How much resin to use in vat?
I want to print a larger model but I’m worried about running out of resin mid print. How much resin can I put into the vat? I usually pour until I reach the indent but can I go over?
Posted Mar 22, 2020, 12:56 AM UTC
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So I’m ashamed I didn’t figure this out a while ago, fill it up to the bevel, but once it’s only the model dipping and your bed doesn’t submerge anymore you can fill it way past the bevel, I’ve don’t it a few times with big prints and never had an issue. But don’t go over the bevel when you start or you will muck up your build plate.
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right. most of the displacement of resin is from the mass of the build plate. never thought to do this on my large prints. good to know if timing wise you'll be away when it may get low - but i've found if i fill it up the the bevel i can let it go like 8-10 hours before its dire to refill... then pause it and refill - from here though i suppose adding more wouldn't be terrible
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I’ve had a couple 7 hour prints run dry. It’s my normal method now.
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Dont overfill. Fill it 1/3 of the way. You can always pause the print, refill the vat, and continue the print. Far easier than cleaning an overflow from the screen and internals of the printer which could ruin it entirely.
E: answering the q.. can you go over? Sure but then you gotta clean resin out of the screw heads and possibly the ball joint of the build plate, which if dries could eff up your level. Why risk it when there is literally a pause button?
Oh that's a nice tip you got there mate~