to see if I can get a perfect print?
You have amazing talent.
45 degrees ❤😊
Thank you for doing this video, so helpful. Ill be creating my setup soon. Got the printer, need to get the W & C station then almost there.
Thanks for watching👍 just remember that what works for me in my environment may not work for you. I talk with friends that use a 1.5 sec exposure time and print faster lift speeds and don’t have any issues.
@ Yes thank you, Im watching loads of peoples' resin printing channels. The FDM printers have shown test, test, test to find the right settings, so hopefully the learning curve will be slightly less. Im not a newbie to 3d printing just the resin side. Thank you for your help, much appreciated.
@piccadillymodelrailways of course! My pleasure!
this would be better with a little primer and better lighting so you can truly see the surfaces but good on you for showing that there is no “magic angle“.
Understood, primer would have shown the texture better. Trust me the lighting was there 😁
Great update 👍🏿
Thanks bud👍
Very good video James. I'm sure that printer, resin, temp and slicer settings all come into play. I think the 45 deg hood would have been perfect if there were supports around the perimeter edge.
I forgot to ask, were you using any anti-aliasing at all?
You’re absolutely right, changing any of those things can change the final outcome.
@modelcarsandmayhem8089 I don’t use AA at all. I never experimented with it. Time for another video I guess 😁
YES IT'S IMPORTANT 👍
Yes it does Gary! Thanks for watching 👍
Good info ✅👍
Thanks For watching Ronny 👍
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Thanks Travis👍
I can do only 2D print for my model projects. XD
Thanks for watching DVDW 👍😎