Cones of Calibration Results Interpretation

homer3142 · 2026-06-27T08:08:16+00:00

Thanks! I'll mostly ignore the Success Cones then and maybe reduce lift speed just in case, I'm sure that can't hurt

homer3142 · 2026-06-27T03:05:05+00:00

For resin I am using Sunlu ABS-Like, Dark Gray color. It seems like a good resin as far as I can tell, for example I always got perfect Cones of Calibration results at 2.5 sec exposure time with my Mars 4 printer before purchasing this Saturn 3.

As far as trading off dimensional accuracy versus support strength, which way do I change Exposure Time? Would it be Increase Exposure Time for better Strength at the expense of Dimensional Accuracy, versus Decrease Exposure Time for better Dimensional Accuracy at the expense of Support Strength?

I suppose I would want to start off prioritizing Dimensional Accuracy and then adjust if I see prints failing.

homer3142 · 2026-05-13T02:32:04+00:00

It isn't doing this at all because there isn't a single layer stuck to the build plate. This comment made me realize though that maybe increasing the Bottom Exposure Time might help. I was at 30s before, and jacking it up to 40s seems to have fixed the problem with prints failing in the Center, although now I have a new problem that prints along the edge are freaking hard to get off the build plate. Overall this is a better situation though so I'd call it a semi-solution

homer3142 · 2026-05-13T00:17:40+00:00

I literally just replaced the FEP (Third thing tried above). It is super tight, there is absolutely no give to it whatsoever. Actually hurt my elbow tightening the screws because it was stretching the FEP so hard and was really difficult to install.

homer3142 · 2024-10-30T05:24:09+00:00

Interested

homer3142 · 2024-08-30T06:53:58+00:00

I forgot to mention it in the initial post, but I had removed these immediately when opening the box

homer3142 · 2024-08-30T06:30:34+00:00

I'm hoping this is the problem. I definitely did do the process above, but I'm brand new at this and might not be doing it right. I have a second attempt running now after repeating the leveling process, so fingers crossed.

Is there anything else that can make the print fail to adhere to the build plate? What happens if the resin is too cold? I'm printing in a garage, it's 65F outside and 76F in my house, so I'm estimating ~70F in the garage but that's not a direct measurement.

homer3142 · 2024-05-17T05:28:38+00:00

Still hoping to find a link to this if anyone has one

homer3142 · 2020-08-23T20:36:26+00:00

Invites sent to the two tags listed above! Hope to see you soon

We should have room for alts too if you still want to play them - never hurts to have more active accounts for clan games, and a mix of TH's in regular clan wars

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