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Day 86: production printing (+issues)

TurboSnail

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I'm in the middle of trying to print batches of wagons for people, and I'm getting some good results, but the printer is still trying to fight me! I'm still only at about an 70% success rate, which is slowing me down, and doing long days at work doesn't help, but we're getting there. I've been thinking about upgrading the printer for a while now, but I'm still well away from having the financial clout to do so - there's the very cheap hobby end of the market (about £300), the expensive pro stuff (about £3000) and not much well proven stuff in between. 

 

In other news, that chassis I was working on in yesterday's post is going together well, and I'm in the process of building another ballast wagon to have a play with some new paints and to try and nail down a more accurate early SECR wagon livery. Just glad I have a nice relaxing hobby sometimes!

 

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The hobby is important! Thankfully we do have something that is both absorbing of time and of interest too! I've just bought a Mars Pro and the difference is clear, a better UV source gives better prints.

Cheers Ian

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1 hour ago, ianmaccormac said:

The hobby is important! Thankfully we do have something that is both absorbing of time and of interest too! I've just bought a Mars Pro and the difference is clear, a better UV source gives better prints.

Cheers Ian

 

I've been looking but they're out of stock everywhere at the moment - and is it worth another £300-400 for a 5% improvement? I still need to work that one out!

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Just sold the photon for 65 gbp less than a mars pro. It does make a difference but Saturn from Elegoo in late November and this news from Anycubic and others for same size using 4k mono screen are going to be worth getting for the size. 7mm! Cheers Ian

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